Tilted Mill Entertainment is a

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located in

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. It was founded in 2002 by former Impressions Games lead designer and general manager Chris Beatrice, business manager Peter Haffenreffer, and designer Jeff Fiske. The studio is known for its city-building games. The company has employed 20 staff in design, programming, creative, and administrative roles. Tilted Mill is a reference to

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(" Tilting at windmills"). Tilted Mill developed the fifth game of the '' SimCity series'', titled '' SimCity Societies'' (all previous titles had been developed by

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). The game, however, was criticized for its lack of the traditional ''SimCity'' gaming formula. On July 11, 2008, Tilted Mill announced the creation of their first independent game titled '' Hinterland''. According to Tilted Mill's website, "In Hinterland, you build up and lead a small village, populated by simple townsfolk struggling to survive and prosper in the wild back country of a medieval fantasy world." The game was released on Steam on 30 September 2008. After starting the development on their next game, Medieval Mayor, the team ceased communication and no more games have been released since then, with Medieval Mayor going into hiatus. No announcements on the fate of the software house has been made, with the last message posted on their

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page in 2016.

Video games developed

* '' Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile'' (2004), a city-building game set in

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and published through Myelin Media **''Children of the Nile: Alexandria'' (2008), city pack for Children of the Nile. * ''

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'' (2006), a city-building game set in

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and published through Sierra Entertainment * '' SimCity Societies'' (2007), a society-building game that is part of the ''Sim'' franchise. **'' SimCity Societies: Destinations'' (2008), expansion set for '' SimCity Societies''. * '' Hinterland'' (2008) ** '' Hinterland: Orc Lords'' (2009) * '' Mosby's Confederacy'' (2008) * '' Nile Online'' (2009), a web game in the same vein as '' Children of the Nile''. *'' Medieval Mayor'' (development paused, permanent hiatus), a city-building game set in the

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. It marks a return to a 2D game engine, and will focus on a single player experience only.

References

External links

Official website (archived)

Tilted Mill Entertainment
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