30/06/2026
FROM VIBORG GAME EXPO TO DEV TEST AND REPEAT TODAY!
We are pleased to have presented our game at Viborg Game Expo this Friday and Saturday! It was a pleasure being there during
Viborg Snapsting Hærvejsfestival.
It was a lot of fun showcasing our game, and we are thrilled to have so many people enjoy and play our game. Thanks to everyone who, despite the heat, joined the expo and for giving us so much feedback! We will take this feedback and improve our game.
By the way, did you know Viborg Snapsting is a yearly folk and cultural festival festival. The festival is known as the first landstingssamling, a ting is an assembly or governing meeting. The name dates back to the 1400s and "snaps" likely has to do with "snap" as in doing something snappy or quickly, rather than snaps the drink. Back then, the Snapstinget was a part of important markets and the primary day to make payments. Merchants, labourers, and street performers would meet. Furtheremore The Danish Parliament named its restaurant Snapstinget after this festival. So what is the "hærvej"? It means the army road, and it is an ancient, pre-Viking route from Viborg to Schleswig-Holstein. The route was inherited and used by Viking warriors moving through the peninsula; many other groups also traveled it. Merchants driving cattle to markets, pilgrims heading to holy sites, and ordinary travelers all relied on the same route. Before modern roads, following an established overland route was much easier than cutting through forests and wetlands. The route linked important Viking settlements and royal centers, helping rulers maintain control over different parts of Denmark.
Hærvejen passed through the Danevirke, a massive system of defensive earthworks built and expanded by Danish kings.
The Vikings are often associated with ships, and for good reason. Sea travel was usually faster and more efficient than traveling over land. However, ships couldn't go everywhere. Hærvejen filled an important gap by connecting inland settlements and providing a reliable route across Jutland when sea travel wasn't practical or when travelers needed to reach destinations away from the coast.
These days, the route is used for hikers and bikers.
Today, we are marching to Unity in Copenhagen for Dev Test and Repeat at
Niels Hemmingsens Gade 24, 1153 København. From 18:00 - 22:00 we will playtest our game together with other game developers. Feel free to come by to play games and eat pizza.
