
Dato of Srivijaya is Historical RTS about rise of Srivijaya Empire in 7th century from unknown power in South Sumatra’s river to strong maritime power in Asia for almost 3.5 centuries! Explore Southeast Asia in 7th-10th century and build the strong empire!
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Dato of Srivijaya is historical real time strategy set in 7th century at Southeast Asia after Funan empire in Indocina has fall and regional power has shift to Srivijaya, unknown kingdom which rise from upstream South Sumatra's river to emerging great maritime power in Asia for several centuries. In 2025 version, all kingdoms in Southeast Asia now playable and the map has expanded to North Vietnam and South Myanmar.
Dato of Srivijaya has updated several times. Last updated was 24 October 2025.
Follow path of Srivijaya’s Maharaja(king of king) build his empire from small power,conquest against his rivals and another kingdom in
sland of gold (Svarnadwipa) and island of rice (Yavadvipa), maintain diplomatic relations to foreign power around world, and build strong navy for defending Srivijaya empire from any threat!
Key Features
>Build empire and manage federation (kadatuan) government system!
>Explore Southeast Asia realm in 7th until 10th century from Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Malaya, and Indocina .
>Explore river states around East Sumatra which make ships can enter to river upstream!
>Deal with many kingdoms in Southeast Asia either friendly approch or conquest for maitain the power of mandala.
>Manage system of city for build the state(Vanua) and estabilsh trading system, and countryside for supporting city needs
>Experience playing not only Srivijaya but also all kingdoms in Southeast Asia.
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This game was funded by Indonesia Ministry of Education and Culture under 2th Facilitation in the FIeld of Culture Project (Fasilitasi Bidang Kebudayaan) 2020!.
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Languages: English
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The tutorial is very unclear. UI is a heavy mess which one is clickable and which one is not is not clear. I Understand this is probably a hobby project not from professional game developer or big studio. but at least please get the basic right. Like clear tutorial, clear UI and UX which one can be clicked and which one can't. which city is which, like on the tutorial, we need to click "Palembang" and "click market" but where is it? and where is the market button. And I am using Core i7 9700K with 24 GB of Ram and a Radeon RX580 8GB and this game still laggy as hell like it's running on a toaster. I am glad this is Free so I only waste my 20 minutes instead of wasting 20 minutes and a few dollar where I can use it for buying some burger instead. At this state this game is not very recommended, I really hope the devs can learn how to make a better games in future, since Indie RTS is very rare where most indie are plat former usually, seeing an RTS is kinda fresh.
I am literally stuck at the second page of tutorial. Where is this Palembang? Where is the Market button? Have you ever tested your game?
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When I use Sriwijaya, the tutorial crashes. A Code Error Appears. Also when selecting other factions like Sunda or Mataram, no tutorial appears but you can immediately play. Still, I don't know what to do. UI window design is bad, especially the colors. Please fix the game because I always wanted to see RTS games from Indonesia.
Попробывал я разобраться в этой игре и ничего не получилось: не понятно,хотя вроде есть обучение, графика и разрешение-полная фигня,как и что делать-с трудом понимается. Короче игра не понравилась вообще,хотя может "истинным ценителям" и зайдёт,но сомневаюсь. Вот мой геймплей что бы зря не устанавливали игру: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuVyKipVrg&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=SokolFreeChannel
Dato of Srivijaya is a 2D retro pixel RTS/grand strategy that's been slapped together with the godawful GameMaker Studio video game construction kit from Yoyogames. It's got a very unique premise where you are in charge of the Srivijaya Empire, which existed in the 7th-10th century and covered what is now modern Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Unfortunately, no matter how interesting or educational the premise for a game might be, it has no value if the game itself is no good. And wow, this one does not spark joy. It's buggy, with an incomprehensible UI, a broken tutorial, and phoned in, amateur/MS-paint/retro pixel graphics. It's not unrealistic to suggest the game itself is entirely broken, I wasn't able to play it at all due to the broken UI. Like most GameMaker Studio construction kit "games", this features lazy 2D retro pixel "art", instead of professionally done, contemporary PC graphics. Controls and resolution are locked, which pushes this below acceptable standards for PC. GameMaker Studio is a very poor quality game construction kit, and unsurprisingly results in products that have little to no value as games, especially when compared to the work of professional developers who create genuine products for gamers. Just like you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear, you can't make a good game from a completely crap game engine. Using a video game construction kit requires little to no talent or skill as a game developer. Very often, GameMaker Studio is used to make shovelware and lazy cash grabs.
[h1]Before I played Dato of Srivijaya, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
Setelah memainkanya saya mendapatkan pencerahan batin yang luar biasa secara spiritual dan sensasi kenikmatan seperti halnya menghirup ganja di atas pegunungan tibet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaGCW5tIbjk The game needs to be improved further because I do not fully understand what to do, there is a very complex database. oyunun dahada geliştirilmesi gerekiyor çünkü ne yapacağımı tam olarak anlayamadım çok karışık bir veritabanı var
Srivijaya Dato, Srivijaya İmparatorluğu'nun 7. yüzyılda Güney Sumatra nehrindeki bilinmeyen güçten Asya'daki neredeyse 3,5 yüzyıl boyunca güçlü bir deniz gücüne kadar yükselişini konu alan Tarihi bir RTS'dir! 7. ve 10. yüzyıllarda Güneydoğu Asya'yı keşfedin ve güçlü imparatorluğu inşa edin!
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