actually multiplayer could work
your villagers would have to make villages and around that village within a certain radius you could terraform to keep people from dumping lava instantly on the enemy
assuming its pvp
I would enjoy a village against The Breath multiplayer mode. You control the villagers, they have the powers to stop tsunami's and such, and The Breath had the job to destroy the village.
Might be interesting.
Also, 1 week 6 days until it unlocks on Steam.