Looks promising!

Any plans for an Android version?

These PVP TBS tactical games are highly addictive, I remember I used to play Gunrox like a maniac.

Good luck, your game is a good mix, waiting to see how your creations become alive.

Thank you! I also played a lot of T-RPG but never found anything I like on mobile, but I've been playing a lot of chess this past years :

Thank you mate, I remember the fuzz about pokemon go! I grew up playing the first one's on gameboy, great games!

Battle Field Editor

This may be just me, but I have been seeing more and more games with crafting systems added to them. Many think they add another layer of depth to the game, but I am just not sure about that. Crafting is awesome when it’s central to the gameplay of the game, as in UO, Minecraft, or Eve Online. For loot-drop based games like WoW it just feels unnecessarily bolted on.

For many months we thought about it, we wanted to give you some tool to create something unique, and we like the idea of strategy being a part of your inventory, but we would prefer other ways to incorporate this than crafting.

That is why we added a Battle Field Editor.


It’s a neat way of giving the player choice and control over something crucial, tactical possibilities. In SUPERPUNK Tactics you can attack, destroy, push and interact in many ways the terrain and his layout. Giving you a battlefield where you can build things and plan your tactics is extremely satisfying. Every battle would be different from the last one, something truly exciting for the opponent, and because the terrain is symmetrical totally fair.


Combined with status effects (Burning, Infected…), I cant imagine the possibilities but I know this is gonna be awesome.

Cheers

Yes, we thought about it and decided to make it pretty basic, but with a big impact on the game.

Our latest play tests have shown that players build their teams based on the layout of the map, and vice versa.

Consequently, 100% of the players had a personalized BattleMap ^^

SUPERPUNK Tactics takes place in a persistent world with territories to attack or defend, depending on you faction, and if you want to attack a territory, you'll have to deal with the Battle Field made by your opponent, and vice versa if you want to defend a territory claimed by your faction. That gives the advantage of terrain for the player defending, but hey, the attacker still have the initiative of the first turn.

Each Battle Field are symmetric and you can adjust your team depending on the layout, after all, we are not trying to trap the players but to make them think and strategize.

And of course, there will be some special territories with Battle Field crafted by us, with unique features and design

Thanks mate, doing my best to improve the UI and UX, and I found this effect to match perfectly with the scifi mood I want to establish

Thanks mate, appreciate it!

This week, we have been working on Status effects.

Poison, stun, confusion, fear, sleep, death…Status effects are greats, they can add variety on top of existing base mechanics and lend the mathematics of combat in some games a great deal of depth and emergent complexity without making the game harder to learn or play. An RPG is never complete without Status Effects. From the simplest damage-over-time effect to the impactful 5 turns until instant death to something wacky like turning your folks into sheep, Status Effects can be tackled in many ways by the developer and it sure does impact the gameplay for their respective players.


But they are a tricky beasts. Some games make them so trivial they can be ignored, others make them so debilitating that getting one means you may as well quit and reload your last save. There is a sweet spot in the middle, but getting there takes work. And If we can integrate them in such a way that they feel like they join up seamlessly with the base mechanics, I think that will help reduce the feeling that you need to track yet another thing.

Take poison for example, some games make poison so weak that it ends up being the equivalent of 1-2 hits from weak enemies over several turns. Conversely, some games make poison ridiculously strong. Not quite to the point of 25% HP per turn, but occasionally not far off it. It’s often either too much or too little, and rarely does anyone hit that sweet spot in the middle…so let’s fix this by having ramped-up damage, like the Agony skill in World of Warcraft. Poison starts out small, but each turn gets a little bit stronger. That means you can afford to ignore it for, a couple of turns, but after that it starts getting deadly to the point where you need to deal with it. Having this mechanic means the player will soon learn they have a bit of grace where they can get things done without worry, but the longer they leave it there, the greater a risk they’re taking.

We cant talk Status Effects without talking about Immune System. That one’s easy: make the target immune to the last status they cured from for few turns. That way you can spend few turns without having to worry about more poison.


And as of right now, there are a little bit more than 20 Status Effects in SUPERPUNK Tactics.

• Rested – Character Recuperation gain +10.
• Distracted – Character can’t use REACTIVE SKILLS (Parade, Counter-Attack, Evade…).
• Disarmed – Character can’t use ACTIVE SKILL (Attack, Charge, Lightning…).
• Shattered – « Weapon Triangle » set to disadvantaging (+20% Damage received) even if same color.
• Stunned – Character can’t play this turn. This status can’t be broken by damage.
• Blinded – Character can’t see.
• Rooted – Character can’t move (movement based skills break the root). This status is broken by any damage.
• Crippled – Character can’t move and cant use movement skill (charge, dodge…)
• Frightened – Character run away in fear. This status is broken by any damage.
• Decaying – Character is hurt by Recuperation.
• Sleeping – Character cannot move or use skills. This status is broken by any damage.
• Mad – Maddened characters will attack those nearest them, regardless of alignment.
• Ruptured – Double cost of movement.
• Wet – 20% more vulnerable to Electric and Ice attacks. If Shocked while Wet, become Stunned. If Chilled while Wet, become Frozen.
• Shocked – 20% more vulnerable to Electric attacks. Getting Wet or Shocked again while already Shocked will make the character Stunned.
• Frozen – Character is Frozen and Immun to everything but cant play.
• Chilled – 20% more vulnerable to Cold attacks. Character can be Frozen as a result of being Chilled while already Chilled.
• Infected – Contagious, spread to nearby players/enemies – Character deals -30% damage.
• Hot – 20% more vulnerable to Heat attacks. Getting Hot again while already Hot will make the character Burning.
• Oily – Character can be Burning as a result of being Hot
• Burning – Damage Over Turns, but Character is immun to Frozen, Wet and Chill.
• Immun – Character is immun to every negative status effects

Each one of them was carefully selected, because as with everything in game design, we think it’s important to tie all the little bits and pieces together in the battle system. A thing should be added only if it adds something to the gameplay. If a status effect doesn’t add a new way to play or a change in player behavior, then it’s just fluff and should be left out.

We are working hard to make them easily visually recognizable, but is it too much? What does too many different types of status effects look like? I dont want to make the player feel like the game is bloated because it contained too many effects, items, etc

Indeed they are!


It will certainly require some UI and UX witchcraft and probably some sort of tutorial or introduction to ease the player in. It’s a big challenge, but we have some ideas including few missions, cutscenes and in-menu dialogues. Good opportunities to set the background and give some hints on the game mechanics

That said, I am open to any suggestion!

Those are great advices, thank you Ramos.

I'll definitely use this thread to have your opinion on some ideas about how we introduce Status Effects and their interaction between each others.
Luckily, there are already many games doing a great work on this field!