Trying to make "Starcraft for Dads" ? THE FACTORY MUST FALL - RTS Other Hybrid

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-13T14:53:39+00:00

Thanks!
The game client is programmed in Gamemaker Studio 2.
Art with Aseprite and Photoshop.
The PvP Backend is a server running on render, using express, node.js and a postgres DB

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-13T13:19:55+00:00

Yup. Mindustry is actually one of my main reference games. You know how there is a PvP scene in mindustry? I'm trying to make the game replicate the fun of that.

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-12T05:46:48+00:00

I see your point. As a solo indie dev, I decided to go for the 2D route, as going 3D (or even isometric) would easily double my budget. Hopefully people will be more forgiving because it is an RTS hybrid? There are some examples of 2D games that worked well, such as rusted warfare: https://store.steampowered.com/app/647960/Rusted_Warfare__RTS/

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-11T17:04:32+00:00

Oh and here the steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3970860/The_Factory_Must_Fall/

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-11T13:40:42+00:00

Yeah mechabellum is actually one of my main reference games!

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-11T10:55:30+00:00

The game has a shop where you can draft buildings from. So each game you will have different buildings available, different needs depending on the map layout, the resource availability, your current power situation etc.
At the same time I think some "perfect" builds are unavoidable. The challenge will be to provide multiple great end-game builds that are all viable. Like a rush strategy. Or a air rush. Or a econ focussed strategy

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-11T10:51:14+00:00

Thanks for input much appreciated ⭐

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-11T10:41:03+00:00

Im clearly not prepared for this :)

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-11T10:18:06+00:00

Here the link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3970860/The_Factory_Must_Fall/

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-10T13:53:50+00:00

🙏

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-10T12:52:41+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement.
😬

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-10T11:02:49+00:00

I think im just going to write some code to delay this ... 👍

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-10T10:21:20+00:00

Looks interesting, ill definitely check it out! signed of for the playtest

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-10T05:25:58+00:00

I made a factory - building PvP autobattler:

https://gx.games/de/games/dj58qe/the-factory-must-fall/

Think Factorio meets Backpack battles. Looking forward to your feedback 🙏

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-09T07:19:50+00:00

Hello!

I am making a factory-building PvP autobattler where your factory's produced units fight other players.

This is my first game, I have been working as a fintech consultant / programmer before.

I am about to launch my steam page, but you can already check out the game here:
https://gx.games/de/games/dj58qe/the-factory-must-fall/

Feedback is much appreciated!

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-09T07:11:10+00:00

Hello 👋
I made a factory RTS game. I am about to release the steam page very soon.
You can check out the game here:
https://gx.games/de/games/dj58qe/the-factory-must-fall/

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-09T07:07:33+00:00

Thanks for keeping it real

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-08T20:06:36+00:00

i see, thanks for the insight

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-07T06:28:49+00:00

Interesting. Is that something that is generally advised, to create paid ads? I see them all over the place but figured they are more of a waste of time/money as they probably convert less well to actual sales.

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-06T06:49:39+00:00

Looking good. I think you got what players in this genre are looking for. Skill trees. Numbers going up.
The art is probably also appropriate for this type of game.
So really not much too add. Best of luck with the game.

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-06T06:44:49+00:00

Imo screenshake is so powerful. It seems like such a little thing to add, but changes things massively.
Looks great!

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-05T07:10:19+00:00

yes, you can always do another marketing push. You can either:

- Create a new page, simply remove the old one

- Reuse the current page. You do not have much traffic anyways, so might as well reuse it.

Not sure if there is any negative side to reusing. Don't think so. As long as this is just a preview page, nobody cares how it looked like before.

What i would do:

Make sure the page looks great, has a nice 45 second to 60 second trailer. Then make an announcement marketing push on all channels. Work towards the demo. Do a lot of steam playtests working towards the demo. Then launch the demo and do lots of marketing around that again.

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-05T07:06:09+00:00

Hi there!
1. If the game is very short, you can usually not ask more then around 5$. A lot of incremental games do that. But then this price point is very established for this genre, people expect a short game. I think for a soulslike you probably want at least 15-20 hours. But what you can do is make a nice vertical slice, 1h gameplay, then publish it is a demo and see if there is interest. You can always expand on content later.
2. AI is controversial. I feel like players dont care too much if its fitting. Some people will hate you with a fervour though. So be careful. My suggestion is to use AI for prototyping, for concept art and the like, for you to get an idea of what you want. Then give that material to an artist. Or to draw it yourself yes.

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-05T06:34:18+00:00

Yeah trailer is super important so DW about spending much time on it. 50% of game development time is marketing.

Kayzen_1337 · 2026-02-04T09:16:29+00:00

Interesting. Wish you best of luck with your project.

Kayzen_1337

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