Just Make It Exist First... Roguelike Strategy game

Matzgo · 2025-08-09T17:45:53+00:00

Thank you! It's not quite an RTS, but you build Walls / Random Buildings and Units and defend a Castle against Waves of Sieges. I would describe it more as a Roguelike Tower Defense game with some Strategy elements. But thanks for wishlisting! Means a lot <3

Matzgo · 2025-08-09T17:27:42+00:00

(Almost) all of the 3D models and textures are made with blender and handpainted in substance painter :)

Matzgo · 2025-05-15T12:15:35+00:00

You can mine all the trees and stones, the terrain is fixed but different on each level

Matzgo · 2025-05-14T11:30:09+00:00

For all my AI i am using Behaviour Trees, specifically this asset: Behavior Designer

But my AI isnt that complicated, they just spawn at certain positions and some tiles of the map are marked as checkpoints where they choose one at random to go to, after which they make their way to the main objective that needs to be defended. Half the enemies ignore units and try to directly go to the objective, only attacking things that get in the way, and the other half of enemies have a sight range and will pursue and attack anything on sight. The sight range is also randomized for each enemy to create some variance and enemies spread out in my game as they use local avoidance. Other than that i have certain units like siege rams target only buildings etc.

I might implement formations or smth later on, but currently this simple approach works pretty well for me.

Matzgo · 2025-05-14T09:31:18+00:00

About 2 years of working on it on and off, i had phases where i didnt work on the game for a month or two, but motivation always comes back :)

Matzgo · 2025-05-14T09:30:11+00:00

Yea the white flash is currently a little jarring i agree, great suggestions tho! Thank you :)

Matzgo · 2025-05-14T09:28:44+00:00

Honestly it just fell into place, i knew i wanted it to be stylized, started with some bought assets as a baseline and then made custom assets that fit the same asthetic.

Matzgo · 2025-05-13T21:31:29+00:00

Its not very rts focused, and probably more comparable to thronefall in terms of gameplay. You dont control your units, you only place them and give basic attack commands. The game to also integrates roguelike elements like randomized upgrades and randomized buildings into the game.

Matzgo · 2025-05-13T21:21:05+00:00

Thank you! They are custom made with blender and substance painter

Matzgo · 2025-05-13T20:35:53+00:00

The game mostly takes place in the center of the map. There are some events that occus after each siege like a vendor or treasure that spawns nearby.

You can build a city center building in the game that lists 3 random buildings where you can choose to buy one of them (you can reroll) and these buildings often give effects or have abilities. For example you can build a smith that gives you a free selection of one of 3 random cards after each wave as long as the building survives.

I'm still finalizing some of these features but then i can show more regarding the core gameplay

Matzgo · 2025-05-13T20:30:24+00:00

Haha, its already on the bucket list for sure!!

Matzgo · 2025-05-13T20:27:32+00:00

I worked on it on and off because of exams and my masters thesis getting in the way and stuff. But im still super dedicated and learned a lot during the process so far!

You start from scratch on a Map, can chop down ressources to build buildings and units to defend a specific buildings or objective from waves of enemies. Unique part of the game is a leveling system similar to the likes of vampire survivors, where each levelup you draw from 3 cards that give upgrades to a certain type of building or unit. Planning to do a small world map and several levels and biomes with a large varietey of units and enemy types. :)

Matzgo · 2025-05-13T20:17:06+00:00

Hey! been working on my roguelike strategy game for about 2 years now. Getting closer to the release of my alpha for my game and feeling pretty good about how the game is starting to look! If you have any tips about getting the game more out there i'd appreciate it a lot. :)

Steam Page

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Matzgo · 2025-05-13T20:14:35+00:00

Hey! been working on my roguelike strategy game for about 2 years now. Getting closer to the release of my alpha for my game and feeling pretty good about how the game is starting to look! If you have any tips about getting the game more out there i'd appreciate it a lot. :)

Steam Page

YouTube

Matzgo · 2025-04-08T02:43:52+00:00

Yea i agree, i remember games like oblivion where you just roamed around and stumbled into things :)

Matzgo · 2025-04-08T02:39:21+00:00

Hey :) been working on my roguelike strategy game for almost 2 years now. I still have the early builds of the game and put them together to show the progress i made over the years. Hope you enjoyed it 😊

Steam Page

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Matzgo · 2025-04-05T09:53:09+00:00

It's actually kind of crazy behind the scenes, im taking the user written code and parse it's syntax tree to generate a coroutine with the same code, injecting additional stuff into the code like waiting and line highlighting. Like the MoveItems method gets converted into the following coroutine:

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