#gearbits

What Mecha games are you familiar with and would recommend?

So to get the obvious out of the way:

Armored Core 6, the one most people (including myself) started with and probably the easiest to get into.

Gundam Breaker 4, personally the story is a miss for me but the gameplay and the building aspect is really fun

Titanfall 2, peak FPS probably heard of it before.

Now onto the stuff I love (I still love all 3 of these above but these ones below are so niche they deserve the extra love) :

Gearbits, it's so cheap and simple but God damn is it fun, if you have a pc that connects to a socket or a laptop that uses a battery you should definitely get it, steam exclusive unfortunately.

SD Gundam Battle Alliance, my jam before I got into GB4, it is a bit grindy but it's story is enjoyable enough and the gameplay is fire, definitely get it even if you're not sold on the SD ascetic (also first PC game to feature the Xi Gundam I'm pretty sure, tho it is dlc locked)

Into the Breach, the best turn based mecha roguelike ever made, definite classic that is both challenging and fair.

Phantom Brigade, the best turn based mecha Xcom like, although not featuring a grid system it's mechanics are fun, I haven't beaten it yet but it's probably my top 3 game (poly graphics indie games save me)

Airmech, my favorite RTS ever ever made. You get to play as a transforming robot that either sends out troops all around the map in plane mode or joins the action directly in robot mode. Absolutely love it.

Lightyear Frontier, a farming sim but you get to pilot a mecha, it is a brilliant chill game and I absolutely love it, I only played the demo but I'm getting it sometime soon.

Now onto the game I haven't played but is really good from what I've heard:

Battletech, a slow strategic Xcom like that I've wanted to get into for a while, still on the list, tons of dlc and pretty expensive.

That's all I got, there's a ton more tho, oh and:

The DLC expansion campaign, for my game, Gearbits has released!

You can get it now on Steam.

check out Gearbits on steam!!!!

its very gud ! only about halfway thru it so far but it really feels like an old console era mecha game, like as if it were on the n64 or smthn. *big* megaman legends vibes on the in game artstyle, and the character artwork for the portraits are really neat !

really enjoying it so far :3c

Do you (person following this Gundam themed blog) love mecha? have you been wanting to play more? but maybe you don't have the money and/or disk space/good enough specs for AC6/GB4.

Well let me tell you a pleasant solution:

Gearbits

This ten (10) USD (or equivalent in your currency) game available on steam RIGHT NOW is fucking amazing go play it, it doesn't look like a lot as it was only made by one (1) person but let me tell you, it's soooo good, go play it right now.

Here’s an animation I made with one of the models from my game. The 3D animation was done in Blender and the effects were 2D animated in Opentoonz

Get the game on itch.io (It's free) https://quackpond-games.itch.io/gearbits-test-site

I’ve been practising 3D and Unity for a while now. And now I’m ready to publish my first playable game!  

Play Gearbits now. Made by one dude ( @the-duckpond ) in his free time Gearbits is the (un)holy child of Armored Core, Ace Combat and Starship troopers. Handles decently, is fun, is cheap, can run on a toaster and most importantly you can unlock a fucking gundam in time for the last mission (twice if you get the DLC).