#steamhounds

Steamhounds turn based tactical combat games looking for Wishlist support for Linux, Mac and Windows. Developer Stray Basilisk now has a live Steam page. Which the release set as "coming soon". Steamhounds is a turn based tactical combat game. Mixing in JRPG aspects. While players take control of a team of steampunk mercenaries. Who are doing the dirty work of shady factions. Those who vie for control of a once great industrial city. Stray Basilisk just emailed with a quick update. Since they want to let everyone know about Steam "coming soon" page. Which is obviously live now. So you can check out some new promotional artwork. Also a few screenshots (featuring some major in-game changes we're implementing). And show your Wishlist support.

Steamhounds Prototype Gameplay (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Steamhounds will have you assembling a crew. Then building up their strength. Simply by deploying them on missions. So you can infiltrate, steal, and eliminate their targets. Challenge your friends in competitive team vs team battles. Or attempt to climb the online leaderboards in ranked matches.

Features:

A mash-up of traditional JRPG and tactical / grid based combat

With an innovative Stance system, you don't stand idle between turns - set up powerful combos and chain-reactions, and attempt to dismantle those of your opponent

Adopt a formation before you fight in Steamhounds. And adapt to the changing tides of battle

Live, competitive online play. Fight for your faction, or for personal glory

Build up your mercenary crew, take on missions, and uncover dark truths about the city and its inhabitants

Stylish pixel art characters in a 3D world

Playable Demo:

"We're currently in active development. Please consider wishlisting us. And get notified when the game is released! To become a playtester, chat to the devs. And get access to the prototype right now. Just click through our website link (over there on the right ->) and join our Discord!"

Steamhounds is a mix of RPG meet tactical combat coming to Linux, Mac and Windows. Where the player takes control of a team of steampunk mercenaries. Also doing the dirty work of the shady factions. Who also vye for control of a once-great industrial city. Which has not release date or price yet. But does look promising. We reached out to developer Stray Basilisk for details on development. While release date is still TBD, unfortunately.

Particularly what game engine is being used? The game is based on Java and OpenGL (LWJGL). And, can we expect to see a Linux port? The game currently runs on Mac, Linux and Windows, and we will continue to support all three throughout development. In fact, I do most of my development and testing on Linux, so it's pretty much the primary platform.

Steamhounds gameplay will have you assembling a team and build up their strength. While deploying them on missions to infiltrate, steal, and eliminate their targets. You can also challenge friends in competitive team-vs-team battles. Or just attempt to climb the online leaderboards in ranked matches. Plus the fact that we have Linux as the primary supported platform is also a bonus.

Steamhounds RPG tactical combat Alpha Gameplay (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Features

A mash-up of traditional JRPG and tactical/grid-based combat

With an innovative Stance system, you don't stand idle between turns - set up powerful combos and chain-reactions, and attempt to dismantle those of your opponent

Adopt a formation before you fight, and adapt to the changing tides of battle

Live, competitive online play. Fight for your faction, or for personal glory

Build up your mercenary crew, take on missions, and uncover dark truths about the city and its inhabitants

Stylish pixel art characters in a 3D world

Steamhounds started in late 2015 as a prototype developed by programmer Jason Davey. Since then the primary inspirations are Final Fantasy X and X-COM. Then the prototype explored the idea of combining JRPG-style combat with a system of "stances". Which allows characters to react to events occurring in the battle when it is not their turn. Seeing the potential in this prototype, the game mechanics and theme have evolved into its current incarnation as Steamhounds. A steampunk-themed, PvP-focused, turn-based combat game. Currently the team is working on refining this core in response to playtest feedback. And fleshing out the game's surrounding content.

Playable Demo: