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@badgerpunch Early pre-final-art build of our tactical roguelike deckbuilding autobattler (phew 😅). With North African sci-fi inspo!

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So we've pivoted, but we feel that we've kept the fun core of the game: deploying enemies and building a powerful deck. 2026 has us heads down and working on content on top of our new design.

Hey 👋 It's been a while. Wanted to update you on our North-African sci-fi tactical roguelike deckbuilder. We're still cooking. In fact we made a big design pivot in 2025. Here's what we've been working on 🧵👇

Colour studies by our amazingly talented artist Simon as we lock in the art direction for our tactical roguelike deckbuilder.

Sneak peak of some Simon's concepts as we close out the art bible for our tactical roguelike deckbuilder.

Hope you had a nice winter holiday, fellow game devs :) We're back to work and working on closing art direction as well as adding cards to our tactical roguelike deckbuilder.

While we're refactoring and working on the art bible of our tactical roguelike deckbuilder, our sound designer Lars has been mixing some saucy tunes. I think this one works well for a boss fight. soundcloud.com/user-534097453… #sounddesign

Our talented sound designer, Lars, has gotten into a groove. This is one of his recent "audio vertical slices" which tests the soundscape of the game in combat. #gameaudio #sounddesign on.soundcloud.com/QHZ0FfEezEudub…

Gorgeous cyberpunk deckbuilder - INTO THE GRID - just launched into early access and we've got a Steam Bundle! 10% off 👉 tinyurl.com/driftintothegr… #indiegame @Flatline_Studio

While this is not our final art style, it's so cool to see how far our talented artist, Simon, has come.

One of the biggest hearts in game dev, and a master of game feel, @trick_o is one of those devs I'm constantly learning from. He just released his first commercial game. Go check it out. #ff #followfriday

Simon, our talented artist, has been working on rendering and art pipeline. This piece is of a Banumarin. Inspired by the North African Amazigh, the Banumarin are a noble, agile faction who know the desert like the back of their hand.

Now we need to clean up our dirty, dirty prototype code and take on the next big design problem: board size? Too big? Too complex. Follow us to find out 😊

So we're going with a traditional combat-draft-combat-draft design and a traditional hand system within combat. It might seem "safe" but we feel we can innovate *within* this structure and still do some cool stuff with the tactical RLDB space.

After struggling with designing enemies for our tactical roguelike deckbuilder, we landed on a design space that makes our lives easier. Read on 🧵👇