TJ - Making Tabletop Tavern

It's finally happening. Tabletop Tavern launches June 11th! A medieval RTS roguelite I've been building solo since the pandemic. Total War scale battles, Slay the Spire run structure, one satisfying run per sitting. May your ale stay full and your enemies distant 🍻

I'll be livestreaming tomorrow night at 5PM EST with @TurboMakesGames at youtube.com/live/ne7mHiPTf… ! He's a Unity ECS wizard and I'll be walking through (getting roasted on) Tabletop Tavern's code with him. If you want to see a behind the scenes look at the project or have questions to ask drop by!

@thesenseialex Not yet, maybe in a few months

@TJGameDev Have your written a postmortem? Would love to read about your game development I see this game a while ago on Reddit

My solo indie game Tabletop Tavern has sold 100,000 copies in its first two weeks! 🎉 Been a little preoccupied with bug fixes and balance patches but wanted to take a moment to thank all the people who have supported me over the years. I could not have reached this milestone without @unitygames for their engine and support, especially that of @Raggune The entire @SyntyStudios team for their models and their direct support of me for the past 5ish years @AdventureMtn for the most accurate indie dev marketing advice @JonasTyroller for his videos and podcasts on game dev, truly the best content out there. @UnityCodeMonkey @SebastianLague @TurboMakesGames and @dani485b for their educational game dev content @IndiegameJordan for all his hard work marketing @GamirrorGames for Chinese Localization and QA @allcorrect for Spanish, French, Russian and German Localization @AlexRak02 @usmandevYT @InsomiSnorlax @the_real_aia for being supported game dev bros @noclipvideo @dannyodwyer @DustinCanFly @thomasbrushdev @ThomasStewartW @idlethumbs for providing insightful and entertaining game-dev/video-game content @ChrisWillx @AlexHormozi For providing inspiring and life changing advice Eren and Nathan for giving me opportunities to be a professional unity developer And last but most importantly my beautiful wife for believing in me and putting up with all the weekends and long nights I spent in front of a screen. 100,000 is just the start. Immensely proud of the community around this game and I look forward to continuing development on it! Thanks again, TJ

@TuckerScott Oh I’ve seen the movie, probably one of the most anti-war films

@TJGameDev if you only knew the context of this clip

In the first two days since launch, Tabletop Tavern: 50,000 copies sold 92% positive ratings from 600+ steam reviews Lots of updates planned and balancing being updated daily. Can not thank you all enough❤️

@invincibleserv1 Thank you!

@TJGameDev THANK YOU for such an amazing game. From the demo to full release, it's all I've expected it to be.

@Destiael Thanks for the kind words! Could you actually add a little more context to the camera being janky? I'm sure that if it feels a little off for you then other players are feeling it as well. Since its likely just a controls tweak I'd love to improve it!

@TJGameDev Great work. I bought and played 3 runs yesterday. Great concept and foundation to the game. Camera was a bit janky tho. Pretty amazing you threw it together solo

@JackInacker probably a little too performance intensive for ios release sorry☹️. Go Birds

@TJGameDev It’s a lot of fun! Congrats on your success. Any plans for an IOS release? It would be fun to play it when away from my PC. Go Birds 🦅

@babism0 Yes! Future update

@TJGameDev Looks incredible, are there plans to support multiplayer?

2 years of solo dev, now finally in your hands! My roguelike RTS Tabletop Tavern is now live 🍻 Build your army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign on a charming tabletop battlefield. Every future update is free. No paid DLC, ever.

Today was a pretty unreal day. It's one thing to have people tell you they like your game, it's another for them to say it to you after spending money on it. Thank you all❤️

@perafilozof_YT Thanks for sharing!!!!

@TJGameDev Here are my tips to help new players: youtu.be/BtU9_eNm6EA

Total War battles meet Slay the Spire roguelike progression. Build your army, pick from 16 heroes across 8 factions, and survive the campaign on a living tabletop battlefield. Tabletop Tavern launches in 2 days on June 11th!

@unitygames Your engine made it possible!

@TJGameDev Congratulations on the launch, we can't wait to jump in! 🍻🤝

@BellularGaming Would you like a key 👀

THIS LOOKS SO COOL

@MCaterpillow Coming in a future update!

@TJGameDev Does it have multiplayer?

@jonasquidde The wall building looks soooo good!

Wishlist Bergfried now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3247960/Be… #medieval #strategy #strategygames #indiegame

@notacat00 That's quite the endorsement 😅. Glad you're enjoying it so much!

@TJGameDev I played the TT demo yesterday and got pissed again when I realized it ended after the first turn on the second map lol I'm looking forward to the 11th more than I'm looking forward to GTA6. Good luck!

If you like Total War, you'll like my game If you like Slay The Spire, you'll like my game If you like SOVL, you'll like my game