Universal Space Grunts : turn-based meets arcade action by OrangePixel

3 ammo types with different, more powerful, weapon upgrades

 

The game is finally nearing a "completed" state
if you don't mind some spoilers, here's a 25 minute video of the gameplay showing a small portion of what you will encounter.

(played on desktop build, game will be 100% same on ios/android)

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I've been a bit silent on this forum lately, but don't worry, Space Grunts is well on it's way to become AWESOME ! The game release is schedule for January / February, making it my longest game in development (3 - 4 months longer than Heroes of Loot and Gunslugs 2)

but it will be worth it! Right now the game is "Available" on Steam early access, giving me a lot of users with great feedback and thus the game is improving every week (almost every day).

Here are some fresh screens of the game running on iPad (literally just took them) the touch-interface still needs some love, but I'll get it right and at least customizable for different size hands/fingers, etc.







Currently the top players take about 1 to 2 hours to "complete" their run, and that's when they actually survive their run.. most runs won't get that far and usually end much earlier

Here's also a newer trailer showing some more action:

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so still some months left, and I'll try to post some more screens here a bit more often as we work towards official release!

 

Steam EA version is here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/371430/

 

No portrait mode, the game plays a lot like an arcade game, and the controls really reflect this. Doesn't really work in portrait mode :/

 

Sorry for the long silence, but the game is nearing completion.. in fact Carter should have the beta installed on one of his iOS devices by now

The release is still some weeks away tho, I'm planning early February which sounds like a long time but with the beta, apple's approval process, and holidays, that's really short for a game release

In the meantime, some new eye candy:

First zone graphics have been updated and improved, showing more moon-base like structure from the outside:


The statusbar has gotten an overhaul, looking very space marine like .. I hope !


few more weeks, I just hope somebody out there is still excited for this one !