Strategy & tactics

We're a team of two making Hostile Architect. It looks like a typical side-scroller, except you're the one designing the level, using stuff like ceiling spikes and lava pits and conveyor belts. You choose your traps, arrange everything, and then sit back and watch while a horde of heroes is unleashed to try to survive the level you built.

We've been working on this for about 10 months, not exactly secretly, but we're finally showing it off now, which is a little scary. Yesterday our trailer blew up on Instagram. But this is Reddit and you people are harsher critics. Does this look like something you'd play? Or should we throw ourselves into the lava pit?

Here's our Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4768160/Hostile_Architect/

The game is designed for around 4 to ~12 players.

The team has a limited amount of time to paint and clean the map, but almost every object has physics, so things can quickly turn into chaos. You can knock things over, spill buckets, throw objects around, etc.

Plot Twist: one player is the Saboteur.

His goal is to secretly waste everyone’s time, create chaos, sabotage progress, and make sure the team completes as little as possible without getting caught.

At the end of the time, everyone votes someone out until the Saboteur is found.

I recently played a very early prototype with some friends, so I wanted to share it for the first time. Do you think this kind of game could work? What would make the concept more interesting to you?

Most of what you see is still in progress: the characters, map, graphics, animations, UI and the rest will probably change.

PS: sorry I am french so language is in french

Our second devlog, where we further talk about the design of our upcoming game The Pineapple Conspiracy. A good occasion to think about impostor-like and social deduction gameplay!

We are trying to create other ways for saboteurs to play the game, apart from killing with an axe. Poisoning the food supply, an axe, pushing player down in caves or from a cliff, or drawing animals to the camp are all valid ways of eliminating other castaways or making them loose precious time.

Another thing that we're trying to do is to add a new role: the renegade, whose only goal is to escape alone with the hidden pineapple artifact. Of course, we're not the only ones that did that - board games, such as Bang!, have many roles that we can inspiration from. Stepping away from Among us gameplay is not so easy after all, but we're getting there slowly but surely - playtests don't lie!

Link to the post: https://www.newheadstudio.com/blog/pineapple_conspiracy_devlog2.html

Follow us on social media - and don't hesitate to wishlist as well, steam link is in the post!

Dear Larry,

Sometimes our minds come up with brilliant ideas. The life-changing kind. The kind that move and inspire others.

I did not have such an idea. I just like progression. And collecting. And generally silly things. I also happen to be a game developer.

Thus, this happened:

Pocket Larrys

A quirky monster-collecting auto-battler with RPG progression and strategic team-building.

• Unlock Larrys
• Fight Boss Larrys
• Power Up & Evolve Larrys
• Build teams of Larrys
• Take part in The Larry League
• Collect them all

Fine. How do I play?

You can take part of this demo by following the instructions below:

• Android
  • Become a member of this google-group.
  • Install the game through Google Play

Why Larry?!

That uhm. Kind of evolved on its own. My real name isn't even Larry fyi.

The first game I created is called Larry's Defense. It's a mobile tower defense game where - instead of towers - there's just you: Larry. You get to improve him by levelling him up, choosing skills, attributes and equipping/upgrading gear.

I leaned hard into the whole Larry theme and even gathered a small community of people playing the game whom all called each other Larry.

Quite frankly, it was as hilarious as it was unexpected.

So whilst developing Pocket Larrys, I had a choice to make. Either abandon the theme, giving more freedom of creativity, or double-down on Larry.

In the end it was an easy choice =)

I’m a solo developer and I’m giving away 10 Google Play keys for my game PUCKi.

PUCKi is a turn-based tabletop hockey game where every shot is a mix of skill, strategy and physics. You pull back your stone, aim, calculate the angle and friction, take the shot and then watch everything unfold.

The puck can bounce, collide with other pieces, fly over obstacles and completely change the outcome of a match.

There’s also a full roguelite Career mode with branching runs, bosses with unique physics anomalies and a Nemesis system where AI opponents can remember you and come back stronger.

You can play against friends locally or online, play high-stakes PvP using your earned in-game credits, visit the casino, collect skins and customize your stones, pucks, ice and arenas.

There are no microtransactions. Everything is earned through gameplay.

If this sounds like something you'd enjoy, give it a try:

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mracek.pucki.final

I have 10 free keys to give away:

CODES:

1.
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2.
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3.
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5.
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7.
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8.
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9.
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10.
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If you use a key let others pls know which one you took in the comments.
I'd really appreciate if you gave the game a chance and let me know what you think.
I’m a solo dev, so honest feedback is genuinely valuable to me.

Have fun and see you on the ice.
If all the codes are used, feel free to send me a DM and I’ll give you a key. I’ve got your back! ;)

Check out the first of many of my Android games. Took a while to get past the beta hoops but this one is in. None of my games have ads, IAPs, hooks or trackers.

I just make games I enjoy playing. I will respond to feedback and keep updating with requested features. Please consider trying it out. Ratings are of course appreciated.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newdawn333.hexrealms&hl=en_US

Defend the Core against the corruption front in a blend of idle tower defense and survivors-like roguelite gameplay. You start every run from scratch, drafting new Glyphs and fusing them mid-battle to build a completely unique arsenal to hold back the flood.

What makes Coreshatter different is the strategic pacing layer. Every run ends in a "Shatter" that banks everything you earned into permanent Foundry and Mainframe upgrades, so the decision is whether to push deeper for bigger earnings or bank early and restart stronger. The game keeps pushing forward while you're offline, so you'll always come back to a pile of resources ready to spend on upgrades.

The game is completely free to play with optional rewarded ads, and everything can be earned just by playing the game.

Get it on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/coreshatter-idle-td-roguelite/id6780365607

Happy to answer anything!