14 Apr 2022Developer post

Patch 1.03 And Going Rogue Announcement!

Welcome Citizens! This time we're proud to announce that Tartapolis is Going Rogue! And this time it coincides with the release of patch 1.03! This release feature a lot of new elements, quality of life fixes and more! As a added bonus we added TWO new guns to the game! They are

25 Feb 2021Developer post

Tartapolis Update 1.0.2

Attention Citizens~! The City administration has adopted the following changes! - reduction of memory usage - significant reduction of hdd installation requirements - overall workload greatly reduced - bot fixes - rebalance towards harder gameplay Following community requests, a

19 Feb 2021Developer post

Update 1.0.1

Attention Citizens! We are proud to announce the 1.0.1 update! Changelog: - we added a functional map(M on the keyboard or right analog button) - added a new enemy(small Cockroach) - changes to popup system(highly requested) - changes to enemy progression - fixes to player(speedu

12 Feb 2021Developer post

Tartapolis Launched!

Attention City Dwellers! This is a H.I.V.E. public announcement! Tartapolis officialy opens the City gates! So welcome Citizens! It has been an incredibly perilous journey to get to this point! However we prevailed! We hope everyone will enjoy the game that we put so much love an

03 Feb 2021Developer post

Countdown Begins!

We are ready for launch! Incredible amount of work has gone into making sure that the game is ready for launch(12.02)! Currently testing is extensive and we check everything twice. Following the release will be patches and extensions. Our goal is to perfect the game in the upcomi

28 Nov 2020Developer post

Tartapolis.com is up and running!

Finally! After a few weeks of hard work in Wordpress the game's web page is complete. Our hope is that it will serve as a hub for spreading information about the game. The site features descriptions of the game world, hints about mechanics, NPC profiles, additional content, socia

11 Nov 2020Developer post

Tartapolis Update!

Greetings from Poland. We decided to push back the game release due to a large title launching very near our current date. this way we hope to get a little more time to polish the game and give players a chance to spot our title on the store "shelves" The new release date is: 25.

Greetings from Poland.

We decided to push back the game release due to a large title launching very near our current date. this way we hope to get a little more time to polish the game and give players a chance to spot our title on the store "shelves" The new release date is:

25.12.2020 r.

With Tartapolis we wanted to bring back the oldschool felling of classical J-RPG, coupled with perspective from Castlevania and action from Resident Evil. The game tells a story, and it's the main driving force. Environment is dynamic, and conditions change when going through the storyline. As the game progresses, new challenges present itself. Richard, the game's protagonist has to develop skills and equipment to deal with the City and progress the story. On his path are diverse enemies and many bosses. Strange characters, S.W.A.R.M(city police) units, bots and creatures inhabit this place, but deeper great darkness awaits!

To achieve the dark mood and techno feel of the game we used Photoshop as the main editing tool for maximum control of 2d graphics displayed in the game. A lot of visual data was fed through PS in the form of 3d renderings using proprietary "cell" shader to achieve the game look and mood. This also allowed us to optimize high resolution images and achieve native 4k resolution(game's HIGH setting). This mode requires quite a bit of data to be moved around and we would recommend to install the game on SSD drive for optimal loading times.

Finally, a little bit about the studio. We're from Poland, currently working remotely a small team of just 2 people. The game development took about two and a half years and it's almost complete now. During that time we gave ourselves total creative freedom to give our game a lot of heart. It is all about the details, small stories NPC tell or notes you find on the way that bring this world to light and unravel the true meaning of the City. We hope everyone enjoys Tartapolis.

P. S: Some raw screenshots from the game showing some of the locations in the game.

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14 Oct 2020Developer post

Tartapolis is Ready!

Hello! As of today we can share news that Tartapolis is in final stages of development! Yaay! Allmost all content has been created for the game and implemented. What we are currently working on is putting everything together, to make it for the 04.12 release date. We are all high

17 Jun 2020Developer post

Tartapolis Play Session

A sneak peek of the game played by the developers. Check it out to get acquainted with the game!~We are goin to show a bit of the story, as well as some action.

06 Jun 2020Developer post

Steam Festival Office Hours 16:00 - 20:00(GMT+2)

Steam Game Festival - Schedule Change! In recent announcement, Steam changed the festival starting date from 9th to 16th and we adjusted our office hours accordingly. So from 06.16.2020 to 06.22.2020 Tartapolis demo is going to be available to wider audience! We encourage everyon

30 Mar 2020Developer post

New trailer released!

We have just reached another development goal! For this occasion our team created a very cool video showing some of the features of the game! the video focuses heavily on action, however we plan to show a few other aspects of the game(namely Metroidvania elements and RPG) in upco

18 Jan 2020Developer post

New Year Update!

Welcome in New Year 2020! We have been very busy with development during the holidays and got a huge progress to report! Starting with storyline, world, RPG elements(NPCs, Quests, Shops, Items), through animations, enemies, bosses and more! It's impossible to show it all with scr

28 Nov 2019Developer post

Tartapolis Gun Store - The Flying Bullet!

Hi everyone! We just completed adding the weapons store to the game! It's your main place to buy and upgrade weapons and restock on ammo. It's also a quest hub, that let's you unlock new guns. The idea of Tartapolis weapons is that some of them act as tools, that allow you to pro

27 Nov 2019Developer post

Tartapolis Teaser is live on Steam!

We're proud to present Tartapolis Teaser! While the dev team is focused on next big update, we want to show a small taste of what's to come. Enter the dark streets of the city and feel it's pulse as you discover the true nature of Tartapolis. Welcome to the city!

23 Sep 2019Developer post

New Weapons/Enemies Teaser

Hey guys! We're proud to present our first development update for Tartapolis on Steam! And it's a hot one! We got an arsenal of weapons ready for this upcoming title. Our game is all about recreating the feeling of Castlevania and Resident Evil, and we got tools to do it! Check o

Updates & announcements

Welcome Citizens!

This time we're proud to announce that Tartapolis is Going Rogue!

Attention Citizens~!

We are ready for launch!

Finally!

Greetings from Poland.

25.12.2020 r.

We have just reached another development goal!

Welcome in New Year 2020!