A bit of context for those unfamiliar with Archrebel and my story:
Archrebel Tactics’ journey began back in 2010 and has been redesigned from scratch three times before I finally found the right formula and honed the skills needed to be worthy of reincarnating and expanding the classic formulas of Rebelstar and Laser Squad turn-based, tactical war games.
Progress has been steady since 2021, when I left my job to fully dedicate myself to game development, with Archrebel Tactics as the first title on my list. Unfortunately, after three years of intense work, my funds were nearly depleted, and a few ill-timed real-life events forced me to scale back to part-time development.
That said, development is still going strong — and now, with the financial support of MicroProse, I have the option to return to full-time development should I feel my current pace isn’t meeting expectations. The project has never been more alive than it is now!
Since the game’s demo was released last year on itch.io, it has received many new features — namely (excluding bug fixes, UI improvements, and QoL additions):
Target Painter - A new item that increases the signature targets and their vulnerability to critical shots.
Proximity Mine - New explosive weapon that will detonate when enemy units come adjacent to it.
EMP Grenade Launcher ammo - New EMP ammo for the grenade launcher.
Hack Tool - The hack tool now can also disrupt the AP pool of target droids, at the distance.
Charge Pack - New item that can recharge shields, energy weapons, and droid batteries.
Cloak Field - New item that cloaks units making them immune to ranged attacks.
Decoy Projector - New item that projects a ranged holographic image to bait enemy units to attack it.
Phoenix Shot - New item that revive human units shortly after they have fallen in battle.
Webber - New item that will grapple and hold an enemy target in place.
Neuro Gun - New item that lets the player briefly control wild life and enemy soldiers.
Stun Blaster - New item that lets the player stun living units.
Sentry Gun - A one time deployable turret that automatically engages foes.
Sunblade - A new deadly melee weapon for the knight class that hits multiple targets in a single strike.
Neutron Blaster - New deadly weapon for the Elite class.
Here’s the current milestone list to keep you up to speed. Please keep in mind that this list of planned features is not set in stone; features can be added or removed at any time.
Level up system (update bonus modifiers for attributes, skills, and gear per class based on the new mechanics in place).
Weather system (cloudy, partially-cloudy, foggy, rainy, thunderstorm, hazzardstorm).
Create new biomes (Desert, swamp, caves and Shardlands).
Additional wildlife (land, aquatic, flying, and some special ones ;).
Demo mission II (this mission will let players test unit classes and the level up system).
Campaign mode (in between missions unit management, plot development, technology research, and mission selection).
Demo mission III (this mission will let players test the campaign mode mechanics and UI).
Mission/campaign editor (for both the developer and player).
Multiplayer (campaign co-op and PVP, integration of multiplayer in the previous demo missions).
Main campaign (the development of the game's main campaign).
Steam Integration (API integration and Steam achievements).
The best way to stay close to the game’s development is by joining my Discord channel; I’ve channelized a single place for it to keep my solo development bearable and effective, even tough I still share some news on X and Bluesky.
I’ll see you there, Commander!
