Dusk Tactics

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A 2D isometric turn based tactical RPG/SRPG. Inspired by classics such as Tactics Ogre, Jeanne D'arc, Disgaea, Final Fantasy Tactics & more. Currently in development.

A screenshot of the character Mog Breaker, a cat-eared human, saying "Once again, Mog, the world's greatest thief, has infiltrated her destination with ease".
A screenshot showing what the sprites look like before the shader is applied. They are in grayscale and feature a separate RGB value for each color index. They look scary.
A screenshot of Dusk Tactics showing off the new palette swap feature. It shows a castle scene with 6 units both male and female Soldiers. They appear in default (silver/yellow) as well as green, blue and red versions.
Screenshot showing passive tooltip from website.
A screenshot of an isometric pixel art church and graveyard.
A screenshot of the new Dusk Tactics Demo. The top right of the screen says "West Wall Entrance, Eastern Command, Anastris" which is the location of the battle. Your tutor, Albion Banebreak is currently saying "How you position your units and where you attack from can make a world of difference." The map shows a simple castle entrance with 4 enemy soldiers bearing down on you.
Part of a new map, an isometric, pixel art, tilemap that shows a large stone bridge spanning rugged terrain. A long winged unit stands atop the bridge.
A map depicting a town from the game Tactics Ogre on SNES.
A video that simply shows the combat menu being hidden as well as all unit HP bars being shown via holding down specific buttons.
A screenshot of the tutorial level from the Dusk Tactics demo. It features a castle courtyard where two teams face off on a simple battlefield.
The map as it looks in Tiled Map Editor, there are no edges or transition tiles so it doesn't look too good.
An isometric pixel art map featuring plenty of rooftop combat space. It's night time and a light snow has begun to fall...
A screenshot of gameplay with the old sprite batch. Uses >5000 calls per frame!
Screenshot of test render of a map with a unit on every tile. While not slow, it's not very optimized. It used 440 texture bindings and had a draw call for each one!
A screenshot of dusk tactics, there's an after effect applied that makes everything blurry except for a single unit on the map.
The Job Wheel UI which shows Miranda having 7 different Jobs to choose from!
EMMA BOARD SLIDING ACROSS A FENCE
An image used on the Item section of the website. It says "Dusk Tactics Items" in the lower right hand corner and the background is made up of an altered screenshot of the game.
The Dusk Tactics Combat Log shown here displays exactly what happened in the gif shown in the first post. It shows the two attacks, damage done, etc.
A screenshot of right after the attack, but it shows the same preview we would have seen before the attack. The Attack HUD expands downwards to show us additional information.
Flow of combat showing an attack started by a unit dual wielding an axe and a sword vs a unit dual wielding a sabre and a dagger. Results in 4 hits with 3 different status effects thrown around.
Dusk Tactics UI for the Guild Hall recruit screen. On the left we see inside the Guild Hall where many different units are waiting to be recruited. On the right is a summary of their stats, abilities, passives, etc. This screenshot also shows how you can lock in various things like Gender, Job, Level, etc.
Dusk Tactics UI for the Guild Hall recruit screen. On the left we see inside the Guild Hall where many different units are waiting to be recruited. On the right is a summary of their stats, abilities, passives, etc.
A screenshot of Dusk Tactics showing the Recruitment UI from the Guild Hall. On the left we see inside the building and on the right we see the currently viewed unit. Units are randomized within certain ranges based on their level, so you can really customize your own unit.
A screenshot of battle results showing loot and experience gained. Taken right before the game crashed and all was lost.
The Dusk Tactics attack screen UI with new "Friendly Fire" warning that pops up when targeting allies.
An image showing a small map with some buildings and the name 'Dusk Tactics' in the lower right corner.
A screenshot of the Game Over screen from Dusk Tactics.
A picture of 2 characters from Dusk Tactics!
The Combat Simulator after the second battle. Belavosi has learned some new Passives and some new Jobs.
The Combat Simulator after 1 Scenario, Belavosi has gained a Sub Job and some new equipment.
Dusk Tactics Combat Simulator UI. This shows the start of the program which features a pre-battle mode that allows us to modify any units.
A banner for the Indie Tactical Role Playing Game List! It feature active development and recently released games.
A screenshot of Dusk Tactics.
A view of the combat simulator's map as well as a legend to the right of it showing what some of the icons mean.
A screenshot of the combat simulator that shows how the healing unit was able to use Mend, a healing ability, 3 times during a single match.
Screenshot of the first level in Dusk Tactics.
A video of the rotary menu in Dusk Tactics!
Example of 9 different skeletons with different clothing and colors.
How the map looks in the editor VS the actual game (see video).
A screenshot showing an archer firing an arrow downward at a unit on lower elevation.
Another 3 vs 3 UI showing the Blue Team winning!