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BORE BLASTERS developer 8BitSkull have announced their next game, Skull Horde, which will be released in 2025 with Linux and Steam Deck support.

In Skull Horde you play as a flying skull necromancer as you raise an ever-growing skeletal army and battle through procedurally generated dungeons, collecting casket-loads of boons and loot and unlocking powerful perks to upgrade the your little horde and achieve each soldier's fullest necrotic potential.

Their teaser trailer is below, although it has no gameplay footage at all:

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Since that was a lot of nothing, here's some screenshots of what it actually looks like:

Features:

  • Procedurally Generated Dungeons: Explore different procedurally generated dungeons, each with unique enemy types that demand different battle strategies. Different challenges require creative builds to overcome, lest you be sent to the grave yourself.
  • Realtime Auto Battling: Battles in Skull Horde are duked out in real-time, and your minions do battle independently. Develop your squad, choose where to explore, when to move on, and when to send your enemies six feet under.
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls?: Test out different playable characters with unique special abilities to see which one fits your particular style of death dealing.
  • Rise from Your Grave: Raise the dead and put them to work, battling swarms of wretched flesh soldiers. Diversify your army or merge unit types to gain stronger versions and unlock unique abilities.
  • Powerful Loot and Boons: Each dungeon type is filled with chests and shrines with powerful loot and boons to collect, but don’t get greedy–lest you risk being overwhelmed by the horde.

Their previous games BORE BLASTERS and Fates of Ort are really good, so hopefully this is too.

Skull Horde

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2 comments

hardpenguin Oct 23
Quote8BitSkull
Another win for the Defold engine and first-party Linux support. Despite Proton domination some games still offer Linux binaries and I think that is great!
Siinamon Oct 25
Quoting: hardpenguin
Quote8BitSkull
Another win for the Defold engine and first-party Linux support. Despite Proton domination some games still offer Linux binaries and I think that is great!

I agree! I do enjoy what Proton brings to the table but I really appreciate developers who still make linux-native games.
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