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Into The Grid is coming next year and this award-winning mixture of dungeon-crawling, deck-building and turn-based combat now has a demo available. It has Native Linux support.

Really interesting mixture of styles here. The dungeon crawling side of it reminded me of the hacking mini-game in the later Deus Ex games. And on top of that you get to build a deck of slick looking cards, then fight turn-based battles against various types of enemies that have some nice 3D animations on them. As far as deck-builders go, this is pretty dynamic and definitely feels unique in a crowded space. All wrapped up in a sleek cyberpunk style, with a story focused on taking down the evil mega corporations that control the world from the shadows — it's one to watch.

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Main Features:

  • An exciting blend of deckbuilding, card battler and dungeon crawler - Into The Grid introduces a map exploration system to the genre that’s a breath of fresh air. You will need to be tactical and strategical not only in the way you put together your deck and play your cards, but also in how you explore the map and manage your limited resources to find and reach your goal before The Grid kicks you out, sends a private security force to your location, or worse.
  • A unique dual resource system to diminish RNG and leverage “dead draws” - Into The Grid introduces a novel combat mechanic called “Commands”, skills you can activate during combat by spending a resource that almost every card in the game generates just by playing them. Commands are designed to have supporting effects that help to play around RNG by letting you, for example, draw or fetch cards from specific places. Their varied effects also enable different archetypes within each character, creating a new fan of possibilities as you change your Commands in between battles and adjust them to your current deck.
  • 5 Characters and Factions to discover the deep lore of the “2112 Universe”
    ​Into The Grid takes place in the year 2112, in a universe that Flatline Studios has been developing for even longer than the game itself. This universe is full of characters and entities with their own agendas and motivations. In gameplay terms, the full game will include 5 different characters, each one belonging to a different hacker Faction that determines the hacker’s ethos and their reasons to be outlaws.

The Linux demo did appear to run very nicely.

Into The Grid also took part in the recent Save & Sound festival, where the composer and sound designer did some tunes.

Into The Grid

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eggrole 7 days ago
You can tell this was made by a true connoisseur at the 20 second mark. You'll notice the commands are measured in vims, not emacs.
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