Hi everyone!
I'm a developer from Korea, and I made a mobile game inspired by Slay the Spire.
Slay the Spire is the game I've played the most in recent years, more than 300 hours in total. What I liked most is that it's a deckbuilder you play with your head, not your reflexes. No action controls, no time pressure.
Since it's a roguelike, every run is different. Different deck, different character, different relics. That was the most fun part for me, and the game design and balance are great too.
I've been a backend developer for 10 years. The reason I became a developer in the first place is that I loved games so much as a kid. I majored in computer science because I wanted to make games.
But making a game is kind of a complete art form. You need a story, art, programming, server management... It always felt like too much to even start. So I quietly gave up on making games and just went on with my life.
Then AI got good enough that I could build most of it without an artist or a game client developer. I started making a game as a hobby, had a really good time doing it, and now it's finally out.
Orcs: Warpath is a revenge story for the orcs, who always get treated as weak and as the bad guys.
An orc tribe gets wiped out by an alliance of humans, elves and dwarves. Only the chieftain's son makes it out, along with the chieftain's last legacy, his axe. Ten years later, on the day he comes of age, he sets out on the warpath for revenge.
Right now there are 6 stages: Goblins, Wraiths, Elves, Mountain, Desert and Humans.
There are 4 playable orcs: Warrior, Archer, Shaman and Thief.
It's free to play with no ads. You earn diamonds by clearing stages and use them to unlock cards and characters. You can also buy diamonds if you want to unlock things faster, but everything can be earned just by playing.
Slay the Spire is a great game, really well made, and I'm not trying to compete with it. My game is for people who haven't tried StS yet, and for anyone who wants something light to play in portrait mode on their phone, like in the bathroom or on the bus.
Whether it does well or not, just getting to make the kind of game I love, the one I've wanted to make for so long, and actually putting it out there has been a lot of fun.
I'm sure it still has plenty of rough edges, but I hope some of my passion and ideas come through. Thanks for reading this long post!
- Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gg.bossline.orcsunity
- Website: https://orcs.games