how many people are developing the game

I couldn't comprehend the depth of playfields. I didn't understand which tile is high, and what's the actual height of wall, especially when they are vertical.

I've liked the game so much. it's realy a good game but I would like if the player could change the soldier weapon by the time. I've started with 3 soldiers but I made them all gunners because at the start I didn't have many classes. and the weapons I was taking on missions were useless until I've a new recruit.

I really enjoyed the game its really fun.

But I whish the graphics were better and well thats it for now.

the game freezes in enemy turn very often. especially when the covering obstacles got hit by opportunity/return fire from my soldier. i have to reload and restart from the mission briefing once it happened.

im ok with 8bit style pixel graphic but i would appreciate more patterns for new recruites. how about some montage like character creation ? by changing body color and parts, hair color and styles, and tatoos. and setting voice and initial stats either. it helps the personality standing out.

as to player's turn, i think "ending turn" function without changing prior commands is must have. and current fixed order of command is rather poor design for tactical combat. it only narrows down the choice and should be assigned more freely.

mine is 15.6 for sure. the freeze only occurs in enemy turn. so i doubt AI getting internal stacking error which triggers some kind of overflow. same looking bug has been seen in the past, and almost always was there especially in early version. (i.e. Master of Magic, original X-com and Jagged Allience 2)

it seems i have been through demo version now as i can handle any situation without difficulties. what i said about "fixed order is not good" is, even taken one squad team as a unit, there should be some arrange of order within. i mean, its not always Soldier A to B thing (even if it depends on speed/agility value of each.). Soldier A could wait to strike out for best effort with B. that's why serious Turn Based Strategy has "passing/waiting turn/phase/round" function to adapt. i felt this missing badly after i got shotgunner and grenadier in my team. since the set of heavy fire's backing with assault is usually becoming mean punch to stronger enemies.

this part is the very core of tactical scaled strategy. actually its smallest but important part of chain of command and the source of deeper thought and fun for the player.

i think pre-made personality is good. it adds atmosphere and natural feeling to game's progression. but please don't become too restricted to fit only to those pre-made characters. it kills not only longevity but replayability since it becomes boring flashback once the player got through. (it's like splash/intro movie of computer game.)

How goes progress? I keep updated on twitter but I was hoping I could get more details on what you all are working atm.

Looking nice. Maybe some more information about the setting and sociopolitcial background? Factions are nice. I just love to see conflicting religions and views with one another. Maybe something similar to different factions using bio-engineered weapons or modern-tech weapons could be integrated?

Sry if user-suggested ideas are annoying, I tend to gush with games like these. Good luck to the future development of DoE and your studio altogether!

The one thing I have about it is the fact that it's kind of annoying you have to randomize everything but the name. I feel that should be changed in the future.

Hey!

Just want to say a few thoughts on a game.

First of all, thanks for your great work! I really enjoyed the game. You probably get a lot of comparisons with the X-COM games. I don't know if it's good or bad. But it added lots of enjoyment to my playthrough because of my X-COM liking.

Gameplay-wise, it's a really neat concept. You have to be careful and choose your location wisely, so you don't get flanked or shot by an enemy. It's cool that there's a customization in the game. You have to recruit some team members on a mission. And it seems that they have their own perks and experience. I assume there are more classes you can unlock going through missions.

Visually the game goes for the pixelated art style and it's totally fine with me. The main thing about this kind of art is that you can understand what's going on in the game. And there's no problem with that. The color pallet is pleasing to the eye.

The music is one of the great things about the game. It fits and gets you into its atmosphere.

All n' all, that's that kind of game I really looking forward to playing! So, thanks again for your effort. I'm waiting for its continuation! :D

And, yeah, I said about other things on games Gamejolt page and left a video on the game if anybody's interested to see a real life reaction to it.

Cheers :D

Fantastic game. Love the art and the music, and the battle system was great. I wish there were more weapons choices per class, and you had a little bit more customization, but I assume you already have all that planned out for the full game. The only big problem I had was training with a new character- getting the first few levels can be tough due to how weak a new character is, but then once you get past that they become slightly overpowered. I would much rather have either a stronger start/ easier first few level ups with more grinding or challenge later. Especially when I first started the game, it seemed that everyone on either side took 2 hits to kill, so it felt like playing chess with 4 pawns against 4 pawns, not 2 knights and 2 rooks against 3 knights and a bishop.

Can't wait until its released!

im trying to acces the steam greenlight can you give me a link?

I played a couple of levels, it's fun. I don't think XCOM comparisons are necessarily a bad thing, I really enjoyed that and it looks like you'll have far more maps than XCOM offers. I found the mouse scroll a bit hyperactive (very little pointer motion results in a great deal of scrolling). It worked well on my 2560x1440 monitor, but I'd still like to have the usual Unity resolution options, monitor selection, and window/full-screen dialog. I'm not a fan of pixel graphics, but even if I were, it gets a little ridiculous maximized on a 24" desktop screen. I agree with some of the earlier comments, it's occasionally difficult to figure out what is cover and what isn't (although the icons help, obviously) ... I'm sure it's way too late to switch to a more common 3/4 view. But it isn't a deal breaker. I'm following it on Steam and will probably buy it.