Elementyle - A Chess-like 2D Strategy Game

I am very happy to announce here that after over a year of solo development, Elementyle will be coming to Steam as of 7/31/2024!

Elementyle is still in alpha-testing but is a free forever game. Updates are regularly pushed with new content being developed alongside codebase reworks.

Current Development Goals

  • Touchscreen / Gamepad Support
  • Android release coming end of 2024.
  • Fourth element set Earth to be released end of August.
  • Replay system finishing testing.

Projected Development Timeline

  • Open Alpha Completed → Open Beta Commences (12/31/2024)
  • Open Beta Completed → Full Release (12/31/2025)

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About the Game

  • Elementyle is a free-to-play, turn-based strategy game where players take turns placing, moving, and capturing pieces and tiles around the board. The first player to claim for than half the board wins.
  • Available modes:
    • Player vs Player (1 vs 1)
    • Player vs Computer (1 vs CPU)
  • 3 / 4 Element sets released
    • Earth
    • Fire
    • Water
    • Wind
  • 15 / 36 initial pieces available.

Nakama Features

  • Steam / Email authentication
  • Lua (soon to be Golang) server implementation
  • Godot 3.5.3 Steam Enabled Build using Nakama Plugin
  • Storage
  • Matchmaker System

There is still a lot of work ahead for Elementyle, but this is a big step in the release of the game and I look forward to any and all feedback on what to improve and what to prioritize fixing or adjusting.

Thank you for taking the time to read this far.

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