Steam Marines (tuxdb.com)

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Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.

Permadeath

Build your marines up into long range or up close death machines, but don't expect any mercy. Death is permanent and fallen marines are gone forever. Finding survivors not guaranteed.

Turn and Squad Based Gameplay

Command up to four marines, each with their own gear, talents, and Action Points. Positioning is critical - even a lone enemy can be lethal! Sight and snipe or funnel enemies into a choke point and blow them up!

Five marine classes - long range death, shotgun knockback, grenade launchers, all to help the squad
Four ranks for promotion and talent tree access
Five perks to further differentiate each marine
Exoskeleton suits stripped from the hulks of dead enemies - flamethrowers and face punching
Deck bosses that will challenge you but do not negate the tactics you have learned (no "immunities"!)

Procedural Generation

The steampunk spaceship is composed of multiple decks you must progress through. Different environments and creatures await, and you'll never know for sure what lies beyond the next corner.

Five human ship decks with a sixth Alien Deck
Procedural decks with destructible walls, high/low ground, and tactical variations
Randomized weapons, armor, and enemy units

Score, Difficulty, and New Game Plus

Get rated on your overall performance. Manage to fight your way past 30 levels of mayhem? New Game Plus offers fresh challenges. Four levels of difficulty with one being for the truly masochistic!

Steam Marines to release by the end of 2014!

Hi, everyone.

Steam Marines is steaming toward full release within a month! Having been on Early Access for a little over a year now (since September 2013), development has been largely affected by players offering feedback and suggestions.

A brief overview of what has been added since hitting Steam:

Linux build (yay!)
Alien Deck and final Patriach boss.
Weather/random event system.
Game options to cater to more casual players.
Level completion scoring report system.
Brutal difficulty level.
The Engineer marine class.
Perks to further differentiate marines.
Marine retraining to reclass and continue leveling stats and skills.
Faster AI Delay settings for impatient players.
Exposed internal data for modding.
Steam Achievements and Trading Cards.
New items, weapon ammo types, and alien enemies.

Steam Marines will be released soon, but not abandoned. I fully expect bugs to crop up and I will be here to squash them. The price will remain at $15 for the foreseeable future, and purchasing Steam Marines on non-Steam platforms will continue to provide Steam keys.

Thanks for helping Steam Marines become a real game!

P.S. Remember, there's a Beta Requests thread on the discussion forum!

[ 2014-09-20 04:53:05 CET ] [Original Post]

Steam Marines to release by the end of 2014!