Factsheet
Developer: Placeholder Gameworks
@ Estonia/international
Publisher: Placeholder Gameworks (Self-Publishing)
Release Date: January 15th 2025
Platforms: PC – Windows/Mac/Linux @ Steam, itch.io
Websites
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1704180/Broken_Alliance/
https://brokenalliancegame.com/
Contact
Twitter
https://twitter.com/PlaceholderGW
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Broken Alliance EARLY ACCESS RELEASE 15.01.2025
Placeholder Gameworks is pleased to announce that our next big project: Broken Alliance releases on PC platforms, for Windows, Mac and Linux in 2023.
Broken Alliance Broken Alliance is a 2D pixel art turn-based adventure strategy game with strong RPG elements, inspired by old school classics such as Heroes of Might and Magic, Age of Wonders, Master of Magic and Disciples… with a twist. Broken Alliance features a card combat system that allows each faction for unique gameplay. Expand your kingdom, build up your army, train your Heroes and make or break alliances to save your people from a collapsing world.
About the team
The core team of 9 people working on Broken Alliance is comprised of industry newcomers and veterans alike, most of them from Estonia. Members of the team have worked on games such as Disco Elysium, the Might & Magic: Heroes series, Metro franchise, Saints Row and the Fable series, amongst many others. This is the teams second bigger game, first one being Death and Taxes, a grim reaper office simulation.
So… why this game?
Multiple members of Placeholder Gameworks team are fans of the genre of turn based fantasy-RPG’s, some of us have worked on games of the Heroes of Might and Magic series. We want to innovate in the genre and mix it with card game/deck building elements of modern games to make something new that we would also love to play ourselves.
Placeholder Gameworks started from the get-go dedicated to making thought-provoking narrative based games. Our first game was all about death positivity and we find that Broken Alliance is a perfect game to have themes about climate change and nature protection in a fantasy setting.
Even though our last game was a very different one, we don’t want to get in our comfort zone and we are committed to making something new. Not a lot of indie teams make strategy games and we think it is a great challenge for us.
Our goal is to make this a game that is mechanically enjoyable and also transports the player to a colorful fantasy world full of mythical creatures. We hope to make it accessible and bring new players to a genre we have loved from a young age.
Features
- Build a kingdom, adventure and gather resources, battle mythical creatures, go on epic quests and make or break alliances!
- Short branching narrative experience with choices that matter, heavy re-playability.
- Character customization. With 8 different fantasy species and faction based clothing and equipment. The artifacts you equip will change how your Commander looks!
- Creature and building upgrades with choices.
- 4 different fantasy factions to choose from with unique stories, card decks, gameplay, creatures, environments and even different look to the game’s UI.
- Single player campaigns.
- Original Soundtrack.
- Full voice acting.
- Colorful pixel art with both retro and modern elements.
(there will be walruses)
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