The teams at developer Dreadbit and Ripstone Publishing are excited to announce that Ironcast, their first game for the console, will be hitting digital shelves on the 10th August 2017. The game, which is the complete Ironcast collection and includes all available Commanders and Mechs, will be priced at £12.99 / $12.99 / €14.99. Fans can also look forward to a brand new launch trailer in the coming weeks, and can check out the following announcement / reveal trailer in the meantime to see the game in action.
About Ironcast
Puzzlequest meets FTL in this Steampunk Victorian era rogue-lite.
Inspired by Victorian era science fiction writers such as H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, Ironcast is set in an exciting alternative history; a time when refined men and women in top hats and bonnets commanded gigantic walking war machines, laying waste to the enemies of the British Empire! Take control of a 7 meter tall walking vehicle called an Ironcast and face off against an invading force of enemy Ironcast in order to defend 1880’s Victorian England.
Battles are fought by generating resource nodes which in turn drive the Ironcast’s various weapons and systems. You must choose how to spend these nodes wisely, either offensively in order to cripple and destroy your opponents, or defensively, if they suspect a barrage of incoming weapons fire is due.
Features:
- Turn based strategy combat set against a rich and interesting alternate 1880’s history.
- Rogue-lite campaign mode where death is permanent but with persistent rewards from one game session to the next. Drive back the invading forces and press forth for victory!
- Hand painted art style.
- Inspired by the steampunk genre and Victorian science fiction.
- Loot new technology and upgrade abilities from the wrecks of fallen enemies.
- Customise your Ironcast with a range of unique weapons and defensive systems. Over 50 different unlockable items will ensure an almost limitless number of combinations.
- Passive Augmentations allow players to modify their Ironcast’s weapons and abilities.
Key features and improvements coming to Ironcast on Switch
- 4 ways to play: with Joycon/pro controller when docked with the TV, Handheld mode with Joycons, tabletop with Joycon/pro controller and lastly (but also my favourite!) Handheld with touch-screen.
- We’ve bundled all previous DLC Commanders and Ironcast in with this version. It’s the most complete package to date, with 7 Commanders and 7 mechs.
- You can now fire on the first turn (by popular demand!).
- You can now sell older or unwanted systems for extra scrap!
- Complete re-balancing of the gameplay experience to make for a more consistent and thus more fair, campaign experience.
- All Commendation (persistent) unlocks now have more punch to them, making for a more meaningful upgrade after you die in a campaign.
- Complete re-factoring of all UI in the game, to ensure fonts and buttons are all usable and easy to read whether playing on the Switch’s handheld mode or a 120″ projector screen.
