Operators Windows, Mac game

Operators is a turn-based tactical game project with work that started in 2017. It is currently in early prototype phase, with a playable build on the way.

Let's first talk about the elephant in the room. This game is very much inspired by Jake Solomon's 2012 game XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It's a love letter to the genre, as well as the following games that heavily influence this game's design:

• XCOM EW/EU/2, Long War
• Silent Storm
• Fallout Tactics
• Rimworld

Here's what Operators is going to attempt to achieve.

• Drop-in Co-op multiplayer. Bring your squad of operators to another players' campaign, and play one of your campaigns together.
• A rich and dynamic simulation model for emergent story-telling. Stories of heroism, bravery, defeat, love, mental duress, the trauma of battle.
• Characters that have dynamic mental states causing them to react differently to stress depending on their personalities.
• A command structure between enemy units. Killing the squad leader will cause disarray. Killing the general would delay the enemy operations significantly.
• Simulation of firing modes, ballistics and penetration through different materials.
• A real-time with pause stealth game mode before combat begins.
• A simultaneous turn Contact Phase before turn-based combat.

The game is currently in early development and progress will be posted here.