Templar Battleforce - Interview @ Jeux1d100

French site Jeux1d100 interviewed Terse Brothers about their game Templar Battleforce. Fortunately the interview is in English.

What kind of review you get so far, for your last game Templar Battleforce ?

[Cory] I couldn’t be happier with the reviews so far. The game’s 99% positive review rating makes it obvious that Templar Battleforce is scratching an itch that hasn’t been scratched lately. If you like turn-based strategy games, I’d like to say that you need to check it out.

Why are you sticking with turn based games ? Are you planning to develop another kind of game later, an action game maybe ?

[Cory] I don’t think so, not at this time. I’ve always loved games that give you time to think. If you have time to think you’re able to weigh options and make more tactical decisions. We like patient games and we’re very focused on more turn-based games.

Templar Battleforce immediatly brings Space Hulk to players’s mind. Why didn’t you stick with a well known classical universe to get more attention from players and the media in general ?

[Andrew] Templar Battleforce is set in the Star Traders universe. That is a world that Cory and I have been designing and playing pen and paper RPGs in for more than a decade. Battleforce is now the 4th game released in that universe, and each one tells the overarching story from a different perspective. The next game our studio is working on is Star Traders 2. The Star Traders franches has almost 2 million downloads.

For us, we never even considered licensing someone else’s IP. We’ve been telling stories in the Star Traders universe for so many years, it is extremely deep and rich lore. Many people immediately think Space Hulk, but I think Mech Warrior and Dune were the primary influences for the world of Templar Battleforce.

Thanks Eye.