The Strategy RPG Together in Battle is now one year in Early Access - Craig Stern informed us that he needs one more year to finish the game:

Together in Battle hits one year in Early Access! @ Craig Stern

"Well, hello there! I'm here in your inbox to drop you an Official Update about Together in Battle, the solo-developed indie gladiator management SRPG (with rave player reviews) that I've described as "a gladiator management strategy RPG with vibrant characters, emergent relationship-building, and time management mechanics. Uncover a sinister conspiracy; fight deep turn-based tactical battles; watch your characters grow together."

As you may recall, Together In Battle released into early access on April 25th, 2023, making today its one-year Early Access-iversary. To celebrate, I've just dropped the 20th update, adding a quick start option to bypass recruitment at the start of the game and amping up the game's battle variety.

There are now up to 10 different battle conditions for the arena's proc gen scraps; 22 hand-designed battles; more than 60 random events (most of which play out differently based on your choices and the characters involved); and an evolving main plot that plays a bit like a detective mystery.

The current plan is to hit version 1.0 in about a year, finishing up the main plot with thrilling twists and inventive hand-crafted battles. In the meantime, if you care to check out the game in its current version 0.6.20 state, that's always appreciated - I think you'll find that Together in Battle is already a wildly better game than it was at its Early Access launch a year ago. "

The Early Access title Together in Battle got new updates:

Together in Battle Updates

Version 0.2.02: Daytime overhaul!

Version 0.2.03: The Third Boss Fight!

Thanks Couchpotato!

The Strategy RPG Together in Battle will be released into Early Access today:

Together in Battle

Deep procedurally generated characters!

Every character has a distinct personality, portrait, stat line, skill progression, personal history, religious beliefs, life skills, hobbies, physical traits, romantic preferences, preferred gifts, hidden secrets, non-verbal tics and ways of laughing. The game even generates their family members and how well they get along with them. You’ll never get the same character twice!

These details are not just for flavor: they have consequences for how characters behave in their free time. A baker may use up some of your food to produce cookies and cakes you can eat or sell; a jokester may do funny impressions to boost morale; a blacksmith may repair the group’s weapons. Dancers are nimble; sailors are superior swimmers. Some characters are prone to depression; some, to self-doubt. Some characters will even undertake long-term projects like growing food, making dolls, or writing a novel. Everyone is different!

An evolution of the lauded Telepath Tactics combat engine!

With a simple deterministic core that never wastes your time, combat in Together in Battle nonetheless features dizzying tactical depth. Shove enemies into environmental hazards, off of cliffs, or into each other; take up defensive positions in tall grass, or hack it all down to deny that same advantage to the enemy; set traps and detonate explosives; build bridges and barricades; freeze water; burn down trees. The battlefield environment is yours to command!

Tons of content!

Together in Battle features dozens of random events and side quests; six different playable species; two dozen base classes with branching promotion options for a total of 72 distinct character classes; more than 150 different character skills; and hundreds of thousands of possible procedurally generated weapons and pieces of armor. Oh, and then there’s the characters…

A campaign creation suite!

Together in Battle comes with a very capable campaign creation suite to let you build your own full-fledged SRPG campaigns! Build characters in the character creator; place them in cut scenes using the cut scene editor; add branching dialogue trees using the dialogue editor; sculpt battlefields and place armies in the map editor; create skills for your characters to learn in the skill editor, and items for them to loot in the item editor.

Want to get really fancy? Construct your own scripts, then assign them to items and character skills for whatever custom effects you can dream up!

The Strategy RPG Together in Battle will be released into Early Access on April 25:

Together in Battle has a release date!

Together in Battle will launch into early access on April 25th, 2023
Greetings, folks! I'm pleased to let you know that Together in Battle has an early access release date: April 25th, 2023! It's been a long road, and I simply cannot wait to get the game out and hear what you think of it. 

Sincerely yours,

Craig

There's a demo online for the strategy RPG Together in Battle until October 10:

Together in Battle demo up!

Come try Together in Battle during Next Fest!

Imagine Fire Emblem with random events, vibrant proc gen characters, emergent relationship-building, and tighter fights. That's Together in Battle, the SRPG roguelite coming to Steam early access next year!

As part of Steam Next Fest, I've put a meaty demo online for you to play for free. It'll only be up until next week, though, so make sure to check it out while it's online--and don't forget to wish list Together in Battle! 😉

Yours in tactics,

Craig

Here are the intro and action trailer for the SRPG roguelite Together in Battle:

Together in Battle - Narrated Intro (Alpha)

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Together in Battle Action Trailer

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An alpha teaser trailer has emerged for Together in Battle.

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A tactical RPG/social sim of love, friendship, and gladiatorial combat, Together in Battle is coming to PC in 2021! http://togetherinbattle.com/