OVERLODE: Battle over Azmonite

Game Overview

OVERLODE: Battle over Azmonite is a groundbreaking hybrid of deckbuilding and real-time action, where you lead a squad of autonomous clone warriors and strategically play cards in real-time on the battlefield.

Key Features

⏱️ **Play Cards in Real Time**: Add the layers of timing and precise targeting to the deckbuilding genre.

🎭 **Class-Based Gameplay**: There are four unique playable classes, each shaping the cards you can select on each run.

🧬 **Defend The Harvester**: Unlock and choose from 3 fundamentally different harvesters.

🌍 **Roguelike Rampage**: Complete runs across 3 randomized planets and 11 unique biomes.

🃏 **Find and Collect**: Collect 3 copies of a card to forge a more potent version. 3 Tiers for each card.

🌟 **High Replayability**: The Ascension System raises the stakes with each successful run.

🔊 **Motivating Soundtracks & Effects**: Increased immersion with a dynamic soundscape.

Survival Mechanics

⏸️ **Control the Pace**: Slow the action or pause to inspect cards, giving you control over the intensity of battles.

🚀 **Realistic Combat**: Standardized projectiles and explosions scale in size and pushback based on damage, adding realism and randomness to your battles.

🛡️ **Armour and Shields**: Explore armour, shield mechanics, and penetration abilities to enhance your squad’s defense.

🎯 **Autonomous Characters**: Autonomous characters target enemies based on proximity, type, and direction, ensuring strategic targeting.

📈 **Incremental Difficulty**: Incremental difficulty increases, offering high levels of mastery and replayability.

🔓 **Evolving Gameplay**: Provides an evolving and engaging gameplay experience with each run.

🔄 **Randomized Biomes**: 11 unique biomes of randomized level layouts keep the game fresh and unpredictable.

📊 **Character Level-Ups**: Manage character level-ups based on individual performance in combat, enhancing your squad’s capabilities.

🃏 **Card Upgrades**: Ability to find and collect 3 of the same card and forge a more powerful version.

🔄 **Reroll Loot**: Reroll randomized loot selections to maximize card upgrade opportunities.

Gameplay Dynamics

⚡ **Resource Management**: Juggle energy and shield resources to play cards and keep your squad alive.

🌐 **Dynamic Planet Layouts**: Navigate ever-changing planet layouts with randomized node arrangements.

🌿 **Diverse Enemies**: Encounter a stable of diverse enemies, randomly selected based on the biome.

🌀 **Relentless Hordes**: Hordes relentlessly come in randomized formations to test your strategic decisions.

📦 **Randomized Loot**: Randomized loot can be challenging to collect in time, adding an extra layer of strategy.

Story and Setting

Azmonite is a powerful mineral that is a source of limitless energy collected by a range of unlockable harvesters. However, the abundance of Azmonite in this far-flung solar system has ignited a conflict between the invading human and native Arkinid factions.

As a Commander, your role is pivotal, and your strategic decisions will determine your squad’s survival. You must navigate the chaos of real-time combat while harnessing the energy from nearby Azmonite.

Replayability and Immersion

The game adopts a roguelike format and incorporates an Ascension System inspired by Slay the Spire. This transparent system ensures exceptional replayability by incrementally unlocking content while increasing the difficulty level as you succeed. It is a compelling experience for players of all skill levels.

Arkinid formations are selected randomly based on the planet and biome. Their strength is influenced by darkness, the number of characters in the player’s squad, and the number of deployed turrets at the time of spawn.

Central to survival is managing shields, which serve the dual purpose of protecting your assets from damage and powering some card-based abilities.

Drawing inspiration from renowned sci-fi franchises like Starcraft, the extensive and growing stable of Arkinids brings a fresh and engaging dynamic to the game.

The game leverages randomness across various elements, including node layouts, battlefields, enemy encounters, formations, and loot choices, ensuring that no two playthroughs are identical. This adds a layer of unpredictability and excitement to each session and makes learning the game mechanics more worthwhile.

Featuring high-quality VFX, dynamic combat soundtracks, voice acting, and a wide range of sound effects, the game aims to fully immerse players in its action-packed world.

Strategic Deck Management

Battle Over Azmonite introduces a card-forging system that enables players to combine three identical cards into a more potent version. Typically, these upgraded cards come at a higher energy cost, adding a layer of strategy to deck management.

Additionally, players can re-roll all their loot choices using their collected Azmonite reserves. This feature introduces critical and luck-based decision-making, allowing players to navigate their path flexibly and adaptably.