A 4X Roguelike for 7DRL 2024. Control the leader of your nation, and command your units to eXplore, eXploit, eXpand, and eXterminate. Win by defeating all the enemy units before they kill your leader.

Controls:

  • Click/tap the directions = move your character
  • Click/tap an action and then a direction = Place a flag to give instructions to move the nearest type of character
  • Click/tap the wait button = stay where you are and advance the turn

RL Features:

  • Random world generation
  • Permadeath
  • Turn-based
  • Grid-based
  • Non-modal (except for the City screen and unit info)
  • Complexity
  • Resource Management
  • Killing enemies
  • Exploration
  • Single player (but with team units to also command)
  • ASCII (because I ran out of time for graphics)
  • Visible Numbers

Also...

  • Sorry, only mouse (and screen-tapping) support right now
  • Only one city
  • City will take food to grow
  • Everything could use a lot more balance. I welcome any constructive feedback!

Uses the Cheese color palette by Gors.

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4XRL_itch_v1.0.0_4.zip 19 kB
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