Traction Edge is a steampunk turn based strategy game with roguelike elements. It is similar in gameplay to UFO or Jagged Alliance.

The first techdemo v0.1 has been released for the Annual Roguelike Release Party 2010 on Sept 19th.

A bundle for OSX is available and source with build instructions for Linux. You will need cmake and libsfml-dev.

Current Features

• Turn based gameplay with Action Points per turn (alah Time Units)
• 2-4 member squad teams
• Destructable terrain
• Victorian Steampunk setting
• 3 static maps with the first chapters of a planned story arc
• Basic shoot and run AI
• Practically no game balancing whatsoever
• SFML based, rescalable on the fly, 16x16 graphical tiles.

Planned

• 16-20 static levels with full story arc
• Random content, procedural maps and random encounters
• Procedural tech tree
• Better AI
• Z-levels
• Windows port
• Replace MRPAS with something strict

Known Bugs

• Sometimes a shot will go wild and out of bounds
• Asymmetric FOV.