War Grids

is a strategic autobattler featuring dramatic battles of 1000s of units optimized for your pleasure!

Design decks from a selection of 40 unique units with deep mechanics and details! Every weapon and trait is simulated, and even weapons have their own traits!

Dive deep into tooltips that explain everything hidden under the surface!

Choose from 12 charms to further customize your loadout and make every battle feel special!

Inspirations

War Grids is inspired by autobattlers like the Dominions series by Illwinter and Crystal Clash. With casual, wave-based hands-off combat, you can chillax and watch the battles happen while still holding significant sway by using strategic formations and  counterplay.

Once you get more comfortable with the game, try speedrunning different difficulties and presets! Beating the AI will give you a round time, so try to minimize your round time and get a personal best!

Performance

I'm unsure of how larger battles will perform on various devices, but it runs at playable (>30 fps) framerates on my rig, so I think it's optimized enough to finish a round on most devices!

Here's an actual battle that I ran for the trailer. I didn't even bother counting, but it's the single largest battle I ever tested with stable framerates:

Conclusion

This project took 98 hours (timed using pomodoros), over 31 days, making it the largest project  I've ever completed to this date.

I  hand-drew 197 sprites in Affinity Designer 2, no AI needed! I feel satisfied with how far I've gotten so far with my art style, and I think I'm starting to develop something resembling a workflow or standard for the sprites I draw.

Thanks for checking out the page and I hope this was persuasive enough to try out the game! Follow my itch profile for more games in the future!

Music courtesy of Purple Planet Music