Indie studio Luden.io, creators of acclaimed games while True: learn() and Learning Factory, announce today that the demo of their new turn-based grand-strategy game Warnament is available on the Steam Next Fest, that will be held until June 26th. Luden.io also remarks that there’s a closed beta on itch.io, available to all players, for those seeking the latest build of the game. You can check an introduction to Warnament's gameplay pillars below.
Warnament is a turn-based grand strategy game that boils down the complexities and subtleties of the genre to combine a simple and easy-to-learn core gameplay with surprising depth and a high level of customization. You can play single-player campaigns, or challenge your foes in the online multiplayer mode for world domination! Pick a country, choose one of the six political regimes (from Democracy to Fascism), use diplomacy, trade, and of course war to make your nation thrive and put the whole world under your thumb.
Like a hyper-vitaminized version of the classic board game Risk, the simple and direct interface and mechanics allow you to jump directly into its world-spanning conflict without steep learning curves. Choose your political regimes (you can be a theocratic France by lunch and attack Berlin as a communist Luxembourg by dinner!), advance through the technology tree, govern each province individually and protect your land with defensive infrastructure – and when it’s your time to attack, send your forces by air, land and sea to crush your enemies, even using chemical or nuclear weapons if you choose to break the laws of warfare!
The game also includes a powerful map & scenario editor, which allows you to create your worlds and share them with other players. 16 maps and over 50 scenarios (from Roman Empire to the modern world map) were created by the community during closed Alpha stage.
Developed by a core team of one programmer/game designer, and one artist with occasional help from the wider Luden.io team, Warnament is the spiritual successor of the wildly successful Cold Path (with more than 1.2 million downloads as of today) – which is now free as a little token of gratitude to the community!
KEY FEATURES
- Friendly: takes minutes to get into the fight for global domination
- Deep: A diverse array of political & military instruments provides hours & hours of gameplay
- Flexible: comes with a scenario editor & standalone map editor
- Single & multiplayer, standard & roleplay servers
- A disturbingly active community of players
- Guaranteed 'one more turn' effect
ASSETS AND RELEVANT LINKS
Website
Steam
Itch.io (closed Beta access)
Youtube
ABOUT LUDEN.IO
Luden.io started as a research and development group within Nival, an independent developer with top-selling games like Blitzkrieg, Heroes of Might & Magic V, and Silent Storm under their belt. In their first years, they released successful games for virtual reality platforms, such as InMind, InCell, and VRobot, as well as the lauded AR game for iOS ARrived. In 2016 they started working with artificial intelligence, releasing AIDraw in 2016. while True: Learn() was released in March 2018 on Steam Early Access, a new step in their path of entertainment, learning, and innovation, following their motto: to satisfy curiosity and enlighten people, using the best achievements of the gaming industry. Learning Factory was their latest release.