Tactical Breach Wizards News

The developers behind Gunpoint and Heat Signature have suddenly, with only 6.8 years of forewarning, released their next game.

Tactical Breach Wizards is a turn-based tactics game in which you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar, as they unravel a modern conspiracy plot and/or find the most stylish way to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.

It's a single player, story-driven campaign about 15 hours long, and it costs $20 - $18 this week.

Fans of wizards and not reading things will be excited to hear this sentence is about to end, plunging you into a launch trailer:

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Fans of wizards and not watching the launch trailer will be shocked to learn of several mildly persuasive bribes being offered to those who buy the game in launch week, which ends August 29th.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/

[h3]This week only:[/h3]

[h3]💸 An extremely normal 10% off[/h3]
Mostly exists to make you feel a vague sense of urgency about the whole thing.

[h3]🚀 Another 10% off if you buy it with (or already own) Cobalt Core[/h3]
If you're not familiar, Cobalt Core is an excellent roguelike deck builder with a sense of humour very much in line with our own. (This bundle technically lasts for 2 weeks.)

[h3]🧙‍♂️ The WIZ-TAC outfits set[/h3]
Buying the game this week also automatically adds an extra pack of semi-exciting outfits to dress your little wizards in. These are purely cosmetic, and by no means the fanciest outfits in the game, they're just a little thank you for supporting us when we need it most.



If your vague sense of urgency has now risen to uncomfortably moderate levels, allow us to deflate it by clarifying that these outfits will always be available as part of the Special Edition, which also includes in-game developer commentary, the soundtrack and an overly ambitious demo we never released.

[h3]But surely members of the press have opinions on all these wizards?[/h3]
Maybe, let's check!

[center]"Hilarious, quietly radical strategy game is the best since XCOM 2"[/center]
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Guardian

"An instant genre classic... one of the most enjoyable tactics games I’ve ever played"
Rock Paper Shotgun

"Excellent turn-based tactical combat wrapped up in a joyful, tightly-written story [...] my 22 hours with it were spent utterly spellbound."
PC Gamer

"A blueprint for how tactics games should be designed"
Shacknews

"Between its ridiculous cast and premise, a sleek sense of style, and a mystery I actually want to unravel... not to mention its incredible wit, Tactical Breach Wizards is absolutely one of the best games I’ve played this year."
Kotaku

"Deftly blends deep tactical gameplay that rewards experimentation with sharply-written dialogue and characters bursting with personality"
GameSpot

[h3]Wow, let's all just click the buy button without overthinking it[/h3]
Very wise.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/

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[h3]Patch Notes[/h3]

• Fixed a bug that would prevent Breaching doors after quitting the game during a level transition.
  
• Made it more clear when scrolling to previous Dialog bubbles is blocking progression.
  
• Added a Reset Scroll button to Dialog UI.
  

Wizard responsibly, where practical.

Suspicious Developments, the decreasingly efficient developers of Gunpoint and Heat Signature, today announced that their turn-based tactics game Tactical Breach Wizards will release on Steam August 22nd - a swift 6.8 years since the project began.

The date was revealed in a low growl during a new trailer for the game, debuting in the PC Gaming Show, which borrows Hollywood voice talent to lend the game's flimsy premise an air of legitimacy. The trailer profiles key members of your team, including and limited to: the Navy Seer, the Freelance Storm Witch, the Necromedic and the Rebel Riot Priest.

Realising they were now describing in text what they spent considerable effort rendering in video, Suspicious Developments cut themselves short and just embedded it:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[h3]There's a demo![/h3]
Viewers who find themselves roused by these wizards and their unexpectedly modern antics may act on their urges immediately, as the first playable demo recently launched in the Steam Next Fest.

Unroused viewers may prefer to step warily back from these robed figures and continue to read words about them from a safe distance. The company will arrange these words below:

[h3]About the full game[/h3]
Tactical Breach Wizards is a turn-based tactics game in which you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar, as they unravel a modern conspiracy plot and/or find the most stylish way to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.

It's a single player, story-driven campaign of about 8-10 hours, in which you:



[h3]Combo spells for satisfying results[/h3]
Each of your wizards has a unique set of abilities, from a straightforward lightning bolt to transforming into a rabid dog. They're designed to be fun by themselves, but combine in more ways than even we can figure out.




[h3]Experiment freely, rewind your mistakes[/h3]
We let you freely rewind your turn, which means you can try every wild idea you have. It might work beautifully, fail spectacularly, or screw up in a way that gives you new ideas. Either way, you play it out in-game instead of scratching your head.



[h3]Fight the (various) power(s)[/h3]
Your team are a motley crew of misfits on the wrong side of the law, fighting against the Rushwater PD and their Traffic Warlock, a religious dictatorship and their Riot Priests, and a private military corporation meddling with magic to enhance their troops.



[h3]Upgrade your spellbook[/h3]
Every ability for every wizard has a set of unique perks to unlock as they level up, tailoring their powers to your playstyle, and enabling even more ridiculous ways they can combo with each other.



[h3]Unravel a conspiracy, stop a war[/h3]
As the enemy plot thickens, key players and their relationships are added to your conspiracy map to keep track of the important bits. You can delve deeper into the details, arrange them in a way that makes sense to you, and keep a visual overview of what's going on.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/

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