Heart of the Machine News

Celebrate Steam's finest strategy games as TactiCon 2023 begins

TactiCon 2023 has begun. This warm-hearted celebration of the best strategy games features over 100 recent games, spreading from long-established names in the genre all the way to solo indie newcomers. TactiCon functions as both a Steam sale offering some great deals on all manner of tactical delights, and a loving ode to the breadth of the genre with a series of developer panels, community streams, and announcements.

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DevTalk with kormakrtv and Chris

Originally streamed on Steam to over 2000 live viewers during the awesome Tacticon event, here's the youtube archive of what we talked about. Huge thanks to kormakrtv again for the talk!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ltCqo1n6o

He noted:

about "Heart of the Machine"

Imagine Skynet but YOU are Skynet 👀
- humans are your livestock
- treat them good | treat them bad you choose
- decide your path

Many other questions are answered on the Steam forums if you prefer a text format: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2001070/discussions/0/5875531492232118124/

You're the emergent AI who destroys, or saves, humanity in this sandbox strategy game

n upcoming strategy game will cast you as the first AI and ask you to choose whether to become Skynet, save the world, or something in between. Heart of the Machine is set to release in 2023, and it's a heck of a game concept. Having awakened in a world where nobody knows you exist, you as an AI will set your own goals in a vast cityscape in the far future...
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