YAWP Games is a small (me, myself & I) Indie Game Studio.
Working on:
* Hexstride: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4661890/Hexstride/
* Isoterra: Isometric Open World survival (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3436430/Isoterra/)
* Maze Wars: PVP Mazing TD
Building PikoCI, a self-hosted CI/CD that runs as a single binary. Inspired by Concourse, simpler to deploy.
Follow along for releases, architecture decisions, and dev updates.
pikoci.com
🎯Balancing a roguelike is a 4-way tug-of-war:
Drops ↔ Crafting (what's the better path to gear?)
Mobs ↔ Power leveling (does the curve actually scale?)
Pull one too hard, the other three break.
Iteration is the only path.
🎮 https://yawp-games.itch.io/hexstride
🛒 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4661890/Hexstride/
This game has no attack button.
How you move determines what fires.
Hexstride, tactical hex-grid roguelike.
Free in browser: https://yawp-games.itch.io/hexstride
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4661890/Hexstride/
🛠️ Tried to add all 6 material tiers to Hexstride in one update.
Surfaced too many bugs. Cut scope to Iron only, the rest will come gradually.
🎮 https://yawp-games.itch.io/hexstride
🛒 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4661890/Hexstride/
⚒️ Reworked Hexstride's loot economy.
Item drops are up — but raw materials are rarer now.
Two paths to gear: drop something useful, or craft what you actually want. Crafting is the deeper path. Every tier of gear gets real investment now.
🎮 Free in browser: https://yawp-games.itch.io/hexstride
🛒 Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4661890/Hexstride/
Working on the Tier 1 boss fight in Hexstride.
3 changes I'm playtesting tonight:
Venom pool spawns where slime jumps FROM (not lands). Permanent.
Splits on death: spawns 3 mob groups.
Exit: kill boss + all mobs.
Might be too brutal. Will tune.
🎮 https://yawp-games.itch.io/hexstride
🛒 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4661890/Hexstride/
🗺️ Hexstride v0.0.3 — new maps, loot drops, rebalanced crafting & 16 bug fixes. Biggest update yet.
🆕 Blob-based map generation
⚔️ Mobs now drop equipment
💰 Gold-based salvage & repair
https://yawp-games.itch.io/hexstride/devlog/1521132/v003-blob-maps-loot-drops-balance
🔥 Just dropped the free prototype of Hexstride
🎯 A hex-grid tactical roguelike with no attack button; your movement patterns trigger abilities automatically.
⚔️ Move to fight. Fight by moving.
🕹️ Play free: https://yawp-games.itch.io/hexstride
💨 Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4661890/Hexstride/
🔥 Tomorrow. Hexstride drops for free.
🎯 A hex-grid tactical roguelike with no attack button — your movement triggers your abilities.
Move to fight. Fight by moving.
🕹️ Free prototype on itch.io + Steam wishlist — links tomorrow!
#gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #pixelart #hexstride #ebitengine
🎮 First gameplay trailer for Hexstride is here! Move to fight. Fight by moving.
🗡️A hex-grid tactical dungeon crawler where your movement IS your combat. Every step matters.
🔜 Steam & http://itch.io coming soon!
💬 What do you think? Drop your feedback below!
PikoCI
