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After close to a decade at EA I quit my job to pursue full-time development on The Iron Oath, made together with my long-time friend. On August 9th we launched our game on Kickstarter, and so far we are over 20% funded.
The Iron Oath is a turn-based tactical RPG that is set in a dark fantasy world. Recruit, manage, and embark on missions with a roster of adventurers, testing the limits of their mortality. Every decision made carries weight and can have a minor or major influence on your characters and the world that surrounds them. As you and your guild progress, the world changes dynamically, enabling new storylines to discover and resulting in a unique experience for every playthrough.
Tactical turn-based Combat: Deadly foes, traps and destructible objects means one misstep could be your party’s undoing. Proper planning and execution is vital to your success.
A Large and Dynamic Overworld: 9 regions with over 50 hubs to visit. Cities can be overtaken, destroyed and rebuilt; while various factions can emerge, rise and fall. A playthrough can potentially last hundreds of years, resulting in many changes to the initial world state.
In-depth Guild Management: Control your guild's finances, resources, alliances and roster. Your characters will age, retire and frequently die in combat and you will need to recruit and train their replacements.
The Iron Oath is now live on Kickstarter and reaching our funding goal will allow us to continue full-time on the project, with an estimated release of Q1 2019.
So far we've had a great response from the Kickstarter community, and we hope you like what we've shown you here. If so, you can visit and support our Kickstarter at the link below, and if you have any questions we'd be more than happy to respond! :)
Edit: A HUGE thank you to all of you here at imgur. Your response has been absolutely overwhelming and we can't thank you enough. We're now over 45% funded thanks to your outpouring of support! We've tried to answer all the questions that have come up, and hopefully we didn't miss anything! You all are seriously amazing :D
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/312751524/the-iron-oath-dark-turn-based-tactical-rpg
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theironoath
RjWho
IT LOOKS SOOOO DOPE
IHaveAMemeForThis
In the name of all that is good and holy please deliver. I want this bad. I'd give money but I'm a poor college student
shugohakku
question: what do you make the game in? unity?
TheIronOath
Yeah we're developing it in unity. For a small team its a great engine!
Takavos
The gaming universe needs more tactical rpgs, no this isnt sarcasm????
TheIronOath
Hell ya it does! :)
STGxDante
I'm happy for you, but the other half of me.is like *sigh* another Kickstarter forever beta game.
trustiniron
Aaannddd....backed this Kickstarter!
TheIronOath
Much appreciated dude, thank you :)
SleepyKittenGames
I also saw the video of the necromancer timelapse, quite impressed. Can only offer my support and say that the pixel art is amazing.
TheIronOath
Thanks a lot! We're glad you like our style :)
meddleman
Still, a decade at EA...are you allowed to say what you've worked on before? I really liked NFS: Hot Pursuit 2010
TheIronOath
It's in the bio on the KS page :) Madden, NCAA Football & Tiger Woods PGA Tour are a few
draconichide
That is indeed awesome pixel art.
TheIronOath
Thanks bud :)
iLynux
AllBoobsAreGreat
@op you had me at decisions
OreoD
I mean, you had me at the first image or gif or whatever, but the fact that it's different each time? Nice :D
TheIronOath
Thanks :)
OreoD
No problem! :3
RupertR
I'm hoping to build a pc once I have a little more expendable money, and this kind of game is the reason I want a pc to begin with
TheIronOath
<3 We appreciate the kind words!
RupertR
Favorited so I can follow this, i love dynamic rpgs and it's rare to find really long ones like this. So keep the updates coming!
TheIronOath
Will do man! Ty
silvirus
I'm getting serious Darkest Dungeon vibes. I'm backing this, hope it succeeds!
TheIronOath
Thanks for the pledge! DD is an inspiration for sure
sunsoutgunsoutoaf
This looks amazing. I love turn based rpg games. There just aren't very many good ones out there.
TheIronOath
Thank you, we definitely felt the genre was lacking in numbers!
imgurhatesboobs
If you won't fuck me over I will donate to the Kickstarter. Can you promise me that @OP?
imgurhatesboobs
Also, joking aside, looks great.
TheIronOath
Haha, thanks. We will not fuck you over <3
FrozenCoast
That costs extra. One copy sold here too.
TheIronOath
Lol, cheers dude! :)
HabermasGoneWild
Looks awesome, can't wait to play it when it's out
TheIronOath
Thanks my man :)
Lightyuriman
The real question is what system is it coming out on or is it PC master race
macroharddoors
The kickstater page says pc, mac, and linux for the moment with your choice of drm free or on steam
IRPUGBOSS
Up ye go ya beautiful bastard!
1Blank1
Game looks, freaking dope, I just refuse to Kickstart things. Been burned too many times in the past. When it drops I'll be first in line.
TheIronOath
No worries, we can completely understand :) Glad you like the game :)
gorillaClutch
Good luck, hope you succeed. but god damn am i tired of looking at pixel art games. this is amazing looking i just hate the style personally
SaintMaceToTheFace
Yes. Thank you. I expect a little more out of something if you want my money
Veradux
There's a lot of bad pixel art out there. There's a lot of good pixel art. You know where a lot of people fail? Pixel animation. This doesnt
TheIronOath
Thank you! There's actually some animations we've shown that still need to be smoothed out, but we're glad you already like them :)
Itanu
Personally I LOVE this pixel art style, but dislike turnbased gameplay. Everyone has a different opinion.
TheIronOath
I can def understand your feelings pixel art, no worries! Thank you for the well wishes anyway! :)
TrainingTofu
Dude your character designs really hit the spot for me. One quirk I have though, is the modern text windows. It's like I have to adjust (1/2
TrainingTofu
my vision when shifting between the text windows and the game itself, but perhaps it's a personal problem. (2/2)
GoddamnRicola
Tldr: OP leaves shit company and makes a more innovative and unique game than shit company ever did.
supersomatic
said by someone who doesn't play games, becuase you don't know about battlefield, mass effect, dead space, need for speed, etc etc
Bliffity
What about those were innovative?
Bliffity
And, if you're suggesting EA isn't a shit company then I have many words for you.
MeanMisterClean
Such innovative, much wow. *cough* darkest dungeon *cough*
VibratingNipples
i will never forget the day they ruined Command & conquer
TheDudeThatIsMo
For me it was when they killed Dawngate, a game I love that was still IN BETA because it "wasn't meeting their expectations".IT WAS IN BETA!
donorkort
And posts ad for it on imgur.
MilConDoin
1) "I made a thing." Like many other posts. 2) Survived usersub on its own merits. => I'm OK with this. @OP I wish you the best of luck.
donorkort
Difference is that this is a commercial product, and that they left a purchasing link.
loma45
True, but if the community wasn't interested in it then it'd die in usersub.
donorkort
Sure, but ads like these are not allowed according to the rules. It's a shame that it isn't enforced, though.
justabip
Tbh I'd rather see this than half of the still usually on the fp. It's not lazily done or anything.
hjf288
$45k seems like a low figure to raise? how optimistic is that or you hoping to raise more? Either way great/fresh concept, I might partake
TheIronOath
It may be a little low,we aimed for a figure we felt we could hit,while still being high enough to fund us until our target release. Thanks!
TheIronOath
Anything further will help us add additional content, add more music, and hire more people then we're planning to with the base funding
ImHereForTheCera123MeltSteelBeams
You had me at dark and tactical rpg
gratefulheart
You had me at "job"
SometimesUpvotesThings
He had me at Follow on Twitter
Scrampy123
Same.
thegriffin88
He had me at tactical rpg. My favorite type!
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
I'm not sure if I'm ready for these downvotes... but he lost me at turn based.
AnotherUniqueUsername
You had me at "one year ago"
YourWaifuIsTrash
If you haven't yet, also look into Darkest Dungeon. Lovecraftian monsters, planning-intensive raids, and permadeath, so your mistakes count.
ImHereForTheCera123MeltSteelBeams
Oh I know all about DD
waterleak
You had me at tactical rpg
DarthFutuza
You had me at, not EA.
resiget
you had me at tactical
Iknowphotoshop
If you say so
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Munchman347
I'm sure you're happy doing this, but I would think it would only appeal to retro-gamers and aging nostalgic's. Hope you do well...
HazeHere
There are a lot of people that love tactics games. I'm sure part of the newer ones would love this style of graphics.
zekrambogg
As a huge tactics fan myself, I think this looks very promising. Though I can't tell if it's more a full cRPG or more an XCOM/DD style game.
Thegandork
Get it on the Switch and I'm in
Thegandork
It's become a fun portable indie machine
TheIronOath
We're working on trying to get consoles but nothing to announce just yet but all I'll say is I'm a huge fan of my Switch :D
VibratingNipples
make it a downloadable game for mobile devices.
BidonDhuile
I want this on my phone?
xmaneds
The Iron Oath will be released on Steam for PC, Mac and Linux. DRM-free versions will be on The Humble Store. goal date is Q1 of 2019.
Sealcountry
So i guess you could say this is a veefed up Darkest Dungeons on steroids?
Sealcountry
Beefed*
TheIronOath
Yup, Darkest Dungeon is a big inspiration, but we really wanted to have a large overworld that added more depth
Sealcountry
Looks very interesting indeed! Good lucl with the game!
daverabbich
The game looks really great but (and it pains me to say this) I would have been super hyped if it had been diablo-esque. Great work though
TheIronOath
We do have a diablo-esque loot system at least :) Thanks for the kind words man!
daverabbich
No problem, I yearn too much for the days of arcade beat em ups :)
TrixBandit
Armor on the female characters looks like it could actually protect them?! I'm in.
blakemcilrath
Kind of. I saw one girl who better watch out for an arrow to the knee.
SquidJesus
They still have huge tits with armor pockets for the tits. Still in the red here.
IKnowEnglish
Especially considering boob-plates, in real life, create guaranteed lethal injuries due to the way kinetic energy funnels through armor.
SquidJesus
Another pet peeve of mine, seen in the last gif, is breathing animations. It looks like shit in pixel art.
Kronzor
Neither gender seems all too concerned about protecting their legs.
laton
I'm hoping for less female armor as you level up ;)
IKnowItWasNotDeleted
Did you just assume their gender??
TrixBandit
I'm sorry. Armor on the figures with prominent chests looks well constructed
IKnowItWasNotDeleted
It was a joke not a dick, don't take it so hard.
Krogs322
Dude, if I were buff and hot, I'd show off like I was hired to climb out of a giant cake.
cantcornerthewarner
""Dude, If I were buff and hot, I'd show off a glaring weak point to my vitals in the form of a boob hole."
rafaelfy
Loincloth, banana leaf, speedos. I'd wear nothing else.
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
the one who looks like a fighter has a boob window and a form-fitting top - that's not protective at all.
JoJotarot
It's just really light brown armor
D4NG3RD4N3
There is no boob window.
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
except when there is.
Radix865
It could just be the shading on the top part of the boob-plate looks like it. The purple chick has the same shading but different color.
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
same boob shape, but one has armor/fabric covering it and one has a boob window; not that i care, but this kind of armor (flashy, but >
sweetpotato21
Now do a sexy male armor for shit and giggle
ArdentLeaper
TheIronOath
Plate jockstraps coming right up! :P Kidding aside, our Grappler class will actually be a little revealing: shirtless and ripped af!
VibratingNipples
no armor is my armor. sexy as it can get
JGGennedy
... I assure you if you put a plate jockstrap into the game as an easter egg you will win the affection of the gaymer community.
rafaelfy
Victory pose is turning around and doing a double lat spread pose.
jjm152
For how much some people complain about boob armor, it's awfully strange that the #1 mods for most games is... boob armor/nude mods.
Kodaxmax
I feel sorry for the poor sods, dont they know that pornhub exists?
AmIMadOrInsane
The people complaining and the people making the boob armor are different people
ISeenNippIe
Right? It's almost as if people find the female form attractive.
jjm152
No man, it's about REALISM. In video games.
jsktrogdor
That's a pretty absurd reason to pick a game. Normally I look for good gameplay.
EtherealRune
I know what you mean, but honestly for a lot of people suspension of disbelief is a huge deal breaker too
PoisonToYourMouth
You wouldnt think its that ridiculous if every game humiliated your gender.
jsktrogdor
I dunno, I feel like I might.
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TheIronOath
Thank you!Def trying to do that for all the female classes(I know the Valkyrie is a bit of an exception but her torso is fully protected!)
FungusForge
Romans yo.
GTimgur
Well the men's armour isn't any better/worse, and that's just fine! :D It's okay to have it be stylised!
jackpkmn
You should add skimpy armor for both sexes but have it give as little DR as such armor actually would.
Djmachale1
I very much might need to get involved in those looks better than pretty much any EA game as of late
MasterDefenestrator
You could argue historical rendition of that, Valkyries weren't depicted as the most armored (iirc they had Odin's blessing for that)
TheIronOath
Yup you're absolutely right. It just felt correct to design her that way.
causality
Could we have an option to turn off the "everybody constantly heaving like unmedicated asthmatics" thing?
Bliffity
I like it now. It's become endearing.
TheRelevancyOfMyNameIsRelativelyIrrelevant
I tried copying the motions and I think i broke something in my shoulder.
SouperScott
Play it only on screenshots, almost the same thing.
YouAreHoldingMeVerballyHostage
Animation needs adjusting IMO, It'd be better with a pixel stretch and slight enlarge, rather than a horizontal bob...
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Dorminsrevenge
Why did this get downvoted?
RippleNipple
Because its just as easy as saying "im offended"
TheIronOath
No worries there, our design mentality won't be changing any! Hopefully people like the designs we have so far, as the rest will follow suit
TrixBandit
Oh, I only mention it as a small point. The game is right up my alley in design and gameplay. Good work and glad you do something you enjoy!
PeacefulWarfare
Can we have at least one female class that uses armor(lingerie) for protection?
greedydemon
If we also get a male that has the same armor because i wanna see a man in an armor bakini
WrathOfKanye
Looks like Banner Saga meets Dark Souls. Graphically it's very reminiscent of Blasphemous. But you've got me interested. One copy sold.
Rfrak
Banner Saga AND Dark Souls... I'm interested.
andonemoremakesseven
I'd say the art is incredibly similar to Duelyst, in a good way.
TheIronOath
Our spell effects are inspired by the amazing ones in Duelyst :)
CheeseItWereBoned
I'm with this guy, make that 2 copies
TheIronOath
Much love <3 Thank you!
TrevorfromGTA5ismyalterego
I was gonna say Shadowrun meets The Darkest Dungeon
WrathOfKanye
That's a really sexy combination. I would play the shit out of that.
TheIronOath
The world & lore of Dark Souls is definitely an inspiration :) Thank you for support!
LordCastellanCreedtheSupremeCommanderofCadia
The manga Berserk was an inspiration for the Souls series. Recommend checking it out. (Stay away from the new anime adaptation)
TheIronOath
I'm a HUUUUGE berserk fan. I definitely plan on doing some playthroughs of my game with my guild named Band Of The Hawk
Castitalus
Saw that you got Alex Roe to do the music. I'm looking forward to the finished product.
TheIronOath
Be sure to listen to the 3 tracks on the KS page if you haven't yet :) He's doing some excellent work!