Gnomes & Squirrels
The Epic Struggle
Take command of an army of either gnomes or squirrels and lead your tiny but potent combatants to glorious victory in the ultimate battle for garden supremacy.
This game is my current project. I intend to release it as open source when it reaches a playable stage of development. It is being implemented in Python using pygame and the Ostendo Resource Manager, which will also be released as free software when it is finished.
Gnomes & Squirrels is a strategy game for two players. (One of whom can be a computer, of course.) It uses a hybrid approach combining the strengths of both turn-based and real-time strategy games. Essentially, the simulational inaccuracies of a turn-based game caused by turn order are greatly reduced, while at the same time, the click-frenzy of an RTS game is not needed.
The game features two distinct factions, each with four character classes and three races. Gnomes & Squirrels has elements of a tactical RPG, with individualized characters with names and inventories. The multiplayer system will feature a ladder system with persistent armies in additional to conventional one-off matches.
A large screenshot here.
