Aloryian Accord
Justice, order, freedom
Humans, dwarves, high elves and the Nesalin under polished steel and blue and gold. Balanced, with strong defence and staying power.
You are not the chosen one
You are a soldier in a kingdom's army. You gather, you build, you fight, you fall and you come back for the next wave. Matches are won by the whole side, so the player hauling timber to the forge counts as much as the one holding the gate.
Every so often, through contribution and good play, you earn the right to become something more. For a few minutes you take the field as a hero and the line moves with you. Then you fall, and someone else carries it.
How a match plays
Fight in the line
First-person melee and bows. Swings commit, blocks matter and arrows are resolved by the server, so what you see is what landed.
Feed the war
Gather resources and bring them home. Your team spends them to upgrade the barracks, the forge and the watchtowers.
Send the troops
Spend to send squads of soldiers down a lane. Time a push with your own charge, or hold them back to defend.
Earn your legend
Heroes are earned, never bought. Score enough for your side and you can take the field as one, until your time runs out.
A side wins by bringing down the enemy keep or bleeding their tickets dry before the clock runs out.
The three kingdoms
Garinai Pact
Mysticism, power, balance
Skorn, saurians, Lunesari and Lynku in dark stone lit purple and teal. High risk, high reward and devastating magic.
Elidinar Union
Strength, nature, survival
Orcs, half-trolls, firbolg and satyrs marching to war drums in bone and wood. Aggressive, with a fast economy and hard rushes.
The road to launch
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Playable slice
One small map, 4 against 4. Footman, Archer and Mage, one hero per kingdom, and keep destruction to win. This is where we are now.
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Online playtests
Invite-only matches over the Internet, with private lobbies, parties and reconnecting after a dropped connection.
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The 20 against 20 battleground
Forty players plus their squads on one field, every victory route, more classes and more heroes. Larger battles follow only if they hold up in testing.
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Launch
A Steam page comes first, then release once the battleground is ready.
Dev log
Development changes from our builds. None of this is a public release, and details will change.
Death, tickets and the respawn wave
Falling in battle now costs your side a ticket, and the fallen come back together in the next respawn wave. Local lobbies and match setup are in, so a host can start a match with its rules decided up front.
The Archer draws a bow
The first Archer loop works end to end in our test range: draw, aim and loose in first person, with the server deciding where every arrow lands. Under the hood the game moved to Unreal Engine 5.8 and a new multiplayer foundation.
Reading the battle
Damage numbers, health bars over soldiers' heads, a scoreboard and a match-end screen.
The first systems
Melee combat with blocking, bows and staves, resource gathering, building upgrades and repair, a ballista you can mount and fire, unit commands, class selection, hero spawning with heroes that fade over time, and a kill feed.
Follow along
We post progress on our studio channels. For press or playtest interest, email solarfallstudios@gmail.com.