The marketplace submission process takes a while to navigate, but Unity Tactics has been accepted and is now ready for you to try out!

There are 20 missions for you to fight through, with loot rewarded for beating them. The equipment pieces you win will make your units stronger and tougher, allowing you to take on the more challenging enemies!

Feel free to let me know your impressions of the game. I plan to do a number of updates – more enemies, animations, and of course more missions!

The ad supported free version is available here:
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/5e768ef6-ab2b-4734-84fa-581e023af10c

The $3 pay version is available here:
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/a604bd65-2c2a-4930-9081-8d080e9ff812

Here are some of the images of what the game looks like.

Changes
1. New UI. The maps are now 8 x 12, and the sidebars have been removed, allowing for a bigger view of the screen. Panning/zooming should also now be smoother.
2. New Units. Mages and cavalry both had their actions changed. Details below!
3. Actions changed to action points. 6 action points a turn, move – 1, actions are 2+
4. Health bars that pop up when you take damage
5. Harder enemies! Orange enemies are tier 2, purple are tier 3. Make sure you’re well geared if you’re taking one of them on!
6. 5 more missions. More challenges is never bad

New Units
Stun mage – Stun a unit for 3 action points. These can stack. Harder enemies will have more resistance (less AP stunned). Damage additions on armor will boost the number of points a unit is stunned for.
Heal mage – Heals for 100, costs 3 action points. Pretty straight forward!
Cavalry – The action is now called Joust, and it actually does a number of things. If the space behind the unit is empty, it simply pushes the unit back. If the unit is pushed back onto water, it dies (this is quite powerful, look for opportunities!) . If there’s a unit in the space behind, damage is dealt to the attacked attacked unit. The damage dealt is cavalry damage + unit damage. Pushing into rocks and trees work, but their damage is 0.

Hopefully the new units and harder enemies will provide a different challenge that is more interesting than just taking your strongest unit out.

Thanks to everyone that has tried out the app! Your feedback has been extremely helpful in helping steer where we take the game.

The main change is that we’ve made a mission mode. Single player now has you beat each mission to unlock the next. Along with this, there’s now an item shop to purchase equipment to improve your team. You’re also able to recruit new units to fight, in case you want to customize your lineup.

If you’d like to give the game a try, send me an email at james@dreamnautstudios.com!

Some pictures, so you can see what it’ll be like:

As always, feedback is welcome!

Beta demo video of Magma World
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