For those interested in what was built with build with this engine, in the docs it says wargroove:
Definitely, a 2D game engine, but the game looks fun enough.
Definitely, a 2D game engine, but the game looks fun enough.
I love the art style quite a lot.
There are a few key innovations (COs as units on the map, archers can fire and move in the same turn (which are more like rangers from Warbits than artillery because they are infantry), some units have abilities that cost money, units have crit conditions, and the building capture mechanic). But the basic loop is there: Swordsman are infantry, pikemen are heavy infantry/mech, dogs are recons, knights are tanks, mages are anti air guns, trebuchets are rockets and ballista are missles, etc etc. Terrain bonuses are similar, costs are tweaked, but it plays exactly like advance wars.
And that is a really good thing. Can’t recomend the game enough.
The art style (particularly the human portraits) also did not work for me.
I have a hard time believing that Sony will really loose anything valuable by allowing crossplay.