Aegis Vanguard

Manage humanity's champions and Take back control in an Automated Battlefield

Enter a dark fantasy realm where corruption has taken over, in a tactical strategy roguelite that brings together and bridges deep inventory-management autobattlers with the player-agency focused intense Real-Time with Pause combat mechanics.

Build up your inventory and arsenal, manage and arrange it throughout your grid (in sectors belonging to your squad heroes), to trigger all styles of synergies, timed, automated or otherwise. Always stay in control: step in directly when activatable items are ready to be used, or when the tide of battle turns, being able to pause combat to manually target enemies or exploit weaknesses, all by using and unleashing game-changing activations of items/abilities.
Key Features

Real-Time Tactical Pause (FTL Style Player-Agency): Combat never leaves you as a passive bystander. Pause time at any moment to evaluate the battlefield, interrupt enemy actions, and manually target specific opponent items, weapons, or abilities before unpausing the chaos.

Timed Auto-Activation Engine: Build a self-sustaining tactical machine. Dozens of passive powers on various pieces of gear (from weapons, to trinkets and armor pieces) trigger on precise cooldown timers, delivering automated strikes, defensive buffs or debuffs as combat unfolds.

Reactive Grid: Every bit of gear you equip or power you acquire throughout a run, can have properties that make it Intercept certain incoming abilities, or React to an effect that just took place. Unleash crazy synergistic combos through the sheer variety of the squad, loot and power.

Active Player Items & Precision Targeting: Equip special active tools that require your direct command. Aim devastating powers, fire targeted disruption strikes, and break the enemy’s core combo pieces right when it hurts most.

Grid-Based Inventory & Positioning: Maximizing your power requires spatial strategy and squad composition. Arrange equipment on a tactical grid, over several character's quadrants. A game where item adjacency, positioning, and current gear or synergies determine your build's true strength.

Replayable Dark Fantasy Roguelite Runs: Face randomized encounters, formidable bosses, and unforgiving tactical choices in a bleak, retro 16-bit world. You must adapt your build to survive and thrive, saving humanity in the process, or fall in the darkness.