Comet Force (tuxdb.com)

Hello everyone! The Steam Next Fest will soon start on February 24th, and Comet Force will be in! To celebrate this event, I am happy to release a demo update, with mostly some polishing, but also a bit of new content. The update is available as of right now, so be sure to check the full changelog at the end of the post and give the demo a try! And as always, feel free to share your feedback on the Steam forums!

Two new classes

I added two new classes. The first one shoots mines and brings many new effects related to those in the Academy. The second class introduces a new type. Until then, troop members were falling into the range or melee categories. There is now a third type: support. The new class is a guard that positions itself in front of the Captain instead of behind. The guardian has no direct attack, but has a lot of health and will reflect enemy bullets.

I hope you will enjoy these new classes. Tell me in the comments which one you prefer!

Change to the recruitment cost

This update brings a significant change related to recruiting. The recruitment cost will now go up the more you recruit of the same class. More precisely, the price will increase by 10 gems for each member of the same class already in the troop. My goal with this change is to better adjust the difficulty and encourage using various classes instead of relying only on one. Please do not hesitate to send me your feedback on this change!

What's next?

The rest of the changes are mostly polishing, small fixes, and quality of life improvements, as you can read in the changelog below. I want to make sure the UI is clear enough and ergonomic to not get in the way of the fun. If you have suggestions, please post them on the Steam forums and I'll do my best to address them. Besides, I'm making good progress on the full game. I am now done with adding new classes, new leaders, and academy effects. The v1.0 will have 8 new classes, and I think they all add something fun and interesting compared to what already exist in the demo. So stay tuned for future teasing! What remains to be done is adding new buildings, new enemies and bosses. I am hoping to get all of this done by mid-April, but I need to adjust my content goals depending on how the Next Fest goes. So I hope many people discover Comet Force during the event and have a lot of fun! As always, thanks for your support, and see you soon for the Next Fest! -Radiant Sloth

Full Changelog - Demo v0.5f

Added

Added two new classes and their unique effects
The recruit cost now increases for each member of that class already in the troop
If some classes are still unknown in the journal, researching a new class will always offer at least one unknown option

Changed

Improved how knockback is applied to enemies
Relooked the Crusher class model
Improved some UI and buildings descriptions:
- Showing the class type (melee, range, or support)
- Renamed 'Unique' to 'Single-copy'
- Made it clearer troop quarters upgrades give additional troop capacity
- ... and a few other things and typos fixes
Playtime is not frozen during pauses anymore, so now gives the real session duration
Moved the Quit button in the title menu to put it in the main list
Showing a tooltip to display the key shortcut of some Close buttons
Clicking the left or right key icons in the carousel displays (for instance when choosing a building) will now move the carousel

[ 2025-02-13 18:00:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Comet Force

Radiant Sloth Developer

Radiant Sloth Publisher

Q2 2025 Release

Action Indie Strategy Casual RPG Adventure Simulation F2P Sports MMO Racing Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop EA Tags

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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support

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Have you ever wanted to be the Captain of a space troop?
The Comet Force is waiting for your leadership...

LEAD YOUR TROOP & FIGHT ENEMIES

🛸 Recruit units from various weaponry classes and grow your troop.
👑 Lead your members in fast-paced battles and watch them fight alongside you.
💨 Dodge bullets and keep your Captain alive at all costs.
⚔️ Eliminate all enemies and bosses, wave after wave.
💎 Collect Gems and Void diamonds from destroyed enemies.
👾 Pick modifiers to choose how the enemy threat evolves.
🚀 Discover a unique sci-fi visual mix of isometric 2D and 3D pixel art with dynamic lighting.
🎵 Enjoy the original soundtrack mix of ambient and vibrant synthwave beats.

BUILD YOUR CAMP

🏗️ Build a camp around the fighting arena.
🏢 Leverage buildings and their unique functionalities: troop quarters, academy, training center, research lab, medical station, vault, cloning chamber, and much more.
🔫 Place turrets to assist your troop in combat.
🔼 Upgrade your buildings and unlock new possibilities to improve your troop.
💰 Manage your resources wisely to keep up against the enemy waves getting stronger.

GET UPGRADES

💪 Increase the strength and health of your troop units.
💥 Discover and pick various unique effects to improve the weaponry of classes and give the Captain new abilities.
💡 Research new weapons to recruit different troop units.
🎲 Strategize and adapt to the RNG to build synergies and experiment various play styles.

EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE

🧑‍🚀 Pick your starting Captain among a pool of candidates.
🔓 Unlock new Captains, buildings, and turrets for future games. Or disable the meta-progression and explore all the content right away.
📖 Fill your journal, collect all entries and complete achievements.

ABOUT RADIANT SLOTH

Radiant Sloth (he/him) is a solo indie game developer from France, He has a passion for creating action roguelikes, and is committed to ethical and sustainable game development. In particular, he strives to maintain honest and transparent communication with the community, advocates awareness of carbon footprint and climate issues, and bans generative AI tools from his creation process.

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