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Broken Lines

PortaPlay Developer

SUPER.COM Publisher

2020-02-25 Release

SingleplayerTags

Game News Posts: 78

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support

Mostly Positive (581 reviews)

https://brokenlinesgame.com/

Steam Store

Public Linux Depots:

Broken Lines Linux - Preview + Beta [6.79 G]
Broken Lines Linux - Release [5.71 G]

Broken Lines Content Update - Customization

Good news everyone, The first major Broken Lines update is here, bringing you the ability to customize your game the way that you see fit. What's more, we've also worked on the balancing from our end, fixed a handful of bugs, and added in the Chinese (Simplified) translation of the game! To learn what we've changed, added, and fixed, please see the update patch notes this post.

The Request

Since the launch of our game, one of the most popular requests has been for us to allow you (our players) to customize your game by letting you name the characters, change the power of the weapons, and so on. At first, we did explore adding in full modding support, however, due to technical limitations (wed have to essentially re-code the entire game) that was not possible. So we went with the next best thing - letting you edit the game databases (via the XML files) to put in custom values for, well just about anything! Special thanks goes out to our devs who were porting the game to the Nintendo Switch for finding this solution.

Customization - What is it?

We weren't kidding when we said that you could customize just about anything. As the XML files are not hidden/obfuscated in any way, you will now be able to change the core values and names for:

Weapons and Items Name, Price, Type, Usage, All Stats.
Soldiers Name, Portrait, All Stats, Starting Traits and Hidden Traits.
Enemies Name, AI Type, Weapons, Extra Equipment, Abilities, All Stats
Abilities, Traits, and Status Effects Usage count, Type, Duration, All Stats
Campaign Structure Starting rooster, Starting inventory, Abilities and Resources, When the shop appears, Random events, Accessible levels.
Shop Content and price multiplier of different categories
Events Content of all events
Levels Name, Description, Texts, Composure loss on retry, Level Evaluation, Level Rewards, Abilities awarded on completion.
Texts All text in the game including UI text, item and ability description, event texts, soldier comments, and so on.

Important Information

Customizing the game will be fun, however, there are a few things that you need to be aware of. [olist]

When customizing the game, you will not be able to unlock any new achievements.

Customization overwrites the games normal files. Therefore, we recommend that you back up all files before changing anything.

In case something really goes wrong, you can reset everything back to normal by using the verify your local cache option from steam.

Customizing the game may potentially create bugs, especially if you change too much. An example of this would be if you change specific events that take place within a level. This may result in the game getting stuck if the level progression depends on a character being present/alive.

Please note that though we will try to help with any potential bugs, there may be situations where we cannot help you due to bugs that arise from your specific customizations. [/olist] So, do you want to learn how to customize your game? Check out our guide here. We hope that you will enjoy this update and we cannot wait to see what sort of customizations you will add to the game! - Your Broken Lines Team!

[ 2020-04-17 00:07:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

The squad has crash-landed behind enemy lines, in the heart of Eastern Europe. With no officers, no leaders, and no intel, they must find an unbreakable resolve if they are to survive.
But with only their training and instincts to guide them, survival becomes a difficult goal. First of all, they need to learn to work together to have any hope of coping with the challenges ahead.
Each survivor has their own views on what to do, and their own principles on what is acceptable. Some want to investigate what caused their crash, others want to stay low and avoid detection by the enemy. There are even whispers of desertion.
It is your task to be the unseeing hand that will guide this ragtag group of soldiers through their struggles. Make your decisions wisely, for they will have real consequences on the fates of the survivors.

Tactical RPG with diverse characters. Experience the story through the eyes of each soldier as they fight for survival in an alternative WW2 setting.
Turn-based planning with simultaneous execution (WeGo turn-based gameplay)
Authentic tactical choices: suppression, destructible cover, realistic ballistics, and camouflage are at your disposal.
Rogue-like campaign structured with different narrative paths, resources, and permadeath.
A challenge for even the most experienced gamer. A far-reaching moral system means that the soldiers may desert at any moment if you prove to be incompetent.
An emotional story, tense atmosphere, and multiple endings based on the decisions that you make.

“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may
be; for without victory, there is no survival.”

― Winston Churchill

MINIMAL SETUPOS: SteamOS + Ubuntu
Processor: i5-5700 2GhzMemory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Graphics: GeForce GT 750M 2GB or similar (1500 3DMark score)
Storage: 4 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: SteamOS + Ubuntu
Processor: I7-7700 4GhzMemory: 16 GB RAM
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX1050
Storage: 4 GB available space

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