Slipgate Tactics (Demo)
A downloadable game for Windows
Slipgate Tactics is turn based tactics game about Slipgate marines squad in Quake 1 settings.
Features:
- No randomness for actions
- Dedicated Movement Points for flanking or dodging damage from a front
- 4 Action Points can be used for few actions, blocking damage or as Movement Points
- Gibbing enemies gives Will Points which can be used for extra Action Points
- Special actions for all weapons like nailing an enemy to the floor
- Pushing enemy to an obstacles to do extra damage
- Relatively low health and armor values
- Enemies do their turn simultaneously
- Marines also can move simultaneously
- Stealth - marines can moves slower, but without sounds. Unsuspecting enemies take additional damage from behind from Axe
- Difficulty changes on enemies behavior - on hard they flanks marines and choose more vulnerable target
- Couple tricky secrets to find on the main demo level
Demo level is not canon and shows how Quake 1 looks like in another genre.
Full game will be about story before Quake 1 events.
Made with Ultra Engine (Leadwerks 5).
Currently there is a known engine issue when render breaks after a dozen of loads. When it happens you can just make a save and restart the game.
Updated | 4 days ago |
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows |
Author | Dreikblack |
Genre | Strategy |
Tags | Tactical, Turn-Based Combat |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English, Russian |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Accessibility | Configurable controls |
Links | Community, Discord, YouTube |
Download
Install instructions
zip can be unpacked anywhere.
Slipgate Tactics uses Rerelease (remaster) Quake 1 files for its work. It finds Q1 if it’s installed in Steam, but in other cases you need to open the Quake folder in the file dialog after starting the .exe.
x64 Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable required, could installed with other games before
Integrated graphics are not supported yet
AMD cards might experience problems with outdated drivers. Please update them.
Windows 10 or 11
Development log
- Demo patch 147 days ago
- Demo patch 1315 days ago
- Demo patch 12 - Quake Animations22 days ago
- Demo patch 11 - added Game log81 days ago
- Demo patch 10Jan 28, 2025
- Demo patch 9Jan 12, 2025
- Demo patch 8 - Tutorial and MusicJan 11, 2025
- Demo patch 7Dec 08, 2024
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