The Breed - MOBA

Devlog

• New art, shaders and lighting update!
  June 08, 2025 by Mr Zoids

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  #strategy, #real time strategy, #x-com, #moba, #art, #co-op, #feature update, #rendering, #top-down, #multiplayer, #squad-based

  Art Updates I've done a quick update to the art, I was noticing when capturing gifs that a lot of the silhouettes were being lost. However, the game is nowhere near ready for "Real art", so instead I... Continue reading

  
• New Combat Balancing
  June 06, 2025 by Mr Zoids

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  #x-com, #rts, #moba, #real time strategy, #multiplayer, #top-down, #sci-fi, #co-op, #strategy, #squad-based

  Combat Tweaks I've added some new changes to combat and fixed some other issues along the way. Firstly, enemies now take a movement speed penalty when injured. For now, it's mostly noticeable on the '... Continue reading

  
• Optimisation
  June 02, 2025 by Mr Zoids

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  #unity, #webgl, #shader, #optimization, #analytics, #lighting, #rendering, #moba, #multiplayer

  The Breed (Updated Screenshot) Optimising File Size & Render Performance The telemetry was indicating that a lot of players were churning out before they got to the game itself, so there was some opti... Continue reading

  
• Minimap
  May 27, 2025 by Mr Zoids#rts, #minimap, #strategy

  New features! Minimap (first pass) Tutorial backend (first pass) Adjusted lighting for easier visibility The new minimap is more than a square in the corner—it’s your entire tactical playbook cond... Continue reading

  
• Back in Business
  May 11, 2025 by Mr Zoids#ftue, #analytics, #gameplay, #updates

  Hiatus After a few months of hiatus while I focused on some other (paid) projects, I've finally got back onboard to developing The Breed. There's a lot of moving parts in developing a game like this t... Continue reading
• New Heavy Class Added
  November 12, 2024 by Mr Zoids

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  #heavy, #multiplayer, #rts, #sci-fi, #team fortress

  I've added a new heavy class. He does what you'd expect a heavy to do - he shoots a lot and takes a lot of punishment... Continue reading
• Fog of War & Lighting Updates/Optimisations
  November 11, 2024 by Mr Zoids

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  #fog of war, #multiplayer, #game design, #webgl, #optimisation

  The Preparation for Fog Of War So while the ultimate objective of this game is to be moved to steam once it's past what I would consider a 'vertical slice', in the meantime - we're on itch.io and usin... Continue reading

  
• Monday Updates - Big List
  November 11, 2024 by Mr Zoids

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  #fixes, #optimisations, #xcom, #multiplayer, #x-com, #strategy, #pve

  Today's a big patch list, let's get into it Features • FEAT: Human NPC’s can now grab the bomb and also try to recover the bomb • FEAT: Bomb resets its position if not on its spawn point for a d... Continue reading

  
• Objective & AI Updates
  November 10, 2024 by Mr Zoids

  Behold - The Objective Okay, so the new objective is basically a McGuffin that the player picks up and has to carry into the enemy base. Doing so without dying isn't that difficult (right now), but th... Continue reading
• AI Updates
  November 07, 2024 by Mr Zoids

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  #bots, #ai, #npc, #squad, #support, #aliens

  NPC's, AI Updates & Other Goodies While I've been developing the game, testing edge cases is quite tedious, so quite early, I added NPC's and would let them run around the map, killing things and gene... Continue reading

  
• Teaser Video
  November 04, 2024 by Mr Zoids

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  #gameplay, #video, #teaser, #multiplayer, #rts

  Thought it was time to actually put a little video together! Please share and let's get more squads into the game... Continue reading
• Base Turrets!
  November 03, 2024 by Mr Zoids

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  #turrets, #real time strategy, #pve, #co-op, #multiplayer, #aliens

  Base Turrets! So, as I start to flesh out the nuts and bolts of a PvE swarm, the next step in that phase is turrets. They're tough, and they protect your spawn area (which will inevitably become a bas... Continue reading

  
• Class Selection & Load Testing
  October 30, 2024 by Mr Zoids#cinematic, #real time strategy, #update, #co-op

  Load Testing, Class Selection, Enemies - So. Many. Enemies. So player's can now choose their class when they load into the match. This, in theory, allows you to see who else is another class so you ca... Continue reading

  
• The Sniper
  October 28, 2024 by Mr Zoids#sniper, #real time strategy, #moba, #aliens, #swarm

  The Sniper Until I've built a new class selection UI (it's coming, don't worry) I've put the default Soldier class quietly away and brought out the new toy, the Sniper. Unique animations, a different... Continue reading

  
• Active Reloads
  October 28, 2024 by Mr Zoids#moba, #reloading, #skill, #game mechanics, #feature update

  Skill Reloads Today's new feature that moves us closer to a moba and further from being 'realtime x-com' is active reloading. If a weapon supports active reload, rather than a simple reloading bar, th... Continue reading

  
• Camera controls & Objective displays and a Discord
  October 26, 2024 by Mr Zoids#discord, #x-com, #moba, #webgl

  Build Versions, UI Updates & More We march day by day closer to a vert slice! Today's updates: Probe now has a status indicator in the top right of the screen This caused heaps of bugs in WebGL that a... Continue reading

  
• New Objective Mechanic Update
  October 24, 2024 by Mr Zoids

  The Probe! Both teams (4 humans vs the alien hoard) will now battle to push the probe/bomb back into the enemy spawn area. Right now it's a very rudimentry implementation, but the goal is to hold supr... Continue reading

  
• Pickups, Drops & Damage Indication
  October 24, 2024 by Mr Zoids

  Pickups & Drops I've completed a pickup system that is easy to expand. Right now, the only drops you're going to get from enemies are health crates (which was the highest priority since there's no way... Continue reading

  
• Level Up!
  October 22, 2024 by Mr Zoids

  Levelling Up & Upcoming Objectives The game now has a fully featured levelling up system, with a huge pile of player variables now linked to your progression. Everything has custom progression curves... Continue reading

  
• Death & Upcoming Features
  October 20, 2024 by Mr Zoids

  Death, Respawns & Upcoming Features At long last, I've added the ability to respawn! So the core mechanics are starting to mature, and the core loop is starting to flesh out. I'll put next steps below... Continue reading

  
• Updates - New Style
  October 19, 2024 by Mr Zoids

  After the previous art corner update, I realised to start really diving deep on feature design and build, I didn't want to get bogged down heavily in art, so for right now, I'm just using a modified o... Continue reading

  
• Art Corner Update
  October 18, 2024 by Mr Zoids#update, #art corner

  Art Corner Update I've slapped together some assets to test out if it all works with some level of art representation. While throwing together some random assets isn't necessarily a great idea for dev... Continue reading

  
• First Uploaded
  October 16, 2024 by Mr Zoids

  First itch.io upload! New features add in this update (I'm presently on day 4 of development). Enemy bug respawning and death sequences New FX for combat and death New animations added for hit impacts... Continue reading