Hartacon Tactics

Hartacon Tactics is a survival, turn-based tactical RPG with deterministic mechanics and hand-painted 2D art. You hire characters from eight unit types and use their different strengths, skills and weapons to fight enemies as you travel across the continent of Kaus. The single-player campaign focuses on survival rather than a plotted story, with no world-saving plot, cutscenes or dialogue.

Tactical battles

Each class has its own battle stats, including strength, magic power, defense, movement distance, jump height and action frequency. Classes also specialize in particular weapons and techniques. The knight is a balanced warrior, the dwarf excels on the front line with strong defense, and the lionman is a powerful force; each of the eight unit types has a distinct strategic role.

Weapons have different attack patterns and techniques. Swords, bows, axes and knives are among the available types. Axes can break armor, thrown knives can inflict status ailments, and hand-to-hand attacks can move targets and open gaps in enemy defenses.

Elemental magic

Magic skills belong to different elements, which determine their range and area of effect. Water skills can hit multiple targets in wide patterns but can only target positions below the caster. Earth skills affect positions around the caster, while Lightning strikes single targets without a height limit. Wind targets multiple positions and has the widest range. Some elemental skills cause status ailments, such as Ice causing Paralysis and Lightning causing Darkness. Characters also have differing affinities for each element, affecting both the damage they deal and their vulnerability.

Develop and create

You can develop characters by learning skills and adjusting their battle stats to suit your strategy. The in-game map editor lets you build maps and share them in the online gallery.

Game modes

Play the single-player survival campaign across Kaus, or take part in co-op battles and multiplayer against other players.