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Into the Breach

A turn-based strategy game of mechs versus giant monsters.

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Into the Breach is a turn-based strategy game where players control giant mechs fighting an alien army called the Vek in the far future.[1] The game uses a turn-based combat system that shows the direction of each enemy's intended attack before the player moves.[1][2] Protecting civilian structures that power the mechs' grid is the principal goal of each map.[2]

Making and release

The game originated from a prototype by developer Davis for a turn-based strategy title with procedurally generated elements.[3] They designed the game to make players care about collateral damage to buildings.[3][2] Chris Avellone helped establish the game's world and missions.[3][2] Prunty drew inspiration from 2Cellos' cover of Hans Zimmer's "Mombasa" for the first music track.[4][5]

A macOS version followed on August 9, 2018, and a Nintendo Switch version on August 28, 2018.[6] A free Advanced Edition update adding new squads, pilots, and enemies was released on July 19, 2022.[7]

What the cited sources add

A Shacknews preview reports that Ma and Davis started with a comfortable middle ground for their next project after FTL.[3] The same source states that the earliest prototype had buildings as the whole point of the game to defend.[3] Ma explained that the game was a response to superhero movies where city destruction is ignored if the good guys win.[3] The preview notes that battles are designed to be short, in contrast to hour-long XCOM missions.[3]

Prunty's PC Gamer article describes how the team decided to reject the idea that strategy game music should be quiet.[5] Prunty added guitar riffs atop the digital score to create a recurring motif.[4][5] The Verge announcement confirms the game was coming to Windows, Mac, and Linux but not as a simultaneous launch.[8]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Into the Breach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Smith, "FTL devs announce tactical kaiju battler Into The Breach", Rock Paper Shotgun, February 10, 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Into the Breach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Craddock, "Into the Breach Preview: FTL's Creators Pit Mechs Against Aliens in Post-Apocalyptic Warfare", Shacknews, February 20, 2017 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Craddock, "Into the Breach Preview: FTL's Creators Pit Mechs Against Aliens in Post-Apocalyptic Warfare", Shacknews, February 20, 2017. facts only, no text reused. shacknews.com
  4. Wikipedia, "Into the Breach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Prunty, "How I made Into the Breach's soundtrack", PC Gamer, February 23, 2018 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Prunty, "How I made Into the Breach's soundtrack", PC Gamer, February 23, 2018. facts only, no text reused. pcgamer.com
  6. Wikipedia, "Into the Breach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nunneley, "Into the Breach comes with free copy of FTL: Advanced Edition through GOG and Humble", VG247, February 28, 2018; Castello, "Into The Breach is now available on Mac, 20% off for everyone", Rock Paper Shotgun, August 11, 2018; Hall, "Into the Breach comes to Nintendo Switch today", Polygon, August 28, 2018; "Into the Breach version 1.2 - 9 new languages, native Linux version, and a touch interface!", Steam, April 20, 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Into the Breach" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wales, "Stellar turn-based strategy Into the Breach getting free Advanced Edition update in July", Eurogamer, June 23, 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Farokhmanesh, "Watch the trailer for FTL creators' next game, Into the Breach", The Verge, February 10, 2017. facts only, no text reused. theverge.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Into the Breach (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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