Minesweeper-inspired Tactics game, Katja's Abyss: tactics, releases on itch.io

March 2021  Kiefer Nemeth releases Katja's Abyss: Tactics on Itch.io​. In this turn-based tactical game, you follow Katja, Head Researcher at the Echo Mining Corp, into the deadly caves within the mountain, Montmane. Lead units to dig through caves brimming with powerful energy while fending off mutated monsters. With charming pixel art graphics and minesweeper-inspired strategy mechanics, Katja's Abyss: Tactics is sure to suck in any fan of strategy or tactics games.

​"One day I was playing Minesweeper, and I got frustrated when one mistake lost the whole level!" With this inspiration, developer Kiefer Nemeth went on to design a system that places controllable units within a map where they move and navigate hidden mines, or "Nodes," within cave walls. In Katja's Abyss, if you hit a Node, the unit digging it is lost, but you can fight on! Katja's Abyss also gives the player a sense of progression, with an 8-level campaign with authored missions and in-game collectibles.

Help Katja get to the bottom of what's really happening in Montmane. The Echo Mining Corp is avoiding something down there, and she needs a capable tactician to get through the hordes of burrowing monsters. Be bold, and find answers to the questions HQ tells you not to ask. What are these monsters? How is the energy you're mining so miraculously potent? Why are there artifacts from an ancient civilization littered throughout the mines?

Play Katja's Abyss: Tactics and learn the truth about the caves of Montmane: kiefjerky.itch.io/katjas-abyss-tactics

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Name: Kiefer Nemeth
Email: katjasabyss@gmail.com
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