Ironwing Valiant: Record of Astera
A downloadable game for Windows
About Iron Valiant:
Iron Valiant is a single-player, mecha combat action game built around tense melee fights, high-skill ranged weapon combat, and full environmental destruction and interaction mechanics. In a world of colossal steel beasts, Iron Valiant has players helm three unique mechas (known as Valiants) with a variety of unique ranged and melee weapons at their disposal. Every melee weapon will have its own unique move set, complete with particular strengths and weaknesses. Every Valiant shall contain a unique play style allowing players to craft their perfect mecha.
Iron Valiant Demo gameplay video:
Full Environmental Destruction:
Almost all buildings can be destroyed in Iron Valiant. If a structure stands in your way, then tear it down! All of our destruction is dynamic, thanks to the power of CHAOS in Unreal Engine 5. You will be able to collapse bridges on your foes, level entire structures to carve a path towards victory, and even throw your enemies into structures to damage them.
Master Melee and Ranged combat:
Iron Valiant has tense combat centered around wise positioning, fast-paced mech battles, an in-depth melee and combo system, and satisfying ranged combat. We plan to have a large variety of enemies from other Valiants, to tanks, artillery pieces, and even infantry. Hone your skills and techniques to survive in this heart- pounding, action-packed mecha combat game.
Story:
Iron Valiant is also complete with a dramatic, touching story about a group of kids fighting desperately to defend their beloved country from a powerful empire in the west, Gundria. Follow Reinhardt and friends on their journey to liberate the fantastical land of Astera, a country of magnificent mountains, peaceful pastures, stunning cities, and enchanted forests. Iron Valiant tells a tale as old as time, what does war cost a country? How does it shape the generations to come? What environmental impacts does it have on the natural world? Take on the mantle of the King of Kings – the Valiant Lothair Magnus Rex – and grow your arsenal, modify your Valiants to fit your play style, and learn to love your faithful companions in this wonderfully realized anime world
Current and Planned Development:
Thank you for your interest!
We hope to see you on the battlefield!
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Development log
- Iron Valiant Progress Update #394 days ago
- Iron Valiant Progress Update #2May 23, 2024
- Iron Valiant Progress Update #1Aug 07, 2023
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is this still being developed? I thought it was pretty good.
Yes! Indeed we are still in development, I was actually going to post a progress update on indiebd very soon, though it was supposed to happen last month but some things cause us a delay. We are working on a new build after taking in a lot of the feedback we got from people and tightening up the gameplay and adding more features. Right now we are adding a brand new map with all original art assets we make ourselves that have hand painted textures like in Valkyria Chronicles. We also made a new animations for literally everything, new weapon models, and more. Progress is slow because we are only a team of 3, but we will have an update soon.
Do you guys have a discord or something?
We do not have a discord, but we plan to set one up. If you want to contact any of the development team, you can follow us on IndieDB and message us directly from there!
This is so cool! the whole demo is VERY promising, it just needs more polish. I'm sure once the game has had more development it will be absurdly fun
reminds me of Valkyria Chronicles (with a bit of FF, of course) in aesthetics, and I really like how the mechs are handled here
Thank you! I get the Valkyria Chronicles comparison a lot and it is one I am pleased about. We are currently refining the melee and ranged combat, AI behaviors, as well as doing a complete overhaul on the visuals. Current things in works are:
- Switching AI from Behavior Trees to a State Machine
- Soft lock for melee attacks and also a hard lock option
- More melee attacks in combo chain
-Melee attacks now assist in tracking and all melee attacks have increased distance covered
- Rework on parry and adding a perfect block option
- Dodge and movement rebalance and update
- Aim assist on ranged weapons
-UI update and redesign
- Infantry enemy characters, Shielded Valiant Variant
- New custom shader for characters and new material for environment
- Much more
You can follow our indiedb page here: https://www.indiedb.com/games/iron-valiant for more updates. I try to gather development stuff together to send out.
Thanks for your feedback and comment of encouragement ditalos, very much appreciate it
ah, nice, I like to see the updates
Those are all great things to focus on!
The only thing I'd maybe add is to allow players to cancel their attacks, maybe at least light attacks, with boosting.
Maybe a camera lock on too (but maybe that's what you meant with hard lock option?).
Anyways, glad you're working on this because it looks great! Can't wait to see more!
Yes, hard lock is a camera lock on, that is currently finished in our new build! As for allowing players to cancel their attacks, that was a feature added in earlier version of the game. Players could cancel an attack with a block input, however we found it to be far too strong. We currently have two weapons designed which allow players to cancel attacks, one uses the block to cancel attacks and the other uses dodge. These are still in the design phase, however, with the melee system update and entire overhaul enemy AI animations and behavior; as well as a new enemy type being added, this may be added back to all weapons. Stay tuned, we look forward to sharing our new update with everyone when it is ready!