Mars Tactics

Hi everyone. I'm delaying the release until early next year. I know that will be disappointing to all of you. I'm very sorry.To be transparent, when I announced the 2026 release window in April, my be…

Hi everyone. In the 4+ years since the game was announced, I've never shown the Capital campaign. But playtesting began last month. And while there are still bugs and balance issues, I feel like I can…

Hi everyone. I know this Q2 update is super late. But hopefully it's better now than never.June and July was a really intense period of development and I didn't have spare time to post anything. But t…

Crisis on EarthThe 2020s were rough, but the next decade was even worse. More wars, political polarization and sputtering growth. And yeah, the billionaires only grew more powerful.But for our story i…

Hi everyone. I'm delaying the early access release from May until later this year. The exact new date will not be known for a while, but I thought it's important to get this info to you ASAP. So I am …

Hey guys. Development is heading in to the final stretch. It's actually not super stressful. Just healthy stressful. Because I'm v happy with how the design is turning out. The sandbox-style strategy …

Hey guys, I hope you're having a relaxing end to the year. It's been a very productive 3 months for Mars Tactics so let me give you an update.The TLDR is the strategy layer is going great. As I wrote …

Hi everyone. With development marching on, I'm happy to finally start sharing details about later-stage mechanics.Mortars on MarsMortars are a mid/late game weapon. They are introduced to Mars by merc…

Hey guys, just a quick thing you might enjoy.Last month's trailer gave a super tiny glimpse of new Gunsmith graphics and design. So today I wanted to show off the full suite of new graphics. And share…

Hey guys, based on recent progress with the strategy layer and good feedback from playtesters, I finally feel confident to nail down a release date: May 2026. This will be an early-access release, but…

Hi everyone. The playtest re-started last month so I just wanted to share some progress. These are just small observations and not official patch notes or promised features or anything. I know some of…

Hey guys, thanks for checking in on the game again. This quarter is when the strategy layer design finally came together for me. The latest build has not yet been tested, but based on my own time with…

Hey guys, thanks for checking in on the game. This quarter I worked to address feedback from the December playtest. The development plan outlined last time was completed and I'm now polishing things a…

Hi everyone! It's the end of the quarter, so let's take a look at how development is coming along. The big news is the strategy layer playtest finally kicked off this month. I've been dying to get the…

Hey everyone! It's been a few months since the last dev update. Like every good little capitalist 😇 I try to keep my stakeholders appraised every quarter. FY24 Q3 Executive Summary Continued intense w…