TINY METAL｜Japanese Arcade Wargame developed in Japan

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Overview

TINY METAL is all about the gameplay. We are experienced Japanese video game developers who have come together to develop TINY METAL. We believe that we can bring back the golden age of Japanese videogames, one masterpiece at a time.

We put classical Japanese war gaming into a great modern day graphical package that works well and looks fantastic even on some older systems. TINY METAL features 15 unique units and never before seen gameplay mechanics. TINY METAL is the Japanese Arcade Wargame you wish you had as a kid.

GAMEPLAY

Features

Flank & Rear Attacks

Flanking and attacking from the rear of an enemy unit confers an attack bonus.

Radar

Use radars in conjunction with long range artillery to attack enemies outside of your visual range!

Focus Fire

By using target lock-on with 2 or more units to unleash a deadly focus fire attack.

Hero Units

Hero units can be called into battle. They are usually outright stronger or more versatile than normal units. Hero units grow stronger over the course of the campaign and can be brought over from mission to mission.

Units

Riflemen

The cheapest unit to produce. They are, however, also one of the weakest, with low attack and defense values. They are best used for taking and holding strategic locations.

Lancers

Infantry units equipped with an anti-vehicle rocket launcher. However, due to their smaller numbers, Lancers take longer to occupy strategic locations.

Snipers

A long-range fire support unit. They can shoot enemy units from up to 3 tiles away.

SpecOps

An upgraded version of the Riflemen unit. Their attack, defense, and mobility parameters are vastly improved.

Scouts

Scouts have considerably high mobility and vision range, and are very effective against infantry units. They are, however, susceptible to anti-vehicular weapons fire and cannot enter Forest tiles.

Radar

Units detected in range of the Radar show up as blips on the map. Blips may be attacked without seeing the unit in advance.

Strikers

Strikers fire very long-range missiles that can hit targets up to 3 tiles away. They are also very effective against flying units and are designed to work in tandem with Radar units.

Heavy Strikers

Heavy Strikers can strike targets from an even greater range than their smaller cousins. They are, however, more expensive to produce and have reduced mobility.

Metals

Metals have high defense and can easily damage other vehicle units. They do, however, suffer from lower mobility and vision ranges.

Heavy Metals

A metal unit with increased defense and attack, at higher cost in resources. Like their smaller cousins, they suffer from lower mobility and vision ranges.

Gunships

Being flying units, Helicopters can ignore intervening units and terrain units when moving. They are also very effective against both infantry and armoured targets, but suffer from poor defense.

Fighter

Flying at high altitudes, Fighters cannot be attacked by most units, with the exception of anti-aircraft units and other flying units. They may, however, only attack other flying units.

AWAC

The aerial version of the Radar unit comes with increased mobility, and thus effective range. They are, however, more expensive to build.

Fortress

The strongest and most expensive aerial unit. Fortresses can do great damage against infantry, vehicles, and other aerial units. They do, however, suffer from relatively low defense.

Terrain

Grassland

All units can move across Grassland tiles. Grassland tiles give a 15% bonus to defense.

Forest

Some units cannot enter Forest tiles. Tank units that enter Forest tiles suffer from decreased movement and vision. Forest tiles give a 35% bonus to defense.

Hill

Hill tiles give a 50% bonus to defense for infantry and flying units.

Mountains

Mountains are impassable terrain for all unit types.

Road

All units can move over Road tiles. Road tiles tiles give no bonus to defense.

City

Once occupied, City tiles generate 100 metal coins every turn. City tiles give a 35% bonus to defense.

Factory

Once occupied, Factory tiles generate 100 metal coins every turn. They allow you to produce land infantry units and vehicles.

Control Tower

Control Towers allow you to call a Hero unit to the battlefield once per mission. They give no bonus to defense.

Headquarters

The core strategic location for all armies. An army will be defeated if its Headquarters is occupied. The HQ gives a 50% bonus to defense to units stationed on it.

Airport

Once occupied, Airport tiles generate 100 metal coins every turn. They allow you to begin producing air units and give a 20% bonus to defense to units stationed on them.

Laboratory

The enemy's research facilities. Once occupied, they provide information on the enemy.

CAMPAIGN

Story

Play as Artemisian Lieutenant, Nathan Gries, as he commands his units to victory against the villainous nation of Zipang.

There will be several friends and enemies along the way with varied factions, units, and abilities in the 20 hours of single player campaign gameplay. Players will have to carefully consider varying terrain, positioning for attacks, and strategic advancements and defenses.

Campaign

Characters

Nathan Gries

Lieutenant Nathan Gries hails from a family of military lineage. His father died in last war when Nathan was still young. Col. Lindberg was a friend of Nathan's father and came to offer guidance to Nathan.

Nathan is well regarded by his superiors and peers alike with a promising future and noble intentions... Although Nathan is a model officer, his lack of experience may lead to situations where he could be exploited.

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Screenshots

ART

Concept Art

Music

Move along to the beats of TINY METAL's upbeat music composed by the Japanese prodigy Tomoki Miyoshi. Past works by Miyoshi-san include SOULCALIBUR V, I AM SETSUNA, and LOST SPHEAR.

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GAMEPLAY

Flank & Rear Attacks

Radar

Focus Fire

Hero Units

Riflemen

Lancers

Snipers

SpecOps

Scouts

Radar

Strikers

Heavy Strikers

Metals

Heavy Metals

Gunships

Fighter

AWAC

Fortress

Grassland

Forest

Hill

Mountains

Road

City

Factory

Control Tower

Headquarters

Airport

Laboratory

CAMPAIGN

Nathan Gries

Wolfram

Isoroku Tsukumo

Dante Carver

Luja Lindberg

The Arms Dealer Orzio

Tatara

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ART

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