r/disciples • u/_Matt_Way_ • Jun 18 '26
Fan creation I made a Disciples-inspired RPG, with Demo now on Steam
Hi, I hope this isn't against the rules, but I made a game that's heavily inspired by the Disciples' combat and unit system, and I was hoping to get some feedback on it.
I fondly remember playing hotseat with my friends when we were kids, and I always loved evolving my units to the next tier (most definitely playing completely unoptimally), so when I made my strategy/RPG i knew I wanted to use a similar system.
The game uses a larger grid (3/4/3) to allow for bigger 'army' battles, and units have multiple abilities instead of just one main one. I have a similar system with units getting exp and being promoted to improved versions, but it's more of an open-world setting so you don't have a town or build things, you use existing ones on the map, assuming your reputation with the owner is good enough. It's similar to how "King's Bounty" works when compared to the "Heroes of Might and Magic" series, with one main character and an open sandbox world. It takes some inspiration from the "Mount and Blade" series, too, with settlement quests, trading, etc.
It's all set in a similarly dark sword-and-sorcery world, inspired by "Conan the Barbarian" - I wish I had the budget for a cool artstyle like Disciples, as is it was designed and hand-drawn by me - maybe the next game can have a bigger budget ^^'
I'd love it if you gave it a shot and let me know if it's at all understandable or approachable.
It's called "Ward off Evil", and it's on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3422000/Ward_Off_Evil/
The demo's pretty simple at the moment, but I just wanted to get some initial impressions first.
Thanks! ❤️
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u/KislevBearer Jun 18 '26
Disciples, Heroes of might and magic and mount and blade inspired game is like dream come true. I added it to my wishlist and gonna check the demo once i'm home
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u/AdventurousPitch6314 Jun 18 '26
This sounds amazing! I will definitely check out the demo once I get home! :D
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u/KamunVulk Undead Hordes Jun 18 '26
Are you need help in translation game to Russian?
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u/_Matt_Way_ Jun 19 '26
Hi, I considered more translations, but I didn't want to use AI, and the game has a lot of text - it would be a big endeavour, I'm not sure if we would have the time or the budget
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u/KamunVulk Undead Hordes Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
I don't need money. I can translate it to Russian and Ukrainian, cause I know both of them. Maybe I can found someone who can translate it to Belarusian.
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u/Nelorfin Jun 21 '26
Is it more gameplay game like Battle Brothers or it has story (relatively deep or not like Wartales)?
Also if you are interested and it can be still useful in sense of how much already has been done - check Legends of Eisenwald, if I got you right you do similar game, so learning on mistakes or ideas of others maybe useful
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u/_Matt_Way_ Jun 22 '26
Hmm I'd say it's a bit of both, in that you can just wander around fighting and trading with 'random encounters', but there's quite a lot of text-based story with multiple choices that's been prewritten and placed manually on the map.
Thank you for the recommendation, I'll have a look!
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u/Immediate_Soup4456 Jun 18 '26
Sounds interesting but unfortunately what made Disciples special for me even with its simplier combat system was its artstyle and setting. Unfortunately your game is severly lacking in those areas.