Rami Ismail is back in active development after six years away, and his new turn-based strategy game, Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business, launches next week.
Origin: Publisher Mystic Forge approached him with the idea of backing his next game, and he teamed up with Rochester studio Aesthetician Labs and other collaborators.
Structure: The team disbands after launch. Ismail says no current development model feels stable, and he wanted a riskier game than a careful studio could make.
Design: There's no conventional base-building. Players acquire units one by one and merge them, and a "progression checker" helps them see whether they're keeping up every 5-10 minutes.
Balance: Strategy balance took four to five months to click, far longer than the two-week fun test he used at Vlambeer.
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Rami Ismail is back in active development after six years away, and his new turn-based strategy game, Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business, launches next week.