Fae Tactics: Bringing a Solo Dev’s Tactical RPG to Xbox

Fae Tactics Xbox One, a tactical RPG by Endlessfluff Games, ported by Sickhead Games

Title: Fae Tactics
Release Date: 2021
Developer: Endlessfluff Games
Publisher: Humble Games
Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Engine: GameMaker

Fae Tactics is a turn-based tactical RPG from Endlessfluff Games, published by Humble Games. Players follow a young magic user across a pixel-art world split between humans and fae creatures, building a party, collecting allies, and working through grid-based combat with a creature-collector twist. Think Final Fantasy Tactics by way of an indie developer with a very specific vision.

Sickhead handled the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S ports for our longtime partner Humble Games. GameMaker ports require experience as the engine has its own API quirks, performance constraints, and platform integration requirements, and knowing them going in keeps a port on schedule and faithful to the original.

The game shipped on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S in November 2021.


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