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

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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. You 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 a solo indie dev with a very specific vision. Sickhead handled the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S ports, shipping alongside a day-one Xbox Game Pass listing, meaning the ports needed to be solid from the moment they went live, with no warm-up period. Porting a tactics game to controller requires thoughtful input work: menus, grid navigation, unit selection, and spell targeting all have to feel native to a gamepad rather than bolted on from a mouse-and-keyboard design. Doing that cleanly across two Xbox hardware generations simultaneously, while hitting a Game Pass launch, is the kind of multi-constraint problem Sickhead is built for.

Sickhead Games is the leading game porting studio, skilled in porting Unity, Unreal, Godot, and custom engine titles to every major console and handheld including Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. We’re trusted by solo indie developers and major publishers alike to handle everything from codebase assessment to post-launch support, bringing great games to the audiences they deserve. Satisfied clients and partners include Humble Games, Sony Interactive, Nintendo, Annapurna, Good Games, ConcernedApe, MegaCrit, 17-Bit, Maddy Makes Games, Zachtronics, Keen Software House, Thomas Happ, Pocketwatch Games, EXOK, Young Horses, Taito, Jaleco, and Microsoft. We’ve ported over 100 releases including Stardew Valley, Slay the Spire, TowerFall, Axiom Verge, and Space Engineers, and also specialize in bringing retro console and PC games to modern audiences like Grandia, Enclave, and Jaleco Sports titles.