Tactical Breach Wizards: talking through two missions 

I love the way he just said "the traffic warlock is, well, a traffic warlock, he summons ghost cars" as if it was just the most obvious thing in the world

"You try unjamming the A305 spaghetti junction without resorting to dark magic and _then_ we'll talk about who's 'taking this too seriously', _Mike!"_ My word, this game _exudes_ charm. Keep on keeping on!

I love that the wizard places a rune on the door to breach it.

"The traffic warlock is, well, a traffic warlock, he summons ghost cars, obviously." - Tom Francis, 2020

Navy seer? A Traffic warlock?! I absolutely love these ideas and visual designs!

I look at the traffic warlocks' traffic light staff and all I can think of is "KNEEL, SAYS THE DEMON LIGHT"

the moment you said "traffic warlock" i was sold LMAO

These character designs and names are absolutely impeccable. I love the seer's LMG-wand-boltcaster thing.

yo are you sure that everyone you tossed out a window to their dooms is "knocked-out"?

I wasn't aware "mystical rozzers" was either a possible aesthetic or one I greatly desired until today. Thank you

Tom Francis is one of my favourite Toms.

I assumed a Traffic Warlock would be a warlock that regulates traffic, instead he's a warlock that creates traffic.

Did you come up with the puns first, and then make characters, or the other way around?

Very much looking forward to playing this! The undo mechanic is brilliant! Without you explaining what happened at every move I think I would have a hard time deducing what happened in the video, though. I've dumped some ideas regarding this below, do with them as you wish. :) I think you should consider breaking up the action with some split second pauses to make it more clear what is going on. For example, the chain bolt could hit it's targets one after the other instead of all at once. Or, as someone enters an overwatch zone you could pause the animation and flash the zone for a split second before the shot is fired. Damage from being shot and from slamming into a wall could also be better telegraphed as two distinct events with a slight pause as the damage from each is applied.

this was very fun to demo in person, trying many different options to see what messes up least. I have limped out of many a mission, and then did a perfect run the next time through.

I really like the style of this video. Just chatting about the game, explaining stuff. No hype building, no selling stuff. Just a sincear explination of your work. Feels incredibly genuine which I suppose it is.

I appreciate that the people KOd on the ground still wriggle around rather than being completely still

My girlfriend burst out laughing when she overheard "Traffic Warlock". This game is just looking better and better, can't wait!

The potential for the worldbuilding in this game is getting me hyped already. Gives me heavy Shadowrun vibes, which is a very good thing. I hope the creator puts time into at least adding lore through background logs or whatever, because I'd love to see how this world functions if specific wizards specialize in different things depending on their element, and a warlock summons ghost cars.

Artstyle looks absolutely amazing! Cant wait for the full game:)

This game looks fantastic, and your trademark tone is already coming through. Super excited to play this one.

I love the conversation they had about right-clicking to attack.

That zoom in and out was approximately 125% heat signature

Only about 2 minutes in and I already love what your rewind mechanic is doing. Not sure what your save-system looks like, but I love that you created something that allows players who are just going to replay scenarios endlessly for a desired outcome as part of the core loop.

I always love watching these update videos. Your dedication to this wonderful game is truly admirable!

Love the oscillating desk fan.

Wishlisted this when it was first announced, and I am super jazzed for it.

Not gonna lie I kind of liked the handwritten aesthetic that was present in earlier versions of the UI. I understand it was only meant to be placeholder design but something about it seemed really fitting. Maybe it fit the idea of them drawing runes and spells on the doors to breach in my mind and I liked that comparison. You aren't selecting buttons on a robot, you're thinking the thoughts and actions of the individuals and that is represented by a more handwritten feel for the command interface. Love the game regardless, the character designs are especially superb!

It's great to see how far this has come! I'm really looking forward to it

Absolutely brilliant, wishlisted in a heartbeat, can't wait!

this looks soooo satisfying to play, can't wait !

Absolutely brilliant, looks like a hell of a good time. Looking forward to it.

Thank you forever, Tom. 👍

Loving it so much, really excited for release. One thing: being able to see the enemy turn order like in Into the Breach would be nice, for cases where an enemy gets killed by another enemy before their turn (e.g. in the scenario with the Traffic Warlock, he kills Grenadier Kuiper). This would allow you to plan how to move enemies into other enemies' attacks, or allow you to ignore those enemies that you know will die.

I LOVE the traffic warlock! The world building you’re doing with that one guy is just 😙👌*chef’s kiss*

Navy Seer? Loving it. Keep at it, already wishlisted and hoping the process goes smoothly for you :) Good luck!

Still looking fantastic. Can’t wait to get my hands on this.

Welp, Traffic Warlock sold it for me. I'm invested now.

This dude has my respect, one after another brilliant ideas and great executions.

This looks really good I’ve always wanted a blend of military/swat with fantasy elements. I currently draw things like this for a concept of mine so I get a lot of inspiration for things like this, great job man! 💯💯

This is sick nasty, I’m looking forward to getting my hands on this. Love that the player is given options to experiment and observe. Lovely modern touches to the game type, and a great universe to explore in.

Dude, this is so good! Can't wait to see more in the future!

I imagine this has been pointed out, but this now completes the Tom Francis "Defenestration" Trilogy. Like Edgar Wright's Cornetto trilogy - but with more glass and falling bodies.

This looks great; A solid tactics game with a cool twist. Looking forward to buying!

I could not be looking forward to this more. I regret that I missed out on the beta. Thanks for sharing this!

Honestly been looking forward to this game for a little while now, glad to see some more gameplay :D

This idea of tactical wizards is so cool, i want a tactical team shooter out of it :D

Looks amazing!

You've acquired my wishlist

Everytime I see this game I'm even more impressed and excited

I *NEED* this game when it comes out. I remember seeing it a few years back and going buck wild cause it looked so freaking cool. Can't wait to play this and looking forward to it.

Wow I cant wait to play the game. Its looks like so much fun! love the gameplay, art and characters. Its going on my wishlist now.

Really looking forward to this mate.

First time I've seen this in action. Looking great, Tom!

Seriously cool and unique concept.

This looks fantastic

Tom, this game looks fantastic. I remember watching your gamemaker videos, and you made me make a game.

This looks amazing. The world building makes this game feel really fresh

so hyped for the finished version

I missed the Beta, so sad. This game has been on the top of my wish list for almost a year. So hyped!

Looking better and better, can't wait for the release.

i can't wait for this!

This looks amazing.

I absolutely can't wait for this game.

This concept is cool af, glad the development is going well

I love the concept and look of the game. I am SO looking forward towards everything else this game will be!!!

I’m very glad to see how this game is doing! It looks great! Although I must admit I kinda missed the old hand drawn artstyle ;)

I am intensely hyped for this.

navy seer... i love this game idea so much...

This looks pretty cool. Wishlisted :)

6:47 I did not know this when I played the beta. I see it listed on the panel to the right, but I think that might just be the problem: it's too far out of the way. When you're playing quickly you might not look too closely over there. Perhaps move this to a pop-up that appears next to the ability itself, and have the player be able to disable it appearing "in the way" (after the first time). Then there will be less confusion about that bonus. I was also one of those idiots that didn't know how mana got generated. Have since figured it out, but what about a tutorial level that includes this information and requires you to obtain more mana through the generation technique in order to actually solve it? edit: stupid me left a random = in there

It was interesting to see you play this after doing the beta. The first "survive 3 turns" mission took me a few retries when I first got to it. Love the game, can't wait to see more! :)

looks great!

This game looks so cool, can't wait to play it

Oh man, you guys always make cool games. I've played and enjoyed gunpoint and heat signature so far, interested in morphblade now too and of course I'll play tactical breach wizards once it releases!

Not only is an ancient PC Gamer joke becoming a real thing, but it looks absolutely fantastic.

This is looking so goood, cant wait to play it Tom

I know this is stupid, but there's something weirdly nice about seeing British looking police in a video game.

I'm actually excited for this title

Im soooo buying this. Thank you

Your game seems awesome Tom!

this actually looks sick

The conversation part gives a very subsurface circular vibe.

What other classes are we going to have? -Special alchemist Service (SAS) -k9 Hanadler -Psykick (Side kick)

Looking amazing already! It would be interesting to see a more step-by-step replay of events in motion especially when there's a lot going on. Even some camera work like in XCOM could be interesting to show the actual chain of events. Like I want to see each strike of the chain bolt, the warlock getting pushed, and the navy seer shooting step by step.

This game is 🔥🔥🔥 hopefully it can be released for the Nintendo Switch too.

I am here for witch cop.

I'm so excited to buy this game, I love invisible inc and into the breach and xcom, and yet this looks like it has some lovely innovations I wont have seen before

That actually looks pretty cool

Nice. May be it would be useful a "knockback test tool" or something like that, where you are able to say, put point A, B, and choose the ammount of force, to know where an object in point B would end up.

Looks like an an awesome game

Looking good. Reminds me a lot of Slayaway Camp.

That seems very fun actually

Looks great, reminds me of all the best things about Into The Breach and XCOM: Enemy Within while simultaneously solving my biggest issue with them thanks to your full-turn rewind anytime mechanic, which is a feature I hope many designers will steal. Arrived moments too late for a beta key last time, will absolutely be more vigilant for the next one. One thing I visualized during the first mission with the Witch Cop & Navy Seer was just those doors opening endlessly to more and more enemies as the two gained more and more abilities (or even more and more backup, so the Riot Priest or the Elemental Sharpshooter could show up as things start to get hairy. Perhaps the room expands like in Morphblade, and then there's just the task of dealing with endless waves of various baddies in a bonus arena mode. The kind of thing you play when you've finished the storyline and just wanna play with the possibilities and become overpowered while running a podcast in the background, AKA exactly the way I enjoyed Morphblade and currently enjoy Cardcannon.

This game has seemed promising since I first saw the earlier video. Having played into the breach I can see the influence, on the look out for more tactics games like it

Wow this looks awesome. Is of course mechanically brilliant but the art style looks excellent.

Game looks really fun

What’s with all the defenestration in your games, man? I am super looking forward to this one.

Let's all appreciate Navy Seer for letting himself get bludgeoned in the head multiple times just to demonstrate what happens when you let the enemies do whatever they want

This is good I want this