Gods of the Grid

Steam News · 3d

A new way to choose your demigod, much smoother battles

Hi, I'm Alexandros, and I make Gods of the Grid.The last post was about what the game shows you. This one is about the screen a run begins on, how a fight feels, and numbers you can trust.A NEW WAY TO CHOOSE YOUR DEMIGODThe picker used to show one demigod at a time behind two arrows, with six of the seven hidden. It is now a full screen painting of all seven around the war table, and you choose th...

Steam News · Aug 24

A title screen, a board that warns you, and a run that remembers itself

Hi, I'm Alexandros, and I make Gods of the Grid.The last post was about combat. This one is about what the game shows you, what it remembers, and how well it runs.THE GAME OPENS ON A TITLE SCREENSteam, the desktop build and the browser version all open on a title screen now, and it is there from the first frame while the rest loads. The view of Olympus behind it has been repainted: the bank of dar...

Steam News · Aug 15

Every fight has been rebalanced

Hi, I'm Alexandros, and I make Gods of the Grid on my own.The last post was about what you play with. This one is mostly combat.OLYMPUS IS THE SUMMIT NOWMount Olympus used to be the third realm you walked through. It is now the last, with Zeus at the top as the final fight of a run, bringing the lightning that scrambles the board. The Frozen Reach takes the third place he left behind, and three ne...

Steam News · Aug 6

Truly distinct classes, twenty new relics, and a fight you can pause

Hi, I'm Alexandros, and I am the creator of Gods of the Grid.A busy week. The last post was mostly about how the game looks and how it is controlled. This one is mostly about what you actually play with.EVERY DEMIGOD NOW FIGHTS WITH FOUR SPELLS OF THEIR OWNUntil now each demigod carried three shared spells and one signature. That made the class you picked matter far less than it should. Each one n...

Steam News · Jul 31

A new battle screen, full controller support, and a daily you cannot win

Hi, I'm Alexandros, and I am the creator of Gods of the Grid.The demo has been out a little over a week, and I have spent almost all of it reading what people said and fixing things. Here is what changed.THE BATTLE SCREEN, REBUILTBoth fighters share one card now. Health is a ring around each portrait with armour banded over it, the enemy's traits and abilities sit under the enemy with artwork of t...

Steam News · Jul 26

First big update since the demo went live

Afterr a successful playtest and launch of the demo, I spent almost a lot of time reading what people said about it and fixing things. This is the first big update since then. Here is what changed.Full controller supportThis was the biggest single piece of work, and it is done. Every screen, every menu, every choice: the demigod pick, boons, relics, the Temple, the Merchant, road events, all of it...

Steam News · Jul 22

The demo is here, and the playtest has closed

Hi, I'm Alexandros, and I am the creator of Gods of the Grid.The playtest did its job, so it is now closed, and everything I learned from it has gone straight into what you can play today: the free demo is live on the store page right now. No sign up, no key, no waiting list. Just download it and play.If you are new here: Gods of the Grid is a Greek-mythology match-3 roguelike. You pick a demigod ...

Steam News · Jul 15

Welcome to the Gods of the Grid playtest

Hi, I'm Alexandros, and I am the creator of Gods of the Grid. If you're reading this you've either joined the playtest or you're thinking about it, so first of all, thank you. This is the very first time I'm opening the game up to players, and that's a big moment for me.So what is it? Gods of the Grid is a Greek-mythology match-3 roguelike. You pick a class, set out through a series of dungeons, a...