Crypt of the Necrodancer Dev's new game is a cyberpunk SimCity with combat

After the clever fun of Crypt of the Necrodancer – rhythm rogue-lite dungeon crawling – I’m immediately interested in anything developer Brace Yourself Games offer.

I definitely wasn’t expecting a -cyberpunk-city-building-sim-with-combat, but I’m damn excited to learn more about it.

Here’s the teaser trailer, released today.

(via industries of Titan’s site) KEY FEATURES:

Design your city and grow it from just a few small buildings into a massive metropolis!
Set up production lines inside your factories to turn raw resources into ever more powerful devices and buildings
Balance the needs of your workers, your factories, and your buildings to produce a powerful, efficient economy
Design the interiors of your battleships by strategically placing weapons, shields, thrusters, and more, to reduce weak points and maximize fighting capability
Overcome your enemies via tactical battleship combat, technological superiority, political influence, or the sheer productive power of your factories
Gameplay is “real-time with pause” — play at your preferred pace!
Created by the team that brought you Crypt of the NecroDancer, with art by Sir Carma and Nick Gunn, music by Danny Baranowsky, and audio by Power Up Audio.

I loved Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak’s blend of sci-fi RTS with light narrative, and would love to see Industries of Titan’s take on expanding the building side of the equation. Often in RTS games I have way more fun building the cities, but enjoy a side of combat here and there (yes I’m aware of Civ and love Master of Orion).

Rather than controlling a country/continent/galaxy, I like the idea of focusing on just one city. Getting to know it’s nooks and crannies, while defending it from evil. This could scratch an itch I didn’t know I had until now.

If my blurb about Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak piqued your interest, you should check out a bit of gameplay. I enjoyed the heck out of it and find it criminally un-talked about.