The Rat Pack (Full version)

Devlog

• Game now FREE!
  August 13, 2024 by CaptainD

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  #turn-based, #tbs, #strategy, #free

  I've been thinking about doing this for a while. There's a lot of furore about AI art, but I've seen little to nothing about AI-generated music - perhaps because it's not very prevalent, or because th... Continue reading
• Free of charge for a few days!
  March 02, 2022 by CaptainD

  1

  #turn-based, #turn-based strategy

  To celebrate The Rat Pack (Full Version) receiving nominations in the AGS Awards 2021 for both Best Non-Adventure Game Made With AGS and Best Programming, I've decided to do a giveway. (Also hopefully... Continue reading
• Update 1 released
  February 08, 2022 by CaptainD

  3

  #tbs, #turn-based strategy, #turn-based, #strategy, #update

  I am pleased to announce a nice update to the game! Changes: You now see how much Treasure you need before you can give tribute to King Rat and rank up Your raiding party will report their status (res... Continue reading
• Update coming soon
  December 29, 2021 by CaptainD

  2

  #tbs, #turn-based, #turn-based strategy

  I'm currently implementing some improvements to the game and will upload the new build as soon as I've been able to thoroughly test the new features. Unless I add any more to this update, these will b... Continue reading
• On sale this weekend
  October 23, 2021 by CaptainD

  I should really have included this with the previous devlog but didn't decide to do it until after I'd sent it! This weekend to celebrate the launch of The Rat Pack on both Windows and Linux, I'm putt... Continue reading
• The Rat Pack - Linux version now available
  October 23, 2021 by CaptainD#the rat pack, #turn-based strategy, #linux

  Linux user who wants to enjoy the ratty goodness of this game? Now you can! With thanks to Denis Comtesse for repackaging... Continue reading
• Linux not just for penguins, for rats too...
  October 18, 2021 by CaptainD#linux, #the rat pack

  Hi Linux lovers! Just to let you know that a native Linux version of The Rat Pack is not far away. :-) Regards, The Rats... Continue reading
• The Rat Pack - RELEASED!
  October 15, 2021 by CaptainD#the rat pack, #turn based strategy, #new release

  Yes folks, the wait is over - you can now manage your own colony of rats through 15 missions, starting off as a nobody in the sewers and ending up in a grand country home as a trust advisor to King Ra... Continue reading
• It's only a day away...
  October 14, 2021 by CaptainD

  Tomorrow finally sees the release of The Rat Pack ! In honour of this historic occasion, I've uploaded some extra / updated screenshots, and added a little extra info about how and why I designed the... Continue reading

  
• The Rat Pack: Pre-order
  October 11, 2021 by CaptainD

  The Rat Pack is now available for pre-order. The game will be released in 4 days (15th October 2021)... Continue reading
• Provisional release date
  October 01, 2021 by CaptainD#release date

  Apologies for the very long radio silence. Unless final testing shows anything major I will be releasing this game on 15th October 2021... Continue reading
• Final artwork is coming in...
  February 10, 2020 by CaptainD

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  #turn-based strategy, #TBS, #the rat pack

  The final bits are all coming together, making some slight tweaks to the gameplay mechanics and hope to have a Release Candidate ready for the testers within the next couple of weeks. Exciting times,... Continue reading

  
• Testing, testing...
  November 12, 2019 by CaptainD

  Testing is well underway and I will hopefully have a release candidate in the nearish future... experience tells me not to make any actual promises in terms of timescale but things are looking good fo... Continue reading
• The rats are BACK!
  October 30, 2019 by CaptainD

  1

  #tbs, #turn-based strategy

  After a long hiatus due to real life and stuff, I'm working on finishing The Rat Pack again. So is my awesome artist, whose final version of the main menu screen I've attached to this update. (The... Continue reading

  
• First preview of The Rat Pack
  February 15, 2019 by CaptainD

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  #text-based, #turn-based strategy, #open beta, #obt, #tbs

  Nice write-up of the open beta here: http://www.wraithkal.com/the-rat-pack-beta-impressions/... Continue reading
• OBT package updated
  February 13, 2019 by CaptainD#open beta test, #OBT, #turn-based strategy, #TBS, #text-based

  Change log: - Bug fixed affecting enemy colonies raiding you on levels 1-6 which should not have been possible - Bug fixed with enemy raids occurring on successive turns - 50 achievements added If you... Continue reading
• Open Beta is now live!
  February 09, 2019 by CaptainD#the rat pack, #turn based strategy, #open beta

  The Open Beta Test has gone live! Please see this post for details... Continue reading
• Progress Report
  February 03, 2019 by CaptainD

  Things are progressing, not as quickly as I'd hoped perhaps, but they are progressing. I have testing Missions 1-11 so far - I want to be certain that every mission is at the very least possible to c... Continue reading

  
• Open Beta details
  December 29, 2018 by CaptainD

  Following a poll on Twitter which was overwhelmingly in favour of the idea, I will be launching an open beta of The Rat Pack in the near future. This will effectively be the full game but without pol... Continue reading
• New mission intro screens
  December 19, 2018 by CaptainD

  Had an update from my artist today, only going to show you one of the mission intro screens in the video though, because I'm mean... Continue reading
• Further alpha testing gameplay footage
  November 26, 2018 by CaptainD#gameplay video, #alpha testing, #text-based, #turn-based strategy, #the rat pack

  It's starting to get there, still loads of work and balancing to do of course... Continue reading

  
• GUI update
  November 14, 2018 by CaptainD#the rat pack, #GUI, #turn-based strategy, #text-based.

  The main GUI has undergone what I am now confident will be its final iteration. Much of the information that was provided with pop-up messages has been replaced by the yellow info panel - there had b... Continue reading

  
• Brief update
  November 08, 2018 by CaptainD

  Not a huge amount to actually show people just yet but things have been progressing nicely. Chapter 1 is almost complete including music and voice acting. Got a couple of tricky bugs rooted out... Continue reading
• New alpha test video
  October 31, 2018 by CaptainD#the rat pack, #tbs, #turn based strategy, #text based

  Starting to work on this properly again - finally - sorry for the delay. Pretty rough around the edges but you can start to see what it's going to look like... Continue reading
• Almost final chapter selection screen
  September 08, 2018 by CaptainD#screenshots

  It's looking nice... :-)... Continue reading

  
• Back in development
  August 19, 2018 by CaptainD#strategy, #turn based strategy, #text-based game

  Now that Space Tunneler Deluxe has been released (if you want to try it, here it is - https://captaind.itch.io/space-tunneler-deluxe ) I'll be working on this again. Just staring with the main chapt... Continue reading
• New screenshots added
  July 05, 2018 by CaptainD

  These are still WIP, but give yo ua MUCH better idea of what the final game will look like. Also added a little more info about the story / mission structure... Continue reading

  
• The Rat Pack - update
  June 27, 2018 by CaptainD#wip, #game in production, #strategy, #rats, #screenshots

  A couple of WIP screenshots and general game info added... Continue reading

  
• Balancing act...
  June 17, 2018 by CaptainD

  Getting all the game features in and trying to balance it all nicely before adding the first couple of campaigns... it's getting there... Continue reading
• Final interface screen
  June 16, 2018 by CaptainD

  Unless anything drastic happens this will be the game's main interface. The placeholder is where graphical representations of what happens will go... Continue reading

  
• Working on the interface
  June 16, 2018 by CaptainD

  Currently streamlining the interface so that it's 1/ nicer and more convenient to look at and 2/ allows me space to incorporate a few extra features I have in mind. It's not there yet, but it's getti... Continue reading
• The Rat Pack - update
  June 09, 2018 by CaptainD#the rat pack, #strategy, #text-based, #turn-based, #new artwork

  I've uploaded the new title screen and win game screen graphics, as well as the main interface (which still needs a little tweaking). Getting to work on the Campaign Mode soon. ;-)... Continue reading