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Press release:
Boulder, CO –February 26, 2024.
The Boulder-based (Colorado) indie games developer HexTech Studios today announced with great delight and excitement that their turn-based base-builder/strategy game “Odokonia“, is now available for Android and iOS devices.

Conquer the generated world with Odokonia, a strategy game where players simultaneously submit their moves and battle it out in a battlefield ballet. You’ve already played and loved classic RTS games on PC, now experience a reimagining of the genre from a mobile-first, turn-based perspective that lets you play at your own pace and savour the strategic decisions in ways that were previously impossible.

You won’t find a game like this coming from the big, AAA studios because they can’t afford to take the risks that this independent developer is taking with this title. We’re talking about innovative features such as:

Action playback grouping: Even though the moves happen one by one, we play them back to you using innovative grouping techniques (where it makes sense to do so). This makes the game very easy and intuitive to play, and also makes seeing what happened in the last round fast and exciting.

Turn-based combos: Ordering one action per turn not enough for you? We got you covered! Each unit can perform its own action, and when those actions intermix with the actions of other units, you can perform time-saving combos! Our tutorial will walk you through some basic ones, but there are many more for you to discover!

Units can perform actions while inside transport ships!? That’s right, you can build a turret on a single hex island off the side of a boat or board an enemy island like a pirate with thumpers flying out of boats. Just be careful because if they sink the boat all your units inside it die a miserable watery death!

You haven’t experienced fog of war like this before. Because our maps are procedurally generated, you don’t even know what the full map looks like, or where you are on it when you start. Additionally, every single hex cell has a different height, which leads to much more complex, varied battles where victory and defeat is often decided by a high-ground advantage. But don’t worry, if you’re clever you might find out how useful spider swarmers are for scaling dark, scary mountains.

Did we mention this game is fully multiplayer enabled!? Talk smack to your opponents with in-game chat and finally prove to the world that when it comes to hex based grids, you are the king.

Q: “But I don’t have time to play another game. I have kids, I have responsibilities, work is eating my life”

A: This game was literally made for working-class heroes like you! I made this game because I missed having long gaming sessions with friends, and I can’t afford to spend hours in a dark room playing video games anymore. But that doesn’t mean we have to give up! We now have Odokonia. We can play complex, multiplayer strategy games on our phones while we’re pooping. And we can put them away and pick them up whenever we feel like it.

Q: “Free to play, sure, but what’s the catch? It’s not really free”

A: Great question! Players have two different ways to play the game while also supporting future development:

Ad supported – The game is free to play, but every now and again we’ll make you watch an ad. This is the default setting for players, and it’s a proven model because it works for YouTube. You don’t mind watching an ad every now and again on YouTube, right? So why shouldn’t this also be the future of gaming?

Pay to remove ads – For a measly $1 per month, you can play this game completely ad free. I don’t have ads or IAP interwoven everywhere into the game like most of these hellscape mobile games. I just want to create a fun game and be able to fund future development, that’s it.

New players also start with a free trial in single-player which should last for almost an entire game, so you can make sure that you actually like the game first before you spend any money (or watch any ads).

About HexTech Studios
HexTech Studios is an independent development studio located in Boulder, Colorado. We believe games should be fun, exciting and should fit into your lifestyle. We also believe that mobile is the future of gaming, and are excited to up the bar for mobile games. Odokonia will always be free to play and never pay to win.