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Machines are taking over your world! Their buildings destroy forests, their factories pollute the earth and water. The air is filled with the hum of drones and ships. Your home is dying!





Gods Against Machines is an action-packed roguelite shoot'em up (with RTS ideas mixed in) where every run is different thanks to a wide variety of spells and blessings, as well as procedurally generated maps. Here is what you will do in a typical mission of the campaign:

• Protect your world - Huge crystals rising from the ground are your source of mana. Protect them and (optionally, if your build includes such spells) build your base around them with spells that summon different types of buildings - mini volcanoes that bombard enemies from afar, or spirit dwellings that spawn powerful sprites to fight for you.
  
• Cast Epic Spells - Use your offensive spells to rain down destruction on your enemies - literally! Fire Rain, Thunderstorm, Meteor Storm - all powerful destructive abilities that unleash your wrath upon the machines.
  
• Control Corruption - Prevent machines from spreading corruption - either by destroying their terraformers or by cleaning the corruption yourself using various spells or minions. Do not let it get out of control or you will lose!
  
• Destroy the machines - destroy enemy buildings to deplete their resources - when they run out, you win!
  
• Boss Battles - When all of the machines' resources are used up, one of their commanders will appear - prepare for an epic final battle!
  
• Reap as many rewards as you can - the less corruption your world has suffered, the more rewards you will receive! Acquire new spells, add new abilities to existing spells, and use powerful Blessings to improve your build and find game-changing synergies!

But that is not all! Not only do you have several gods to choose from, each with their own special spells and mechanics, but there is also Gaia, the Mother of Nature. She will help you throughout the campaign and has her own special powers - and you will be able to activate some of them in each run! In addition, the game's roguelite progression is based on Gaia's powers:

• Meta Progression - Each run allows you to upgrade the abilities of Gaia, who will help you throughout the campaign. The more you play, the more powerful Gaia becomes, and the easier it will be for you to progress! Go beyond the normal campaign into the Void Realm - the game's endless mode. How far can you go?
  
• Synergize your powers with Gaia - Pick the right Gaia powers to activate and get crazy synergies that are otherwise impossible. Experiment, upgrade, and replay the campaign to get the overpowered build you need to conquer even the Void Realm!

In this free prologue, you can play as two different gods and progress up to level 12 in the campaign. Try out over 3 dozen different spells, more than 50 blessings, and activate one of 3 available (9 total) Gaia powers. There are also 5 Achievements you can earn by completing the available part of the campaign.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·27 Apr 2024Official

  Update to version 1.22

  This update brings the prologue up to date with the main game. For a list of changes see this post: Update 1.2 Fate Note: most of the new features are not available in the prologue, but there are many bugfixes and balance changes that should make the prologue more enjoyable to play.
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• Patch Notes·17 Feb 2024Official

  Update to version 1.04

  Hi all, today we are releasing our regular weekly update. Most changes are either bugfixes or quality of life improvements: Tooltips - we added tooltips to most UI elements throughout the game to help explain what certain things do Buildings that create units now have a icon above them indicating when the next unit will be created Game pause - several players asked for a way to pause the game so we added a new ability to all gods - freeze time! To use it, press SpaceBar (or "Y" on your controller) and the time will stop, but you will be able to move around and interact with the UI (read tooltips) etc. After loading finishes when entering a region you will now need to press a key to continue - this will allow you to read tips and prepare for battle (unlike before where you have been thrown into it without warning) Improved targeting of spells - when shooting buildings, projectiles will now hit the exact spot you chose, not the center of the building Many smaller fixes and improvements Hopefully you find these improvements useful! Thanks, Peter
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• Announcements·10 Feb 2024Official

  Prologue is now available!

  Hello everyone! After two weeks of delays due to some issues with getting the game approved by Steam, we finally got the green light from them and you can now play the free prologue! You can try out two gods (Azzinoth the Fire God and Nadea the Water Goddess), unlock 5 prologue-specific achievements, and experiment with over 3 dozen unique spells and over 60 blessings (and curses!). Feedback We are eagerly awaiting your feedback on our Discord (or on the Steam forums). Come hang out with us, share your thoughts, suggestions or just drop by to say hello! We are a small team but our community is friendly and welcoming, so do not hesitate to join us. Known issues There are a few things we are still working on and know they need improvement: Translations - a work in progress, if you find mistakes, do not hesitate to report them and if you want to help translate the game, let us know! Resolution settings - we will be redoing it to a dropdown menu (instead of the current slider which does not work very well in some cases) Balance- we are continuously playtesting the game and tweaking the power of spells and enemies, but given the sheer amount of possible combinations it is possible that some spells might feel weak. Rest assured we will address this in time. Spell descriptions and tooltips - we are continously improving all the descriptions and tooltips to make everything more clear That is all for now! Best regards, Peter
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• Announcements·23 Jan 2024Official

  Release pending Steam approval

  Hello everyone! Unfortunately we have some sad news - the release of the Prologue will have to wait a bit, possibly a few days. The reason for this is that Steam seems to be having some problems with the build and we are still missing the approval for it, even though it was submitted for review almost two weeks ago. We are in contact with Steam support, but the answer so far is "you will have to wait a few more days". So I guess this is what we have to do. Rest assured that as soon as we get the approval, we will release the prologue immediately. The game is ready and includes new content and prologue specific achievements for those who are into that :) Best regards, Peter
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