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Gridhammer

A two-player tactics card game, designed, built and launched on Steam by a five-person team.

Client
Pixel Forge Entertainment, LLC
Role
Founder, lead developer
Status
On Steam
Visit
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Gridhammer, in game
Gridhammer screenshot

The problem

Ship a server-authoritative multiplayer game as a small indie studio with no publisher, through early access to a full release.

What I built

  • A grid-based plate battler in Godot 4: draft from a shared pool of 45 plates, capture by matching higher corner values, chain cascading flips
  • A Node.js multiplayer backend with matchmaking, profiles, leaderboards and match servers
  • The card and effect systems, database schema, in-game codex, and Steam store and launch campaign

Stack

  • Godot 4
  • GDScript
  • Node.js
  • MySQL
  • Steamworks

Result

Early access in July 2026; full release on Steam on September 26, 2026, for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Gridhammer in-game codex explaining plates, combos and the battlefield
Gridhammer leaderboards screen

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