HŌRU Press Kit

FACTSHEET

Developer: David Nadaski / GlassBeaver

Genre: science-fantasy RTS and 4X hybrid

Platform: PC

Modes: single player and multiplayer

Engine: GlassEngine

Planned release: Q3 2028

Now on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glassbeaver/horu

Press contact: david@horugame.com

DESCRIPTION

HŌRU is a science-fantasy real-time strategy (RTS) and 4X hybrid for PC, developed by David Nadaski (GlassBeaver). It combines interstellar empire management with simultaneous land and space battles.

Inspired by Star Wars: Empire at War, the game features planetary invasions involving hundreds of thousands of units and space battles involving thousands of ships. Armies include troopers, war machines, cyborgs, battlemages and monsters.

Players can switch between battles and empire management without waiting for another battle to end. Forces can be commanded directly or assigned to commanders while other battles continue.

FEATURES

Drop zones

Players assign objectives to drop zones before troops land. Arriving units automatically follow those orders, including capturing or destroying buildings, targeting artillery and moving to designated locations.

Space battles

Space combat includes tactical wormholes that teleport ships to a planet and miniature black holes that destroy anything within their orbit.

Boarding

Boarding vessels deploy troops inside enemy ships. Boarding parties must reach the bridge before the ship self-destructs. Successful boarding transfers control of the ship to the attacking fleet.

Empire management

Players colonize planets and develop their infrastructure. The economy includes mining raw materials, producing alloys and harvesting mana from anomalous planets. Infrastructure includes forge worlds, shipyards, space stations and orbital buildings, with garrisons defending planetary holdings.

Espionage

Agents infiltrate rival empires, control people in key positions and pass false intelligence to opponents.

Research

Research is divided into two branches: Tech and Genes.

Tech improves the empire, while Genes provides unit upgrades.

DEVELOPMENT

An early backer alpha is planned for six months after the Kickstarter campaign. Backers will be able to play the alpha and provide feedback during development.

Work toward the alpha focuses on additional content, testing and optimization.

Release is planned for Q3 2028.

ABOUT THE DEVELOPER

David Nadaski, known online as GlassBeaver, is the solo developer of HŌRU. Nadaski has about ten years of experience in indie game development and more than 20 years in software development, with a background in distributed systems and R&D.

Nadaski built GlassEngine specifically for HŌRU over several years. The engine is written in C++ using DirectX 12 and includes the game's rendering and multiplayer networking systems.

MEDIA

The trailer and screenshots were captured directly in-engine, with no pre-rendered content.

Trailer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tLRvums30hw_TCUzioNIW375AduF2KJ5/view?usp=sharing

LINKS

Website: https://horugame.com/

Press kit: https://horugame.com/press-kit/

Discord: https://discord.gg/HXv2xUF

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HoruGame

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC48bdRExqgWiz3K0MAIGLTQ
