lauflauf

Factsheet

Developer:
lauflauf
Based in Zurich, Switzerland

Release date:
2025

Regular Price:
-

Description

Assemble a walking fortress and scout through a strange land full of bandits and other walking fortresses, to the edge of the world and beyond. Scavenge the enemy fortresses you defeat for new parts, and build your way from an agile little fortling into a deadly, hulking monster machine in the action tactics game "Castle Come".

History

Run forward

Castle Come was started a new prototype by Basil Sutter to explore emergent gameplay and visual techniques during the first Covid winter in Switzerland. After refocusing the gameplay in spring 2021 and nailing down the style with several keyart images and a gif, Basil started working more actively on the game. With experienced producer and designer Samuel Vonäsch joining the project through the Swiss Game Hub Mentorship program, work on the game took up to speed, and the duo founded their game studio lauflauf following this development. With the support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, the two artists were able to shape their way of crafting games together and establishing strong relationships to freelancers, who are orbiting the duo and their game, helping and expanding the game with creative inputs from the outside. In spring of 2024, they are announcing Castle Come to the world.

Features

Assemble your fortress: Build your mecha from a multitude of weaponry and modifications
Battle enemies and scavenge their parts
Fighter-inspired spatial combat and time slowing: Make use of sidesteps, dodges and rams and plan your next moves in time-frozen moments
Shape the world - You decisions now will change the persistent world for future runs

Videos

Announcement Trailer - EN YouTube

Announcement Trailer - DE YouTube

Announcement Trailer - JP YouTube

Images

Logo & Icon

download logo files as .zip (174KB)

Awards & Recognition

"Förderbeiträge Kanton Schaffhausen" Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 2023
"Preproduction Funding" Pro Helvetia, Switzerland, 2023
"Swiss Games Showcase 22 " Switzerland, 2022

Monetization Permission

lauflauf allows for the contents of Castle Come to be published through video broadcasting services for any commercial or non-commercial purposes. Monetization of videos created containing assets from Castle Come is legally & explicitly allowed by lauflauf. This permission can be found in writing at http://press.lauflauf.games/sheet.php?p=Castle+Come.

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About lauflauf

Boilerplate
We're a studio exploring systemic games and emergent gameplay out of Zurich. Partnering with people on the fringes of the swiss game development scene, lauflauf explores punchy visual worlds.

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