Hats and Guns

My first indie game

Hats and Guns is my first personal project with commercial intent.

I started this project in 2023 with Edgar Covarel, co-author and programmer on the game. At the time, I was working at Artefacts Studio as a Level Designer on Crown Wars: The Black Prince.

At the end of my contract, I decide to work full-time on this project. Two years after its launch, we just released the first Steam demo.

Team:

Edgar Covarel | Game Programmer
Ethan Gaudet-Traffy | 3D Artist
Titouan Pujos | 3D Artist
Chiara Combes | 2D Artist
Tom Avezard | 2D Artist
Jessie Chica | Marketing and Communications

On this project, I handle several roles:

Directeur créatif | Defining and sharing the vision with the rest of the team
Producer | Organizing schedules, meetings, communication with external collaborators
Game Designer | Game mechanics and systems design, balancing, integration
QA | Testing and bug tracking

These are my four main roles, but developing an indie game with a samll team also requires me to take on various other tasks.

Trailer

HATS AND GUNS DEMO

Game presentation

Hats and Guns is a roguelite deckbuilder set in the Wild West. Play as different characters with unique gameplays. Upgrade your cards and collect powerful weapons and relics as you attempt to survive in the heart of a dangerous procedurally-generated desert.

Tactical Combat

Combat is grid-based, and accuracy is the central system of combat.
Here, it doesn't determine the chance to hit the targer but the amount of damage dealt. No room for randomness!

3 playable characters

3 unique gameplay characters are available, each with a passive skill, a starting weapon and a unique starting deck.

Deckbuilding

Over 1OO card upgrades to assign to 5 basic card types (accuracy, speed, dexterity, reflex and strength) to create powerful combos and optimize yout deck.

Procedural desert

Travel trhough the wilderness, meticulously choosing your path. Collect equipement to become more powerful and reach yout goal, a fearsome gang leader!