Introducing Droprunner
A cyberpunk tile-laying strategy game about hacking a server, one program at a time--and the design journey from Triple Triad to something new.
Read postJack the node. Burn their RAM. Own the grid.
Two runners. One node. Only one walks out with the data. Droprunner is a cyberpunk tile-laying strategy game–build your rig, pick your mods, and fight for control of a server node one drop at a time.
The Rundown
Every drop is a power move
Each drop is a tile with four edge values. Place it on the node and any neighbour with a weaker opposing edge gets jacked--flipped to your colour. Simple enough, until the mods kick in. Daemons drain edges to punch through in one direction. Worms chain-capture across the board. Hounds guard a lane and chase down anything that gets too close. Killers don't just capture--they wipe tiles off the grid entirely. Every rez costs RAM, and when you're out, you're done.
- Tile-laying with edge-based captures
- 8 mods--each one changes how you play
- Deck building with rigs, drops, and sideloads
- Crack through ICE, dodge blockers
- Story mode with escalating AI
- Head-to-head multiplayer
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