Hey all,

So progress on my concept prototype continues. I'm currently using XNA to quickly pump something out as I feel comfortable using it, however since it seems that XNA is dying out, I'll probably switch to something else like SharpDX or Mono Game once I've ironed out my idea.

So what is my idea? I can't think of any game that is played like this (I could be wrong, I haven't actually done any searching on the subject) so I'll just explain it.

Pretty much it will be like a traditional turn based strategy game, where the player and AI will have units of different classes, and the battle maps are broken into squares where units can move a specific number of squares and have specific attack ranges. You all know the type.

The battles themselves will be broken into two phases: Tactical and Action.

In a Tactical phase the user selects where he wants his units to move, where to attack, use skills, etc. However the unit will not perform any action in the Tactical phase, you simply tell your units what you want to do.

In the Action phase, all of your units (and the AI's) then execute there actions all at the same time. I hope this adds a different level of strategy to the game.

Obviously this is a very brief overview of what my plan is and many things will have to be taken into account to make the action balanced and interesting(and fun!).

Anyway that's all for now! back to coding!