Description

The Black Pepper Crew is a turn based tactics roguelite game about bounty hunting with a cast of colorful characters. Fight thugs, improve your facilities, hunt bounties, get gear, loose gear, contract more members, loose some members... and succeed in a city filled with criminals.

History

The Black Pepper Crew aesthetics idea started as a jam game on 2019, and was mechanicaly solidified on another jam game on 2020. It evolved from a platformer tag team heist game to a tactical roguelite and after some months, the first prototype was completed! After finding a game that worked in terms of aesthetics and mechanics as well, Erick Quijivix decided to give it a try and make it his first commercial game.

Features

  • Strategize your missions by building a 4 character party from a roster of 12 different character types.
  • Plan each mission carefully by choosing the path towards the bounty and equipping the items that best suit your strategy.
  • Avoid grinding and embrace the strategy of gear and crew combinations. Loot/Buy items from a big pool of items.
  • Fight hard but fair battles in several locations around the city, experience intense turn based combat on compact 8x8 grid levels.
  • Experience colorful characters, interesting city environments and a heavy dose of jazz music.

Videos

Teaser TrailerYouTube

Gameplay VideoYouTube

Images

Widgets

Awards & Recognition

  • "Best Debut Game" National Game Contest, Uruguay, December 2021
  • "Exhibitor" Super Festival, Canada, October 2022
  • "Finalist" Indie X, Portugal, November 2022
  • "Official Selection" Latin American Games Showcase, Latin America, March 2023

About Quijipixel Games

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Quijipixel Games is a one man Uruguayan/Guatemalan independent game studio made by Erick Quijivix. Currently developing its first game, The Black Pepper Crew, Quijipixel Games is focused in pixel art aesthetics, great game feel and innovative mechanics.
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The Black Pepper Crew Credits

Erick Quijivix
Founder, Developer, Composer, Sound Designer, Pixel artist, Game Designer, Coffee drinking machine.
Hendric Sueitt
Promo Art Illustrator