Battle Fortress Terra

Battle Fortress Terra is a third-person 3D team arena shooter in which you command a battle fortress: a thousands-of-tonnes armoured land vessel, best described as a battleship on tracks. Battles are slow and deliberate. A fight is won in the garage and decided in the arena.

You pick from five classes — Recon, Raider, Brawler, Siege and Carrier — across four factions — Nomads, Junkers, Imperials and Machines — build your fortress, and fight 6v6 in arenas where gravity doesn’t always point down.

What’s in so far

• Directional shields. Push your shield power toward the incoming fire, then spread it back out when the pressure eases.
• Component damage. Your fortress loses parts one hit at a time, and every module on the grid matters.
• Engine-notch throttle. Tap through Reverse, Stop, ¼, ½, ¾ and Full. Hover hulls can also strafe sideways.
• Cannon turrets. Dual, Triple, Quad, Hexa and Octa — built at true scale and recoiling on every shot. Fire in salvos or ripple-fire down the line.
• The first Nomad fortresses. The Dune Skimmer, the Sandstrike, the Sovereign and the new hover hulls, with paint schemes and fresh combat effects.
• Anti-gravity arenas. Upside-down areas, gravity meteorites and an anti-grav field ability.
• Capture mode is playable against bots.

Design pillars

1. The build is the game: weight, power and slots form a puzzle.
2. Everything breaks: you choose what to shoot, not just who.
3. Weight is real: slow turning, long acceleration, committed positioning.
4. The battlefield is a weapon: mud, rock, snow, lava and storms reward map reading.
5. Teamwork over twitch: the five classes complement each other.

Coming next: more factions getting their armour plate kits, more chassis, and a lot more testing. Stay tuned, Commanders!