Another idea I’ve had on my find for some time is a kind of massive battle between pixel armies, so I decided to test it out in a prototype.

The base idea was having a roman legion fight a barbarian horde. But the challenge would be how to make it interesting so that a small disciplined legion could take on a larger barbarian horde.

I set the experiment up, including some setup tools to help find the balance; for this initial stage I didn’t want to introduce any other unit types, just roman legionaries, sword in hand.

So far 70 legionaries vs 100 barbarians seems like a decent challenge.