TinyRTS Visual Demo

TinyRTS

A top-down 8×8 tile RTS — built as a live visual mockup.

TinyRTS is a playable showcase for pixel terrain, units, UI chrome, fog of war, and rolling clouds. It is not a full game. It is a living mood board you can click around in: enough faux UX to feel the fantasy, not enough systems to “win.”

Made in one day as a personal challenge — how far could the visuals go if every element (units, tiles, UI, fog, clouds) was crafted from scratch in a single sprint?

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What you can do

• Select and move blue units across the map
• Lasso groups, issue move orders, and attack magenta enemies
• Explore under fog of war while clouds drift overhead
• Toggle the decorative HUD and focus on the art

What you should expect

• Enemies do not have AI and will not fight back
• UI panels and buttons are mostly visual — not a finished command deck
• No economy, base-building, or victory conditions

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Controls

WASD	Pan camera
Left click	Select a blue unit
Click + drag	Lasso-select multiple units
Left click ground	Move selected units
Left click enemy	Attack
Right click	Deselect
0	Toggle HUD

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Art in this demo

Blue & magenta units

Each unit ships in both faction colors, with 8 facing directions and an idle animation:

• Footsoldier
• Jeep
• Tank
• Missile battery
• Jet

8×8 autotiling tilesets

• Grass
• Dirt paths
• Water

8×8 UI tilesets

• Buttons
• Panels
• Reticules / cursors
• Icons

Presentation extras

• Fog of war
• Scrolling clouds
• Combat VFX — bullets, kickback, staggered explosions

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One day. One map. A whole little RTS look.
Thanks for checking the demo.