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DEVELOPER:

Pharaoh Hound Games

RELEASE:

Early 2021

Description

Sons of Ra is a fast-paced, two player online competitive tower defense game. Players take control of powerful Egyptian Gods, sending out armies and building up defenses in a tug of war for domination.

Choose a patron deity and unleash mighty abilities to turn the tide of battle, or expand your kingdom to gain a strategic edge. Sons of Ra is all about making quick decisions to stay alive and cut through your opponent. Easy to learn, but hard to master, Sons of Ra features a unique style of play that blends the tower defense, auto-battler, and RTS genres into a brand new strategy game.

History

Sons of Ra began as a class project that was developed by a large group over 6 months at Drexel University. The goal was simple: to capture the strategic appeal of real time strategy games into an experience that could be played on a couch, with a controller. After those 6 months had passed, our core team of four members decided to continue development into a finished product that could be adapted for a wide range of systems. One of the best feelings you can get from video games is learning and improving, and we believe that Sons of Ra provides just that, without the high barrier to entry that usually comes with real time strategy games.

Videos

Gameplay Trailer, September 2020

Gameplay Trailer, July 2019

Raw Gameplay, May 2019

Images

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New Gameplay on the Senet Map

New Gameplay on Valley

Two Spearman Observe an Obelisk

Blessings being shown off on Valley

Spearmen from both sides engage

Red marches towards Blue as they construct a defense

Blue soliders spill from their keep

Main Menu in Sons Of Ra

Players can choose different patron deities

Gameplay still of the Dunes map

Red archers fire at blue spearmen

Gameplay still from the Senet map

Blue Shieldbearers defend their keep from red spearmen

Gameplay still from the Senet map

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A red Sandstorm and a blue Immunity blessing

A tower getting destroyed by a blessing

Blue units pouring out of the keep

Immunity affecting blue soldiers

Players building defenses

Specialized blue units battle against red spearmen

Blue defends the keep from Red

Red Archers take out multiple blue Spearmen

Ra’s Solar Flare can devastate enemies

Anubis’ Embalming Priest creates mummies that fight for your side

Logos

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Character Artwork

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Isis

Anubis

Set

Sekhmet

Awards

Best Strategy – Dreamhack Anaheim 2019
Best Strategy – Dreamhack Atlanta 2019
Official Selection Indie Megabooth – PAX West 2019
Winner – E3 College Game Competition 2019
Nominee – TechRaptor Best of E3 2019
1st Place Award – Gamefest 2019
Runner Up – Best Indie Game at Too Many Games 2019

About Pharaoh Hound Games

We are a small, multidisciplinary team of students with a diverse skillset, working to bring our unique, couch-competitive strategy game to market. We’re hoping to create a highly polished product that is accessible to a wide audience across multiple platforms.

Members

Jeffrey Mostyn – Team Lead, Programming

Mark Hurley – Game Design, Artwork

Joseph Brown – UI/UX, Game Design

Michael Heffner – Programming, AI Development

Contact

GET IN TOUCH:

Contact@PharaohHound.Games

Team Photos

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EGS @ Drexel

East Coast Games Conference

E3 Booth

Gamefest