Whale Hammer Games is an independent game developer based in Canberra, Australia. We are working on, Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire, a turn-based tactics game for the PC, which places you in the role of Princess Tahira leading her people across a dying planet in search of a new home. We are working hard to create a game that is fun but challenging. A game that teaches you things and explores new ideas. A game that means something.

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Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire Releasing August 31st

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire Releasing August 31st

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Tahira is releasing on Steam and GOG August 31st.

Tahira: Echoes for the Astral Empire - Launches on Kickstarter

Tahira: Echoes for the Astral Empire - Launches on Kickstarter

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A character driven journey across a dying planet, in an age of darkness after the collapse of space faring civilisation. Tahira: Echoes of the Astral...

Tahira - Teaser Trailer Released

Tahira - Teaser Trailer Released

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Introducing Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire, an episodic turn-based tactics role-playing game set on a world that has fallen into a medieval dark...

The Claw - Animation Showcase

The Claw - Animation Showcase

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We finished animating our first character. Check out the 2D rotoscoped animation!

Capturing Animation Reference

Capturing Animation Reference

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Watch us attempt to get the perfect death animation reference over and over again. Farcically sped up and set to Les Jours Tristes from Amelie, if this...

Tahira - Death Animation Breakdown

Tahira - Death Animation Breakdown

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Watch us ham it up as we create one of the many death animations for our characters.

Tahira Animation Timelapse

Tahira Animation Timelapse

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Our Lead Artist Peter Simpson draws our final animation test.

Testing the Animation Pipeline

Testing the Animation Pipeline

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As we were developing our animation pipeline we ran a number of tests to make sure there would be no nasty surprises when we moved into production.

Creating a Game Character for Tahira – Part One: Concepting

Creating a Game Character for Tahira – Part One: Concepting

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Lead Writer on Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire Peter Castle breaks down his company's process when designing new characters for the game.

Announcing, Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire

Announcing, Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire

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We’ve been working on Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire for coming up on 4 months now. That’s four months of pre-production, where we’ve been...