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Drone Warfare

Also known as Drone Warfare, drone warfare, drone-warfare

Drone Warfare is an action flight sim and tower defense hybrid shoot-em-up. Research upgrades and deploy your tiny honey bee military drone as you attempt to save the last remaining bees from extinction.

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22 May 2026

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AnnouncementPublished 13 Jan 2022

Sensors (Detecting Enemies)

Finding The Enemies An important aspect of protecting the bee colonies is detecting enemies as early as possibly so you can intercept the most dangerous ones with your drone. The drone is always going to be your best we…

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11 updates

December 2021
Handheld GamingHandheld Gaming With this year's releases of Windows based gaming handhelds, and of course the upcoming launch of the Steam Deck in 2022, I really wanted to see if Drone Warfare could run on these platforms. Drone Warfa…Announcement9 changesPerformanceGameplay23 Dec 2021
New Enemy Classes and DefencesTactics I've been looking at introducing tactical elements when attacking enemies that go beyond just unleashing your weapons and avoiding theirs. By implementing defences for certain enemy types, some forethought is go…Announcement4 changesBalanceUI/audio21 Dec 2021
It's Time for the WeatherTime And Weather Development is progressing well with the implementation of various weather effects and time of day conditions that can change the gameplay in Drone Warfare radically. Clear/Sunny Clear conditions presen…Announcement6 changesGameplayMaps19 Dec 2021
September 2021
Missiles and CloudsMissiles and Clouds Spent this last week fixing some of the many issues I've got in my to-do list. Some of these problems manifested in the footage I recorded for the trailer a couple of weeks ago: Missile zig-zagging Y…Announcement6 changesFixUI/audio10 Sept 2021
State of the Game - Summer '21State of the Game - Summer '21 It's been a while since the last update (there was an update?) but here we are in Summer 2021 and it's time to talk about where the game is at. I started working on Drone Warfare (DW) in e…Announcement01 Sept 2021
February 2021
The first Drone Warfare Demo is now closedHi all, Following the end of the Steam Game Festival, the first Drone Warfare demo is now closed. Thank-you to everyone who tried out this early version of Drone Warfare! Apologies for the demo being controller only at…Event1 change09 Feb 2021
Drone Warfare Demo available now during the Steam Game FestivalHi all, The Drone Warfare demo is now available to download and play during the Steam Game Festival through to Feb 9th 10AM (PST) 2021. As mentioned previously, this is a pre-alpha version of the game and features a rou…Announcement1 changeGameplay03 Feb 2021
January 2021
Drone Warfare Demo is Coming SoonHi all, A Drone Warfare demo will be available from Feb 3rd 10AM through to Feb 9th 10AM (PST) 2021. This is a pre-alpha version of the game and features a rough narrative and some simple enemy waves to get a feel for t…Announcement2 changesGameplayPerformance28 Jan 2021
February 2018
Authorized Personnel OnlyEvery game needs its starting point and in Drone Warfare that's the "Dronecase". This is where your tiny bee drone is launched from and you can see it in motion in the following video: https://youtu.be/kk-bZCubqIU As we…Announcement8 changesGameplayMaps27 Feb 2018
Drone Warfare ProgressTime for my first update on Drone Warfare and how it's progressing! After a solid couple of months working on the game's flight modelling, preliminary interfaces, early game logic (including AI) and controller interface…Announcement8 changesGameplayMaps12 Feb 2018

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