
MORSE
A downloadable game
INCOMING TELEGRAM: The Kaiser's Imperial Fleet approaches!
Repel the midnight onslaught through timing, tactics and telegraphy.
Morse is a minimalist strategy game operated with just two buttons.
One button for navigating a grid of letters and numbers using Morse code.
The other unleashes a barrage of artillery shells upon advancing German forces.
Releasing 2025
STEAM PAGE | PRESS KIT | ALTERNATIVE CONTROLLER | DEV LOG
Navigate ever changing grid of letters and numbers using the lost language of Morse Code. Learn a handful of simple letters then master the telegraphy tree to fully scale the battlefield.
German ships are shrouded by the cover of darkness, illuminate their positions using the flash of your artillery. Get a shot close enough and they'll be permanently revealed.
Rain down salvos of shells on the Kaiser's fleet, your stock of artillery refills slowly so strike the centre of ships for maximum damage and to save ammunition.
After successfully repelling each assault, pick between a pair of upgrades to bolster your arsenal. Unlock new deadly types of artillery shell, improve your mines or enhance your reconnaissance.
Deploy a blockade of sea mines to reveal and destroy any ships that slip past your artillery. Upgraded mines can withstand damage, have timed detonators and can relay warnings of German advancements.
With each wave, a new isogram is chosen, the vertical row extends, the number of units increase and new powerful German vessels emerge from the dark waters. Survive until dawn.
Can you change the world with the push of a button?
"MORSE is already shaping up to be a novel and compelling take on real-time strategy games."
Rock Paper Shotgun
"A highly complete work with a unique concept."
IGN Japan
"MORSE is a game that highlights how simple a game can be while containing depth, complexity and joy."
Indiecade
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:

- MORSE is played at exhibitions using an alternative controller made of a telegraph, 1930's naval telegraphist headphones and a spring loaded launch button.
- Calibrate your telegraph in the settings menu depending on your fluency.
- Split the two inputs between two players for a cooperative experience.
- MORSE is Mouse, Steam gamepad and keyboard compatible (Steamdeck TBC)
Published | 3 days ago |
Status | In development |
Author | Alex Johansson |
Genre | Strategy, Action, Survival |
Tags | Historical, Minimalist, Pixel Art, Stealth, Tower Defense, Typing, wave-defense, World War I |
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