Bix Makes Games

Flock & Load

Play cards that summon and multiply troops, then watch hundreds of them fight it out.

A 1v1 cartoon strategy game by Bix Makes Games, in development for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Try a battle Follow the development

Try it here

Build a small army and send it in

This is a tiny version of a battle, made for this page. Spend your 10 gold on cards, then press Ready. Buy the same card three times and its row turns 2-star, with bigger and stronger troops. The red side buys from the same cards.

10 gold

How a match works

Build your rows, then watch the battle

A match is one player against another, and each of you starts with five hearts. These screenshots are from the current development build, so the interface will still change.

  1. The planning screen with the shop of cards at the bottom and both armies on the meadow

    Buy troops from your shop

    Every round you get gold and draw four cards from your own 15-card deck. Each card you buy adds a pack of troops to one of your six rows.

  2. A row of Boom Chickens glowing gold as it becomes a 2-star row

    Stack copies to star up

    Three copies of a troop make a 2-star row with bigger troops, more health and damage, and an ability. Three more copies on a 2-star row make it 3-star.

  3. Two armies of about a thousand troops each lined up on the meadow

    Watch the armies clash

    Both players press Ready and the armies charge across an open meadow. The side with troops left wins the round, and the loser loses a heart. Late battles have 600 to 900 troops on screen.

104 cards

From exploding chickens to dragons

The game has 92 troop cards and 12 potions, and each one has its own painted illustration. Troops belong to tribes, and rows of the same tribe switch on traits at 2, 4 and 6 rows. Here are a few of them.

  • Boom Chickens card art Boom Chickens Common · 11 troops
  • Knights card art Knights Common · 19 troops
  • Archers card art Archers Common · 25 troops
  • Dragon card art Dragon Legendary · 2 troops
  • Chicken King card art Chicken King Legendary · 2 troops
  • The Swarm card art The Swarm Legendary · 186 troops
  • Honk Squad card art Honk Squad Common · 14 troops
  • Siege Tank card art Siege Tank Epic · 2 troops
  • Viking Raid card art Viking Raid Rare · 22 troops
  • Shinobi Clan card art Shinobi Clan Epic · 34 troops
  • The Lich card art The Lich Legendary · 14 troops
  • Woolly Mammoth card art Woolly Mammoth Epic · 2 troops
  • Drone Strike card art Drone Strike Rare · 20 troops
  • Pirate Crew card art Pirate Crew Rare · 25 troops
  • Bone Army card art Bone Army Rare · 52 troops
  • Phoenix Ash card art Phoenix Ash Epic · Potion
  • Growth Serum card art Growth Serum Rare · Potion
  • Coop d'Etat card art Coop d'Etat Common · 32 troops

Commanders

Pick who leads your army

Before a match you choose one of six commanders. Each one gives a passive bonus and has a power you can pay for once per round.

Players
1v1, online or on your local network, or against the AI
Platforms
Made for Windows, macOS and Linux, including the Steam Deck
Status
In development, with no release date or store page yet

Bix Makes Games

We are a small studio making Flock & Load. While we build it, we post gameplay and the changes we make to the game.