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❤ Adapting Your Arsenal for Each Battle

In this game, players must navigate a series of 10 skirmish battles per "run". Before each battle, the player selects new units, buildings, and upgrades to assemble their arsenal. This deck-building-inspired system introduces significant variety, as the available options change from one run to the next, requiring players to continually adapt their strategies.

❤ Mastering Tactical Real-Time Combat

During the battles, players control their units and base in a classic real-time strategy fashion. However, the game uniquely allows players to slow down the action to 10% speed. This time manipulation mechanic aids in precise micromanagement and tactical decision-making, smoothing out the inherent chaos of RTS gameplay.

❤ Unlocking a Diverse Suite of Units and Upgrades

The game offers over 100 unique unit types, each with distinct abilities and roles. Players must synergize the random selection of units they acquire each run, experimenting with different combinations. The upgrade system further encourages creativity, allowing players to augment their units with new abilities, passive effects, and even transformative changes after each battle.

❤ Emergent Challenges and Unpredictable Progression

The procedurally generated maps, enemy compositions, and available upgrades ensure that no two runs are exactly alike. Players must constantly adapt their tactics and unit compositions to the unique challenges presented, rather than relying on rote memorization. Even failed runs provide meaningful progression, unlocking new content and higher difficulty levels to encourage further experimentation.

❤ Striking a Balance Between Accessibility and Challenge

The game's accessibility features, such as the time dilation mechanic and intuitive controls, make the core RTS gameplay approachable. However, the steadily increasing difficulty requires players to master unit synergies and resource management in order to overcome formidable foes. This sense of meaningful accomplishment as players ascend to higher tiers is a major source of the game's appeal.