Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition

by Team Jolly Roger, Team17 Digital Ltd

The Developer Says...

In this turn-based strategic artillery game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive barrages through the unpredictable gravity fields of the solar system.

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❤ Gameplay Overview

In this turn-based game, you wage interplanetary wars by developing your home planet and firing massive barrages through the solar system's unpredictable gravity fields. Your objective is to destroy the cities and infrastructure of opposing civilizations until you emerge as the last player standing.

❤ Resource Management

You must carefully manage two key resources - material and energy. You mine material each turn from your cities, using it to construct and repair structures, purchase upgrades, and fund city projects. Meanwhile, you generate energy from power plants to power your weapons, defenses, and infrastructure. Balancing these resources is crucial to building up your military capabilities while maintaining your economic engine.

❤ Weapon Systems

The core of the gameplay revolves around your arsenal of destructive armaments: Railguns and Coilguns: These powerful artillery pieces form the backbone of your arsenal. You must carefully aim each shot, accounting for planetary orbits and gravity fields that can alter the trajectory. Missiles and MIRVs: Missiles provide a more precise way to target specific structures, with Multiple Independently-Targetable Reentry Vehicles (MIRVs) allowing you to split a missile's payload across multiple targets. Lasers: Advanced laser weapons offer high damage potential, but require substantial energy input to fire. Careful placement and targeting is essential to maximize their devastating impact.

❤ Strategic Decision-Making

Beyond resource management and weapon construction, you must make strategic choices about how to deploy your infrastructure and defenses. Positioning power plants, mines, and weapon emplacements in optimal locations is key to withstanding enemy bombardment. Investing in intelligence and counter-intelligence capabilities can also provide important information advantages.

❤ Tech Tree and Upgrades

As the game progresses, you research new technologies that unlock additional building types, weapon systems, and upgrades. Prioritizing which technologies to pursue is an important strategic consideration, as the tech tree offers a variety of paths to victory.

❤ Unique Challenges

One defining feature is how the gravitational effects of the planetary bodies impact the trajectory of your weapon fire. You must carefully calculate and compensate for these forces to hit your targets accurately, introducing an extra layer of skill and challenge.

❤ Multiplayer Mayhem

Many players highlight the chaos and unpredictability of the multiplayer experience as a key source of enjoyment. Coordinating attacks, planning defensive measures, and outmaneuvering opponents creates a tense and exhilarating gameplay loop. The ability to play either online or in local hotseat multiplayer adds to the game's replayability.

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