Starcade FACTIONS

I really enjoy this game. Easy to pick up. The tutorial was extremely helpful to quickly get into game mode and play. The experience was seamless. The chess like vibe was cool. Graphics are excellent. The colors, ship models, movement and battle scenes are exceptionally well done. This dev cares about the community and the whole sensory experience. All of there games excel in appearance and graphic presentation. Looking forward to some more game time. I am playing on pc.

Ein Rundenbasierendes Strategiespiel das für Kurze knackige Kämpfe gedacht ist. Macht bis jetzt einen sehr guten Eindruck und da es kostenlos ist empfehle ich jeden der SIFI Strategie mag mal reinzuschauen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlotcKBHYWU

7/10 Space-themed TBS with a simultaneous turns system TLDR: The main feature of this TBS game is the simultaneous turns. Yet they are resolved in an alternating fashion: in turn 1 your orders are processed first, then those of the opponent, then in turn 2 the opponent's order get performed first and yours after and so on. Other than that, the game mixes TCG-like unit deployment with wargame-like battles on a hex grid. The biggest pain atm is that you can't see attack ranges. The biggest plus is that rules frequently change between battles, adding variety. Good: + free + rules frequently change between battles. E.g. in one battle the main base gets +1 for each friendly unit lost. In another battle all units are capped at 1 movement point, and so on + params of units aren't too complex and there is less than a dozen unit types. Yet they interplay in interesting ways, and the faction-specific or battle-specific buffs or debuffs reshuffle the formula So-so: +/- graphics are mediocre, with generic low-poly spaceships. The backgrounds are nice yet the screen overall lacks detail and feels somewhat empty. Highlights around the ships add visual clutter, so at first it's hard to see what's going on +/- with space-themed games, there is the common problem of "lack of life" in the presentation - which comes simply from lack of living creatures in the picture. All those spaceships are just metal and plain geometry, and look boring to the human eye. That's why typically one adds aliens or human pilots, or slimes, octopuses or other fantastic beasts. Maybe the "traditional" faction (which has higher defense) should have organic-looking space monsters instead of spaceships? +/- music is fairly nice (though it kinda adds to the boredom because it's too relaxing) +/- (bug?) audio volume of speech is way too low +/- the all-caps font is somewhat hard to read and for some reason feels annoying. I'd definitely replace it with something where A is a proper A, not a triangle +/- not sure why seeing stats of units requires a click on the unit. It should be on mouseover. After all, there isn't much to show about units here, their stats are pretty simple Bad: - it's impossible to see attack ranges of units, either yours or of the enemy. Essentially, this throws much of the planning/tactics out of the window. You can give attack orders even at unreachable units! And the game won't correct you. So, instead of attacking, your units may end up just moving forward and doing nothing. I guess this comes from the fact that simultaneous orders are resolved in complex ways, and the game can't know in advance where the enemy would be. However, simply highlighting the tiles in attack range, or showing attack range as a circle, or just adding the "attack range" stat to the list of stats would be essential. After winning 8 or so battles, I still don't know if units block shots and protect friendly units behind them(?) - well, I didn't like that one needs to register using an email simply to be able to play the solo campaign (was it the solo campaign btw? It's tutorial levels yet the game seems to be searching for opponents online before starting them?) I have to say, for the tiny team making this game, this project looks quite well done. Yet it seems to lack life in the art department. Besides, it just needs playtesting - I guess you could hire Indians for that for $10 on Fiver or Upwork, seriously the best investment you could make. That said, it would be a pity if this labor-of-love project fails just because of the dull color palette of the marketing materials... [table][tr][th][i]I'm a Steam curator, you can [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43946907-Friendly-Nerd/]follow me[/url][/i][/th][/tr][/table]