Needs a smoother frame rate!
Update please
Great Distillation
They really were able to get all of the 4X experience that you were looking for. It’s very simmer down though. Games only last a few dozen rounds. You have to make all the same hard choices that you have to make in much more advanced and lengthy games though. Each of the many races is just a little bit different from the others to make replay a thing. Overall I found it well worth a few dollars I spent on it, and I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in the genre.
My only bit of feedback would be to include more instructional material within the game. Once you get going you pretty quickly figure out how the interface works. But at first the icons and numbers won’t make very much sense to you. Some of the technologies you can research are also a little confusing at first and could use some text explanation to smooth out the learning curve. But I was able to figure it out by just trial and error. Since the games are so short, you don’t have to invest your life into one game to figure out how some thing works.
My only bit of feedback would be to include more instructional material within the game. Once you get going you pretty quickly figure out how the interface works. But at first the icons and numbers won’t make very much sense to you. Some of the technologies you can research are also a little confusing at first and could use some text explanation to smooth out the learning curve. But I was able to figure it out by just trial and error. Since the games are so short, you don’t have to invest your life into one game to figure out how some thing works.
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Could be great...
But the balance is wrong! I’d love to have an open game, where turns are not measured! But by the time I have something working, I’m out of turns! I find the tech tree interesting, where it changes from game to game, but also annoying because a skill that cost 6 in one game might cost 10 in the next! I WANT to love this... but the seriously limited turns makes it unenjoyable!
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Loved it, I want more.
Really great game, very much worth the money. Played it solidly all afternoon, really great mechanics. I struggle on a few races, but got the three stars in the end. Different races offer different challenges.
My only complaint is, I want more, it’s a bit short.
I’d love a game mode where there is no turn timer, and you just have to conquer the entire galaxy.
My only complaint is, I want more, it’s a bit short.
I’d love a game mode where there is no turn timer, and you just have to conquer the entire galaxy.
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Has promise, but sure needs work
Very fun simple little galactic 4x. Nice array of technologies and upgrades. Races vary, but not widely. Relatively simple to pick up.
The problems:
-arbitrary 20/25 turn limit to the game. Why was this added? This adds nothing. You can’t finish a game in that amount of time. Frustrating.
- in game costs are waaaay too high. To get higher scores you need, essentially, to colonize planets. The population costs increase with every planet you colonize, but your population growth rarely increases along the same rate. With only 25 turns until the game simply ends, this becomes a random chance of winning; if you get good planets with huge resources bonuses, you win, otherwise, you lose; the VAST majority of games will not yield a start good enough for a win.
-combat with the AI is broken. The first game after the tutorial, you CAN NOT harm the enemy. You can build 4 ships, each vastly strong than the enemies’ sole ship, and you will still lose. One game, the ai was able to find my home planet and occupy it while I was barely able to build a single ship - space bandits setting. My one ship, though numerically equal to the enemy, was obliterated, and the AI proceeded to kill me. This was turn 6. It was at this point I quit. That is simply sill, and utterly killed any enjoyment I had.
TLDR: the game has promise and could be great, but it current has a few BLARING flaws that make it almost unplayable.
To the devs: I really want to like this game, but pleeeeease get rid of the absurd turn limit; that really kills the game. It’s pretty clear you did not have a lot of play testers.
The problems:
-arbitrary 20/25 turn limit to the game. Why was this added? This adds nothing. You can’t finish a game in that amount of time. Frustrating.
- in game costs are waaaay too high. To get higher scores you need, essentially, to colonize planets. The population costs increase with every planet you colonize, but your population growth rarely increases along the same rate. With only 25 turns until the game simply ends, this becomes a random chance of winning; if you get good planets with huge resources bonuses, you win, otherwise, you lose; the VAST majority of games will not yield a start good enough for a win.
-combat with the AI is broken. The first game after the tutorial, you CAN NOT harm the enemy. You can build 4 ships, each vastly strong than the enemies’ sole ship, and you will still lose. One game, the ai was able to find my home planet and occupy it while I was barely able to build a single ship - space bandits setting. My one ship, though numerically equal to the enemy, was obliterated, and the AI proceeded to kill me. This was turn 6. It was at this point I quit. That is simply sill, and utterly killed any enjoyment I had.
TLDR: the game has promise and could be great, but it current has a few BLARING flaws that make it almost unplayable.
To the devs: I really want to like this game, but pleeeeease get rid of the absurd turn limit; that really kills the game. It’s pretty clear you did not have a lot of play testers.
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What a shame
This game had great potential, sadly it is now abandoned. I did spend a couple of months playing through but due to various bugs and tiny text I have had to give up.
The game is improving with every update.
I really enjoy playing this game. It’s very quick and I find it’s addictive to try to beat your last score.
I am not sure If it’s more Strategic or tactical but it did fun to play.
I would like to see multiplayer added.
I am not sure If it’s more Strategic or tactical but it did fun to play.
I would like to see multiplayer added.
Revised after updates
Developer seems to be ontop of bugs and feedback and is putting out constant updates.
The randomness and bugs that caused my review are either gone or being worked on.
Overall it’s a good short 4x, my only criticism now is I wish there was more turns and bigger worlds as I want to play more :)
The randomness and bugs that caused my review are either gone or being worked on.
Overall it’s a good short 4x, my only criticism now is I wish there was more turns and bigger worlds as I want to play more :)
Awesome game!
Takes a bit of time to get used to the super short gameplay compared to most 4X, but I actually really enjoy it now.
It’s a little annoying that some games are decided by the technology graph not containing any weapons though.
It’s a little annoying that some games are decided by the technology graph not containing any weapons though.
More luck based
Feel like your completely reliant on getting a good world and no skill what so ever
Nice game
Edit: after playing a few times over I’m seriously stuck already, the balancing needs adjustment. This could be an amazing gem of a game but really needs to more accessible.
Edit2: Still no balancing, and now if you tap your ship and there’s nothing you can do with it on that turn it crashes the game.
Edit2: Still no balancing, and now if you tap your ship and there’s nothing you can do with it on that turn it crashes the game.
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Too buggy to play
Game repeatedly freezes in starship screen if you click on a starship that’s out of moves. Looks like fun if they ever fix that bug, but it’s not playable now.
Decent
I think this is a decent strategy game. However, I played this game for about 15 minutes and already found a glitch!!!
Saving doesn’t work
It keeps not saving properly.
Nice... but!
Graphics 10/10 - very nice and cute. Possibly the most highlighting point.
Playability 6/10 - tutorial helps but the fact that you have a limited amount of turns I had to figure out myself in the top right corner which I believe defeats abit of the game. Personally would prefer an unlimited mode where I can unlock everything etc.
Story 0/10 - I don’t think there is a story at all and if it had some kind of animated story mode that would be really good.
Overall a nice little game! Can be improved has a lot of potential!
Playability 6/10 - tutorial helps but the fact that you have a limited amount of turns I had to figure out myself in the top right corner which I believe defeats abit of the game. Personally would prefer an unlimited mode where I can unlock everything etc.
Story 0/10 - I don’t think there is a story at all and if it had some kind of animated story mode that would be really good.
Overall a nice little game! Can be improved has a lot of potential!
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Hmmm
Tutorial could be better. You get stuck if you press the wrong button. Also, this is a score as much as you can game, rather than a defeat your enemies game, which is a shame. Not sure it’ll last long on my iPad.
Beautiful. Buggy. Broken.
There’s a seed of something in here, which keeps me coming back.
Unfortunately it’s seriously unbalanced atm (the gods of rng are more than capable of throwing a joyless, unplayable, dismal start at you, and ragequitting until you hit a good seed feels cheap). And has game breaking bugs. Most prominently, the “screen freeze after battle win” bug, which is only likely to affect you late game (battles aren’t winnable until then) and cam trash a winnable game with just a turn or two to go.
I won’t be playing again until the screen freeze is fixed. Balance is a more navigable issue, but also needs attention.
Unfortunately it’s seriously unbalanced atm (the gods of rng are more than capable of throwing a joyless, unplayable, dismal start at you, and ragequitting until you hit a good seed feels cheap). And has game breaking bugs. Most prominently, the “screen freeze after battle win” bug, which is only likely to affect you late game (battles aren’t winnable until then) and cam trash a winnable game with just a turn or two to go.
I won’t be playing again until the screen freeze is fixed. Balance is a more navigable issue, but also needs attention.
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Getting there!
Quick fix to initial bugs, much better experience playing now.
Main thing keeping this from being a 5 for me is the app restarts whenever you take focus away from it. At the very least it lets you resume your game now!
Main thing keeping this from being a 5 for me is the app restarts whenever you take focus away from it. At the very least it lets you resume your game now!
Can’t really progress, so much random
I love the direction it’s going as a rogue-lite, which requires random elements to be engaging, however there is too much randomness.
Game is a really cool concept but you get stuck on progressing to any new game modes or civilisations unless you get a three star on a civ/race, which is completely tied to RNG of your planet spawn, tech tree order, where the enemies spawn and what the planets award.
Ended up stuck with only three civs, can’t progress the bar at all after 20 games with different settings.
Combat against enemies is almost entirely about luck, both in getting good tech trees early and your weapons hitting the enemy before they obliterate you.
Game is a really cool concept but you get stuck on progressing to any new game modes or civilisations unless you get a three star on a civ/race, which is completely tied to RNG of your planet spawn, tech tree order, where the enemies spawn and what the planets award.
Ended up stuck with only three civs, can’t progress the bar at all after 20 games with different settings.
Combat against enemies is almost entirely about luck, both in getting good tech trees early and your weapons hitting the enemy before they obliterate you.
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Good, but buggy
I was happy enough but I have a problem where by if you attack an enemy ship the game won’t resume upon return to the galaxy screen (after you exit the battle screen) and needs to be restarted. Which resets the turn when recovering from save. This seems like a fairly obvious bug which ruins the game.
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