Gratuitous Space Battles 2 is (naturally) the sequel to Gratuitous Space Battles, developed by the same indie developer. Gratuitous Space Battles 1 sold over 200,000 copies and made over $1.9 million on steam alone, and also featured in the Humble Indie Bundle.
All of the code for Gratuitous Space Battles 2 is written by one person (Cliff Harris) who also wrote a special game engine from scratch specifically for Gratuitous Space Battles 2. Cliff has over 34 years of game programming experience and has worked previously at Elixir Studios and Lionhead as an AI programmer. Positech is also the developer of the hit indie political; strategy game Democracy 3.
Description: Gratuitous Space Battles is the ultimate space strategy game from UK indie developer Positech Games. It's a strategy / management / simulation game that does away with all the base building and delays and gets straight to the meat and potatoes of science-fiction games : The big space battles fought by huge spaceships with tons of laser beams and things going 'zap!', 'ka-boom!' and 'ka-pow!'.
In Gratuitous Space Battles you put your ships together from modular components, arrange them into fleets, give your ships orders of engagement and then hope they emerge victorious from battle (or at least blow to bits in aesthetically pleasing ways).
Gratuitous Space Battles aims to bring the over-the-top explodiness back into space strategy games. The game is for everyone who has watched big space armadas battle it out on TV and thought to themselves 'I could have done a much better job as admiral'. This is not a game of real-time arcade twitch reflexes.
Gratuitous Space Battles is about what ships you design, and what you tell them to do. Your individual ship commanders have total autonomy during the chaotic battle that unfolds. This is not a tactical game, it is a strategic one. These gratuitous space battles are not won by plucky heroes with perfect teeth, but by the geeky starship builders who know exactly what ratio of plasma-cannons to engines each ship in the fleet will need.
Features:
• The only 'hands-off' space battle simulator.
• Online challenge system lets your friends battle against your designs.
• Crazy amount of explosions and lasers.
• Complete control of how your ships look, position every fin and widget!
• Slow-motion and freeze-frame to let you enjoy the laser-death.
• Built-in easy to use multi-monitor support.
• Developer keen to support modding through easy-to edit text and csv files.
Languages: English for beta, with French, German & Russian coming for full release. Possibly also Spanish.
All of the code for Gratuitous Space Battles 2 is written by one person (Cliff Harris) who also wrote a special game engine from scratch specifically for Gratuitous Space Battles 2. Cliff has over 34 years of game programming experience and has worked previously at Elixir Studios and Lionhead as an AI programmer. Positech is also the developer of the hit indie political; strategy game Democracy 3.
Description: Gratuitous Space Battles is the ultimate space strategy game from UK indie developer Positech Games. It's a strategy / management / simulation game that does away with all the base building and delays and gets straight to the meat and potatoes of science-fiction games : The big space battles fought by huge spaceships with tons of laser beams and things going 'zap!', 'ka-boom!' and 'ka-pow!'.
In Gratuitous Space Battles you put your ships together from modular components, arrange them into fleets, give your ships orders of engagement and then hope they emerge victorious from battle (or at least blow to bits in aesthetically pleasing ways).
Gratuitous Space Battles aims to bring the over-the-top explodiness back into space strategy games. The game is for everyone who has watched big space armadas battle it out on TV and thought to themselves 'I could have done a much better job as admiral'. This is not a game of real-time arcade twitch reflexes.
Gratuitous Space Battles is about what ships you design, and what you tell them to do. Your individual ship commanders have total autonomy during the chaotic battle that unfolds. This is not a tactical game, it is a strategic one. These gratuitous space battles are not won by plucky heroes with perfect teeth, but by the geeky starship builders who know exactly what ratio of plasma-cannons to engines each ship in the fleet will need.
Features:
• The only 'hands-off' space battle simulator.
• Online challenge system lets your friends battle against your designs.
• Crazy amount of explosions and lasers.
• Complete control of how your ships look, position every fin and widget!
• Slow-motion and freeze-frame to let you enjoy the laser-death.
• Built-in easy to use multi-monitor support.
• Developer keen to support modding through easy-to edit text and csv files.
Languages: English for beta, with French, German & Russian coming for full release. Possibly also Spanish.