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.
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.