You, field promoted to admiral of the fleet, are informed by fleet technicians the advent of these devices looks bad, very bad.
First order of business? Penetrate the incursion's battlefront, rendezvous with the remaining fleet, operate in hostile territory, and engage, disrupt and destroy those machines.
In The Darkest Star you must become the Admiral.
Fight for survival by gathering a fleet of powerful warships in a turn based strategy game. Make key decisions as the battle evolves over multiple turns. Use a multitude of weapon systems and ship types to press home the counter attack with a unique turn based system.
With dynamic campaigns and an adaptive AI, the Darkest Star is highly replayable with each experience bringing new challenges.
This tactics over time game focuses on detailed and interesting battles, where the challenge grows with each turn.
Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701160/The_Darkest_Star/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Vq0cj0s-I&t=15s
Tactics Over Time
Unlike some turn based games there are many weapons and abilities that resolve over multiple turns. Missiles will track targets from turn to turn while accelerating, this gives you an opportunity to counter or intercept them by using the terrain or defensive systems.
This combat over multiple turns leads to complex tactical problems for you to solve involving positioning, terrain, fighters and drones all connected in a web of defensive fire and fleet manoeuvring.
Carriers can launch and recover fighters allowing your fleet carrier to stage fighters through forward bases. Limited resources like ammunition means choosing your targets wisely, and knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the weapon systems and ships.
Dynamic Campaign
Each campaign contains procedurally generated missions & you will have to choose whether to risk capturing and reactivating ships in battles to grow your fleet or to just fight your way through to the next mission.
Difficulty will scale as you progress and each enemy battle group your face will have unique make-ups with custom sub battle formations designed to operate together.
The game will need you to make long range decisions; will you leave your crippled battleship behind to cover your retreat while low on ammo or use fighters to harry and slow the enemy just long enough to get everyone to the jump point?
With persistent damage and limited resources to repair and ream damaged units you may have to scuttle damaged ships and strip them of ammunition to make other ships more combat effective.
Key facts about The Darkest Star:
- Turn Based Strategy / Tactics
- Dynamic Campaign
- Adaptive AI
- Roguelite Elements
- Single Player
- Fleet Management
The Darkest Star will be releasing soon; ready your fleet and take the fight to the enemy, wishlist on steam and commence operations.
STELLAR KINETICS
Stellar Kinetics is a small two man indie studio, we have over 40 years of game development experience between us and have worked on games including Xcom, Rebel Star, Magic & Mayhem, Max Payne, Burnout, Rollercoaster Tycoon.
We love space games of all kinds and were inspired by our past work. We have big plans for The Darkest Star and hope to continue to develop future Sci Fi strategy games.
TheDarkestStarGame@gmail.com
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