We rely on the experience of our predecessors all the time, and the same is true for game development.  In this article, I want to talk about my thoughts on the great game genre of RTS and how it has influenced the development of the Space War.

Space War is a multiplayer real-time strategy battle game that takes place in space. Players can play as a commander or a soldier, command ships in a battle, plunder resources, upgrade technology and capture enemy planets. The game is made with Unity and will be run on PC.

The player controls different spaceships based on their role, the commander, or the soldier. The commander controls mining ships, engineering ships. The soldier controls motherships, fighters, battleships, and destroyers. The commander is also responsible for the technology update.

We want to bring a very different game experience to commanders and soldiers. The commander needs to analyze the situation, gather information, and make decisions on technology upgrades. While the soldier needs to engage with the enemy at close range, report the location of the enemies, etc. At the same time, these two characters communicate with each other and cooperate to achieve victory. We want this to be a strategy-oriented game and reduce the learning cost. We also try to minimize some randomness with micro-operations.

The heyday of RTS games has passed. Traditional RTS games like Warcraft or StarCraft have high entry barriers and learning costs, making fewer and fewer new players try them. We learn from the experience of modern strategy games like Hell Let Loose and strive to make the players play strategically to reduce the gap brought by the operation, which brings players a unique experience.

RTS is a type of game that grows with us. I still remember the day when I was first watching the tournament of Warcraft3, I did not quite understand the game, but I enjoyed it. Unfortunately, we cannot stop the decline of RTS games. In this way, we want to make Space War, an RTS game that all players can enjoy.