Iron Rift - Economic RTS

WIP games, tools & toy projects
#1

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/236475228/collective.png

Iron Rift is an Economic RTS. Construct a ship from scratch using modular parts, trade with major factions (or pirates), or assemble a fleet and conquer entire planets!

Tachyon Entertainment, that’s us. My name’s Micah, I do the art. My friend Dylan does the programming. I’ll post here with news and replies to questions you may have. Now for more on the game:

In I.R., you’ll start out with a simple ship and some cash. Trade between planets by shipping goods such as Gems, Bionics and Machinery. When you amass enough cash, you’ll be able to build some buildings on a planet, letting you step into the production queue and make your own goods. Build a shipyard to access the faction’s ship styles and build your own ships from a selection of modular parts which you can put together and use for trading or for battles!

Other features of importance include:
-Terraforming
-Dynamic Faction Relations
-Supply and Demand
-Blockades
-Multi-Ship Battles
-Open Galaxy
-Isometric Planet View

And here’s a screenshot of a planet full of trees!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/236475228/21414893058944.png

We hope to put it on Steam Greenlight when it’s at a stage where we could present it. For now, though, you can vote for our concept on Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=316704599

Any questions, queries or suggestions? Let me know!

#2

We also have a website, in case you wanted to visit it!
www.tachyonnz.com
We even have a Tumblr! :slight_smile:
www.tachyonnz.tumblr.com

#3

Another couple of features that we want to put in is an open galaxy - just zoom into any solar system, or zoom right out to view the whole galaxy seamlessly! We also want to put in a technology tree, you can research various faction’s technologies and choose from a selection of rewards you get from researching it, or you can set your own research projects by dragging and dropping bonuses and parts you want to unlock! The cost of this will be based on how much you’re trying to research, same with the time.

#4

Here’s the whole tech tree I designed, it comes with 55 techs to research! The image is a little big, so just click this link to see it. I tried it before and it’s far too big for the forum.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/236475228/tree.png
There are 3 HyperDevices, which give you epic abilities, and you can initiate an end-game with each of them! Keep them for yourself or give them to a faction to initiate a faction-specific end-game! They are: The Ansible - A microcomputer capable of broadcasting any knowledge to anything - The Polygon (name pending) - A massive structure that is capable of Stellar Engineering - and The Lodestone, a mind control device.

You’ll need to combine the technologies from various faction’s databanks to be able to find/build them. Remember that these Hyperdevices are not the only way to win, there’s also Conquest and Diplomatic victory, as well as some others we’re planning.

#5

You know i have noticed a trend. When people enter the community and their first post is a game they have made and it’s finished, we never seem to respond. This is a hella cool project in my opinion. I think it deserves a bit more responses.

#6

Thanks! Good to hear you’re interested! :slight_smile:

There’s a lot more to do, a lot of the big stuff too. At the moment we’re putting in the galaxy generation, so you can zoom in and out of solar systems seamlessly. I think after that we’ll put in factions and faction ownership. When we’ve done some of that I’ll put up a devlog on our YT channel.

:slight_smile:

#7

Posted a new video on the game! :slight_smile:

#8

This looks pretty damn cool. I would suggest that before you head to greenlight, you should get an experienced artist on board. Stronger, more polished visuals would serve you well.

#9

What art needs improving? Not everything is final, and a lot of stuff is WIP. :slight_smile:

#10

New goal: Get trading done by the 25th.

Progress: I’ve done pretty much all of the buildings required, The Collective is currently the most complete faction.
We’re getting construction done, and then we’ve got to get to work generating cargoes and using ships to transport them to and from planets.
Head to our tumblr page to check out our latest art!
www.tachyonnz.tumblr.com