Ophiuchus 0.3.2.1 review
DownloadOphiuchus is a multiplayer space strategy game in a similar vein as the Master of Orion series.
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Ophiuchus is a multiplayer space strategy game in a similar vein as the Master of Orion series.
It is a very early alpha release, and as such is currently very minimal but playable and networkable.
The game map is a rectangular board of tiles. A tile may contain a star. Each star is orbited by a single inhabitable planet. Each player starts out inhabiting a single planet, and owning 10 units of money.
Each planet a player owns adds 1 unit of money to their treasury per turn.
You may build spaceships at your colonies, which cost 4 units of money, and take 1 turn to construct. Spaceships move across the map at a rate of 1 square per turn. If a fleet encounters an uninhabited planet, it will automatically colonise the planet. If you encounter a planet owned by another player, you can attack and invade it.
Combat works on the simple principle of winner-takes-all. Whichever side has the larger fleet destroys the other side. You win the game by invading all colonies held by all other players.
What's New:
When multiple players arrive at the same uncolonised system at the same time, none of them can colonise the planet. Previously, the player with the lowest ID got the planet, leading to an advantage to players with lower IDs. This was a problem especially in single player, where it gave a great advantage to the player over the computer.
Attack commands now always give feedback.
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