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Vincere Totus Astrum / To Conquer All Stars

SO! About two years ago I had a idea for a "Casual 4x Strategy Game" Something that would embody the core mechanics of a 4x game but bring it down to the very basics so it could be played (And hopefully enjoyed) in short sittings. Casual of course being the "Latest & Greatest" buzz word at the time. The initial concept resulted in the following...

Original Flash Concept Test: http://www.gamesare.com/games/stars/stars.htm

Since then some interesting developments over at my Job at Clickteam have began unfolding like the iOS & android runtime options. I also made fast friends with Ilker Esen in a trip to London, He is the ever talented Artist / creator responsible for  Neva (http://www.pixelprospector.com/indev/2009/09/neva/). So mix this all up and several months later the result is a reimagined VTA.


To play you simply pick one of five races and set out to expand your one world into a vast empire. Research new techs, build colony ships, and begin to spread out, as you play be careful as you aren't the only race on the rise. The Universe is a small place and you will have to either negotiate, trade or battle other empires into submission. The game flow is turn based, and features a unique real time battle engine. We have multiple game scenarios for you to play through.

We hope that in the end we will be successful in blending galaxy conquering with quick and easy gameplay. We have got alot planned for the game and would love any comments and suggestions as we continue to develop it, We anticipate releasing the initial first version of the game this week to Apple for review. If anyone here enjoys iOS gaming and would like to test VTA send me a PM! In the meantime check out our WIP trailer...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=25lbbmFNBkU

Looks pretty darn slick! :handthumbsupL:

Thank your Mr Knudsen! and like I said anyone here who wants to maybe beta it for me this week and give some feedback, We would love to hear from you, As you all know after playing your game for the seventh McBaZillionth time it sometimes gets a little blurry on the prespective!

Looking good  :)

"Vincere totum astrum" would be, I think, "to conquer a whole star". "To conquer all the stars" is something like "Vincere omnia astra". I don't know if that's the natural way to say it; maybe "vincere astra omnia" is better, since it emphasises that you're conquering all of them.

The game takes place so far in the future that Latin has been skewed over the centuries, thus is the closest translation they can do. That and also their is no way Ilker will redo the logo.... LOL

After I got offense up to 22 or so my ships quit shooting.  Also if there is no enemy force dont make player sit thru a non-battle.  I think I could win every battle but I would have to grind it out. pLayed for about an hour or so.

I assume you where playing the old Flash version then yes? So thats cool to know you put that much time into the older version, Hopefully you will find the new version better balanced and chocked full of more fun!

maybe it's just in me, but the gameplay is too complicated

Release Trailer on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Lp2GaRKmc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Lp2GaRKmc)

To Conquer all Stars is what we like to call a "Casual 4x Strategy Game". Blending galaxy conquering with quick and easy gameplay. Pick one of five races and set out to expand your one world into a vast empire. Research new techs, build colony ships, and begin to spread out, but be careful you aren't the only race on the rise. The Universe is a small place and you will have to either negotiate, trade or battle other empires into submission.

The game flow is turn based, and features a unique real time battle engine. We will have multiple game scenarios for you to play through. As our first iOS game we want to show we are willing to provide tons of support tuning the game into something everyone can enjoy. We also have a ton of content in line for the game which we will introduce in the form of chapters that will introduce new races, new challenges and new features. Information of this if interested can be found on our Facebook page in the discussions area.

PLEASE if you honor us and grab a copy, Please let us know what we can do to make it better! We aim to constantly improve and update our title!

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Haven't gotten a chance to try to iOS version yet, but I started playing the flash version and I like it so far.  I especially like the combat system.  I'll try to play it in more depth and give some more feedback.

Alec S,

I appreciate the kind comments, We will have a new flash version soon, that is a replica of the much updated iOS version, with only one mode and only a couple of the empires. The version you are playing is really dated, so if you are enjoying it, You might really like the new version, Thanks again for the support!