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[Chris P]

I bring you my indie game, Mayhem Intergalactic, as seen in the 2008 Independent Games Festival Student Showcase. It's a streamlined turn-based strategy game set in space. Singleplayer and multiplayer are supported.

There is a free demo (10 MB download), which contains the basic singleplayer game mode and time-limited multiplayer games. The demo itself is not time-limited and will never expire.

Screenshots (click for larger):



YouTube gameplay video:



System requirements:

• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista (or Linux via Wine, which mostly works)
• 800MHz CPU (approximate) or faster
• Recommended: NVidia GeForce or ATI Radeon graphics card

I'll be working on improving and updating this for a while yet. For a start, entirely new graphics and audio will go in over the next month or so (just in time for the IGF). Mac OS X and Linux versions are Almost Done, and are planned for release on a similar timeframe.

I'm looking for any feedback you can give, though there may not be much point commenting on graphics and audio as they're already going to be replaced. Gameplay, user interface, intuitiveness, multiplayer improvements, AI, bug reports, feature requests, you name it. Constructive criticism is very welcome. I want this game to become the best that it can be.

Most of all: Enjoy!

[Tanner]

This seems to me like a mixture of a 4x game, dice wars, and crack. I want.
The demo was excellent.

[ravuya]

Can't wait to try out the OS X version. It looks like a lot of fun.

[Melly]

Is it anything like Masters of Orion? If it, it's instant win.

[Chris P]

This seems to me like a mixture of a 4x game, dice wars, and crack. I want.
The demo was excellent.

Glad you were crack-addicted to liked it.   It's almost surprising how fun and replayable it is, for such a straightforward concept.

By the way, if you're going to buy it then you'd be well advised to get it sooner rather than later, because the price will be going up to $19.99 once the new graphics and sounds are in. It's currently $18.95. Updates are free, so either way you'll get the updated version(s) as soon as they're available.

Is it anything like Masters of Orion? If it, it's instant win.

It's a similar idea to MOO, but much simpler. No tech tree, only one unit type, no race modifiers, and you get ships automatically.

There are two basic commands: Upgrade a planet (so it spawns more ships per turn), and send ships from one planet to another. That's it. Apart from conveniences like rally points (which are just a way of automating ship sending) and cancelling ship movements.

[Guert]

Quite interesting game you got there!

I must admit that it's hard to tell judging from the demo but the gneral gamplay is fun. It is a bit simplistic but perhaps there's alot more gameplay elements in the full game.

I don't have much to say since the demo is pretty fun and simple but I'm wondering if the full game offers more variety and enough goals to make the pleasure last more than a few hours.

Good job!
Later!

[Chris P]

Thanks Guert!

There aren't any alternate game modes as such, not counting rule tweaks and different maps. However, I believe the strategy is deeper than it first appears. Feel free to contradict me if you disagree.

I still enjoy the occasional Quick Start game, after two years of playing and developing it.