Politics with PowerDiplomacy and influence gathering are reinvented as a core mechanic of the game, giving meaningful alternative options to players and serving as a platform of interaction both between players and AIs as well as humans in multiplayer. Quickly and intuitively lay out the armor, weapons, engines, and internals of your vessels. The resources you choose matter, and will guide your empire and its conflicts throughout the entire game.Ĭustom ShipsDesign ships that fit your needs, strategies, and tactics using our new 'blueprint painting' approach to ship design. Galactic Econom圜olonize planets, each with one of dozens of resources, working in unison to create bustling centers of production. The fate of your empire depends on your ability to master the economy, field a military, influence galactic politics, and learn what you can about the universe. Explore dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of systems in a galaxy of your choosing, expand across its planets, exploit the resources you find, and ultimately exterminate any who stand in your way.
Feel free to join us in the in-game IRC as well - I and Lucas are on most days from 10AM to 10PM CST.Star Ruler 2 is a massive scale 4X/RTS set in space. Decided I'd drop by and make myself available for questions, comments, and suggestions. I'm one of the three developers of the game. You can also accelerate or decelerate the flow of time to as little as 1/8th normal or as much as 10x normal rate.Īlso, howdy everybody.
Nice to meet you all!įirgof: Martek: Yep. Feel free to join us in the in-game IRC as well - I and Lucas are on most days from 10AM to 10PM CST. Broadband required for internet play.Īlso, howdy everybody. Graphics: AMD or Nvidia Graphics card w/ 512MB RAM, OpenGL 2.1 SupportĪdditional Notes: Hardware requirements not final. (Unless of course you're playing around in the Designs Sandbox in which case you can spawn as many ships as you feel like)
It was taken more for spectacle than what you're liable to see in most games. IAmSinistar: The hardware requirements are fairly minimal - StarFlare (the in-house engine the game is made on) - does most of the work for you though scenes like the one you're looking at are taxing. You can also accelerate or decelerate the flow of time to as little as 1/8th normal or as much as 10x normal rate. A limitless galaxy of choice in Star Ruler 2 - available now, DRM-free on GOG.com!
Rule the stars through force, politics, or just buy it all out.
A complex galactic economy, custom ship designs, intricate research mechanics, and full modability grant Star Ruler 2 the potential to become the next timeless space 4X! You can find more interesting tidbits on the unique design choices in the game in the official developer diaries. It seeks to revolutionise the genre with its fresh take on tired gameplay elements, that includes Diplomacy which ties into all of the game's mechanics, affecting the state of the universe in meaningful ways. The massive 4X returns now better than ever.
It was a game that featured nearly limitless galaxies with thousands of systems, bound only by the capabilities of the PC you played it on. Star Ruler 2 is the sequel to 2010 supremely ambitious space 4X-RTS hybrid. Star Ruler 2, a near-infinite space 4X-RTS hybrid, is available now for Windows and Linux, DRM-free on GOG.com!