Revisiting the Turn-Based Experience

Welcome aboard,  Commander !

In Startical you will command Space fleets in a new kind of turn based tactical game. Each action will have to be waged against if you want to achieve victory.

Discover a rich combat system with many ships and powerful weapons and abilities, and live a meaningful story in the rich universe of Startical.

Dynamic Turn-Based 

Compared to most of the current Turn based games around, Startical brings you a very different system where each action will determine when you will play again.

Anticipation is the key ...

STARTICAL adds a new layer of strategy, and revolutionize completely the experience of Turn-Based Games.

Complex Fleet combat model

Many parameters will influence your success ...

BATTLESHIPS

At the front of the fleet lies the biggest of all. Impressive by all means, they are hard to bring down and deliver the biggest Weapons of the Game.

CRUISERS

Mobile fire platforms, Cruisers are the swiss knife of a fleet, their configurations and missions are various and allow very different strategies in the Game.

FRIGATES

Designed to support the fleet, Frigates often bring a large spectrum of tools and special abilities.

DESTROYERS

The smallest ship class in the Game. They compensate their lighter weapons by their speed and their ability to evade incoming impacts.

Weapon types

- Oh my ! ... this Battleship is boucing our shells ! - Switch to proton torpedoes, let's see if she likes the taste of it !

Energy Based Weapons

Standard Energy thrown towards an ennemy hull. Thus the armor penetration is not so important, the capacity to set fires is.

Kinetic weapons

Designed to pierce heavy armors

Torpedoes

Slow, innacurate but ... deadly

Missiles

Long range intyerception missiles have a low destructive power, but can hit even the smallest ship trying to run away.

Ion 

Burning the energy reserves of the target ship, they are very useful to pin down even the mightiest ennemy.

Use the terrain to your advantage

-Sir, Asteroid field in front of us what are your orders ? - Maintain current heading ...

 

Each battle will have to be fought with all the options at your disposal. there are several objects or areas which offer different effects. From asteroid fields blocking passage and view, to stasis field which increase the energy cost of each actions. As a master tactician, you will have to calculate your strategy accordingly.

A lot of these mechanics will be more accurately explained in further Articles. Stay tunned !

The Startical World

In 2045, as the space conquest was expanding at a dramatic stance, the cliveage between the Terran  and the industrial space companies reached a state of war. During 4 long years, the war raged on resulting in with terrible casualties in both sides.

In 2049, wilst no winner could be designed, a peace treaty was finally adopted, and by so defining two major blocks. The Inhabitants of Earth assembled under one flag, the Terran Empire, led by a charismatic leader, Alona.

The Industrial pionners regrouped under the Space Confederation, in a political system where the richest would have the power.

During the war, both sides hired mercenaries and free fighters to help them carry out sabotage and disruptive missions. At the end of the war, these crews became unemployed from one day to another. They the decided to regroup under a notorious corsair : Benjamin Hurst and founded the Privateers republic.

Factions

The Terran Alliance

The Terrans lost a lot during the space war, and the reconstruction, is directed under a common military guideline. Private property is no more and all Factory owners have to fulfill the guidelines of the Emperor Alona.

Terran fleets are often composed of sturdy ships.  The lack of space technology compared to the Space Confederation is compensated by undiscutable bravery and unity amlongst the Terran Crews.

The Space Confederation

The lack of resources at their disposal at the start of the war made these industrial giants spend tremendeous amounts of money into R&D. 

They nowadays have the most advanced weapon and ship technologies. This is compensated by their numbers, inferior to the Terran Empire.

The Privateers Republic

Privateers often sail a very heteroclit fleet. Integrating some advanced techs from the Space Confederation. 

Their engineers deploy an ingenious set of skill to modify their ships and bring devastating close range attacks.

Dynamic Campaigns (Coming soon)

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The game is in an early protoype stage, all reviews (positive AND negative) are welcome.