Ancient Space

Release Date: September 23, 2014

Strategy, science fiction, RTS, in space, Polish, indie games, singleplayer

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Classic space real-time strategy developed by the debuting CreativeForge Games studio, founded by veterans of the domestic development industry. In the game, we play as the commander of a small fleet of ships sent to investigate a mysterious fragment of space, called the Black Zone. It quickly turns out that the area hides many dangers and members of the expedition are forced to fight for their lives.

Ancient Space is a real time strategy game set in space, which focuses on campaign in single player mode. Game was created by studio CreativeForge from Warsaw which was formed by veterans of Polish game developing. The team is also known for Hard West, tactical strategy set in Weird West.

Ancient Space has complex and interesting story which causes that we complete consecutive missions with pleasure. It isn’t only a space opera full of action – it also brings up serious philosophical matters, like our attitude to the unknown or potential and future of the mankind. We play as a commander of a small group of research spaceships sent to investigate a mysterious part of the space called popularly “The Black Zone”. Soon scientists discover that they came to dangerous and full of surprises place which forces the fleet to fight for survival. Characters are voiced by actors known from popular science-fiction serials – we can hear Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers), John Billingsley (Star Trek: Enterprise), Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica), Ron Glass (Firefly), Richard Gunn (Dark Angel) and Dwight Schultz (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: First Contact).

The gameplay of Ancient Space focuses entirely on our fleet which is gradually upgraded with consecutive missions. We can construct new ships with gathered resources. There are 13 basic types of ships. Before starting each mission, we choose three officers with different skills which significantly influence the course of action. Missions represent all types of gameplay we have seen before in RTS genre – we have to deal with both offensive and defensive scenarios, as well as missions with escorting and defending our allies or moving quietly behind enemy lines. Combat system allows us to use our forces in various tactical ways and perform complex maneuvers during counters with enemies.

We play on big three-dimensional maps which represent various sectors of The Black Zone.

Last updated on August 14, 2015

Videos and Screens

[3:49] Ancient Space gameplay with dev commentary

[1:07] Ancient Space trailer

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