Annihilate the Spance

Release Date: January 14, 2025 Early Access

Strategy, science fiction, RTS, tactics, in space, indie games, space ships, singleplayer

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A space RTS with focus on fleet production and planning big battles. In Annihilate the Spance our units are entirely controlled by the artificial intelligence, and our job is to make higher level strategic decisions - we must take care of the economy, construction and fleet composition.

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All Reviews: Positive (13)

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The main pros of the game

Engaging Gameplay: The game offers a satisfying blend of base building and strategic battles without heavy micromanagement, allowing players to focus on macro-level strategies.
Performance: Users report excellent optimization and smooth performance, even during large battles with numerous units on screen.
Content Richness: The game features a substantial amount of content, including various ships, turrets, buildings, and a campaign with multiple factions and missions.
Art and Sound Design: The visuals are praised for their clarity and appeal, while the soundtrack adds to the immersive experience.
Replayability: The gameplay loop is enjoyable, encouraging players to experiment with different strategies and unit compositions.
Community Engagement: The developers are noted for their responsiveness to feedback and commitment to improving the game.

The main cons of the game

Difficulty Balance: Some missions can be excessively challenging, leading to frustration for players who may need to retry multiple times to succeed.
AI Art Quality: The AI character portraits are criticized for being subpar, although this is somewhat excused due to the small development team.
Limited Current Content: As the game is in early access, some players feel that there is still a lack of content, with only a few campaigns and factions available.
User Interface Issues: Some players found the waypoint system and menu design lacking, which can hinder gameplay experience.

The features or elements that are missing from the game according to users

Multiplayer Options: Many users expressed a desire for cooperative or competitive multiplayer modes to enhance the game's replay value.
Advanced AI Customization: Suggestions were made for more varied AI behaviors and difficulty settings to tailor challenges to player preferences.
More Tactical Depth: Users suggested the addition of more complex maps with obstacles or unique environmental features to encourage varied strategies.
Expanded Campaigns: Players are eager for more campaigns and missions to be added as the game develops.

Summary

Overall, "Annihilate The Spance" is seen as a promising RTS with a unique approach to gameplay, but it has room for improvement in terms of difficulty balancing, additional content, and multiplayer functionality.

Summary generated on: January 15, 2025

Annihilate the Spance is a real-time space-based strategy game with limited micromanagement. Inspired by the Obliterate Everything series, this independent title is the debut project of the three-person studio Skyglow Softworks.

Story

The action of Annihilate the Spance takes place in a future engulfed in conflict after the discovery of a mysterious, ultra-dense nebular anomaly known as "Spance". This storm of matter and energy, travelling through the galaxy for eons, has drawn hundreds of solar systems into its depths. Inexplicable phenomena make navigating the "Spance" difficult, but the riches hidden within it attract daredevils.

Gameplay

The gameplay involves managing the construction of a base, economy, and armies of space ships, each of which is controlled by artificial intelligence. This means that the units aim and attack on their own initiative, while the player is responsible for making higher-level strategic decisions. We plan the composition of our fleet, calculate the construction cycles and develop tactics for positioning, creating chains of navigation points to which shipyards send the created units.

The composed mixture of ships includes machines of varied scale, from small drones to huge units capable of leveling entire bases to the ground. They can move up, down and around enemies.

Annihilate the Spance offers four story campaigns and three playable factions: the militarily powerful Kontaalen Armada, the united fleets of the Vaalkorei Coalition merchant guilds, and the Tychon Emara Division using experimental technologies.

Game modes and level editor

In addition to the story missions, Annihilate the Spance allows for single skirmishes on custom maps, and thanks to the included level editor, we can create and share our own scenarios with other players.