Astro Lords: Oort Cloud is a free-to-play 3D multiplayer space-strategy MMORTS, with combat management in real time. The game was developed on the Unity 3D engine for web browsers, PC/MAC, single-server iOS and Android, and built on a proprietary custom-designed Cloud technology. This allows players access to an unlimited game universe. Player bases are located on asteroids, which travel within the Oort Cloud. Once they’ve acquired the appropriate skills, players can control their asteroid’s movements.
Game Features
Build : The players’ home bases are asteroids, on which crystals are mined, energy produced, factories built. All those resources will be used to produce ammunitions and spare parts for their spaceships. This base is the player’s primary stronghold: other Lords can raid it, but they won‘t be able to capture it. Players can also capture up to five additional asteroids, which will be used to extract crystals. But beware: the player will have to remain on the alert to keep other Lords from recapturing the asteroids.
Shoot : Players can board spaceships to shoot at and destroy enemy spaceships or Alien Bosses. These battles take place in real-time, which allows players to actively take part in the game instead of just having to wait for the completion of their building projects. They can fight in these battles whenever they like – or they can entrust a battle to their General. Up to 6 ships can be sent and 5 allies can help defend and attack. A maximum of 12 ships can be simultaneously present in battle at any given point.
Raid : Players can send out spies to other asteroids, close strategic alliances, or attack enemy asteroids to loot or capture them. Once they’ve acquired the appropriate skills, players can control their asteroid’s movements. This is useful for navigating into nebulae rich with crystals and other useful elements, searching for victims, trading expeditions, pursuing enemies, escaping from persistent robbers and invaders, carrying out clan raids, locating safe places within trade zones, being recruited by other players to escort their more vulnerable asteroids…
Game Play
Each player begins the game as an Astro Lord on their asteroid base. This base enables players to extract minerals and build factories, which will be used to produce ammunition and spare parts for their space ships. This base is the player’s primary stronghold: other Lords can raid it, but they won‘t be able to capture it. Players can also capture up to five additional asteroids, which will be used to extract minerals. But beware: the player will have to remain on the alert to keep other Lords from recapturing the asteroids.
Mass-combat enthusiasts will love the Arena: here, players can battle it out against alien races (AI) or other Astro Lord players. Those battles take place in real-time, which allows players to actively take part in the game instead of just having to wait for the completion of their building projects.
Game Plot
Long ago, when humans were only just beginning to explore the cosmos, an asteroid passed by planet Earth. An automatic research probe was sent out: having landed on the asteroid, this probe made an unexpected discovery. From it humans quickly learned to build space ships: even subspace portals between two given points in the Solar System soon became a reality. More and more Runes were discovered, which further sped up technological progress. One day, a new aggressive alien race, warlike and unsociable, arrived from the far reaches of space, also on the hunt for Forerunner Runes and artifacts.