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RTS Ephemeris - Total War-like in Space

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Ephemeris is upcoming space RTS/Grand strategy hybrid mixing Master of Orion and Homeworld.
Ending result looks like something we could call Total War: Space, and nicely scratches the itch that Endless Space failed to do.
Graphics and UI design are very serviceable indie-level affair.


Finnish solo-dev Tuomas Pöyhtäri started developing Ephemeris almost two years ago under moniker YrdVaab.
It is unclear if the studio grew over time, or is it still one-man band, but it already produced alpha demo, that has limited access.
YrdVaab is aiming to put Ephemeris into the Early Access by the summer of 2025.


Play loop is well known: turn -based Risk grand strategy with supply lines between systems, and diplomacy
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and battles resolved in real time
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Battles are advertised as hard SF, so Newtonian physics play big role in tactics.
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Ships have expected amount of customization options without being overwhelming like in ERA-ONE.
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Ephemeris recently had closed-alpha playtesting, and some youtubers have videos showing gameplay - coinciding with start of the IndieGoGo campaign.
Video explains solid amount of gameplay mechanics.


Ephemeris started crowdfunding campaign on 20.10. on IndieGoGo with fixed goal of 30k€ and follwoing stretch goals:
  • €40,000 – Additional 3D ship models for the various species/factions
  • €50,000 – Ability to board enemy ships
  • €60,000 – Warp gates and warp drives
  • €70,000 – Starbases
  • €80,000 – Terraforming
  • €90,000 – Additional graphics for inventions/buildings
  • €100,000 – Voice acting for the units in battle
https://igg.me/at/ephemeris/x#/
 

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