Table of Contents

1. The Game
   1. Key Features
   2. Play the campaign
   3. Micromanage your ship
   4. Tactical battles
   5. Editors
   6. Game modes and match making
   7. Modding
2. The Developer
3. See also

The Game

Spacecraft Tactics is a 2D turn-based tactical space game. Save the last rebel outpost in the campaign. Develop a strategy, execute it in tactical battles and micromanage your ship. Play various game modes single or multiplayer. Create your own ships, scenes or mods and share them.

Key Features

• Progress through 5 chapters of the campaign, collect loot, craft items and upgrade your ship to overcome increasingly difficult challenges on 3 difficulty levels or in the integrated speedrun mode
• Micromanage your crew and your ship while staying on top of tactical battles
• Create and share your own ships and scenes in the built-in editors
• Play single player or online co-op, PvE or PvP in the 5 included game modes
• Designed to be modular from the ground up, Spacecraft Tactics supports community-created mods

Play the campaign

• The last rebel outpost got spotted by imperial scouts. Relocate the outpost before the main fleet attacks!
• Throughout the campaign you must collect loot, craft items and upgrade your ship to overcome increasingly difficult challenges 
• Adapt your strategy and loadout to different situations as you progress through the campaign
• Play single player or online with a friend
• Designed with multiple playthroughs in mind
  • Every playthrough is different
  • 3 difficulty levels
  • Speedrun mode with predictable rng, special game design and integrated display of splits
• Global highscores

Micromanage your ship

• Manage your crew
  • Control ship systems
  • Damage control
  • Heal and revive crew members
  • Manage inventories
  • Provide emergency power to systems
  • Automations
• Distribute energy between systems
• Systems are connected to and powered by grids:
  • Energy
  • Shield
  • O2
  • Network
• Maintain fields
  • Shield (Shield emitters)
  • O2 (Air vents)
  • Healing (First aid stations)

Tactical battles

• Manage your capacitor, shield buffer and EM emissions
• Use the right loadout to suit your tactical situation
• Position your ship and keep an eye on your opponents
• Develop a strategy and execute it

Editors

• Create your own ships in the ship editor
• Design new scenarios in the integrated scene editor
  • Play them in single player or online in custom game mode
  • Most game modes also allow to use custom ships and scenes
• Share your ships and scenes with the integrated sharing functionality and in Steam Workshop (bundled as mods)

Game modes and match making

• The following game modes are available for single-player and multiplayer games:
  • The Last Outpost: Save the last rebel outpost from the empire!
  • Battles: Multiplayer PvE mode with progression
  • Arena: Multiplayer PvP arena
  • Race: Test your skills maneuvering your ship and hunt for highscores
  • Custom Game: Sandbox mode, play your own scenes or test your ship in a procedural generated environment
• Play on our server (for official highscores) or host your own game server
  • Game server is embedded in the game (best for LAN sessions or custom games if you are able to forward a port in your router)
  • There is also a dedicated game server included
• Use Steam game invites, find online games in the game browser or receive a quick-join code

Modding

• Spacecraft Tactics has been designed from the ground up to be modular and support mods created by the community
• Change the balancing of the game or introduce new gameplay elements with the integrated entity editor
• Bundle your own ships and scenes and distribute it as a mod
• Customize the presentation by creating your own tilesets, sounds / music or even texts / translations
• Develop your own mods in Groovy programming language, ranging from simple scripts for your scenes up to full conversions
• Mods can be shared in Steam Workshop

The Developer

• Spacecraft Tactics is a one man project, developed completely in my spare time over the last 7 years
  • Development started in 2016, see also Development Timeline
• I'm passionate about PC gaming and computers / tech in general
• In my professional live I'm working as a Tech Lead and Software Architect. In these roles I'm responsible for the integration platform of a leading transportation management platform, handling millions of transactions every day.
• I put a lot into this game and hope you will like it!

See also

Development timeline

Media