You play as an Artificial Intelligence, recently reawakened in a derelict craft on an abandoned asteroid. The asteroid is one among many orbiting an extremely dense planet and contains rich metals that have attracted other artificial intelligence's. These other AI's are fighting over the resources, and have split into several factions. They are technologically advanced and have established strong footholds. You also have some advanced technology, specifically: a micro factory, capable of manufacturing extremely fast. This is your greatest asset, as it allows you to turn resources into firepower faster then any of the other factions, you will need it too, as you start out the weakest of all the factions. Each faction each has their own unique technology, though none as advantageous as the micro factory.
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| Note: Image is not to scale |
When you destroy an enemy ship, it breaks up into parts; which you can recycle, or attach onto your own ship. It is possible to learn the blueprint of the captured parts; which you can use to replicate captured technology. The enemy can do the same, this forces you to protect any ships which have your micro factory attached, creating a reward vrs risk scenario. Reward, because you can expand your fleet faster, risk, because if the enemy were to capture your micro factory while already ahead technologically, you would be hard pressed to survive.
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| some asteroids and fragments |
Some things to note: The placement of the asteroids will most likely be procedural, to keep things fresh. Also, everything will be simulated at once; while you are mining metal somewhere on one side of the planet, an AI could be building a warship on the other side.
Since the game currently has multiplayer support, it should also be possible to have co-op games, or free for all games.
That about sums up the plan, comments can be posted here or on the forums: Forums thread
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