SteamBirds: turn-based air battles of the World Wars

Aerial dogfight is a very dynamic action where the positions of the opposing sides change constantly. As a rule the computer games featuring these battles are real-time, but Andy Moore and Daniel Cooh invented a turn-based gameplay which reflects the spirit of sky combat.

The game takes place in the steampunk setting of the alternate history in which in 1835 the cold fusion was invented and a nuclear hotbox was installed on an early airplane. All the systems of the plane are diven by the super-heated steam. The game’s first misson takes place in 1907, it is a testing of Mansfel intermittent steamgun. The following missions are the air battles of the Fist and the Second World Wars.

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King of the Rocks: conquer the cloudy world!

Can a great game be made within a few weeks? The answer is definitely yes, and the game King of the Rocks proves it. Exactly two weeks spent indie developer Massagames to create this addictive strategy game.

The game takes place in the world where people live on the tops of the mountains, far above the clouds. Some of the mountains even float. To reach the nearby settlements the squadrons of baloons are used. He who builds the largest army and conquers the neighbours becomes the King of the Rocks.

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