New Gameplay Video
Tollmineitor kindly created this new gameplay video. It's a bit jerky, but goes through from the very beginning through a complete mission.
View ArticleAmazing New Feature! Building Structures
The new mission 'Colonization' brings a whole new aspect to Stellar Forces: resource gathering and building structures. There are currently 5 structures that can be built by "engineer" units:-* Clone...
View ArticleFull Version Available for Free!
Announcing the following special offer! If you write a few paragraphs about Stellar Forces on a public website, e.g. blog or review site, then I will fully refund your payment for the full version of...
View ArticlePlaying Stellar Forces on a PC
Thanks to BlueStacks App Player, it's now possible to play Stellar Forces on a PC.Just download the software, search the Play Store to get Stellar Forces, and away you go.
View ArticleOver 300 concurrent games!
Stellar Forces seems to be going from strength to strength, as last night I noticed that over 300 concurrent games were being played. Thanks a lot to everyone who's ever played a game!
View ArticleStellar Forces Outage
Unfortunately. The server hosting Stellar Forces suffered an outage during the night. It looks like a hard disk failure. I'm currently looking at the best way to fix it. Hopefully things should be back...
View ArticleNormal Service has been Resumed
I forgot to post that normal service was resumed after just a few days, so SF is back on track with loads of games being played.I've just noticed that the free version of Stellar Forces (which has the...
View ArticleColonization 2v2 Hints'n'Tips
Otherwise known as Colony 3 Co-Op, this mission involves two teams of two players working together: one player on each time controls the engineers who must create and equip clones, and the other player...
View ArticleUnit Skills in Stellar Forces
[I knew I'd forget to update this blog]. About a week ago I released a new update to Stellar Forces: Unit skills. Currently there are two skills given randomly to units:-* Medic - These units can...
View ArticleTeam Tactics - A realtime multiplayer version of Stellar Forces for the PC
I've been working on a new game recently, and it's now ready for its public unveiling. I've called it Team Tactics and it's for the PC (Linux or Windows), and in a nutshell it's a realtime multiplayer...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all players both old and new! Stellar Forces is still going strong, and we have now had 33,836 games played altogether. That's amazing for a turn-based strategy game where each...
View ArticleNew Knockout Competition
A knockout competition is starting imminently, so post here if you want to join in! It's the 5th knockout competition that Stellar Forces has had, and this time the mission is Lab Attack. I use the...
View ArticleStellar Forces is now Open Source
The title says it all: you can download all the source code, including graphics and sounds and all other data, right now. Ideally I'm hoping people will contribute to it with new missions, maps and...
View ArticleStellar Forces - The Card Game?
I've currently got the bug for creating card games, and one that's been at the back of my mind for, well, a few years now, is a card game based on Stellar Forces. But is the demand there? Does anyone...
View ArticleGiving away free copies of Stellar Forces!
Only for the next 24 hours though! Read it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/tbs/comments/4vrvmm/im_giving_away_codes_for_a_free_copy_of_stellar/
View ArticleStellar Forces currently down
I've just had my Broadband upgraded. Unfortunately, the new Router (a Zyxel VMG3925-B10B) doesn't want to let me port-forward on port 80, because that's the port that the router's own control panel...
View ArticleStellar Forces is Back Up
It is now working again, although the server is on wifi now, which unfortunately seems a bit temperamental.
View ArticleStellar Forces is currently Down
The wifi on my server was up and down like a yoyo, so I've turned it off. I'm now in the process of moving all the code and data to the cloud which will take a few days (or rather, a few hours, but it...
View ArticleStellar Forces is back up!
Crikey, it's been one problem after another:-My new router wouldn't port-forward on port 80, making hosting a website impossible. The wifi on my server gave up. I set up Network Sharing on my Windows...
View ArticleNew Campaign Started!
A new campaign has just started. Visit the website to join a faction, and battle for domination of the galaxy!
View ArticleNew PC version of Stellar Forces
Up until now, Stellar Forces has been an Android app. Android has been the only way to play it (unless you run the Android in an emulator or something crazy like that). However, I've been working on...
View ArticleStellar Forces Full now Free
Yes, you read that right. The full version of Stellar Forces for Android is now completely free. As well as that, the new PC version is also free! So now you have no excuse to give it a go and see...
View ArticleNew Missions
More new missions! It's been a while since I posted, but the game is still going strong with a new mission called Small Underground Colony. It's the same as "Underground Colony" but with a smaller...
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