Today, a new version of DRTS Game goes live. Time flies, the last release is already a year back. As I had more time to work on the game recently, I addressed the issues discovered in last years version. Today's release brings many improvements in the user interface, especially in the multiplaye…

Feedback on earlier versions showed that new players often had a hard time beating the bot at first. To fix this, I introduced easier levels of difficulty. These support a gradual progression to more challenging opponents.

When playing with a bot, you can now pick a difficulty level before s…

I just published the first release of Freemake.

You can test it at https://distilledgames.itch.io/freemake

So far, it is more a tech demo than a game, only allowing you to walk around the initial map design shown earlier.

Your chars current position is indicated by the black circle. …

This update of DRTS brings several improvements to the in-game interface.

You can play the newest version at https://play.drtsgame.com

Simpler Controls And Touch Screen Support

Controlling the game using a mouse does not anymore require using different mouse buttons. You …

Hi fellow strategy gamers, the April release of DRTS game is now live at https://play.drtsgame.com

Conversations

After adding support for playing with other people in the last release, this one adds support for communication between players. You can now exchange text messages with other…

The first implementation of DRTS came in form of a windows application. While the windows app did its job, I felt uncomfortable with the bottleneck resulting from depending on windows as a platform. To lower this barrier, I started developing a version to run in web-browsers. The web app has com…

Just released another version of DRTS.

You can play it at https://distilledgames.itch.io/distilled-rts 

Picking Maps

I improved the UI to preview maps before starting to play with bots. Now it is easier to find a map you like and see what you are getting into before starting the gam…

Today I released a new version of DRTS. You can play it now at https://distilledgames.itch.io/distilled-rts

The changes made since the last release are primarily about the tutorial and playing with bots.

Tutorial

Hugo Blanco recently helped me test the game. He patiently worked thro…

Following the plan from last week, I expanded the web port of the DRTS game.

You can play this new version at https://distilledgames.itch.io/distilled-rts

In the upper right corner of the screen, you will now find a button to access the main navigation, and from there, you can start new …