If the space battles in Ephemeris remind you of Homeworld, that’s no coincidence. But the space strategy game wants to go much further in terms of realism.
If only game development were free: We would live in a land of milk and honey. But small studios and indie developers in particular are always fighting to finance their dream projects. In Ephemeris’ case, that dream is now in jeopardy unless something happens quickly.
Battlefields with movement in all three dimensions and believable inertial movements and destruction effects are intended the project based on Homeworld distinguish. Between the real-time battles with full tactical control, there is also a 4X strategy part on a 2D map.
GameStar has already seen Ephemeris and attested to his great potential:
But due to a lack of funding and a tough crowdfunding campaign, the future of the project is uncertain. It’s “only” about 30,000 dollars.
The clock is ticking
Runs for 19 days the crowdfunding campaign for Ephemeris on Indiegogo still. So far are 22 percent of the necessary funding amount raised through donations from private individuals. This corresponds to around 6,700 dollars. However, none of this ends up with the developer unless the full target of 30,000 dollars is reached.
Developer studio Yrdvaab from Finland still has until November 29th to raise the rest of the money, otherwise the campaign will fail. Then, according to chief developer Tuomas Pöyhtäri, who takes over programming and design single-handedly, it will be difficult to continue the project. Because crowdfunding is “very important” to you Release in 2025 to ensure.
Between November 5th and 10th Around 1,300 dollars were added. But if other interested parties don’t open their wallets for ephemera soon, the goal could become difficult to achieve. The game pushes a lot of buttons for science fiction fans, including in the editorial team:
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Huge spaceships, small fighters: Homeworld heir Ephemeris shows a big battle
An ambitious project
The Ephemeris developer likes to describe his game, which he has been working on for four years now, as Total War in Space. The mix of real-time battles and turn-based strategy in the style of Master of Orion should motivate you every time you start the game.
Ephemeris uses the standards of the 4X genre. Similar to Stellaris, you choose a race at the start of the game or create your own. Then you research, colonize planets and build buildings and spaceships. Eventually you will meet other civilizations and interact with them through diplomatic or military means until you dominion over the galaxy have taken over.
Yrdvaab has been looking for a publisher for a long time for the project. The Indiegogo campaign was necessary because fundraising via Kickstarter is not permitted under Finnish law, according to the developers.
