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Airships: Conquer the Skies

Zarkonnen | Early Access 2014

A real-time strategy game where you design airships and then fight with them. The aim is to have pretty chaotic explodey fights and interesting ship design choices.

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The many different things you can fire from a cannon

Oct 31 2015 Feature 1 comment

Smashing, slicing, exploding and burning your enemies - a quick history of things shot from cannons.

Mod Example: Imperial Cannon

Nov 12 2014 Feature

In this second instalment of the Airships modding guide, I'll give you an explanation of how mods can override existing game functionality, and walk you...

Modding Setup

Aug 5 2014 Feature 2 comments

Want to make mods for Airships? Here's how to set everything up properly.

Monday Night Indie - 28th July

Jul 28 2014 Feature

Come get your weekly shot of indie gaming goodness with Monday Night Indie, featuring talks with the developers, giveaways & more!

On Suspendium

Jul 19 2014 Feature 2 comments

A big backgrounder on the crystals that keep the airships flying.

Small ships are fun

Jul 13 2014 Feature

Since the introduction of small modules in dev2, you can make some pretty small airships. Now air leviathans are impressive, but the manoeuvrability of...

Explaining the Fleet Reserve

Jun 18 2014 Feature

Explaining why the game may put some of your ships into an inactive reserve.

Dev Blog: The Coming of the UniScreen

May 17 2014 Feature 1 comment

Or: How I componentised the Airships UI to reduce technical debt.

Dev Blog: Taming Garbage Collection to Prevent Stutter

Apr 23 2014 Feature

An in-depth post on how I made Airships run more smoothly with careful memory management.

The Making of the Airships Logo

Apr 16 2014 Feature 2 comments

How I assembled the logo using GIMP and many many layers.

Airship Design Advice

Apr 8 2014 Feature

The basics of sound airship construction, to tide you over while I work on the next release.

Lighter-than-air

Jan 13 2014 Feature 1 comment

The airships in my game are held aloft by Suspendium, a made-up crystal that when electrically charged pulls against gravity (or something). That's partially...

Risks

Dec 27 2013 Feature

A risk assessment for Airships - let's think about how the game might fail.

Heraldry

Dec 5 2013 Feature

I always thought it'd be cool to be able to create your own coat of arms in a game. With Airships, this makes a fair amount of sense, as you play as one...