Build an empire by colonising and conquering planets

Jan 17, 2006 15:54 GMT  ·  By

After two years of development, Galactica - the space conquest game by Blue Gecko Entertainment has reached the Gold stage.

Galactica evolved out of Web Space Alliance, and was developed by independent game company Blue Gecko Entertainment.

The game challenges players to build an empire by colonizing and conquering thousands of planets with hundreds of competing players.

The fully developed game focuses on the expansion of empires rather than planet building.

Features include: - Fleet management, waypoints, fleet battles, invasions and orbital bombing. - Planet management, resources, defenses, buildings, population and shipyards. - Research - Mining, defenses, propulsion, weapons, spying etc. - Diplomacy - alliances, pacts and in game chat, messages. - Different planet types, ship types, research options - Fleets/Ships are managed via the mouse point and click in the game client.