Pixel Starships – Kickstarter Staff Picks MMO Strategy RPG

Indie development studio SavySoda recently brought their upcoming MMO game Pixel Starships to Kickstarter, where it quickly became a Staff Pick.

to Kickstarter, where it quickly became a Staff Pick. The game is a starship management game set in an 8-bit universe, which is a global first for massive multiplayer online gaming.

Pixel Starships draws its inspiration from many classic and contemporary spaceship strategy games, such as Home World and XCom , and uses a gameplay style that will seem familiar to FTL players. The game’s features include granting players the ability to build their own starships, and staff using many of the different races and aliens available. Players will also manage diplomacy, trade, recruitment, research, and exploration missions, as well as handling the ship’s power and limited resources during and between battles. Players can even issue situational commands for the ship and crew to follow, allowing for automatic combat and offline play.

SavySoda seeks to develop a well-balanced system for Pixel Starships , allowing for in-app currency and Kickstarter rewards that let players speed up ship development and grant access to unique designs, but not provide excess power ups. Pixel Starships ’ Kickstarter campaignwill end on June 25, where they will have to reach a pledged amount of $20,000 AUD ($15,647 US) in order to successfully fund the project. If successful, the game will be developed for iPhone and iPad first, with a PC version soon to follow. For more information, gamers can follow the team’s progress on Twitteror like the game on Facebook.