Birth of the Empires
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About this game
Birth of the Empires (also known as BotE) is a turn-based 4X strategy game set in space in the style of classics such as Microprose's Master of Orion 2 or ST: Birth of the Federation. By choosing one of six major races aim is to gain control and supremacy over a part of the galaxy, either by diplomatic or military means. Further victory conditions are available at game start.
Earth, 2121: Spaceflight coming nearer and the third world war was long in the past, the future looks bright again for mankind. The whole universe with all its fascinating worlds, lifeforms, species and anomalies lies ahead of each brave man and woman aboard their starships eager to find new life, a new home and contact to whatever civilization there may be outside Earth system, to explore the unexplored, to encounter the unencountered.
Take command of one race during the beginning stages of their empire, but beware, there is more than one way leading to victory and each time, mastering it will be different. It will likely change and you are challenged to keep the balance within the galaxy quadrant or seize galactic power for your race and thereby establish your own "balance" in the galaxy!
Android port based on the original Birth of the Empires which can be found here:
http://www.birth-of-the-empires.de.
http://www.forum.birth-of-the-empires.de.
Source code can be found here:
https://bitbucket.org/sarkanyi/bote-libgdx
Credits for the game and assets:
https://bitbucket.org/sarkanyi/bote-libgdx/src/0da681e83f451dd428ecdc46adb96494943ce8a6/android/assets/data/other/credits.txt?at=master
A tutorial video is planned, the first version can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPUyuJFnNJ0
A video with commentary is also planned. Until then consult this short FAQ:
https://bitbucket.org/sarkanyi/bote-libgdx/src/fb14967a77f48ba61809624bc52531e14e0013ae/faq.txt?at=master&fileviewer=file-view-default
I will update it as soon as questions arise.
WARNING: For best experience at least a 6" screen is recommended, else fonts and buttons might be too small.
WARNING #2: There is a new Option called "Enable Preload". If you had no issues before version 0.6.19 then you can safely enable it to make the UI snappier. If you had issues then DON'T enable it.
If you have enabled it by accident and your game doesn't starts please go into the device's Settings-Application Manager-Birth of the Empires and tap "Clear Data" and "Clear Cache". This will unfortunately also delete your savegames.
You can from now on follow me on Twitter @blotunga and if you're interested read my developer blog at https://blotunga.wordpress.com/
Earth, 2121: Spaceflight coming nearer and the third world war was long in the past, the future looks bright again for mankind. The whole universe with all its fascinating worlds, lifeforms, species and anomalies lies ahead of each brave man and woman aboard their starships eager to find new life, a new home and contact to whatever civilization there may be outside Earth system, to explore the unexplored, to encounter the unencountered.
Take command of one race during the beginning stages of their empire, but beware, there is more than one way leading to victory and each time, mastering it will be different. It will likely change and you are challenged to keep the balance within the galaxy quadrant or seize galactic power for your race and thereby establish your own "balance" in the galaxy!
Android port based on the original Birth of the Empires which can be found here:
http://www.birth-of-the-empires.de.
http://www.forum.birth-of-the-empires.de.
Source code can be found here:
https://bitbucket.org/sarkanyi/bote-libgdx
Credits for the game and assets:
https://bitbucket.org/sarkanyi/bote-libgdx/src/0da681e83f451dd428ecdc46adb96494943ce8a6/android/assets/data/other/credits.txt?at=master
A tutorial video is planned, the first version can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPUyuJFnNJ0
A video with commentary is also planned. Until then consult this short FAQ:
https://bitbucket.org/sarkanyi/bote-libgdx/src/fb14967a77f48ba61809624bc52531e14e0013ae/faq.txt?at=master&fileviewer=file-view-default
I will update it as soon as questions arise.
WARNING: For best experience at least a 6" screen is recommended, else fonts and buttons might be too small.
WARNING #2: There is a new Option called "Enable Preload". If you had no issues before version 0.6.19 then you can safely enable it to make the UI snappier. If you had issues then DON'T enable it.
If you have enabled it by accident and your game doesn't starts please go into the device's Settings-Application Manager-Birth of the Empires and tap "Clear Data" and "Clear Cache". This will unfortunately also delete your savegames.
You can from now on follow me on Twitter @blotunga and if you're interested read my developer blog at https://blotunga.wordpress.com/
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Ratings and reviews
4.1
1.86K reviews
David Bierbaum
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March 15, 2021
The fact that this game is completely free without even any micro transactions or annoying ads is amazing! It has a bit of a learning curve due to the in depth game play and weak tutorials but I picked it up faster than expected. The Intel system is tricky and can easily cost you the game if you don't play right, but it certainly is not "broken" as some reviews suggest. After I lost a few games I figured it out. Just get around 10 Intel buildings per system as early as possible. I'm addicted!
57 people found this review helpful
A Google user
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December 27, 2018
This game is almost a lot of fun, if it weren't for the Espionage/Sabotage stuff. The AI abuses it ridiculously and you can go from having a very powerful empire to a starving collection of planets very quickly. Make there an option to play without the Intel aspect of the game and this could actually be fun...until then, this will remain uninstalled. Also, y'all could monetize this with only 1 advert every 10 turns and I'd keep playing (after you fix the Intel problem)
30 people found this review helpful
A Google user
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April 10, 2019
I like this game because it plays out a lot like MoOIII which, at the time, was seen as an over-complicated sequel to a great turn-based strategy game(and loved the ship customization). I didn't mind the micro vs. macro management style of MoOIII and appreciated the story within the story, as does this incarnation maintain; the game within the game.
23 people found this review helpful
What's new
For changes: https://bitbucket.org/sarkanyi/bote-libgdx/raw/master/CHANGES
Tutorial! Tap on the yellow question marks.
Tooltips! Hold finger on the research item and after the tooltip is shown, drag it away without lifting it to read what buildings/ships will be unlocked by the next level.
Ships, research, races, sectors, suns, planets, troops all have tooltips now.
Google Drive integration may have bugs, check files on your drive before deleting them from your device.
Tutorial! Tap on the yellow question marks.
Tooltips! Hold finger on the research item and after the tooltip is shown, drag it away without lifting it to read what buildings/ships will be unlocked by the next level.
Ships, research, races, sectors, suns, planets, troops all have tooltips now.
Google Drive integration may have bugs, check files on your drive before deleting them from your device.
