Software:Neptune's Pride
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| Developer(s) | Iron Helmet Games |
| Publisher(s) | Iron Helmet Games |
| Designer(s) | Jay Kyburz[1] |
| Series | Neptune's Pride |
| Engine | App Engine |
| Platform(s) | Browser game |
| Release | 2010 |
| Genre(s) | 4X space trading and combat game |
| Mode(s) | Multi-player |
Neptune's Pride is a 2010 browser-based 4X video game, created by Australian studio Iron Helmet Games.[2]
Production
Neptune's Pride was partially designed by Penny Sweetser, whose doctoral thesis focused on emergent play as a design strategy.[3]
Gameplay
Players can produce, research, explore, and colonize star systems. The goal of the game is to capture a specified percentage of all total stars; a game can last for up to a month, or even longer, with events progressing in real time, even when players are logged out.[4] Diplomacy is an important part of the game, with alliance-building and betrayal of allies playing a major role.[5][6]
Reception
PC Gamer UK named Neptune's Pride as Webgame of the Year.[7]
In 2011, it was listed in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.[8]
References
- ↑ "Neptune's Pride: Hardcore Strategy Without Hard Work". January 11, 2010. https://www.cinemablend.com/games/Neptune-Pride-Hardcore-Strategy-Hard-Work-22173.html.
- ↑ Priestman, Chris (15 October 2015). "'A brawl and a race': Designing for the long game in Subterfuge". https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/255998/A_brawl_and_a_race_Designing_for_the_long_game_in_Subterfuge.php.
- ↑ MacCallum-Stewart, Esther (June 13, 2014). Online Games, Social Narratives. Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 9781317652236. https://books.google.com/books?id=yZjOAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Neptune%27s+Pride%22&pg=PA48.
- ↑ "The Price of Neptune's Pride". https://bit-tech.net/reviews/gaming/pc/the-price-of-neptune-s-pride/1/.
- ↑ "Improving on the promise of Master of Orion". 15 July 2015. https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AndreasPapathanasis/20150715/248581/Improving_on_the_promise_of_Master_of_Orion.php.
- ↑ Smith, Quintin (12 February 2010). "Analysis: The Icy Grandeur of Neptune's Pride". https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/118101/Analysis_The_Icy_Grandeur_of_Neptunes_Pride.php.
- ↑ "Webgame of the Year - photographic image" (JPG). http://www.ironhelmet.com/images/pcg.jpg.
- ↑ Mott, Tony (December 5, 2011). 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die: You Must Play Before You Die. Octopus. ISBN 9781844037155. https://books.google.com/books?id=olpPoAswgHoC&q=%22neptune%27s+pride%22+1001.
External links
- Official website
- {{Metacritic video game}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
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