Wishlist Sanctuary Shattered Sun
Command vast armies across the surface of a star-encompassing Dyson Sphere in this next-gen RTS. Shatter the map itself with superweapons, freeze oceans to create new invasion routes, and control hundreds of units in your quest to dominate humanity's greatest megastructure.
Sanctuary is building something most RTS games avoid: a mode where your battles connect to something bigger. Warfront takes the Galactic War concept from other strategy games and wraps it around a Dyson Sphere conquest system. Players pick factions, fight for nodes, and watch weeks of battles reshape a persistent map. The pitch sounds familiar until you dig into the mechanics. The territory control system here has depth that most games skip. How the War Machine Works Warfront drops players...
The fourth Sanctuary: Shattered Sun Developer Q&A delivers the most comprehensive update yet. Producer Mike (nine2) and community manager Al cover mod support, post-launch content plans, and the true scale of game-ending T5 units. Mike also explains his two-month absence from previous sessions. This episode contains more concrete information about Sanctuary’s future than any previous developer communication. You can watch the full Q&A below, or read on for the TL:DW version: Warfront: Persistent Faction Combat Sanctuary’s post-launch Warfront mode represents...
This series shows the progress of a small Guard force against a Chosen base. T2 Fast Attack Units and T3 Tanks move in against a relatively undefended position. These also show the transition between temperate zones and frozen areas on the same map, with green pines giving way to frost covered conifers. Would you like to see more? Check back next Saturday! Question for the community: Would you rather play a slow-building economy faction or a fast-hitting aggressive one?...
Sanctuary: Shattered Sun skips Steam Workshop entirely. The developers are building their own mod client from the ground up, and they have good reasons for it. Steam Workshop doesn’t give developers file control. When players can edit unit stats locally through Workshop mods, multiplayer breaks, desyncs happen and exploits emerge. Games fall apart because one player’s modded point defence cannon does different damage than everyone else’s. Workshop lacks the infrastructure to prevent this mess. Sanctuary’s custom launcher solves these problems....
Screenshot Saturday greetings. Watch as Chosen T3 tanks clash with resilient EDA forces in this intense combat sequence. These T3 units will serve as the backbone of midgame offensive operations. More screenshots await next weekend. Community question: Given the opportunity to name a unit in Sanctuary, what would your choice be?...
It could very well be deemed the spiritual successor to the games we created at Gas Powered Games.
~ Chris Taylor, creator of Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander
Sanctuary: Shattered Sun promises to command vast armies across the surface of a star-encompassing Dyson Sphere, and its T5 units represent the logical extreme of that scale. As the developers put it: You should see those soon […] They absolutely crush, absolutely just decimate everything. They can walk through a base. They’re about the same width as six factories. They’re absolutely titanic and if you build one you win. These Gigabots abandon any pretence of subtlety. They exist for one...
To the uninitiated, EDA looked like the tutorial faction. Standard RTS fare. Human-centric units, tanks, conventional weapons. Clean lines. Think GDI from Command & Conquer, the UEF from Supreme Commander, or Terrans from StarCraft. The obvious pick for players who wanted something familiar while they learned the game. That’s over. In the last Developer Q&A, Sanctuary Producer nine2 revealed how EDA is becoming something scrappier and more vicious. They’re not a professional military anymore. The design philosophy changed. Now their...
Saturday greetings! This sequence captures an EDA base weathering an assault – until T3 Tanks emerge to drive back the attackers. Next week brings another visual update. Community question: How much does asymmetrical faction design matter to your RTS experience?...
Part two of our screenshot showcase series. Watch the intricate Chosen Land Factory channel energy streams to forge a new T3 Tank, captured in exquisite detail. The final image zooms in on the operational core of a Chosen shield generator. We’ve invested significant effort ensuring each faction’s visual design authentically represents their core philosophy. More screenshots coming next week. Community question: What draws you in first when discovering a new RTS – the visual presentation, gameplay mechanics, or world-building?...
We’re launching a new weekly series featuring stunning screenshots from Sanctuary’s latest build. These beautiful captures, crafted by our talented nine2, showcase the visual splendor of Sanctuary – proving that giant mechs demolishing everything in sight can indeed be breathtaking. Every Saturday for the coming weeks, we’ll unveil fresh gameplay...
The public demo for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun isn’t launching yet. It’s been delayed. If you’ve been following the project for a while, that probably won’t come as a huge shock, but it’s still worth going over why it’s happening and what it means for the game. The short version: the...
The latest Sanctuary Q&A is now live. Al sits down with Mike (aka nine2) to talk through the current state of the game, including where we’re at with the Kickstarter, what’s happening with the demo, and what T5 megabots might do to your base if you’re not paying attention. There’s...
With Sanctuary: Shattered Sun steadily progressing toward release, content creator TheDuelist has taken an in-depth look at the latest pre-alpha build. In his latest video, he explores the current state of the game, analysing gameplay mechanics, technical advancements, and how it stacks up against Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Forever and...
What is Sanctuary Shattered Sun? Sanctuary: Shattered Sun is a large-scale RTS that blends deep strategy with stunning visuals. Set in a post-collapse future, three factions battle for control of Sanctuary, a massive Dyson Sphere built by humanity to ensure survival. Now, war has erupted over its remains. This FAQ...
In the latest Sanctuary: Shattered Sun developer Q&A, community manager Al sat down with Mike (aka nine2) to discuss key aspects of the game’s development. This session covered technical advancements, AI improvements, lore development, and future plans. Here’s a breakdown of everything discussed. Networking & Performance: Tackling Lag and Desyncs...
Continuing our series of Q&A sessions with nine2, the second episode has just dropped on Patreon and will be live on YouTube later this week. The video covers: Head on over to Patreon and sign up to watch it now, or be patient and wait for the weekend. Want to...
(The irony of using an AI generated featured image is not lost on me) The subject of AI in art has been a hot potato recently. It’s a growing debate with proponents on each side of the divide arguing over ethics, creativity, and the impact on human artists. Some see...
The latest developer update for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun is packed with new details about the game’s progress, unit design, funding decisions, and future plans. Here’s a closer look at what was covered. New Content Showcase The team has been refining Sanctuary’s visuals and mechanics, with a focus on: Funding &...
For those of you who prefer to digest information via the written word, here’s a breakdown of what appears in the most recent developer Q&A for Sanctuary Shattered Sun. As one of the community managers for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun, I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Mike, better...
The Sanctuary: Shattered Sun community has been eager for updates, and I recently had the chance to sit down with Mike “nine2”, the game’s lead developer, to discuss key details about development, AI, the Kickstarter roadmap, and the future of RTS gaming. The video has been pre-released over on Patreon...
The story of Sanctuary: Shattered Sun is one of vision, collaboration, and sheer determination. From humble beginnings, this indie RTS has grown into a promising project that’s reigniting passion for the genre. The journey began with Mike, known as nine2 in the community, who was inspired by the legacy of...
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