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[GDC 2015] AD 2460 is a space strategy HTML5 browser game playable on Android devices

Written by AndrewH

While GDC 2015 is generally concerning the newly released or upcoming titles developers wish to show off, AD 2460 is a little different. Farmville was built entirely out of Javascript and HTML5 and was really released a couple of months ago. Since the game is developed using HTML5, it scales to pretty much any device with a browser including your Android phone or tablet. Mind you we recommend utilizing a tablet as it supplies a bit more space to have everything in front of you.

AD 2460 is a space strategy game much less dissimilar with other RTS types of games. Players end up with their own planet that they need to build structures on to be able to progress with technological research, gathering resources, not to mention, building a fleet to spaceships and military to be able to protect yourself with or attack others. The difference between this game and also the other RTS titles available for browser gamers, in addition to Android gamers, may be the quantity of depth AD 2460 goes into in addition to how nice it looks for any browser game.

Combat is squad-based so you will be delivering your fleet of ships to battle enemies and other players when you really need to do this. Everything happens right there in real-time too. So you can watch as your fleet attacks, and hopefully destroys, your enemy’s number of ships. Between battles you will be managing resources, trade, military expansion, researching new technology and upgrades, and so forth. All of this is performed through the menu system in AD 2460 which appears like something you would find in a spaceship itself.

Another aspect about this game is the fact that for an HTML 5/Javascript title, flipping through the menus and doing actions, whatever those might be, happen all on a single page. There isn’t any loading new pages or flipping between pages to, as an example, build a quantity of new spaceships then change to the researching menus to decide what new tech to review and unlock. It all happens immediately there is no loading times that you would normally find related to loading up new web pages. Quite simply the game plays just as although it would be a game placed on your Android tablet, except you’re playing it in a browser. It even has real-time chat for global talk, talk isolated to nearby sectors, and Alliance-only chatter.

For those of you thinking about looking at AD 2460, a good option to do that may be the game’s official website. Go figure right? Concerning isn’t anything to install, playing the sport is a simple task of just registering with play it. It isn’t a totally free game to play though. Diving into AD 2460 can cost you a regular monthly fee.

Official Website: AD 2460