Cortex Command
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Game Description
A project over eleven years in the making, Cortex Command has rich 2D pixel graphics coupled with an extremely detailed physics engine, which allows for highly replayable and emergent real-time action. There is also a turn-based strategic campaign mode which ties the tactical fights together, featuring persistent terrains that will accumulate the battle scars, debris, and bunker ruins through your entire campaign.Choose from several unique technology factions, each featuring their own sets of expendable soldier bodies, mechas, weapons, tools, and landing craft. Protect your brain, mine the gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!
Key Features:
- Fully destructible environments - The gold you need to excavate is sprinkled throughout the terrain of each scene. Use special digging tools to blast your way into the dirt and debris. All the pieces of bodies and ships from your struggles will fall to the ground and permanently add to the battlefield. Get more powerful (and expensive) diggers and you can even tunnel into your enemies' bunkers from below!
- Strategic metagame campaign – The intense, real-time tactical battles are put in a greater strategic context in the Campaign mode, thus giving each battle meaning and consequence. The gold-rich terrains on the planet and the defensive bunkers you build to defend them are persistent from fight to fight. This means there will be layers of debris, bunker ruins, tunnels, and corpses piled up in layers, telling the history of each place throughout each campaign played.
- In-game buying menu - At any time and place during the game, bring up a powerful menu to order new bodies and equipment, all delivered at the location and by the transport ship of your choosing. Rockets are cheaper but unreliable and harder to land. Drop ships are far more expensive but can quickly deploy entire groups of puppets onto difficult terrain. Ships and equipment returned to the TradeStar are refunded to your account.
- Build your own bunker - At the start of most missions, you are able to take your time and build your own command bunker from scratch. Easily design twisting tunnels and place doors, traps, and turrets to thwart your enemies' intrusions! Pre-deploy and equip bodies in and around your installation to prepare yourself for your objectives. Don't spend too much though, or you won't have enough funds left when the mission starts!
- Four-player cooperative and/or versus multiplayer - Gather your friends and plug in those game controllers! Play skirmish or campaign missions with or against up to three of your buddies. 2 vs 2, 1 vs. 3, 4 vs. the CPU - it's up to you! (rhyme intended). Flexible control settings allow you to use the keyboard, keyboard + mouse, or any generic game controller you can find and plug in.
- Built-in editors and modding - Several in-game editors allow you to easily create your own stuff. The game's engine is built to make it very simple to modify and add your own content. Design your own missions, guys, ships, weapons, tools, bombs, and shields - and easily share them with your friends. Join and download some fantastic mods from the community at the Data Realms Fan Forums.
Announcements
Build 30 OSX is out - finally!
Sorry for the delay, dear Mac folks – the Build 30 update of CC finally dropped after yet another round of heroic efforts by our porting guru Chris Kruger (pictured above)! It’s on Steam right now
PPO EA Build 3: In-game CHAT, Performance, Discord
It's been really cool seeing people have so much fun with the various game modes since launch - and it's a blast to be joining you from time to time too! PERFORMANCE We have also been working hard
CC Build 32 COMING THIS WEEKEND - and only $2.99 NOW
Once again, just as you thought we'd given up on Cortex Command, Evgeniy “Weegee” Vigovskiy, Jesús “GranPC” Higueras Pica, and Chris "Montdidier" Kruger bring you a juicy update for the holidays! T
Free For a Limited Time - Cortex Command
Get Cortex Command Free for a Limited Time!*Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cor
Cortex Command is going OPEN SOURCE - and gets LAN multiplayer in B33
(image by Arne and community member MaximDude) It's a monumental day for Data Realms.. Not only are we launching our first online multiplayer game today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/101304
Cortex Command FREE + get 25% OFF our NEW game Planetoid Pioneers, launching on Thursday!
Folks, it's an exciting time over here at Data Realms. Next week we are launching our NEW game, Planetoid Pioneers - which is actually a prequel to Cortex Command! In celebration of that, we are
Cortex Command Build 30 is OUT: Workshop!
The first update in over a year, Cortex Command Build 30 is out, and it's MASSIVE. Visit the official site for the details on this game-changing revision.
Cortex Command Build 30 is OUT: Workshop!
The first update in over a year, Cortex Command Build 30 is out, and it's MASSIVE. Visit the official site for the details on this game-changing revision.
Planetoid Pioneers is LAUNCHED, and 25% OFF
Ladies and gentlemen, this craft taking off today has been over eight years in the making... Powered by a world-class 2D physics engine, a unique and modular game design on top, massive and varied
Cortex Command Build 31 released: NO MORE OBJECT LIMITS
Evgeniy “Weegee” Vigovskiy Stefan “Abdul” Winberg Ken “CaveCricket48″ Vu Do & Jesús “GranPC” Higueras Pica bring you a MASSIVE update (on Steam right now, Humble shortly): Major features:THE MOID
Cortex Command FREE + get 25% OFF our NEW game Planetoid Pioneers, launching on Thursday!
Folks, it's an exciting time over here at Data Realms. Next week we are launching our NEW game, Planetoid Pioneers - which is actually a prequel to Cortex Command! In celebration of that, we are
CC Build 32 COMING THIS WEEKEND - and only $2.99 NOW
Once again, just as you thought we'd given up on Cortex Command, Evgeniy “Weegee” Vigovskiy, Jesús “GranPC” Higueras Pica, and Chris "Montdidier" Kruger bring you a juicy update for the holidays! T
Cortex Command Build 31 released: NO MORE OBJECT LIMITS
Evgeniy “Weegee” Vigovskiy Stefan “Abdul” Winberg Ken “CaveCricket48″ Vu Do & Jesús “GranPC” Higueras Pica bring you a MASSIVE update (on Steam right now, Humble shortly): Major features:THE MOID
Planetoid Pioneers Online is FREE THIS WEEKEND!
Well folks, it's been a decade-long journey here, but today we launch our first internet-multiplayer game, built with our own Crush2D networked physics game engine: https://store.steampowered.com/
Presenting Planetoid Pioneers ONLINE - launching THIS WEEK!
This month marks exactly TEN years since we started building the Crush2D game engine, which now finally also supports networking with perfect sync the super detailed game-affecting physics on up to f
Cortex Command Build 32, the Performance Update is HERE
Your wait is over: both for this fresh build of your old faithful game, and also for the next frames in the heat of the fiercest battle! Don't wait to get a copy for yourself or a friend, since the
Build 30 OSX is out - finally!
Sorry for the delay, dear Mac folks – the Build 30 update of CC finally dropped after yet another round of heroic efforts by our porting guru Chris Kruger (pictured above)! It’s on Steam right now
Last Chance: Planetoid Pioneers Online for 50% OFF!
A heads up that the launch discount for Planetoid Pioneers Online expires in only a few hours, so if you had fun playing it for free last weekend, you might want to jump on it now: https://store.st
Planetoid Pioneers is LAUNCHED, and 25% OFF
Ladies and gentlemen, this craft taking off today has been over eight years in the making... Powered by a world-class 2D physics engine, a unique and modular game design on top, massive and varied
Cortex Command Build 32, the Performance Update is HERE
Your wait is over: both for this fresh build of your old faithful game, and also for the next frames in the heat of the fiercest battle! Don't wait to get a copy for yourself or a friend, since the
