Enigmata: Stellar War
Enigmata: Stellar War is a tower defense game with bullet hell mechanics and real time strategy aspects, unique for the tower defense genre [1][2][3]. The game had a popular reception in 2010 when first released [4]. Enigmata: Stellar War is the prequel to the three part Enigmata series. The series initially gained attention as a space shooter browser game, with the first game in the series being Enigmata created in 2009. The sequel Enigmata: Genu's Revenge was created in 2010, published under the Kongregate brand. The third and final game in the series, Enigmata: Stellar War was published on Kongregate in 2014 with positive reviews [2]. The video game was ported to mobile devices in 2018 [3][5]. The game story follows the three main protagonists, Genu, Neko, and Lyra, as they advance through the galaxy and come across opposition from the Allegiance which is run by Nikki and Villalobos [1].
Production[edit]
The Enigmata video game series was a solo-production by Roshan Gamage, with the first game in the series released for web browsers in 2009[3]. Enigmata (original) was a top-down space shooter game where the player takes control of a ship and destroys incoming enemies. This game was ported to popular browser gaming websites, such as Armor Games and Kongregate. Enigmata received a sequel, named Enigmata: Genu's Revenge, and was sponsored by Kongregate, and had over 1.6 million game plays. [6][7] Due to the increasing popularity of the tower defense genre, the developer created Enigmata: Stellar War, a prequel to the original Enigmata series. Production of the mobile version began soon after the release of the browser version. Gamage had created his own game engine for the browser which utilized CPU rendering for all graphics, which worked well for the web, but did not work well on mobile devices. He converted his game engine to work with Starling Framework, which also allowed higher resolution sprites and frame rates to 60 fps. Enigmata: Stellar War was released for Android and iOS in 2018.
Enigmata: Stellar War[edit]
Enigmata: Stellar war offered new gameplay mechanics in the Tower Defense genre. Unlike most tower defense games, you don't place your towers on predetermined spots, but you profit from free placement[3]. Enemy units can also come from any direction and have free movement. The game offers many different units and enemies with varying effects. One of the unique mechanics are evolutions, allowing units to take on a different form and become more powerful. [8]
The goal of Enigmata: Stellar War is to beat the main villain named Villalobos, which is only possible through a long journey through many sectors. The game story follows the three main protagonists, Genu, Neko, and Lyra, as they advance through the galaxy and come across opposition from the Allegiance which is run by Nikki and Villalobos [1].
Social Aspects[edit]
The development of the mobile port of Enigmata: Stellar War has been further improved by feedback received on the social platform, Discord_(software) Around the same time that the app was released on Android and iOS, developer, Roshan Gamage, had also opened a server to the public to discuss game ideas and general feedback on what everyone may desire as a feature. True to his word, Roshan Gamage has taken the feedback given to him and improved the game in many ways. The small community formed around the relaunch of the game on mobile as of April 2019, has grown to over 200 members. The development was also opened up for discussion on its forum.
Music[edit]
All the music for the game was created by Roshan Gamage's sister, Mia Lolita, who also produced the soundtrack for the original Adobe Flash version, and the soundtrack for the original Enigmata game. The songs were created independently of Enigmata: Stellar War, but the theme of her songs fit well with the game and eventually became the official soundtrack for the game [9].
Reception[edit]
In 2014 the game gained popularity, with over 2.7 million game plays[10][4]. The game has had favorable reviews from 4.5 to 5 out of 5 on Armor Games, Kongregate, iTunes App Store, and Google Play [4][5][11][10]. Enigmata: Stellar War ranked #9 for top Tower Defense games on Armor Games[12]. The game continued to be played by an active community of players, who have created their own wiki for the game.
About the Developer[edit]
Roshan Gamage has been developing Adobe Flash games since he was 12, some of these games can be found on Newgrounds[13]. He started working on the Enigmata series during his time in college, as he was studying Biology at the University of La Verne, with the goal of getting into medical school. Enigmata: Stellar War was released as a browser based game on Kongregate during Gamage's senior year of college. The year after his graduation, Gamage worked as a biology laboratory assistant at the University of La Verne, and continued work on the mobile version. Gamage had started a Kickstarter to fund the game's development, however it did not reach its goal [14]. Gamage started medical school in 2015, during his fourth year of medical school, Gamage was able to complete development of the mobile version of Enigmata: Stellar War mobile in 2018.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sharma, Jaya (May 10, 2019). "Enigmata: Stellar War is an innovative mix of tower defense, RTS, and bullet-hell". Droid Gamers. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alextfish. "Enigmata: Stellar War - Walkthrough, Tips, Review". Jay is games. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Wilson, Glenn (May 10, 2019). "Enigmata: Stellar War is Tower Defense Meets Bullet-Hell". GameZebo. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Enigmata: Stellar War". Kongregate. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Stellar War". App Store. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ "Enigmata 2: Genu's Revenge". Kongregate. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ "Enigmata Genus Revenge - Play on Armor Games". Armor Games. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ SL, Uptodown Technologies. "Enigmata: Stellar War 1.1.60 for Android - Download". enigmata-stellar-war.en.uptodown.com. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ↑ "Gimme a crunk beat - Arts & Culture - Arts&Culture - August 7, 2014". Sacramento News & Review. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Enigmata Stellar War - Play on Armor Games". Armor Games. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ "Enigmata: Stellar War - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ "Top 10 Tower Defense Games". Armor Games. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ↑ "Kidgamez". Newgrounds.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ↑ "Stellar War for Mobile Devices". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
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