Hiding in Plain Sight
The area cloak field had the same blue sphere as a shield. Concealment now has a look of its own.
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Leaving LUPS Behind
Thruster flames, shields and shockwaves have all moved off a 2008 particle system and onto instanced GL4. Here is what that means and why it matters.
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Shields that React
SplinterFaction's shields have been rebuilt from the ground up. They ripple when hit, glow where they touch the world, strain as they run down, and collapse when they break.
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Three ways to queue EM Converters
Area-mex is fast, but it decides your builder's route for you — sometimes straight through danger. SplinterFaction gives you three quick ways to queue EM Converters that keep you in control of the path.
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The lore, and the campaign I didn't think I'd make
One people, one tragedy, and two answers to it that can't live side by side. Where SplinterFaction's story stands today, and the singleplayer campaign being built on top of it.
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Command, don't click: why SplinterFaction rewards thinking over APM
SplinterFaction is won by decisions about your army and your economy, not by how fast you can click. Here's the lineage behind that idea, and the controls that make every order count.
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I lost my Commander at Tier 1. The game let me stay in it.
In a 1v1 the Commander is the game. In a team game it's more interesting than that: you keep every tech level you had and can never gain another. Here's why that isn't fatal, and what we designed so it wouldn't be.
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Tweak mode: put the interface where your eyes already are
The Static GUI is a full custom widget suite with one visual language across every panel. Ctrl+F11 makes all of it draggable, and where you put things persists between sessions. Ten minutes on your first evening, worth real games.
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