
Fan made web StarCraft game, Ashfall. Big update!
Two weeks ago, sad that the next StarCraft won’t come until 2030, I half-jokingly made the mini-game those mobile ads promise and never deliver, and posted it here (https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/1wqdabw/). The feedback was really positive!
I’ve pushed a bunch of small updates since then, and this one is a big one, so I wanted to share it: a new commander, Artanis, a new companion, Wildcard, and a lot more endgame stuff. If you played it last time, it’s pretty much a new game.
Then something I really didn’t see coming: it somehow got really popular in China (for a few days). Over a million runs, and over half a million people played it there, in two weeks. I’d love to say that’s all the game, but honestly it hit a critical combo: it launched right before Golden Week, and StarCraft is a generational IP.
The part that made me happiest was reading some of the comments. A bunch of people played StarCraft for the first time through this, and now they want to play the actual StarCraft. Some asked why the mutators make the Zerg stronger. That made me really happy.
Also, before the "Artanis DLC" release, I made a mock trailer to poke a bit of fun at Blizzard. If you’re gonna copy Blizzard, you might as well copy the whole package, right?
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVDao71LC7A
Game link (works for mobile and web): https://starcraft-shooter-2026.pages.dev/
Feedback always welcome! And thanks so much for all the emails and comments. Some I haven’t answered yet, sorry about that. I’ll get back to you.