r/RealTimeStrategy

Hey everyone! We’ve added a map builder to Petalwar, our RTS, and wanted to share it here.

You can start with a blank meadow, edit an existing map, or generate a random layout and make it your own. Place bases and resources, draw lakes, add rivers and bridges, and build around mesas or islands. There are symmetry tools for 2–8 players if you want to keep the starting positions balanced.

Then you can take your map into the game, play against the AI or host a match with friends, and share it for other players to download. We’ve also added an in-game editor with a Test play button so you can try changes as you go.

The browser builder is here: https://petalwar.com/map-builder

You’ll need Petalwar 0.5.30 or newer to play maps made with it.

Would love to see what people make. When you build an RTS map, do you go for a balanced competitive layout, or something a bit ridiculous to play with friends?

I’ve been working on the marketplace for Wars of Empire.

Instead of treating it as a single isolated building, I wanted it to feel like a small trading district that grows around a central structure, with stalls, awnings, goods, barrels, and different merchants filling the surrounding space.

The goal is to make important economic buildings visually communicate what they actually do, even when you’re looking at the city from a distance.

This is the current version.

Does this read clearly as a marketplace at RTS scale, or does the surrounding detail feel too busy?

Wars of Empire is currently in development and available to wishlist on Steam!

"Antopolis", the most ambitious ant sim in the world, has released its demo!

We'd be honored if you could try the demo- https://store.steampowered.com/app/4910350/Antopolis_The_Ant_Colony_Simulator/

• Nuptial flight
• Custom nest building
• Pheromone trail-based foraging
• Rival ant colonies
• Day/night and weather cycles
• Large complex world
• Humans you can fight

Most the game was built by a solo dev, Emily, as her passion project for years. We'd love to hear any feedback!

Hey everyone, I'm the developer of Steel Tide, an RTS inspired by the Rusted Warfare I grew up playing.

The basic loop will feel familiar: you start with engineers, metal deposits and a power grid. Army composition matters: artillery needs protection, submarines need sonar to find them, and rocket barrages have to get through point defenses.

• Cross-platform PvP. Desktop, phone, tablet and browser players can join the same matches. You can also host your own dedicated server.
• Terrain and weather that affect the fight. Towns channel vehicles through streets, buildings can be destroyed, and high ground matters. Rain reduces visibility, snow slows ground movement, and night gives reconnaissance and radar more work to do.
• Research and specialist units. Doctrines, active abilities, veterancy, amphibious vehicles, transport aircraft, EMP strikes and nuclear weapons.
• Single-player modes. A nine-mission campaign plus Conquest and Breakthrough against AI.
• Maps and mods. A scenario editor, generated and community maps, and an in-game mod browser.

The full game is free to play in your browser, with no account required: Play Steel Tide

Store versions are paid once. There are no ads or in-app purchases. Downloads, the wiki and more details are on the official website.

If you try it, I’d love to hear your feedbacks.