In Nuclear Dawn, commanders are elected players whose task it is to manage and develop their faction’s war machine, from the home base to the outposts that guard important strategic elements, down to the supply routes that deliver key equipment to the troops in the field.

In order to carry out their tasks efficiently, they have at their disposal a wide range of different building types and structures, each of which can be upgraded in various ways, or powered up with special annexes that extend base functionality, to better bring pain to their enemies. For peace, of course.

Without a doubt, the most important building in a faction’s base is the Bunker. Heavily armoured and connected with flying nano cameras that give the a floating bird’s eye view of the battlefield, the Bunker is the one building that cannot be replaced or built anywhere else, which makes it the primary goal of every Nuclear Dawn battle.

During the design and pre-production phases of Nuclear Dawn, a lot of care went into distilling the essence of strategy games, the real time kind, and ensuring that we would be presenting players with an experience that would allow them to focus on the tactical possibilities of building outposts and bases, without getting lost in the impulse of dumping a billion building options on them.

In the frantic, merciless warfare that is every Nuclear Dawn game, commanders need to be able to make snap decisions on how to best protect their troops and assets, without being mired down in pointless technical choices.

Nuclear Dawn’s RTS gameplay gives would-be post-apocalyptic commanders the possibility of developing, manufacturing and deploying an impressive arsenal, a full array of base structures, and a full complement of player-controllable vehicles.

No commander, no matter how rousing their speeches, or how righteous their cause, is going to go far without acquiring resource points, which provide the raw materials and extra juice to research and produce, repair and rebuild, clone and deploy just about anything in-game, from players to structures and vehicles. Without resources, commanders are just players with a god complex and a shiny badge.

Diametrically opposed to the Empire in both world view and technology is the Consortium of Free States, the blues in Nuclear Dawn. While imperial commanders build hive bases, the Consortium commander wages advanced guerrilla warfare on a scale that only Nuclear Dawn can provide.

The basic base building paradigm remains the same: everything has to be powered, in order to work at least. Consortium buildings are powered by short range wireless technology, which means that being within action range of a blue power source will be enough to get buildings going.

Consortium commanders, unlike their imperial counterparts, are free to set up base just about anywhere in the level that can accommodate their structures. Blue structures are produced in self-assembling, nanotech-powered crates that are then delivered to the field by special vehicles.

On behalf of everyone at Interwave, we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season, and send a special greeting your way, just to say thank you to all Nuclear Dawn fans for your patience and dedication.

Do hold your breath, 2010 is going to be NUCLEAR.

Base building plays an important role in Nuclear Dawn. Commanders are tasked with both the fortification of their home base, and the protection of their soldiers on the field, through outposts, vehicle production and equipment upgrades.

Each structure in the field, from supply stations to turrets and cloning stations, needs to be powered in order to function, and providing enough power to all structures is one of the faction Commander’s main tasks.

Imperial Commanders rely on line-of-sight power transmission. Powerful lasers focus the Hadron Accelerator’s output, and fan out from the main generator into the field, powering up every structure that they connect with. In order to expand their base, and reach far into the playing field, the Empire builds tall relay towers that receive, amplify and project the laser beams onto the next tower, and any nearby structure.

InterWave Studios is proud to announce the release of the first teaser trailer for the up-coming Nuclear Dawn title which you can find on our frontpage or on our media page over here or on YouTube over here.

After months of strenuous labours of love, gamers will be allowed a first glimpse in the war-torn world of post-conflict Earth, where two embittered factions of good men are blinded by hatred for their fellow survivors, and battle over the remnants of Earths great cities, for resources, survival, and revenge.

Hello again from the Lucky Developer of the Week! My name is Igor, and I lead design for Nuclear Dawn. Many try their hand at the noble art of game design, and I was blessed with the chance to find out how much hard work designing a game actually is.

Nuclear Dawn is an incredibly rewarding project, and over the past months and years, it definitely gave everyone involved in its design the chance to stretch their creative muscles. The end result was a complex, believable game world that will resonate powerfully with players as they prowl the savage landscapes that might have once been their very home cities.