I'd love to like this game. I've been checking back every few months for years, but nothing changes. Updates are minimal — a new weapon here and there, things that could be implemented in days.
(I'm a game developer myself, so I can say this confidently.)

The spawning system is extremely unfair. Random enemies spawn in your home territory that are impossible to beat early on, forcing you to restart repeatedly. Even late-game with advanced tech, things like land anemones or mad scientists can spawn and wipe out your entire fleet in seconds.

The AI is far superior from the start. You spend the whole game asking yourself what you can even attack without losing everything. Enemies always build up faster than you, no matter how much money or how many allies you have. Ultimately, the only winning strategy is throwing more ships at the enemy than they can destroy. Weapon choice barely matters — small rifle stations outperform huge cannons and rockets.

Diplomacy and other mechanics are trivial and annoying — just constant popups to accept or decline. Combat is stressful micromanagement that barely makes a difference. It mostly comes down to ship positioning, which feels clunky and sluggish.

All of these problems could be fixed within weeks by a single person.
I don't understand how this game has barely improved in years.

Suggestions for the devs:

- Controlling difficulty by having the AI cheat and be superior from the start is a bad idea.
- There are too many random moments that feel unfair.
- Ship controls should require less micromanagement.
- There need to be effective mechanisms the player can trigger to turn a losing battle around by making strategically meaningful decisions.
- When you fire a massive rocket or other large projectile at a small enemy ship, the impact should deal proportional damage.
- The armor system seems unbalanced or bugged: steel armor covering the entire ship, yet it still catches fire after a short time when rifle stations shoot at it...
- Why is it possible that my 3 high-tech ships with the heaviest armor and full weapons get defeated by a watchtower with rifle stations? Moments like these that make no sense bring nothing but frustration.
- Why is ramming a ship often the best option?
- Why are land vehicles nearly useless?
- How does the AI manage to conquer half the map in a short time with its starter ships, while I can only win with my starter ships by attacking small villages with no notable defense?
- Why do multiple AI factions get defeated by other AI factions before the first research node has even been completed? This shows how unbalanced the early game is.
- Why am I getting spammed with diplomacy requests? It's often annoying and you have to scroll around the map to find where and which faction wants what from you — it constantly interrupts the flow of gameplay.
- The AI factions have been easy to trick for years by sending your ships toward a "fake target" (a city) first — the enemy then sends their ships there to defend... you just change your fleet's course at the last moment and attack a different city that's now undefended because the enemy just sent their ships away.

oh my pccccccccccc

very nice