Crystal Wars

The Crystal Wars demo is free in your browser: the complete tutorial, Easy &amp; Medium AI, the first campaign chapter (6 levels), and live online multiplayer. The full version adds the Hard AI (real minimax), 4 more campaign chapters, every field setting, and all 26 achievements.

<h2 class="bb_tag" >Real strategy. Zero stress. One more game.</h2>Crystal Wars is a turn-based territory strategy where every battlefield is a fresh, procedurally generated Voronoi crystal map. The geometry is the strategy — and since no two maps are ever the same, there's always one more game in you.<br>It's the kind of strategy you pick up in seconds and put down only because you have to. Make a bad move? No big deal — see it, learn it, deal a new board, and go again. Matches run 2–10 minutes — play a quick one or take your time.<h2 class="bb_tag" >Core Mechanics</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li><strong>Flood Fill</strong> — click a cell to capture every connected cell of the same color in one move<br></li><li><strong>Encirclement</strong> — wall off enemy territory and claim it instantly<br></li><li><strong>Supply Lines</strong> — cut your opponent off from their base; isolated cells become easy targets<br></li><li><strong>Bomb Chains</strong> — surround a bomb cell to set off chain reactions that reshape the battlefield<br></li><li><strong>Energy Crystals</strong> — capture one to steal a bonus turn</li></ul>Easy to learn, satisfying to outplay — the depth is there when you want it, never in your way when you don't.<h2 class="bb_tag" >Game Modes</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li><strong>Campaign</strong> — 24 hand-crafted levels across 5 campaigns, from your first capture to genuinely tricky<br></li><li><strong>Tutorial</strong> — 6-step interactive guide; you're playing in under a minute<br></li><li><strong>vs AI</strong> — Easy and Medium for a breezy game, Hard (real minimax) when you want a fight<br></li><li><strong>Live Multiplayer</strong> — quick online matches in Blitz or Standard, with your own field settings<br></li><li><strong>Simulation</strong> — sit back and watch two AIs duke it out</li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >Visual Style</h2>6 crystal rendering presets — from clean Minimal to refractive Opal. 39 color palettes across 4, 5, and 6-color tiers. Electric borders, Time Warp slow-motion, Screen Shake, and sparkle VFX make every capture feel good. Preview any palette before you play.<h2 class="bb_tag" >Features</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>26 Steam Achievements<br></li><li>8 languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch<br></li><li>2–10 minutes per match — perfect for a quick break or an all-night &quot;one more&quot;<br></li><li>Endless replay value — a brand-new procedural map every single game<br></li><li>Fully free demo — play in browser at play.crystalwars.io (no account, no install)</li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >About the Developer</h2>Crystal Wars is a solo-developed game by Vertex Noord, built with TypeScript, Canvas, and a custom Voronoi engine from scratch. The Hard AI runs a genuine minimax search on a background thread — there if you want the challenge, easy to skip if you just want to relax.<br><i>Wishlisting helps more than you'd think — thank you.</i>

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