Linking the Nantianmen Plan, the new Chinese science fiction game "The Era of Stars" public beta

Mar 19 2025

In 2008, Liu Cixin's science fiction novel "Three-Body Problem" was released and won a number of international awards including the "Nobel Prize in Science Fiction World" Hugo Award, igniting the domestic science fiction industry boom. Since then, the film and television series adapted from "Three-Body Problem", the ensemble of Chinese science fiction films, and other works have been successful one after another. The science fiction fighter of the domestic science fiction IP "Nantianmen Project" has also appeared in the Zhuhai Air Show with a real scale model, which has achieved great responses at home and abroad.

As the "Ninth Art", the game industry has also emerged from its own "college student" in this "golden age" of Chinese science fiction - a innovative work "Age of Stars" that combines real-time strategy RTS and grand strategy SLG. It has achieved catching up and benchmarking against the advanced international levels in all aspects of appearance and inner self.

In terms of theme, "Age of Stars" adopts the most romantic space opera setting in the science fiction world. Players will play the role of the mecha commander, fighting against the native aliens and decaying human empires on alien planets and launching colonial exploration. Thanks to the Unreal Engine used by the game, the various special mechas in "Age of Stars" have outstanding design appearance, impeccable modeling accuracy and special effects quality. The image of the Space Zerg is perfectly presented by the combination of realistic and sci-fi. The scene of the mechas and the Zergs on the same screen can achieve amazing fluency with the support of the manufacturer's mature optimization.

In terms of gameplay, "Age of Stars" innovatively combines the theme of high-tech science fiction mecha against alien monsters with the gameplay that combines SLG and RTS. Unlike the rigid "plaid marching" in traditional SLG, which is unchanged after the two armies confronts each other, all the battles occur in real time in "Age of Stars", players can change positions at any time through player hand exercises, and influence the battlefield results in real time.

On local battlefields, players can use similar damage distribution, "Walking A" and "Bulley Spin" operations to maximize the combat effectiveness of their limited troops, form a single-point breakthrough, and even fight beautiful battles that attack the flanks and intersperse the encirclement.

Not only that, the mecha units in the game also add various unique variation abilities, such as "Hurricane Armor" can switch between ground and air forms. The former has stronger comprehensive output capabilities, while the latter can quickly cross the terrain and have strong air combat capabilities; while "Titan Guard" has two modes: long range, high output default mode and short range, high defense "defense form" mode. Players can flexibly switch forms at any time during battle, reasonably arrange the range of residual blood and healthy units, and achieve the result of maximizing the combat effectiveness of the troops.

In the late stage of the game, the battlefield between the BOSS and the guilds in the world of alliances will raise the game to a new dimension. The player's army may suffer from firepower suppression from multiple parties and fall into a disadvantage, but will also receive treatment and assistance from multiple friendly support units in the rear at the same time. Units with unique abilities such as stealth, flight, and ultra-long-range shelling will also undergo a qualitative change in group battles, forming potential tactical encirclement within a larger battlefield range.

In addition, "Age of Stars" has also achieved the advanced level of the industry in reducing the burden on SLGs. The delay time in SLGs such as "paving the road to the ground", "waiting for building upgrades" and other SLGs, which have delayed and increased meaningless online behaviors have been eliminated. The army in the game can deploy and move on the large map at will, and it can be teleported at any time within the control of the Youmeng. There is no need to wait for building upgrades, allowing the game experience to be concentrated in the essence of the battlefield links. The game also ensures that it does not sell urban construction or resources, making the development competition between players more fair.

The new star of the domestic science fiction SLG will be launched for the first public beta on April 17. The linkage activities of the domestic science fiction "Nan Tianmen Plan" and "Age of Stars" will also be launched simultaneously. The classic bodies of the Nantianmen Plan "Baidi Fighter", "Chengying Tactical Robot" and "Yaoguang Sky and Space Mothership" will be launched in the game. At that time, players can personally experience the style of the Chinese science fiction game "college students" in the game and appreciate another "big step" in domestic science fiction.

Note: "Age of Stars" will not only log on to the mobile terminal, but will also release the PC version simultaneously on the WeGame platform, and the data will be interconnected with multiple terminals. Reservation on the PC side has now been opened, and players can now go to the WeGame platform to make reservations for games.