History VideoGame / AirshipsConquerTheSkies

The game is set in a world where [[CoolAirship airships]] have proliferated thanks to [[AppliedPhlebotinum "Suspendium"]], a greenish crystal that creates a gravity-defying field around it. Players can design both air and land ships, as well as static fortifications, using modules that perform a variety of different functions. These modules are in turn operated by individual crew members who walk about delivering artillery shells, repairing damaged compartments, putting out fires, and heroically giving their lives in the line of duty.

* AppliedPhlebotinum: The aforementioned Suspendium. Ore veins of it can found floating in the sky amidst [[FloatingContinent chunks of land]]. Some animals, like turtles, appear to naturally contain some suspendium in their body, which allows them to fly.

* ClockworkCreature: The mechspider. Unlike other troop types, they can't defend the ship they're stationed on, and can only board enemy ships. They are quite vicious, and their strength allows them to easily overpower the ship's crew. However, they can't operate ships, so once they capture one, it will probably plummet to the ground immediately once the lift engine runs out of fuel.

* CoolAirship: The main appeal of the game. With the editor you can build all sort of things, from [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld gasbag airship, literal flying boats]], to [[SchizoTech flying wooden box with guns]].

* FloatingContinent: Suspendium veins sometimes float out of the ground, taking some landmass with them. In game, they blocks your airship movement (but not your shots), can be used by arachnids and grenadiers to swing with their hooks to enemy ships, and can be perched on by ships running dangerously low on coal.

* SchizoTech: We have levitation machines, clockwork automata, and primitive targeting computers. But the ships carrying them are usually made of wood, the cannons are still muzzle-loaded, and ramming is still practical in combat.

Set in a world where the widespread proliferation of [[CoolAirship airships]] is possible thanks to [[AppliedPhlebotinum "Suspendium"]], a greenish crystal that creates a gravity-defying field around it. Players can design both air and land ships, as well as static fortifications, using modules that perform a variety of different functions. These modules are in turn operated by individual crew members who walk about delivering artillery shells, repairing damaged compartments, putting out fires, and heroically giving their lives in the line of duty.

Available on [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/342560 Steam ]] and [[https://zarkonnen.itch.io/airships itch.io ]].

* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines: Other than gasbag-lifted airships, the design of airships generally follows no real life physics, mostly thanks to suspendium. Thus, many ships designs are basically giant flying boxes with flapping sails or propellers to move them around.

Set in a world where wide proliferation of [[CoolAirship airships]] are possible thanks to [[AppliedPhlebotinum "Suspendium"]], a greenish crystal that creates a gravity-defying field around it. Here, you can design both air and land ships, as well as static fortifications, using modules that perform a variety of different functions. These modules are in turn operated by individual crew members who walk about delivering artillery shells, repairing damaged compartments, putting out fires, and generally running things.

* ClockworkCreature: The mechspider. Unlike other troop types, they can't defend the ship they're stationed on, and can only boards enemy ships. Their strength allows them to easily overpower the ship's crew. However, they can't operate ships, so once they capture one, it will probably plummet to the ground immediately once the lift engine runs out of fuel.
* ComputersAreFast: The AI can quickly place orders as soon the command cooldown finishes, allowing them to easily outmaneuvers slow players.

* EliteMook: Air grenadiers. They're tougher than arachnids or air marines, and carry grappling hooks that allows them to swing from ship-to-ship and onto their target, rather than just suicidally jumping at enemy ships like air marines. Naturally, they also come in smaller number.
* FloatingContinent: Suspendium veins sometimes floats out of the ground, taking some landmass with them. In game, they blocks your airship movement (but not your shots), can be used by arachnids and grenadiers to swing with their hooks to enemy ships, and can be perched on by ships running dangerously low on coal.
* FragileSpeedster: Either you have a fast and maneuverable airship with paper-thin armor, or big and bulky airship that is only a few meter above the ground from being classified a building. This is because lift modules, like suspendium chamber or gasbag, can only carry so much weight. Heavier ship obviously can only fly at lower altitude and speed, but to create lighter ships you either have to shave away some modules or armor, reducing the combat effectiveness of your ship. The latter results in this trope.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: A viable tactic, and one of the greatest weakness of blimps because of their fragile gasbag. You can attach a very durable ram module that won't break when hitting enemy module, and you can order your ships to engages ramming speed, which temporarily increase their speed.
* TankGoodness: Landships, basically building on tracks (or legs). Because they stick to the ground, it's practical to give them more weapons or heavier armor, making them generally hardier than airships of the same weight and price. However, their primary weakness is their gun elevation, thus an agile airship can easily flanks them from behind or above their firing field.
* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines: Besides gasbag-lifted airship, the design of airships generally follows no real life physics, mostly thanks to suspendium, which can lift anything up no matter what. Thus most ships designs are basically giant flying box with flapping sails or propellers to move them around.
* SchizoTech: We have levitation machine, clockwork automata, and primitive targeting computer. But the ships carrying them are usually made of wood, the cannons are still muzzle-loaded, and ramming is still practical in combat.
* {{Steampunk}}
* WalkingTank: Installing legs instead of tracks into your landship pretty much turns them into one.
* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: Takes some inspiration from the trope. Early or cheaper ship designs are generally armored with wood, and the weapons mounted on your ships are showed to be muzzle-loaded cannons similar to those of wooden ships.
* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: You can build airships lifted by big gasbag similar to the Zeppelin and other more traditional airship design. Said gasbags, filled with suspendium dust rather than a full crystal, are cheaper than suspendium chambers. But because of their size and fragility, gasbag airship can be more easily shot down than ships with suspendium chamber.

Set in a world where wide proliferation of [[CoolAirship airships]] are possible thanks to [[AppliedPhlebotinum "Suspendium"]], a type of greenish crystalline that creates gravity-defying field around it. Here, you can designs both air and land ships, along with static fortifications, out of pieces of modules that represents individual rooms found in such vehicles and buildings. These vehicles and buildings are operated by individual crew members who walks about delivering artillery shells, repairing damaged compartments, putting out fires, and generally running things.

* Conquest, a lite 4X where you command a nation on a global conquest. In this mode your funding is limited by your cities' income, thus limiting the design of your airships and requires you to create a good design that both performs well in combat and doesn't kill your budget.
* Design & Battle, a more open sandbox mode where you can design and edit vehicles and buildings, then pits them against each other. In combat mode, you can even have AI takes over the control of your ships if you just want to sit back and watch the battle. Ships designed here are available in Conquest mode, as long you have the required parts unlocked.

* AppliedPhlebotinum: The suspendium explained above. Ore veins of it can found floating in the sky along with a [[FloatingContinent chunk of land above it]]. Some animals, like turtles, somehow naturally contains some suspendium in their body, which allows them to fly.

* ArtificialBrilliance: The AI will try to flank your ship, move into their blind spots, or (if possible) even rams your ship at every opportunity. In some situation, the AI can sometimes rams your ship ''horizontally'' like a hammer to take out fragile parts of your ship that sticks out of the main fuselage.
* BuildingSwing: Air grenadier and arachnid can do this if the enemy ship targeted is far away, if there are floating islands or ships (both friendly or hostile) available in the way.
* BoardingParty: Air marine, arachnid, and air grenadier primary purpose is to take over enemy ships and buildings by force. Air marine gets to their target by jumping, thus you have to position our ship close at their target. Meanwhile, arachnid and air grenadiers are equipped with grappling hook, which allows them to swing at their target from a distance.

* ChickenWalker: Smaller legs available for your landships have reversed joint.
* ClockworkCreature: The mechspider. Unlike other troop types, they can't defend the ship they're stationed on, and can only boards enemy ships. Their strength allows them to easily overpowers the ship's crew. But they can't operate ships, so once they captures a ship, it will probably plummets to the ground immediately once the lifting engine runs out of fuel.
* ComputersAreFast: The AI can quickly place orders around as soon the command cooldown finish in an instant, allowing them to easily outmaneuvers slow players.

* EliteMook: Air grenadiers. They're tougher than arachnids or air marines, and carries grappling hooks that allows them swing from ship-to-ship into their target, rather than suicidally jumps at enemy ships like air marines. Thus also come in smaller number.