While GDC 2015 is usually about the newly released or upcoming titles developers want to show off, AD 2460 is a little different. This game was built entirely out of Javascript and HTML5 and was actually released a couple of months ago. Since the game is developed using HTML5, it scales to pretty much any device with a browser and that includes your Android phone or tablet. Mind you we recommend using a tablet as it provides a bit more space to have everything in front of you.
AD 2460 is a space strategy game not too dissimilar to other RTS types of games. Players end up with their own planet that they need to build structures on in order to progress with technological research, gathering resources, and of course, building a fleet to spaceships and military in order to protect yourself with or attack other people. The difference between this game and the other RTS titles out there for browser gamers, as well as Android gamers, is the amount of depth AD 2460 goes into as well as how nice it looks for a browser game.
Combat is squad-based so you will be sending out your fleet of ships to battle enemies and other players when you need to do so. All of it happens right there in real-time as well. So you can watch as your fleet attacks, and hopefully destroys, your enemy’s fleet of ships. Between battles you will be managing resources, trade, military expansion, researching new technology and upgrades, and so on. All of this is done through the menu system in AD 2460 which looks like something you would find in a spaceship itself.
Another aspect about this game is that for an HTML 5/Javascript title, flipping through the menus and doing actions, whatever those may be, happen all on the same page. There is no loading new pages or flipping between pages to, as an example, build a number of new spaceships then switch to the researching menus to decide what new tech to study and unlock. It all happens right there so there is no loading times that you would normally find associated with loading up new web pages. In other words the game plays just as though it was a game installed on your Android tablet, except you’re playing it in a browser. It even has real-time chat for global talk, talk isolated to nearby sectors, and Alliance-only chatter.
For those of you interested in checking out AD 2460, the best place to do that is the game’s official website. Go figure right? Since there isn’t anything to install, playing the game is a simple task of just signing up to play it. It isn’t a free game to play though. Diving into AD 2460 will cost you a monthly fee.
Official Website: AD 2460
