Ice 10/30

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I refuse to apologize for this.

Ice by developer ice cold muffin (I could not find a site for them, but believe me, that is their name) is a simpler take on the RTS genre.  You play as...ships?  Like the ship from Asteroid I think?  After choosing your team color you are brought to the game field, where it is you versus several other teams that are fighting to the pixelated death.  

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Everyone captures the NPC white bases, then tries to eliminate the other teams by taking over their bases.  Bases, both white and otherwise, are captured by hovering inside the circular area and having your ships fire at the box inside, until the circular area becomes your color.  Once that happens, the base is now yours and ships will begin to spawn from it.  The only catch is you can only attack bases that are connected to the current one (represented by the colored dashed lines).  

As your ships kill other ships, experience points are earned, filling a gauge at the top of the screen.  Once "leveled up" you can spend a point to boost your ships' attack, health, or speed.  The game ends when there is only one color left, which generally becomes very easy or a long war of attrition as it comes down to you and one other team. 

The game features one touch controls, as ships are moved to wherever you tap.  In Alternative Mode, ships can be sent to two different locations, but this isn't nearly as useful as it seems; instead of dividing and conquering, you are spreading yourself too thin.

Simple gameplay with a kill or be killed motif. Is it commentary on foreign occupation?  An evolved form of the RTS genre?  Or just an old school style time waster that is easy to pick up?  It's certainly different and interesting, and it's worth at least a try.