Conflicks

Conflicks is a physics-based real-time strategy that is set in an alternate History of the European Renaissance for PC, Mac and Linux (Mac and Linux releases coming soon). Developed by Artifice Studio, Conflicks has both a 21-mission campaign mode along with both friendly and competitive multiplayer for up to 4 players.

Players take control of one of 4 factions, which include Greater Britain, The Celestial Empire, The Sacred Alliance, and The Sublime Gate. A players flagship represents their base of operation. From this flagship players generate resources automatically and use them to create ships.

Gameplay
The main feature in Conflicks is "Flicking". Everything is physics-based, and a player must flick their ships across space to move them. Flicking is also used to launch torpedoes and any number of other special abilities.

All the actions in the game fit under 2 different categories. An action is either a Flick-action or an auto-action. As the names suggests, all flick-actions require a player to aim and determine the strength they which to use, while auto-actions are activated instantly.

In multiplayer modes, players colonize planets and destroy ships to gain victory points. In order to win a skirmish, a player must to reach the predetermined goal before any of the other players.