Factions and Terraforming

This is the biggest update we've released yet and transforms nearly every part of Astro Protocol. We’ve introduced new factions, new terraforming system, and a fresh coat of visual polish across the entire game. Let’s dig in:

Three New Factions

Astroprotocol is no longer a war of  identical empires. You can now choose your from three distinct factions:

• United Tellus – Human faction specialized in extending their reach by building space stations.
• Santri Syndicate – Opportunistic space pirates with unique skills in exploiting the anomalies of Astro Protocol .
• Yimono Union – The Yimono Union is a hegemonic empire of ghost-forms, optimized for rapid colonization without needing to terraform planets.

Each faction comes with unique ship designs and gameplay modifiers.

Terraforming

There are six different types of planets (more coming in the future). Each faction has a home planet type and they can colonize planets of the same type without terraforming. Planets can be terraformed to different types provided that you have the technologies and resources required. The planet types are arranged in a circle where terraforming to the adjacent type requires less technologies and resources.

Stations & Economy Reworked

All stations now require certain terrain features, resources or other stations to generate resources. Resources are no longer generated from the void making station placement much more strategic and increasing the value of hexes with lot of terrain features such as asteroid fields, stars or gas giants.

Overhauled UI

We’ve redesigned much of the user interface, but there's still some work to do:

• New icons for resources and menus
• Faction avatars now appear in the bottom-right corner
• Stylized tutorial panel for smoother onboarding
• Buy menu panels for clear construction and tech selection
• New fonts for better readability and visual cohesion

More Anomalies, Tech & Art

All anomalies now have beautiful unique illustrations by Sami Rouhiainen. There are also more anomalies to discover, new technologies to discover and new upgrades to build around.

Sound & Animations

Music added! The space is no longer silent, there are three new tracks to listen to. New ship movement animations give your fleets more realistic and natural feel.