Fleet vs flow

When I downloadedCreeper WorldIXE’s demo, I had it pegged as a bizarre original.

This is a war between flesh and mineral, solidity and fluidity thatdates back to the age of Gillen.

What does Creeper World IXE bring to the party?

A screenshot from Creeper World IXE, in which a bunch of 2D spaceships lasering hills and rock deposits to repel and rerout tides of purple liquid

For too long has this sloshing, coruscating hooligan been allowed to wash over and corrode our precious starports.

Up yours, fluid physics!

We will find harmony in our mutual devastation.

Cover image for YouTube video

There will be no World for the Creeper to conquer.

In all seriousness, I’m delighted by this.

It makes the factional “asymmetries” of other real-time strategy games look desperately unambitious.

The Zerg could learn a thing or two from the Creeper.

Fingers crossed that Creeper World IXE involves teleportation, somehow.

Here’s a feature sheet fromthe Steam page.

If you know of a parallel, I’d love to hear about it.