Suns of Orion

I started the development of this game with the Marathon Jam 3.

If you encounter issues with the web version, try to download the desktop one : "Suns of Orion - MJ3.zip"

Controls

Press Tab to open and close the help menu.
Move the camera using arrows <^>
Use the Thrust (W,S), Strafe (A,D) and Shipwheel (Q,E) to define how the ships flight path. The Timeline allows you to move the ship's hologram along the flight path.
The abilities are targeted from the hologram position. You can use multiple abilities at different moment of the flight path.
Select again a validated ability to re-target it. Right clic while targeting to cancel. You can change your movement after targeting an ability, but if the position you targeted becomes too far from it's position on the path, the ability gets canceled.
Clic the Engage Actions button to run the movements and validated abilities. This will end the active units turn.

How to Play

Decide how you want your spaceship to act and move, then watch it. Missiles and objects move between ships turns.

When selecting an ability, you should see a green area, this is where you can target the ability. You should also see a yellow area, the is where you are aiming with your mouse, it can't go out of the green indicator. If you see a green and a yellow rotating cross, you need to bring it close to your target and it should snap to it. You must clic inside the green area to lock in the ability, if it goes right the green indicator will disappear, and the ability's button will turn yellow. A small green target should show where you clicked.

Note that the Omen's cannon does not show a green indicator, because it can only fire straight forward, but you still need to clic to validate.

If you change the ship's direction or speed, abilities might get canceled if the point you targeted becomes out of range.

Asteroids do not (yet) block movement, but they do block projectiles, and can be destroyed.

Objectives

Your objective is to destroy the three cargos going from west to east, if they get out of this asteroid field they will be able to warp away from us. The cargos are not dangerous themselves but there is multiple defensive platform along their path. Be very careful about the battlecruiser coming from the east, you may not survive a direct encounter against it.
Your two Omen frigates are equipped with a powerful Siege Cannon, which posses a immense range and firepower. But the surrounding asteroids may hinder their lines of fire. The Imperial and Insurgent are carrier, their firepower is low but their squadrons can quickly kill vulnerable targets with their torpedoes.
(There is not an end yet to this scenario)