Speed Runs to capture 66% of Stars - post your finishes in the thread and I’ll update this.
183 ticks by @HULK on 2023_03_24
200 ticks by @HULK on 2022_10_21
254 ticks by @HULK on 2022_10_11
Change Starting Stars from 6 to 1 9. Change Starting Cash from $500 to $3,000
Change Game Time from Real Time to Turn Based
Join game and Force Start it
You are allowed to do “anything” - i.e. trade tech/cash with the Robots, create Warp Gates, etc.
It’s a kinda goofy playing against the Robots … but if you want a fast-paced game (with built-out happening quickly due to the $3,000 starting cash), you never have to wait for them to submit!
Give it a shot and post your results and I’ll update ths speed run results.
Here’s composite screenshots from the end of my 1v6 game that had $3,000 starting cash.
Note that the game doesn’t display the end tick, so I also included the Intel Chart (which FYI is every 6 versus 8 ticks) and the Event Log. I didn’t do Warp Gates - wonder if that might have allowed me to complete slightly faster.
My final stats were 183 Economy, 237 Industry, 108 Science, and 90(!) Carriers. Since I shared tech with the AI’s, we all ended up with five 5’s and two 6’s … except I had Weapons 11 for HULK SMASH!
LOL that I was ONE star short end at Tick 248 … and snarfed 7 more in the next 6 ticks.
So I tried this a few more times and got the time to win down to 200 ticks - see maps below.
I think I only got one Weapons hit (late in the game) and at Tick 120, I was only at Weapons Level 5 versus 4 for the AI, but I made some good moves (and the AI made some mistakes) and with a last minute flurry of Warp Gate and Carrier building, I was able to win right at the 200 Tick mark.
In earlier games, I was careful to watch my star count and also paid (a LOT) to stay friendly with the Robots … whereas this time, I just went full-on HULK SMASH … so I became an ENEMY soon … which made it quite “sporty” in the middle as they all came after me.
I haven’t played in a while, so did a quick HULK SMASH ROBOTS on the 1v6 game.
I was a bit rusty … but in my 3rd try, things went my way (although only one Weapons hit from Experimentation at Tick144) and I finished it in 184 Ticks - actually hit 116 stars at 183. I made a couple of minor mistakes so possible I could have finished in under 180.