Old Light
Blog
Strategy, design notes and updates from the Old Light galaxy.
- Article
Games like OGame and Travian
Want browser strategy games like OGame, Travian, or Tribal Wars without the round-the-clock logins and pay-to-win? An honest look at the classics, and one slower alternative built for players with day jobs.
- Essay
Pay-to-win killed the browser MMO. I'm trying to bring it back.
The browser strategy games I grew up on were hollowed out by pay-for-power. Here's what that did to the genre, and why Old Light is built around a galaxy where money can't buy you a stronger empire.
- Announcement
Old Light is live: a slow strategy game across a shared galaxy
Old Light is a slow, real-time multiplayer 4X you can play in twenty minutes a day. One shared galaxy, one empire each, no download and no pay-to-win. Here is what it is and how to start.
