A sci-fi exploration game written in 1994, updated to use a modern 3D engine, and remains faithful to the original. The story is fully intact with only minor tweaks to gameplay and cosmetics. The original game is often compared to Star Control and Starflight.

## About This Game
Originally released in 1994, this is the rewritten-from-scratch 25th
Anniversary Edition! The entire game has been recreated using a modern 3D
engine to be as faithful to the original as possible….

Story:
It is the thirty-eighth century. The fall of Earth is but a legend and
humanity has migrated to a terraformed Mars. The Pentateuch, a group of five
priests, rules the newly risen technocracy with an iron fist. In a bold
attempt to eliminate the last of their political opponents, the five began the
purgation trials. With guerrilla tactics their followers went about convicting
those who would oppose them.

To counter them an underground movement was initiated and an elaborate plan
was conceived. A virus was spread throughout the circuit matrix. A thousand
days from inception, the virus was scheduled to delete all personality files.
The Ironseed Movement, as it was called, hoped that by stealing a ship they
could escape… leaving behind Mars… and the Pentateuch. Their intent was to
return after the fall of the technocracy. …but a computer malfunction turned
a thousand days into a thousand years…

As the captain, you are awakened along with the crew by an alien horde. After
a brief dialogue, communication is cut off and they attack. The game begins as
the attack ends.

Gameplay:
The player begins with a single ship and a chosen crew. Planets are randomly
generated and numerous ship designs and crew selection allow for different
playing styles. Technology research, space exploration, resource management
and gathering, production, crew management and alien diplomacy are essential
elements. New ships, new upgrades, and ancient artifacts help the player in
their efforts. Combat can be both in the form of random encounters or planned
for by the player.

Ironseed has been compared to Star Control, Starflight, Masters of Orion,
Space Rangers, and Captain Blood.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s Adam Smith describes Ironseed as “weird, trippy sci-fi
that blew my tiny mind” and “a little bit Space Rangers, a little bit Star
Control and just a teensy bit FTL.”

Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition