Oil Empires
Oil Empires is a round-based strategic browser game, created by Itch Inc, and is one of a collection of browser games hosted on the website itch.com. The Game is set during the year 2009 in Iraq, where conflict has ended and capitalism has been accepted.
Basic Overview of the Gameplay
The game revolves around 'oil' which is the basic resource used by players for various different actions. Players have to first drill for oil, they then have the option of selling it, refining it into a number of different products, or using it as fuel for military units. Different products sell for different amounts of money, or can be used as fuel for aircraft, troops or other kinds of vehicles.
Money in the game can be used for a variety of things. These include:
- Expanding and upgrading the players oil 'lines' so that more oil can be processed/sold.
- Recruiting troops, military vehicles, aircraft, or Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).
- Building or upgrading businesses to earn further money.
- Building buildings for units or other uses
- Purchasing game credits
Like many other round-based strategic browser games, building costs increase making the expansion of a larger empire increasing difficult.
Unlike other games, Oil Empires is mostly free although players have the option of donating to receive extra features such as advisors and game credits. Game credits can be used to buy certain units and to purchase hours of ceasefire.
There are two types of games a player can join. The first is a CASUAL round, where the games are longer and last for approximately 3 months. Costs are usually higher, and the gameplayer is slower. The other type of round is a pro round, which usually last for 4 weeks. Here, rounds are quicker and costs are GeneRally lower making for a much faster gameplay experience.
Military
There are 3 types of military units available in the game. These are Ground units, Aircraft, and Weapons of Mass Destruction. A player must build different types of buildings to produce each unit. Normal ground units can be used to steal oil and money,defend buildings, attack other players units, sabotage another player's building(s), and sometimes destroy buildings altogether. Aircraft can also be used for the same tasks, but they are much more effective and thus more expensive. WMD's are used to destroy buildings, kill troops, or even both, because of this, they are substantially more expensive than any other type of unit, and a player must suffer a 24-hour embargo period after using them, the targeted player will also receive an amount of time where other players cannot attack him/her so that they could recuperate.