Iron Armada's development is open to the entire community! If you want to see something in the game, we give our entire community the tools they need to help. Here is how you can...

Contribute to our source code!

Iron Armada is a game built by what was originally a gaming community. Our group started humbly, with only a handful of gamers that decided to take matters into our own hands... and learn how to make a game. That spirit never changed, and we keep our entire development infrastructure open to our community... so that anyone can help us make Iron Armada better. If you are interested in helping us with Iron Armada... either by creating a mod, reporting a bug, or even contributing to the core codebase... then we make that possible by visiting our public source code repository: https://gitlab.bluedrake42.com/drakelinglabs/ironarmada This is where all the work on our game is done. So if you are ever interested in what we have been working on lately... you can check whenever you want, and help us out whenever you want.

Help us host a server!

If you are interested in hosting a server for Iron Armada, we make our dedicated server available through the tools section of Steam. If you need help setting one up... feel free to message us on Discord, and we can lend a hand. Iron Armada's dedicated server application identification code is 770340. If you are a system administrator and have any input on our dedicated server tool (which I guarantee we can make better) please contact us!

Help us find new talented people to help!

Finally... if you don't feel you have anything to offer Iron Armada, I guarantee you are wrong! There are always tons of ways for anyone to help us with developing the game... starting with finding talented people to make our game better! Iron Armada is built from scratch in Java... using the LibGDX library, the free Box2D framework for physics simulation, and Artemis ODB for our EC system! So if you really want to make a difference... spend time crawling the internet, searching the LibGDX forums, talking to Java developers, and starting up a conversation with anyone you think might be interested in helping make Iron Armada better! As always we will continue to be active on our website, forums, and Discord. If you ever have any questions about the game, or ideas to help... make sure you spend time in those places! The ways you can help Iron Armada will constantly be growing, and changing... so watch this space to stay informed! Links for our community portals: https://forum.bluedrake42.com https://discord.gg/ironarmada Thank you for your support, and attention! ~ Bluedrake42 Drakeling Labs

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Iron Armada is a space-faring ship-building game that supports singleplayer, multiplayer, and cooperative gameplay. Harvest resources while defending your faction's mothership. Construct frigates, fighters, and stations to fight against hostile forces. Play as a key part of your crew, board enemy cruisers, kill their crew, and commandeer enemy craft. Wage all out war until your faction emerges victorious. With multiple ways to play, no two missions are ever the same.

MINE RESOURCES

Construct new ships using the resources your team mines from asteroids, salvages from wrecks, or captures from planets. Your scrap can be used to construct fighters, frigates, destroyers, or even larger ships for your team.

BOARD ENEMY VESSELS

Hunt down, assault, and board enemy vessels crewed by other players. Capture their ship and refit for your own armada, or salvage their wreckage to augment your own craft. Target ship sub-systems to paralyze critical ship components. Immobilize or cripple enemy cruisers prior to boarding, to maximize potential salvage.

CONSTRUCT MASSIVE SHIPS

Build giant vessels, fully crewed by your friends. Construct manned turrets, rail guns, crew medical bays, ore refineries, and all other critical ship systems. Build fighters to support your cruisers, or frigates to ferry your mining crews. Assemble your armada, rally your forces, and lead your team to victory.