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Browser beginnings
Celestial Regime began as a browser strategy game inspired by the persistent empire-building rhythm of OGame. The public web pre-alpha preserves that early chapter.
Development focus
From browser pre-alpha to a custom-built future.
Celestial Regime began in the browser, grew into a Unity desktop rebuild, and is now being built in a custom MonoGame engine. Each version has helped shape the journey from managing a homeworld to reaching a shared galaxy.
The next chapter
A custom engine for a growing civilizationBuilt around the game's own needs, from the first settlement to the long-term challenge of interplanetary expansion.
Development history
Three versions, one strategic ambition.
The game has changed shape as its technical needs have become clearer. Each version helped define the next one.
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The Unity rebuild
A desktop version was then rebuilt in Unity to explore a different technical path and bring the game into a dedicated client. That version remains playable as a working reference for this chapter of development.
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A purpose-built direction
The Unity experiment made the cost of unnecessary overhead and engine constraints clear. Development has since moved to a custom engine built on MonoGame, shaped around Celestial Regime's own systems.
Stay connected
Be part of the next chapter.
Try the browser pre-alpha, explore the development direction, or get in touch with the team.
Playable snapshot
Play the publicly available browser pre-alpha, version 0.2.2.09.06.
Development direction
Explore the move from browser and Unity builds to a custom engine built on MonoGame.
Direct contact
Questions, feedback, and partnership enquiries can go to info@celestialregime.com.
Major systems
What the next build is designed to support.
Each system below has a role in the larger arc, from early homeworld management to later interplanetary strategy.
Current foundation
A custom engine built on MonoGame
Celestial Regime is now being built in a custom MonoGame engine, giving the project more direct control over the systems that matter to a long-running strategy game.
Active direction
Era progression
Civilization eras create the long-form structure, letting new systems arrive as your society advances from ancient settlements to galactic infrastructure.
Planned systems
Planet identity
Race traits, morale, and world events are meant to shape how two empires diverge long before they ever meet in space.
Future frontier
Interplanetary expansion
Space travel, colonization, trade routes, piracy, and PvP are part of the intended move from planetary strategy to a shared galaxy.
Long-form trajectory
How the scope expands over time.
These steps show how Celestial Regime grows from survival on one world to strategy across many.
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Secure the homeworld
Scout the terrain, place the first structures, and keep a growing population supplied.
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Scale the civilization
Advance through eras that add stronger infrastructure, more specialization, and bigger decisions.
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Give worlds their own character
Planet conditions, race traits, morale, and events should make each run feel different.
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Open the galaxy
Move from one-world management into trade, expansion, rivalry, and interplanetary conflict.
Follow along
Play the original build. Follow what comes next.
The browser pre-alpha shows where Celestial Regime began. Share your feedback with the team as the custom-engine version takes shape.