Darwinia

Introversion Software is a great small game developer. I previously played their first game, Uplink. For the past few weeks, I have been playing Darwinia, Introversion’s second game. Darwinia was a pleasant surprise. The game is set in a digital world with a 1980s retro feel. It was primarily a real time strategy game, but it included arcade elements and some puzzle solving as well. In addition to the unique visuals, the game mechanics were anything but ordinary. You control a very small number of units compared to other RTS games. Darwinia features a gesture based command system in which you draw symbols on screen to summon units and issue commands. Today, I finished the last level of the game. The virus infecting Darwinia was eliminated and the Darwinians were saved.