Crystal Wars Demo

Real strategy. Zero stress. One more game.

Crystal Wars is a turn-based territory strategy where every battlefield is a fresh, procedurally generated Voronoi crystal map. The geometry is the strategy — and since no two maps are ever the same, there's always one more game in you.
It's the kind of strategy you pick up in seconds and put down only because you have to. Make a bad move? No big deal — see it, learn it, deal a new board, and go again. Matches run 2–10 minutes — play a quick one or take your time.

Core Mechanics

• Flood Fill — click a cell to capture every connected cell of the same color in one move
  
• Encirclement — wall off enemy territory and claim it instantly
  
• Supply Lines — cut your opponent off from their base; isolated cells become easy targets
  
• Bomb Chains — surround a bomb cell to set off chain reactions that reshape the battlefield
  
• Energy Crystals — capture one to steal a bonus turn

Easy to learn, satisfying to outplay — the depth is there when you want it, never in your way when you don't.

Game Modes

• Campaign — 24 hand-crafted levels across 5 campaigns, from your first capture to genuinely tricky
  
• Tutorial — 6-step interactive guide; you're playing in under a minute
  
• vs AI — Easy and Medium for a breezy game, Hard (real minimax) when you want a fight
  
• Live Multiplayer — quick online matches in Blitz or Standard, with your own field settings
  
• Simulation — sit back and watch two AIs duke it out

Visual Style

6 crystal rendering presets — from clean Minimal to refractive Opal. 39 color palettes across 4, 5, and 6-color tiers. Electric borders, Time Warp slow-motion, Screen Shake, and sparkle VFX make every capture feel good. Preview any palette before you play.

Features

• 26 Steam Achievements
  
• 8 languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch
  
• 2–10 minutes per match — perfect for a quick break or an all-night "one more"
  
• Endless replay value — a brand-new procedural map every single game
  
• Fully free demo — play in browser at play.crystalwars.io (no account, no install)

About the Developer

Crystal Wars is a solo-developed game by Vertex Noord, built with TypeScript, Canvas, and a custom Voronoi engine from scratch. The Hard AI runs a genuine minimax search on a background thread — there if you want the challenge, easy to skip if you just want to relax.
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