The Reign of Harmony and Prosper’s thousand-year peace lies in tatters and the galaxy is at war. Join the ranks as a commander from one of three factions and battle across the surface of the planet Shoal in the character-driven, spiritual sci-fi strategy game Cantata!

## About This Game

Across the surface of Shoal, ten thousand guns sound at once. The keen of
laser beams build, punctuated by the staccato thrum of orbital landings. A
choir of voices rises as the armies of the galaxy ‘s oldest and newest
civilizations meet in battle. From the vast reaches of space, the chaos is
almost musical–a symphony, drifting into the void.

## GAMEPLAY
Cantata is a character-driven tactical strategy game that puts you in the
middle of a spiritual, pragmatic war for survival. Play as one of the nine
commanding officers from one of the three factions – the Machines, Humans or
Aliens – and leverage your faction’s unique powers and abilities to slowly
expand your hold on this alien world.
## MAJOR FEATURES
* Nine Commanding Officers across three factions
* Faction specific units and buildings
* One Large Campaign Map per CO
* Massive, accessible modding – go beyond reskinning and edit unit behavior, import your own sprites.
* Deep, tactically rich systems that are easy to learn but can take time to master.
* Online and local multiplayer

## EXPLORE AN ALIEN PLANET
Every map you play on holds secrets you’ll need to spend time to seek out and
find. This isn’t a puzzle game, you’ll need to do proper reconnaissance to
determine the best route across the landscape to your opponent. Once you find
it, do you take the most direct route or do you circle them, opening yourself
up to the opportunity to see what really was just beyond those mountains…

## EXPAND YOUR BASE AND ARMY
Each game you’ll start with a small base and a couple of units. Every turn you
have the ability to build up your base more and more, giving you the ability
to build more complex unit types. But watch out! Your base is also your supply
network. If a crucial building gets destroyed, it may take down your whole
supply chain and force you to rebuild to adapt to the new circumstances.

## ENDURE HARSH CONDITIONS
You’ll face off against the other factions as you play through the campaign,
but the planet of Shoal isn’t one to let you idly move across its surface.
Just like any other player, the planet itself takes a turn every round, giving
it the ability to fight back against the war on its surface with weather,
fauna, and other mysteries.

## MAKE THE GAME YOUR OWN
Every map that you’ll play in the game will be made with the game’s level
editor that will be available to any player to use as well, day one! Go beyond
simple level creation and import your own sprites to create your own units and
effects and use the editor’s simple triggering system to build the map (or
game!) of your dreams!

Cantata