Therium
Therium is the secondary resource of Stormgate.
Game Effect[]
Therium is mostly used to pay for advanced units, structures, and upgrades. While unmined, therium gradually spreads and enriches. Both the patches and underground veins can be mined.[1] However, the veins have to be destroyed before workers can start mining from them.[2]
At the start of a match, therium begins as a small patch of crystals—players have to decide whether they want to start harvesting therium immediately, or whether they want to give the patch time to spread, in order for a bigger payload later.[2]
Development[]
Possible therium dodads
Therium was inspired by Tiberium from the Command and Conquer series. Part of the reasoning behind having therium spawn away from bases was to make Stormgate feel like a lived-in world. Comparison has been drawn to the maps of the StarCraft series, where according to Kevin Dong, there was a sense of artificiality with how its minerals and vespene gas deposits were always found in set areas (like a multiplayer map rather than naturally occurring formations).[3]
In June, 2023, therium's temporary appearance was gray and glowing green polyhedrons.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2023-06-12, Official stormgate PR Fact sheet!. Reddit, accessed on 2023-06-13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2023-06-11, Stormgate is shaping up to be a brilliant blend of modern and classic RTS. PC Gamer, accessed on 2023-06-14
- ↑ 2023-06-12, The Perfect Mix of Warcraft & Starcraft? Stormgate Developers Deep Dive. YouTube, accessed on 2023-06-14