Dev Diary 1: The Big Picture

Imperialism: Concert of Europe is a turn-based grand strategy game in which you seek to maximize the power of a major nation during the 19th century through trade, industry, diplomacy, and warfare.

  • General
    • Turn-based grand strategy
    • 19th Century
    • Designed with Boardgame sensibilities
  • Game mechanics
    • Develop industry by building factories and railroads
    • Manufacture goods from raw resources and more basic goods
    • Consume goods to increase your population
    • Several different pop types, such as workers, soldiers, and engineers
    • Persuade minor powers to join your Sphere of Influence
    • Trade through a global market where prices are determined by supply and demand
    • Negotiate colonial claims with other great powers
    • Buy the debt of other nations to collect interest and gain diplomatic leverage
    • Historical events 
  • Aesthetics
    • Board game aesthetic
    • Victorian style UI  
    • Classical music soundtrack