#crying suns

A commission piece for Gurk on discord of the game Crying Suns of Idaho reuniting with his wife Rebecca!

The game is in pixel art so the details are hard to make out, as well as the character Rebecca basically only being seen once. So I had to guesstimate a lot.

For reference, I have never played the game before, but Gurk said he really wanted to see art of this fluffy couple, which is why he was commissioning me. He said it was a combo of the game being relatively indie, and kind of hard to beat which caused the lack of fanart.

So, if you have ever played Crying Suns, please let me know, so Gurk can know he's not the only one thats played, lol!\

Ok. I am unreasonably upset that this character has no fan art of them. They're so cool and I like them so much for seemingly no reason.

Crying Suns - Blast Review

Developer: Alt Shift Rrp: £19.49 (Gog.com, Humblebundle and Steam) £19.99 (Epic)

I've always been a fan of Isaac Asimov's Foundation book series, so when I read the blurb on this game that it was heavily inspired by it... well, I had to give it a look. I have to say whoever wrote that bit on the website was spot on, the tone of the writing and worldbuilding instantly reminded me of Asimov's style. What makes it even better is that even if you aren't familiar with his work as long as you like science fiction you should really enjoy what the developers have created here. This game is a bit of an odd one, it describes itself as a tactical game, and for sure there are plenty of times where you have to be tactical with your units on the battlefield. But much of this game is more of a resource and risk management simulator.

You'll spend most of your time trying to decide whether or not to get involved in events (assuming you get the option to recuse yourself) and what resources you're willing to put toward your hopeful success. Will the reward be worth it? That's a very good question, only one way to find out. Of course, in some situations you'll lose out no matter what, so its a matter of trying to take the least amount of loss. This being a roguelike over time you'll learn which situations are worth the risk or not. You'll also slowly gain 'special officers' that are more skilled than the ones you typically start with that will make a big difference in the long run. You'll also unlock new battleships to play with that will have very different strategies and playstyles.

It’s dark, it’s gritty, it’s apocalyptic, it’s consequences and scattered remnants of humanity and over the entire thing is this great big “wtf is happening” mystery that honestly sort of intrigues me. The writers knew how to sprinkle in just enough hints to make things fascinating without entirely giving it away.

Crying Suns is a FTL: Faster Than Light-esque rogue-lite tactical space adventure with a with gorgeous artwork and a deep Sci-Fi narrative that sees you unravelling the mystery of the disappearance of the human race.