nova-meridian

NOVA MERIDIAN

The colony ship made it. Barely. Now there's a power core, a stretch of empty road, six settlers — and a sky that belongs to whoever reaches it first.

Nova Meridian is a real-time sci-fi city-builder soaked in neon. Raise glowing habitat blocks, night markets and fusion reactors on a fog-drenched frontier world. Balance an economy of power, food, credits and joy, push two research trees toward the stars, and pick the government your people deserve — or the one that gets results.

You're not alone out here. At cycle 8, long-range scans light up: HELIOS-7, a rogue AI colony, has broken ground in the far corner of your map. You'll watch its red-beaconed towers rise in real time while it races you to the same prize — the Dyson uplink. Out-research it, out-culture it, or watch its star ignite instead of yours.

Features

• 27 hand-crafted neon buildings — habs, night markets, holo-theatres, antimatter spires — with full 4-way rotation and a living day/night cycle
• A visible rival AI that physically builds its own city, sabotages your stockpiles, bleeds defectors, and will win if you stall
• Two victory paths, one defeat — ignite the Dyson uplink (technology) or open the Pan-Stellar Forum (culture) before HELIOS-7 finishes
• Dual research trees & five governments, from founding council to corporate hegemony, each warping your economy
• Random events — solar flares, dust storms, festivals, migrant waves — that force you to adapt on the fly
• A breathing city: steam vents, factory smoke, reactor heat-shimmer, drifting dust and a skyline of painted neon signage
• Save anytime, continue from the menu

How to play

Left-click to build, R to rotate, right-drag to pan, scroll to zoom, ESC to pause. Keep the lights on, keep bellies full, keep joy above the riot line. Roads connect everything to the core — a cut road is a dead district.

One map. One rival. One star. Claim it.