{"id":677,"date":"2026-09-27T11:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T10:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2026-09-27T12:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:24:37","slug":"iron-command-my-real-time-strategy-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/iron-command-my-real-time-strategy-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Command \u2013 my real-time strategy game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve been working on a game: <strong>Iron Command<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a complete real-time strategy game where you build a base, pump oil, raise an army and take the fight across land, sea and air. I wrote it with the assistance of AI, and it&#8217;s free to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1790\" height=\"1007\" src=\"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hero-bg.jpg\" alt=\"Iron Command gameplay: jets and warships over the sea, with a base on the coast\" class=\"wp-image-678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hero-bg.jpg 1790w, https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hero-bg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hero-bg-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hero-bg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hero-bg-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1790px) 100vw, 1790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jets, warships and a base on the coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s in it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>23 building types, from Command Centers and factories to turrets and experimental weapons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 vehicles, 11 aircraft and 9 warship classes, including Prism Tanks, HIMARS, the B-120 Stealth Bomber, an Aircraft Carrier with its own air wing and the Dreadnought<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14 procedural map modes, from Archipelago to Fjords and Twin Continents, so every match is played on a new battlefield<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 AI personalities that scout, make plans and drop the ones that aren&#8217;t working<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24 upgrades to research at the Tech Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Singleplayer, a sandbox you can save, and multiplayer online and on LAN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Try it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iron Command is in early access, currently at version 0.9.65. It runs on Windows 10\/11 and Linux, and macOS is coming soon. All versions play together online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can download it from <a href=\"https:\/\/stigern.net\/ironcommand\/\">stigern.net\/ironcommand<\/a>, where you&#8217;ll also find the changelog and all the units and buildings. If you enjoy it, you can support development on <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/Stigern\">Patreon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/stigern4\">Buy Me a Coffee<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been working on a game: Iron Command. It&#8217;s a complete real-time strategy game where you build a base, pump oil, raise an army and take the fight across land, sea and air. I wrote it with the assistance of AI, and it&#8217;s free to play. What&#8217;s in it Try it Iron Command is in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":679,"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}