TAKE MARS

Help - Windows8

Help - WP8

Help   (Windows Phone 8)

  The Story:

The governments of Earth began an ambitious project to build a colony on Mars. However, internal conflicts and budget reductions are threatening the project. Now you, and other corporations, are competing to gain management rights to the colony. Get a colony completed before your competition and you will win the right to ‘Take Mars’!

Achievements Screen

 

Here you can see your progress in the game. View the badges that have been won.

View the number of games completed and the number of games won.

See how you have fared against different numbers of opponents.

Using your Microsoft Live Login, compare your totals against other players (Leader Board).  Minerals, Energy and Cyber scores only use data from games that were won.
Leader Board:  Each category will show your own score and the top five scores. Press Refresh to get updated data.  You will be prompted to enter the name you would like to use;  please enter a family friendly name, otherwise it may be changed.

Unlocks Screen

 

Here you can see the different unlocks available for Take Mars.

Time based unlocks are made available when you have completed the designated number of games.

Monetary unlocks are in app purchases via the Windows Store.

Settings – Game – Options

 

  • Under Options, look to adjust game play, such as
    * The number of opponents
    * The number of colony segments required
    * Is player assistance  enabled 
    * Whether to enable or disable each unlockable feature (once they have been unlocked)

 Note: Only player assistance is settable while playing a game.

The start of a game, against one opponent

With player assistance turned on,  you will get hints of what to do.

The green arrow points to the solar collection grid, which is where to collect Energy.

Above this is the Asteroids, which is where to collect Materials.

Top center is the Comm Center, primarily used for communications back to Earth.  However some nefarious corporations may have found another use.

Top right is the Manufacturing Center,  used to construct new items.

Bottom right is the Space Elevator,  used to deploy some items to Mars.

Bottom center is your home base.   This shows the the amount of Energy & Material you have collected and ready for use.  It also shows the number of colony segments you have deployed to Mars.    The green arrow begins above your worker bot.  You move your worker bots to the various locations to get things done.  However you can only move your worker when its your turn,  notice the yellow badge in the bottom right corner of you home base.  This badge tells you when its your turn,  and later a number is in the badge to tell you how you rank compared to your opponent(s).  

To move your worker:
Use your finger to touch the worker, then slide the worker to a destination. Release.

Informational Help Messages

 

Touch or click on places.   Information will be displayed concerning what that spot is.

 

Click around and see what you find.

Making things

 

When you send a worker to the Manufacturing Center,  a popup will be displayed showing what items you might build.    
Notice it show the resource requirements for the item.
Simply touch the item to start building it,  or touch else where on the screen to abort.
Once an item is constructed, it will go into space storage next to the Manufacturing Center.

Game Over

 

Once you or your opponent has met the game goals, the game is over at the end of that turn.
Notice I have three Colonies deployed (bottom center) and the game turn badge indicates my rank is #1.

As you play enough games, more game features will become available  (or you can unlock them faster using the $ unlocks).  Then that empty space in your home base will start being used,  and more fun things will happen.

App Bar:   (only during game play)

Gives quick access to various features, Volume, Help, Settings, Rate Game.  

Open and close by taping the 3 dots in the top right corner of the screen.

Playing on Multiple Devices:

Unlike the Windows 8  (PC) version, you cannot play on multiple phones and share Achievements.  This is due to lack of feature support on the phone platform.

Unlocks:

Unlocks add new features to the game, and are reached by two possible methods.  
When reaching game completion  milestones, unlocks are given for free.  The first is “Space Effects”,  which is available after 100 games are completed.
Alternatively,  the “Immediate Access” unlock may be purchased, which gives all the unlocks immediately.

Space Effects:  The solar system is a hostile place.  Bad things can happen.

 
Solar flares super charge the Solar Array,  shorting out all workers there for their next turn.

The asteroid field can be a chaotic place,  rocks large and small crashing
into each other.  Your workers may not all survive.
 

Where is the Water:  No one lives long without some water to drink.  Guess you better find a source of water on  Mars.

A new directive from Earth:  Build and deploy water search bots to Mars.  They will need to discover enough water sources to sustain the colony.  The number of water sources to be discovered is shown, and counts down to zero.
More built bots results in a faster search, with the above number being colored from Red (orange, yellow, blue, turquoise) to Green (fastest search).
 

Surface Effects:  The surface of Mars is not hospitable,  for man or machine.  Bad things can happen.

The winds of Mars are a damaging force.  Looks like you will be doing some colony repair.

The asteroid field sometimes pummels Mars with meteorites.  Oh, did
that one land on your colony,  too bad.
 

Alien Artifacts:  What’s that sticking out of the sands of Mars?  It looks like a fragment of a device, one not made by us.

A new directive from Earth:  Build and deploy tech search bots to Mars.  Find enough pieces of alien technology to understand it.  The number of fragmetns to be discovered is shown, and counts down to zero.
More built bots results in a faster search, with the above number being colored from Red (orange, yellow, blue, turquoise) to Green (fastest search).
 

Neo-Mars:   A new beginning, a new home.  Its time to start a Martian makeover.

A new directive from Earth:   That technology you found is going to pay off.  Build an artificial biosphere for Mars.
 

Cash unlockables:

Clicking on these connects with the Microsoft store,  where you can make a purchase.
 
 

Update  v1.0.0.6:

Increase touch zone for active worker,  should make moving worker easier.

Experimental:  add support for Twitter and Facebook,  send out your achievements or thoughts.  Available in the Settings screen, and in the Achievements page when you receive new awards after finishing a game.

 

Update  v1.0.0.8 Win8,  v1.1.0.8 Win8.1:

Add support for Windows Phone 8.1.
Add Microsoft Live Login (this is what you use with the store), which allows comparing scores of other players (Leader Board) in the Achievements screen.  This is also used to sync scores between devices.   Settings screen allows logging off.
Leader Board: Compare how many games you have Completed, Won, Abandoned against other players.  Also, for won games, compare collected Material and Energy, plus Cyber events.
Fix a possilbe double request for login to Facebook.   Also handle a change in behavior for posted data to Facebook, which resulted in truncated messages.
Fix an Advertisement sizing issue.