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{{Infobox video game
| title = Project Earth: Starmageddon
| image = Project Earth Starmageddon.jpg
| developer = [[CI Games|Lemon Interactive]]
| publisher = [[DreamCatcher Games|DreamCatcher Interactive Inc]].
| composer = {{ubl|Marcin Czartyński}}
| released = April 26, 2002
| genre = [[Real-time strategy|RTS]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[Windows 98|98]]/[[Windows XP|XP]]
}}
'''''Project Earth: Starmageddon''''' is a science fiction space-based [[real-time strategy]] [[video game]] developed by Lemon Interactive (an early incarnation of a Polish company that would be later known as [[CI Games|City Interactive]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobygames.com/company/ci-games-sa|title=CI Games S.A. profile|last=|first=|date=|website=[[Mobygames]]|access-date=}}</ref>) and published on April 26, 2002 by [[DreamCatcher Games]] for [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Dan |title=Hands On: ''Project Earth'' |publisher=[[IGN]] |date=February 6, 2002 |accessdate=October 27, 2010 |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/324/324130p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030820185241/http://pc.ign.com/articles/324/324130p1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 20, 2003}}</ref> It follows a conflict between human and alien factions, the latter being "Daemons".
It was also released as simply "Starmageddon" in its native country and "Project Stars" in parts of Europe (e. g. Germany).<ref>{{cite web |last=Guss |first=Dennis |title=Test: ''Project Stars'' |publisher=Gameswelt.at |date=October 1, 2002 |accessdate=July 10, 2016 |url=http://www.gameswelt.at/project-stars/test/project-stars,3691}}</ref>
The game is noted for its unusual control scheme for the strategy genre. While the traditional point-click-drag-drop control scheme is also available and used for utilizing few interface options, the game's default control mode is modeled after [[first-person shooters]], with movement of the mouse rotating the camera rather than simply moving the cursor, movement keys used to pan the camera and the mouse wheel being used to set the distance of the targeting reticule from the camera.
==Development==
Development on ''Starmageddon'' started in 2000, and at first it was developed as a [[Space combat game|Space flight combat game]] before making the switch to the strategy genre early in development.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Starmageddon - Zapowiedź|magazine=[[CD-Action]]|author=shAd0W|issue=59|page=32|date=April 2001|issn=1426-2916}}</ref>
The game received a sequel released in 2004 as ''Starmageddon 2: Project Freedom'' in its native country and ''Space Interceptor: Project Freedom'' in United States. In a reverse situation of the first game's development, ''Starmageddon 2'' started out its development as a strategy game but was overhauled into a space combat game mid-development.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Starmageddon 2: Project Freedom|magazine=[[CD-Action]]|author=gem|issue=98|page=24|date=April 2004|issn=1426-2916}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.dreamcatchergames.com/dci/projectearth/official_site/index.html}} (Flash required)
[[Category:2002 video games]]
[[Category:Real-time strategy video games]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:Windows-only games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Poland]]
[[Category:DreamCatcher Interactive games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
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