A colony in your pocket: Duskora on your phone

Duskora is not a cut-down mobile edition: on your phone you play the same game, in the same world and with the same colony as on a computer. The controls are made for fingers — tap to choose and give orders, slide to look around, two fingers to zoom.

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Duskora’s world map on a phone: sectors, your own colony and the tribes’ camps.

The build menu on a phone: walls and floors with what they cost.

The crew list on a phone: who is doing what and how they are.

How to play with your fingers

A finger has no right mouse button, so a tap does what you mean:

Tap a crew member to select them.
Then tap somewhere else to give the order: walk, fell, carry, attack.
Press and hold to look at something without giving an order.
Slide one finger to move the map.
Pinch with two fingers to zoom in and out.
Tap ▭ (“Several”) and slide to select several crew members at once.
With walls or floors in hand, draw a whole row with your finger.
Tap 🏠 at the top to jump back to your camp.

Landscape plays best

Hold your phone sideways: the map, with the buttons below it, then fits the screen well. Put Duskora on your home screen as an app and the game opens full screen, without an address bar — on a phone that saves a lot of room. The app page explains how.

On older or slower phones you can lower the picture quality in the settings; the game then runs more smoothly and is easier on the battery.

Five minutes is enough

Duskora suits short moments. Give your crew their orders — build, plant, craft, research — and put your phone away. While you are gone your colony rests; when you return the game works out what your crew finished in the meantime, and a short summary tells you what happened. What was queued carries on, at a calmer pace.

Notices in the game can be tapped: the map jumps to the place they are about, whether that is a caravan at the edge of your land or a storm over your fields.

What you do in Duskora

Your ship has crashed on the planet Kestrel. You keep your crew alive, build a base tile by tile with rooms, beds, storage, a kitchen and a workshop, grow crops and do research. On the world map you meet other players, trade with tribes, join a clan and sell goods on the market.

Frequently asked questions

Which phones does Duskora work on?

On Android phones and tablets with a recent Chrome, and on iPhone and iPad with Safari. There is nothing to download from an app store.

Is it the same game as on a computer?

Yes. The same world, the same players, the same colony. You can start on your computer and carry on on your phone with the same account.

Does it use much data or battery?

The pictures and sounds are fetched once and then kept on your phone. While you play, only a thin stream of game data goes back and forth. You can lower the picture quality in the settings to save battery.

Can I play in portrait?

The game works, but it is made for landscape: that is how the map and the buttons are easiest to see and to hit.

Is Duskora suitable for children?

Duskora is a calm strategy game without gory images, with a chat with other players. It is not intended for children under 13; anyone younger than 16 should ask a parent or guardian first.

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