Imperia Online is a persistent, browser-based, massively multiplayer, online real-time strategy game developed by the Bulgarian game production company Imperia Online Ltd. It was originally released on August 23, 2005.Set in a Medieval world, Imperia Online is a predominantly militaristic strategygame.Imperia Online has been translated into 30 languages and has over 35 million registered users.The game is currently in its sixth version, but there are still active Version 5 realms.
Imperia Online is set in the Medieval times. Its current version 6 is called "The Great People", although there are still active version 5 realms as well. Each player starts the game as the emperor of an undeveloped Province. The Province can be developed by constructing - and later upgrading – various economic and military buildings amongst which resource-generating buildings as well as universities, used for researching key technologies. Recruiting and training military units allows players to attack other Provinces to plunder their resources, and defend from enemyattacks. Players may trade their resources with other players after they've built a marketplace on their own territory. The Province grows into an empire through territory annexing and colonizing.Players can communicate with each other using in-game messages, and may join alliances for military and economic co-operation with other players.
Players must register at ImperiaOnline.org free of charge to join the game, providing an e-mail address and creating a username and a password, or using a social network account.After logging in, the players follow a tutorial that guides them through various aspects of the game and provides rewards for successful completion. After the tutorial, missions start appearing for the players which guide them even further into the Province's development. At the start of the game, the players can select a seven-day "beginner's protection" period, during which they can't be attacked.
Resources are needed for developing Provinces and training units. Three of them – Wood, Iron and
Stone – are produced by resource-generating buildings: Lumber mill, Iron mine and Stone quarry.
The resource output can be increased by upgrading the three resource-generating structures, so
that new work vacancies are created and, thus, the possibility for increased production.The fourth main resource is Gold. It is used for almost any type of research, military training and building development. It is also the universal currency for buying and selling all three other types of resources. Gold is gathered through taxes, selling resources on the Marketplace, fortress sieges, deposit interests, and as one of the possible rewards from the various caskets awarded in the game. There are also the so-called 'Special resources' that can be found throughout the realm.There are more than 50 types of special resources and their main purpose is granting bonuses to various in-game statistics like resource production, military units, experience gain, etc.
Developer:Imperia Online Ltd.
Publisher:Imperia Online Ltd.
Producer:Dobroslav Dimitrov, Moni Dochev.
Platform:Microsoft Windows, Android, Web browser, Windows Phone, SteamOS, iOS.
Release :23 August 2005.
