Red vs. Green

Red vs. Green is a top-down real-time strategy game about commanding android troops in a war between Red and Green. You mine gold, build androids and direct squads to defend your base and destroy the enemy HQ. The game focuses on troop movements rather than building speed.

The android war

Androids were created to replace human combatants in a global theatre. Blue androids came first: simple, mindless killing machines that attack when you encroach on their area. Red androids followed, with human-like behavior and simulated egos; Green androids came later, with greater self-worth and new AI. Green believe they are superior because they were made last, while Red consider the original, classic model superior and believe newer technology brings new bugs. The last humans are gone, but the war between Red and Green continues.

Command your troops

You can select units, create squads and issue context-sensitive orders to move, mine gold, follow, patrol or attack. You must balance expanding your forces with defending your base, while contending with random scouts, roving parties and gold shortages. The enemy acts quickly and methodically.

Units gain experience with each kill and level up, increasing their hit points, damage and self-repair speed. You can also upgrade your HQ to produce units that begin at a higher level. Each HQ upgrade increases how many androids you can control and how many hit points the HQ has; it repairs itself slowly over time.

Levels and defeat

To complete a level, destroy the enemy HQ and eliminate any surviving enemy units. Each level is progressively harder than the last. You lose if your HQ is destroyed, or if you have no units to mine gold and no gold left to build more units. Completing a level autosaves your progress and unlocks the next one, and you can replay any level you have unlocked.

Android forces

• Red Androids: One of the two factions in the main battle, which considers its original model superior to Green.
• Green Androids: The opposing faction, which believes its newer technology makes it superior to Red.
• Blue Androids: Neutral units that attack if you encroach on their area.