Tutorials, Strategies, and/or Targeting help for a newbie?

[graphitepaddle]

Played my 1st game yesterday, and was killed by a single easy AI by turn 61; it was over by the early 40's. This was after I desperately searched for a tutorial in the game ... only the guide.

1) Is there a tutorial out there somewhere?
2) Any kind of strategy guide? Not looking to beat the hard AI or a human yet; want a fighting chance against the dumber AI.
3) Any guide on how to target weapons?

Some strategy idea that I learned from game #1, which may or may not be good ideas:

* - Concentrate on mines & energy early on; especially mines.
* - Cities have power generation. Use them to power early mines.
* - Then start building long range telescopes for intel & data hubs for counter intel
* - Protect all assets with kinetic defenses. Had too many unprotected buildings in my 1st game.
* - Weapon building: Rail guns are cheap & available; don't wait for missiles to be available before building, especially if you don't have the enemy intel to target. Also, build weapons on different sides of the planet, because on any given turn, some will be easier to target than others.
* - Weapon targeting: Have rail guns lead the planet's orbit. Don't aim at the planet's current position, because it will move after the gun is fired.
* - Upgrades: During the build phase, consider upgrading existing building vs. always building new ones.

Game's interface is straight forward, great graphics, and generally found it fun to play for those 5 3/4 hours. But it would be better if I wasn't groping in the dark on high-level strategy & weapons targeting.

[Team Jolly Roger]

You can check out some of the player-made guides, they might be helpful: https://steamcommunity.com/app/650220/guides/

[graphitepaddle]

Thanks Jolly Roger. Rune's & Strats' guide were quite helpful. BTW, targeting IS EXPLAINED in the guide ... re-read, deep into my 2nd game. Big difference in weapon hit rate, once I understood that a planet moved after a weapon is fired.

[Team Jolly Roger]

Glad I could help!