Polytopia Wiki (2024)

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Does Elon Musk play Polytopia? ›

“I am just wired for war, basically.” -Elon Musk, taking a mobile strategy game waaaaay too seriously. Elon Musk really likes the game Polytopia. He has skipped birthday parties and international business meetings to play the game.

In February 2016, the game was first released on the App Store, titled Super Tribes. The first version only had the thirty-turn mode. In June 2016, the game's name was changed to The Battle of Polytopia due to trademark issues.

Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.

On mobile, four tribes—Xin-xi, Imperius, Bardur, and Oumaji—are available for free; the others are available as in-app purchases that cost from $0.99 to $4.49 USD. On Steam, all regular tribes are included in the base game, and special tribes are available as DLC.

Polytopia, being a turn-based game, is a very fitting game for a car as you can pick up and put down the game at any point.” The game was added to Tesla's Arcade Mode through a software update on Christmas Day 2021.

By giving Polytopia units the ability to learn how to shoot, build embassies, and mine; there are considerably more ways in how a game may play out. This does however make it more difficult to predict an opponent's move when compared to chess.

Quetzali. Based off of Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Aztecs and Mayans. Their mountains resemble Mesoamerican stepped pyramids and red soil like theirs is predominantly found in rainforests like the Amazon.

Concordance Day commemorates the peace following the end of that war. The Ancients have been heavily teased as the next upcoming tribe, with a notable redesign in the 2022 Concordance Day post accompanying a blurb heavily implying that the Ancients were not driven to extinction as was previously believed.

The Battle of Polytopia: Moonrise is the current version of The Battle of Polytopia. Moonrise uses the Unity game engine, while previous versions used the Adobe AIR system.

These include Bardur, Imperius, Kickoo, and Zebasi. They are the strongest tribes because upgrading the capital on Turn 0 gives them a “head start.” Having an upgraded capital either doubles income or grants a lot of bonuses from meeting other tribes with an Explorer.

What do the black dots mean in Polytopia? ›

The dots represent how many units the city is currently supporting (i.e. a level 3 city can only support 4 units, and needs 4 population to the next upgrade.).

To conclude; Hexonia is more polished overall, but has less features than Polytopia. Hexonia is still brand new, however, so additional features will most likely be added - and if multiplayer and more tribes make it into the game, it will become an easy pick.

The Luxidoor love expensive things, jewels, rare spices and exclusive ornaments. That is also why they are the most expensive tribe in Polytopia!

Bardur and Cymanti are always powerful choices, Elyrion if you know how to use them and water improves Elyrion's gameplay. Vengir if the map is on the smaller side and more opponent dense. Kickoo is the best tribe (imo) on traditional continent maps, but the meta favor lakes.

Because of the 5 stars bonus, you should in most scenarios upgrade level 2 cities to level 3 as the first thing you do in a turn, as each upgrade has an effective cost of only 1 or 2 stars and upgrading boosts your income. Check if you can take advantage of these upgrades before you do anything else each turn!

Musk revealed that he enjoys unwinding by playing games like Diablo, often with friends online. Reflecting on his past gaming experiences, Musk shared anecdotes of his proficiency in games like Quake, dating back over two decades.

Midjiwan AB is an independent game developer based in Stockholm. We are the developers behind The Battle of Polytopia, which has since been installed million times by players worldwide.

He is an actor and producer, known for Machete Kills (2013), Iron Man 2 (2010) and Why Him? (2016).