Is Radio General down?

The attack came without warning in the dead of night. Machine guns can be heard chattering in the distance. Rushing into the command tent, you find several hurriedly assembled reports on your desk. Estimated enemy strength, composition and positions... all unknown. Real useful. The report on your available units is little better; Able and Baker companies should have arrived at Cintheaux by now, but nobody's been able to raise them. Will need to send out a patrol to look for them and give them new radios. That's enough paperwork though - it's time to get to work. Clearing off your desk reveals a map of the area and some unit figurines. You grab the radio microphone, adjust a few dials, and say into the receiver: "Charlie Company, Report Status." It's time to take command of the situation.Radio General is a real-time strategy game where you can't see your units. Instead you interact with them over the radio, and must ask them what's happening. Units report to you verbally with full voice-acting. Unfortunately for you, war is confusing. Your units won't always know what's going on, and you must make tough decisions based on these incomplete (and often confused) reports. All of this is done from a detailed command tent, as it would have been during WW2.If you’re after an extra layer of immersion, try commanding your troops with your voice! Using speech recognition and your microphone, you can choose to speak out loud to direct your units. By combining speech recognition with full voice-acting, you'll feel like you're a general on the horn with your troops.Behind the scenes, ammunition, morale, camouflage, sight and stamina are all being modelled. Elevation and terrain type will heavily influence battles. A smaller force will be more successful in launching ambushes in a forest than a larger force. Being on a road drastically improves movement speed, however affords little cover and camouflage. Being on a hill will drastically increase your spotting distance, w...