Artistic Forces

Artistic Forces is a planned science fantasy-themed real-time strategy video game with anime, cartoon and comical themes set to be developed and published by Psonic.

Gameplay
Artistic Forces plays like most other traditional and classical real-time strategy games, in that the player must construct a defensive base, acquire resources, build various combat, defensive and support units, and defeat enemies. Various unit types can be trained, ranging from infantry to vehicles and aircraft units, including naval vessels in updates. The player may control each faction and each side has its unique characteristics and abilities.

Survivor-Descendant Alliance

 * Main article: Survivor-Descendant Alliance

The Survivor-Descendant Alliance has formed and launched by a good friendship between humans from the western world and the civilized humane inhabitants that survived from holocausts and other dangerous situations in the other world, Animatopia. This faction is technologically advanced, and generally fights with a combination of highly technological tactics, superior superpower (including thermobaric and incendiary weapons), expeditionary warfare, and a large, versatile, powerful ground, air and naval units as a military alliance. In order to defeat its enemies and their tactics, its military power relies on skill, mobility, and advanced technology.

Superhuman Union

 * Main article: Superhuman Union

Another faction of humanity. The Superhuman Union (Unionem Humane Nature) is a coalition of Animatopian inhabitants and Earth's western world, especially in Europe. As a military alliance and intergovernmental union, this usefully relies on the expensive and technologically advanced weapons, and magi-tech, a blend of magic and technology with a huge variety of elemental powers to fit the lore of this game, to defeat its enemies like the guerrilla tactics of the IMC, raw tried-and-tested firepower of the PDF, massively destructive arsenal of Oarcks, classical warfare of the Stick Figuroids, fantastic firepower of Kemonomimi, technologically oriented defenses of the RSSDF, and mutant and attrition warfare of the Mutant Horde.

Commonwealth Survivalists

 * Main article: Commonwealth Survivalists

The Commonwealth Survivalists (Содружество Выживших) are an organization made of the alliance that consists of the 15 post-Soviet countries: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Moldova, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan and Estonia. To keep the existence of their respective countries and survive through the other planet, they cooperate with the people from Animatopia as the humanity itself. Their military doctrine revolved around the concept of superior firepower, ground supremacy, numerical superiority of swarming thousand of soldiers of the post-Soviet military forces and reliance on highly advanced but conventionally based technologies, using primarily on heavily armored divisions. However, they were known for employing cheap infantry in the role of armor support. In addition, the arsenal of the Commonwealth Survivalists has involved radiological warfare, and obtained a huge variety of military weapons, vehicles, aircraft and vessels that are purchased via the post-Soviet and Russian supplementary markets to keep the advantages of their military doctrine going, including nuclear weapons.

Pacific Dragon Force

 * Main article: Pacific Dragon Force

The Pacific Dragon Force (太平洋龍力量) is all organized around the mainland China and Taiwan, and involves largely on Chinese tradition, brute force and sheer numbers, culminating in a variety of powerful and heavily armored tanks, and has limited air power as a military force. Their style emphasizes direct assaults and sheer power to defeat its enemies, and also places some emphasis on defense. Combining Bunkers fully loaded with anti-tank infantry for engaging tanks and other vehicles to destroy enemy infantry and aircraft easily defend against any attack. Besides, PDF buildings can be surrounded by Land Mines to prevent infiltration.

Rising Sun Self-Defense Force

 * Main article: Rising Sun Self-Defense Force

Based on the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, the Rising Sun Self-Defense (旭日自衛隊) Force is a defensively oriented and technologically advantaged faction. The military doctrine of the RSSDF is a unique combination of Japanese modernization, tradition and technology, and relies the variety of futuristic and modern Japanese military arsenal, GEKKO XII lasers, fortifications, defensive operations, industrial Tokusatsu and Otaku ties, superb firepower, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear reconnaissance, and high-tech, highly versatile transforming units in many possible ways to beat enemies, such as the high-tech weaponry of the SDA, magi-tech blend of the DoA, hit-and-run tactics of the Mutant Horde, massively destructive firepower of the Oarcks, firepower superiority and technology of the TDF, apocalyptic manpower of the TE, classical warfare and weaponry of the Stick Figuroids. In addition to their futuristic warfare, each armor of an infantry can be technologically upgraded into one that is based on Japanese tradition. Their manpower is naturally not as much as the one of its rival factions, but to compensate for this, they developed advanced technologies, mechas, drones and robots to combat for them along with their soldiers, vehicles, aircraft and vessels.

Taegeuk Defense Force

 * Main article: Taegeuk Defense Force

Being an inspiration of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and StarCraft 's popularity in South Korea, the Taegeuk Defense Force (태극 방위군) is a defense-oriented and technologically advantaged faction that rivals the RSSDF and other high-tech factions. The military doctrine of this faction is closely similar to those of the SDA, Superhuman Union and the RSSDF. Their usage relies on Korean technology, military weapons, vehicles, aircraft and vessels that are used within the Korean peninsula, supreme firepower, defensively advanced operations and expensive up-to-date high-tech arsenal like railguns and laser weapons to effectively counter their enemies, notable examples are the tactical utilization of the Mutant Horde, ingenuity of the IMC, the raw tried-and-tested firepower of the PDF, classical, modern and futuristic tactics of the Toon Federation, improvised weaponry of the Stick Figuroids and defensively oriented technology of the RSSDF. Rapid deployment and mobile assaults are the essential elements to their victory. They have also taken up the mantle of having the world's most versatile ground, air and naval force, ranging from Korean military weapons to high-tech ships. The main differences between the Korea-inspired TDF and other technologically advanced factions are how each side employs their forces and use of military technologies. They are versatile, more specialized and more direct to their units having multiple uses.

Joshi Rikugun

 * Main article: Joshi Rikugun

The Joshi Rikugun (じょし りくぐん), or Joshi-Gun for short, is a derivative of the Rising Sun Self-Defense Forces and the eastern hemisphere of Animatopia, and the female personnel have been merged together into this faction of their own in favor of honorably disdaining Yandere and fundamentally using Otaku stuff, moe anthropomorphism, raw tried-and-tested firepower, improvised weaponry and old and modern arsenal of military weapons, equipment, vehicles, aircraft and vessels. Without the Japanese tradition in their arsenal, their military doctrine relies on modern Japanese technology, classical firepower, anime-influenced ties, and old military weapons, vehicles, aircraft and vessels that are no longer used by the JSDF, including some of those that are currently used by them. This faction also bears an inspiration of the Sisters of Battle from Warhammer 40k.

Kemonomimi

 * Main article: Kemonomimi

The military of this faction is a unique blend of Japanese mythology, tradition and technology. Kemonomimi (けものみみ)

Robotoids

 * Main article: Robotoids

Stick Figuroids

 * Main article: Stick Figuroids

The factional Stick Figuroids have formed into a single organizational entity by the stick people in Animatopia. They are known for scorning fascism, forcing labors, growing larger communities, building various structures, and maintaining freedom and justice for all of themselves to keep their peace active. In order to involve fighting against their enemies, their military doctrine emphasizes the usage of improvising and utilizing hunting weapons, thermobaric weapons, workforce, vitalizing and purchasing the range of classical and powerful US military arsenal, classical warfare, high mobility units, attrition warfare and hit-and-run tactics despite being nowhere near as technologically advantaged as many factions with technological superiorities.

Anthro

 * Main article: Anthro

Toon Federation

 * Main article: Toon Federation

Global Integrity Association

 * Main article: Global Integrity Association

Also known as the League of Global Integrity Associates, Global League of Associates, Global Integrity Agency, Global League of Nations or shortly Global League.

Interplanetary League

 * Main article: Interplanetary League

Plastic Armed Force

 * Main article: Plastic Armed Force

Dominion of Animatopia

 * Main article: Dominion of Animatopia

Magen David Society

 * Main article: Magen David Society

(חברת מגן דוד)

Middle Eastern Coalition

 * Main article: Middle Eastern Coalition

(تحالف الشرق الأوسط)

Mutant Horde

 * Main article: Mutant Horde

The Mutant Horde is a genetically mutated faction in both worlds. Before merging into this faction, humanity became mutated as a result of radiation and mutation on Earth, including somewhere in Animatopia. While nowhere near as technologically advanced as the SDA and other technologically superior factions, they have learned to possibly rely and utilize the power of the mutation, attrition warfare, chemical warfare, hit-and-run tactics, outdated arsenal of military weapons, vehicles, aircraft and vessels, and other mutated creatures like eagles, dire wolves and scorpions in order to add the strength of their military doctrine, and fight their enemies.

Oarcks

 * Main article: Oarcks

Taking an inspiration of orcs and their mutated variants, the Oarcks are a race of orc-like mutants and formed into this faction. As their military doctrine, they rely on weapons of mass destruction, attrition warfare, hit-and-run tactics, devastating firepower, classical, improvised and utilized weaponry, fundamentally modified military arsenal, savagery and valor in order to combat their enemies.

Totalitarian Empire

 * Main article: Totalitarian Empire

Based on the inspiration of the Axis Powers of WWII, the New World Order and Shadaloo from the Street Fighter series, the Totalitarian Empire (Imperii Absoluti) is a faction formed when a derivative of humanity went dictatorial with the use of propaganda, mind controlling, possession/brainwashing and fascism. They involved mind-control and brainwashing/possessive abilities, apocalyptic manpower, technological superiority, improvised and massively destructive weaponry, dictatorial tactics, psychological warfare, and vast number of infantry, vehicles, aircraft and vessels based on those of WWII, Cold War and modern times.

Irregular-Maverick Confederation

 * Main article: Irregular-Maverick Confederation

Being a technologically disadvantaged faction and restored to thievery, brutality, uprising and deceit, the Irregular-Maverick Confederation (الاتحاد غير النظامي المنشق/არარეგულარული-მავერიკის კონფედერაცია/Конфедерация Нерегулярных Индивидуалистов/Konfederacja Nieregularnych Indywidualistów/Onreëlmatige-Maverick Konfederasie) has comparatively weak but highly mobile ground units, and limited air power, prompting the usages of improvised, looted and stolen military arsenal, chemical warfare, stealth, radiological warfare, black market ties and guerrilla warfare like mining, ambushing, hijacking, hit-and-run tactics, using salvaged vehicles for their own weapons, unconventional warfare, and all kinds of devious subterfuge, most notably toxin weapons and dirty bombs, against their enemies, including the necromancy of the Cult of the Undead, robotic warfare of the Robotoids, superior firepower of the PDF, high-tech tactics of the SDA, magi-tech arsenal of the DoA and defense-oriented technology of the RSSDF.

Kaijin Gundan

 * Main article: Kaijin Gundan

(怪人軍団)

Alien Empire

 * Main article: Alien Empire

Yami Musume

 * Main article: Yami Musume

(闇娘)

Fanatic-Heretic Cult

 * Main article: Fanatic-Heretic Cult

Cult of the Undead

 * Main article: Cult of the Undead

Freaks

 * Main article: Freaks

Horroroids

 * Main article: Horroroids

Possessed

 * Main article: Possessed

Interdimensional Empire

 * Main article: Interdimensional Empire

Dominators

 * Main article: Dominators

Tyranosaurians

 * Main article: Tyranosaurians

Beast Warlords

 * Main article: Beast Warlords

Cultic Covenant Coalition

 * Main article: Cultic Covenant Coalition

Militant Jihadists

 * Main article: Militant Jihadists

(الجهاديون المسلحون)