step 1: starting your empire on the top left corner is your money. click the buttons to build stuff. purchase a market to start getting money. step 2: how to defend buy a defense to increase your power. As the enemys progress, they will become more powerful, and increase power faster. step 3: labs construct labs to gain research. research is basically score.
IMPORTANT: this is like trash compared to my recent projects, but its my most popular by far. pls check out my other stuff ranks: private (25 research) sergeant (100 research) lieutenant (250 research) leader (500 research)