Dev Journal
v2.5 and the Warlords Expansion is now available, and we're excited to share the ins and outs. Check out my guided tour below: Our prior dev journal gave a preview of what to expect from the Warlords Expansion. This week’s dev journal is a guided tour what is new for both the v2.5 ‘Ares’ update and Warlords, including an improved tech tree, QOL improvements to in-game lighting, an upgraded battle viewer, and much, much, more… Updated Visuals We have adjusted lighting and added point li...
[read more]: v2.5 & Warlords Expansion Guided Tour
Dev Journal
Today we released the launch of the v2.5 'Ares' update and the Warlords Expansion. This release introduces a range of new features to enhance player experience. The v2.5 update offers a preview into the Warlords Expansion, with certain features available to all players and others exclusive to the expansion. For clarity on what's included in the v2.5 update versus what's exclusive to the Warlords Expansion, please refer to the chart below. Feature GalCiv IV ...
[read more]: v2.5 'Ares' vs. Warlords Expansion Comparison Chart
Dev Journal
I've been saying this a lot to design teams lately: There is no subsitute for playing the game and then playing the game some more and then playing it still more. And Warlords really shows that. Now, those of you who get it right away are in for a particular treat that you should take advantage of as much as you can while you can: There are a lot of absolutely crazy ship components in this that we have balanced as best we can but I can tell you right now, I there are going to be some...
[read more]: Quick thoughts on Warlords from the designer
Dev Journal
Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova’s version 2.5 update drops on April 18th and will be accompanied by the release of our third DLC “Warlords”, an expansion focusing on improving the game's warfare systems. v2.5 brings in a lot of changes to space combat and invasions, and the way warfare is carried out in general, and Warlords opens up a lot more content in each one of these systems, adding many exciting new ship components to wreck your enemies with! Today we’re going to take a ver...
[read more]: GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #54 - Warlords Preview
Dev Journal
Each civilization in Galactic Civilization’s IV: Supernova is constructed from a set of building blocks, either predefined and later edited by a player, as with our Core Civilizations, or selected by the player when making a custom civ. Biology, Citizen species, Cultural Focus, their starting Planet Type, Commander Ships and more are all selected to craft a specific playstyle for the civilization. The two cornerstone mechanical building blocks of this system, which most strongly inform the w...
[read more]: GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #53 - Abilities & the Intueri
Announcements
'We're the most famous company you've never heard of': A conversation with Michigan's oldest video game developer By Anna Fifelski Brad Wardell, 52, founded Stardock Corp. in 1991 as an undergraduate student at Western Michigan University. Decades later, it is the largest software and video game development company in Michigan. Later this year, Stardock will release the fourth version of its simulation game, The Political Machine, as well as an expansion for Galactic C...
[read more]: Crains Detroit Business Interviews Stardock
Dev Journal
In our recent update version 2.4 Populi we initiated some big changes to the way Citizens are generated and handled in the AlienGPT system, which we detailed in last week’s developer journal . This time around we’re going to look at another important feature added in Populi, the ability to move your population around your vast and sprawling civilization using an all new Citizen Transport system, and some ideas that you can use as a base for your own strategies surrounding Citizens. Be...
[read more]: GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #52 - Moving People
