GalCiv4:Developer Diaries

Developer Diaries Developer Diaries are articles, sometimes accompanied by videos, published by Stardock to describe the game design in detail. Title and link Description Date GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #27 - Localization Localization 02 October 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #26 - The Animals of AI The Animals of AI 25 September 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #25 - A Galaxy for Everyone A Galaxy for Everyone 14 September 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #24 - AIs Drinking Coffee on Planets AIs Drinking Coffee on Planets 28 August 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #23 - A Weekend of Polishing A Weekend of Polishing 31 June 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #22 - Improving the Ship Design Screen Improving the Ship Design Screen 17 June 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #21 - What to do about Space Bugs in Battle What to do about Space Bugs in Battle 5 June 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #20 - How people use AlienGPT How people use AlienGPT 30 May 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #19 - Culture is your Civilization's Character Culture is your Civilization's Character 24 May 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #18 - Should there be a campaign? Should there be a campaign? 15 May 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #17 - How much should you see? How much should you see? 8 May 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #16 - The importance of onboarding The importance of onboarding 8 May 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #15 - Thinking about planets Thinking about planets 5 May 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #14 - How many turns should that thing take? How many turns should that thing take? 1 May 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #13 - AlienGPT AlienGPT 27 April 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #12 - Humanoids? Humanoids? 24 April 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #11 - The AI Elephant in the Room The AI Elephant in the Room 20 April 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #10 - Little New Things Little New Things 13 April 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #9 - The FAQ The FAQ 5 April 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #8 - The Supernova Crisis The Supernova Crisis 31 March 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #7 - What's New in Supernova What's New in Supernova 30 March 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #6 - Technology and Ideology Changes Technology and Ideology Changes 23 March 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #5 - The Planets are Liars The Planets are Liars 8 March 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #4 - Event Updates Event Updates 1 March 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #3 - Battle Viewer And Ship Behavior Improvements Battle Viewer And Ship Behavior Improvements 13 February 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #2 - Updating Visuals Updating Visuals 9 January 2023 GalCiv IV: Supernova Dev Journal #1 - The 2023 plan The 2023 plan 22 December 2022 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #23 - Every Turn Counts Every Turn Counts 3 November 2022 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #22 - Save Me Survival Mode in Multiplayer 1 September 2022 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #21 - The Arcean War (and 1.05 preview) The Arcean War (and 1.05 preview) 4 August 2022 Galactic Civilizations IV: How to use the Civilization Builder Civilization Builder 9 June 2022 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #20 - Deals of the Xeloxi Preview of version 1.04 9 June 2022 (Galactic) Civilization Highlight: Meet the Corporate Sector! Civilization spotlight on the Corporate Sector 2 June 2022 (Galactic) Civilization Highlight: Meet the Drengin Empire! Civilization spotlight on the Drengin Empire 19 May 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Xeloxi! Civilization spotlight on the Xeloxi 12 May 2022 Using the Ship Designer in Galactic Civilizations IV Overview of the ship designer 28 April 2022 GalCiv IV Review/Let's Play Round-up Lists reviews and let's plays 28 April 2022 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #19 - The Roadmap Roadmap for future updates 28 April 2022 Galactic Civilizations IV is Now Available! Release announcement for GalCiv IV 26 April 2022 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #18 - The Dawn of the 24th Century Backstory on the setting on GalCiv IV 25 April 2022 Video Release of the Galactic Civilizations IV: Community Q&A #3 Video of 3rd Q&A 25 April 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Arcean Republic! Civilization spotlight on the Arcean Republic 21 April 2022 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #17 - Screenshot Time Screenshots from the latest version of the beta 15 April 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Festron Hunt Civilization spotlight on the Festron Hunt 14 April 2022 Galactic Civilizations IV Releasing on April 26th Release date announcement 13 April 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Navigators! Civilization spotlight on the Navigators 7 April 2022 The Galactic Civilizations IV Walkthrough Latest walkthrough for GalCiv IV 1 April 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Krynn Syndicate Civilization spotlight on the Krynn Syndicate 31 March 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Drath Freehold Civilization spotlight on the Drath Freehold 24 March 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Altarian Republic Civilization spotlight on the Altarian Republic 17 March 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Torian Regime Civilization spotlight on the Torian Regime 10 March 2022 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #16–The Battle Viewer Showing off the Battle Viewer 4 March 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Baratak Grove Civilization spotlight on the Baratak Grove 3 March 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Manti Cluster! Civilization spotlight on the Manti Cluster 24 February 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: The Terran Alliance Civilization spotlight on Terran Alliance 17 February 2022 (Galactic) Civilizations Highlight: Meet the Mimot Brotherhood! Civilization spotlight on the Mimot Brotherhood 10 February 2022 Galactic Civilizations IV Enters Beta Announcement of beta going live 27 January 2022 The Galactic Civilizations IV BETA Guide Tour An in-depth guide on GalCivIV 26 January 2022 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #15 - Internal Factions Explanation of the faction system 10 January 2022 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #14 – Pacing comparisons A comparison of the early portion in GalCiv games 23 December 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #13 - The Vault First look at a new feature for designing ships 20 December 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #12 - AAR Drengin Human Wars I Part 1 AAR for a Drengin-Terran game 13 December 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #11–Combat AAR Update on ship combat system 25 November 2021 Galactic Civilizations IV: Community Q&A #2 Recording of Q&A held on 22 October 8 November 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #10 - Do we need a battle viewer? Asking whether GalCiv IV requires a battle viewer 11 October 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #9 - Onboarding Developer journal on onboarding 4 October 2021 The Yor is back in the latest update to GalCiv IV Overview of patch 0.55 23 September 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #8 - Rise of the Commanders Focuses on Commanders 1 September 2021 Follow the GalCiv IV Development through PCGamesN Articles by PCGamesN on the development of GalCiv IV 23 August 2021 Let's Check Out the New Ideology System for GalCiv IV In-depth look at the new ideology system 5 August 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #7 - The Changing Face of Space Robots A look at how the Yor have visually changed 3 August 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #6 - Those First 20 Turns A look at the first 20 turns in GCII and GCIII 26 July 2021 Screenshot of the Week - GalCiv IV Close-up view of a sector 23 June 2021 Screenshot of the Week, Sectors - GalCiv IV Screenshot of the map zoomed out 16 June 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #5 Ideology compass is replaced by Cultural Spectrums 14 June 2021 Galactic Civilizations IV: EA Patch 1 Patch notes for the first update of early access 11 June 2021 Alpha Access is Now Available for Galactic Civilizations IV Announcement of release of GalCiv IV alpha 10 June 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #4 - A Guided ALPHA Tour A tour of GalCiv IV in alpha state 10 June 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #3 A look at core worlds and governors 7 June 2021 Screenshot of the Week, Ideology Screenshot of the ideology screen 2 June 2021 Galactic Civilizations IV: Community Q&A #1 Recording of Q&A held on 20 May 28 May 2021 Screenshot of the Week, Research Screenshot of the research screen 26 May 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #2 Explains how characters will work 20 May 2021 Screenshot of the Week, Planets Screenshot of the core world management screen 18 May 2021 eXplorminate interviews Brad Wardell on GalCiv IV Interview with Brad Wardell, Creative Director of GalCiv IV 17 May 2021 GalCiv IV Info Guide Information on what's new in GalCiv IV 11 May 2021 Galactic Civilizations IV - Meet the Team A look at the people developing GalCiv IV 11 May 2021 GalCiv IV Dev Journal #1 First look on the design philosophy behind GalCiv IV 11 May 2021