Hey everybody, hope you are having a nice spring! I've been coding a bit of Galimulator stuff and after some positive feedback from my alpha testers it's time to do a first public beta release with some new stuff. As with every beta release, there are likely to be many bumps ahead - but I do hope that there will be some brave people out there who give it a go and let me know what you think. Here's some of the most major fixes: * Moving stars! Some galaxy types now have stars moving around in them. * Cultures added to the game, pervading the galaxy like empires or religions * Easy to make custom maps using just a single image file - check out http://blog.galimulator.com/2-uncategorised/4-galimulator-map-making-in-4-9-and-onward * Added an option to disable empires spawning from Neutral * Made it possible to designate any person anywhere you want in your empire in emperor mode * Dreadnaught ship added (it's pretty big) * Option to add separate density image during custom map creation * Improve galaxy selection screen, including preview window * Empires can now create multiple artifacts, with a configurable artifact cooldown * Added an option to log bulletins to text file * More empire achievements * More options in drawing the galaxy, like removing empire borders, simple stars * Supernovas and other AOE effects now also damage ships * Countryball fixes * Performance improvements * Fixed a whole lot of bugs (like the gradually slanting text ... don't ask) And very importantly with this one. This version *should be compatible with your old saves*! If it is not, if old save files break, then I'd super much appreciate if you send me your broken saves so I can try to make them loadable again the next beta update. To join the beta track, just right click on Galimulator in your Steam client, and find the "Betas" tab. As always, let me know down below in the comments if the new features work and if you like them. Or drop by on the Discord, reach me on Twitter, email, whatever. Input from the community is absolutely essential for the game!
[ 2021-05-16 07:13:41 CET ] [ Original post ]
- Galimulator Linux [95.7 M]
- Watch in Observer mode
- Play around freely in Sandbox mode
- Take control in Emperor mode
Empires will:
- Wage war to conquer more stars
- Build ships to fight and do other strange things
- Encounter strange space monsters
- Venture out on intergalactic quests
- Research new technology
- Switch politics between expansion, fortification and more
- Build powerful (or useless) artifacts in space
- Transcend to unimaginable hyperbliss
Ultimately they will go away, crushed by a stronger race, victims of internal strife, eaten by space monsters, or some other fate. But new ones will take their place. It's the hypercircle of interstellar life in space.
Follow the fates of Dynasties and individual people as they rise from low level paper pushers, and rise to become Captains, Ministers or even Emperors.
In Emperor mode, you can control your own empire by using your Flagship to boost expansion and defense, build and control your ships, and manage your Spy network.
In Sandbox mode, you have full freedom to do pretty much what you want. Make empires degenerate, throw meteors at them, etc.
Or you can just observe, like an aquarium, except with interstellar space empires instead of fish.
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 (probably works on other distros too)
- Processor: 1.0 GHz
- Graphics: Integrated GraphicsSound Card: Optional
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