GalCiv IV: The Supernova Roadmap!
Published on Friday, April 28, 2023 By
Now with GalCiv IV in early access on Steam (with the Supernova expansion bundled) we’re going to try to provide a fairly comprehensive road map of what we have planned between now and release.
Milestone |
Date |
Details |
Initial Early Access |
April 2023 |
Early access release of Beta version of GalCiv IV: Supernova |
Civ Unlock 1 |
May 2023 |
Major classic civs unlocked |
German Language Beta |
May 2023 |
“Ich German sprecher bin am.” |
Civ Unlock 2 |
May 2023 |
More aliens unlocked |
Big Balance update |
May 2023 |
First big feedback integration on Gameplay feedback |
AI generated quests |
May 2023 |
This is where the AI will converse with you to ask for specific things using generative AI. |
Core Engine Update |
June 2023 |
Visual improvements, UI improvements, etc. This will be also part of an update to GC4: Epic |
Battle System Upgrade |
June 2023 |
Lots of updates concerning the way battles to address player feedback we’ve gotten to that point on making combat more interesting. |
Invasion System Update |
June 2023 |
The new conquest system should be “finished” at this point. This will also be part of an update to GC4: Epic |
Civ Unlock 3 |
June 2023 |
Additional aliens added |
Strategic AI Update |
July 2023 |
AI redesigned for better strategic war fighting |
Battle Viewer Update |
July 2023 |
Battle viewer has a lot more details, information |
Big Balance Update II |
July 2023 |
Feedback from players gets put into this update. |
The big AI update |
July 2023 |
All the evil players and their evil strategies will get put into the AI. This will also be brought back to GC4: Epic. |
The big pacing update |
August 2023 |
This will be where we bring it all together to see how everything together. |
Ship Designer Update |
August 2023 |
Brand new ship designer screen and corresponding system |
Cultural Progression |
August 2023 |
Major overhaul to Cultural Progression |
New Planet Economy |
August 2023 |
Planet screen updated with new citizen system |
Story-Driven Events |
August 2023 |
Lots of new events added to the game |
Civ Unlock 4 |
August 2023 |
Phalenoids, Luxar added |
New Diplomacy Screen |
August 2023 |
Re-designed Diplomacy Screen to provide a lot more information to players |
Big Graphics Update |
August 2023 |
Top to bottom graphical asset update |
AlienGPT Update |
September 2023 |
AI a lot smarter but also a lot more player control over what images are picked |
Big Language Update |
September 2023 |
French, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese |
Multiplayer Update |
September 2023 |
New Multiplayer system for competitive and cooperative play |
New Planet AI |
September 2023 |
AI much better at managing planets |
GalCiv Workshop |
September 2023 |
Players can share their ship designs with each other |
Civ Unlock 5 |
September 2023 |
Cosmic Contaminate, and other civs added |
Consequence Events |
September 2023 |
Do you remember those early event choices you made? GalCiv remembers.. |
Performance Optimization |
September 2023 |
Make the things faster |
Tech Update |
September 2023 |
New ship components, tech tree cleanup |
Tutorial |
September 2023 |
Interactive but entertaining tutorial |
Campaign: Supernova |
September 2023 |
Included campaign to give users an opportunity to play some interesting scenarios |
Polish |
September 2023 |
Lots of UI polishing |
Release |
October 2023 |
Stardock turns 30 years old! |