Retreat or surrender?

You're winning. In our upcoming space strategy game, you can radio the enemy and demand either. Retreat: they keep their ships. Surrender: you capture them, but only after heavy losses.

Which do you demand?
In development. We also use AI tools along the way.
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A Vyr Hive carrier breaks apart in our upcoming space strategy game.

One of the lines we wrote for the Vyr, the game's second species: “The Vyr do not surrender. A Vyr dies, and their siblings eat them. Both are sacred.”

In development. We also use AI tools along the way.
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Was in #Florence a few weeks ago and accidentally snatched a photo of the menu screen of one of my favorite #4X games, Civ4. #Civilization #CivIV

The UI of Imperialist lost me a third of players!

But those who worked through it, had the one-more-turn itch.

This and much more analysed, after the Imperialist public playtest.

Demo coming soon ...

#Imperialist #4X #StrategyGames #GrandStrategy #PCGaming #IndieDev #GameDev #gameswithoutai

A black hole, up close, in our upcoming space strategy game. Watch the far side of the glowing disc: light bends around the hole, so it shows up arched over the top of the black shadow.

In-engine capture, in development.
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Ocean world or desert world: which one would you settle first?

In our upcoming space strategy game, an ocean world is rich in food and water but has little room for mines. A desert world has crystals and rare metals, but must import its food and water.

Work in progress.
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A blue giant in our upcoming space strategy game.

How the game describes a system like this: “Lit by a young blue-white giant star that will consume itself in a few million years.”

In-engine capture, in development. We also use AI tools along the way.
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Time: 2026-10-14 11:13:28 IDT
Min Alt: 2832 m
Min Dist: 25.51 km (94deg E)

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All 16 planet types in our upcoming space strategy game, lined up in one test scene: Earthlike, jungle and ocean worlds, tomb worlds, iron and carbon planets, gas and ice giants, and more.

In-engine shot, work in progress.
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Nothing visual to show but I spent the weekend iterating on the #4x Annhexation AI. I wasn't happy with how it waged war. Too piecemeal, not enough satisfying conclusions.

I've got a set up so that the AI can play the AI and created tools to analyse the games

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Our rebuilt cruiser from behind, its four engines glowing.

An in-engine shot from the hangar screen of our upcoming space strategy game. Work in progress. We also use AI tools along the way.

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Two suns in one system: a red star and its smaller white companion, with gas giants beyond them.

An in-engine shot from the system view of our upcoming space strategy game. Work in progress.

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I start quoting a famous doctor and become the Medic.

#games #twitch #Vtuber #Tavernmaster #Gaming #Stellaris #Strategy #4x #scifi #ScienceFiction #story #viewerparticipation #StellarisEterna #SmallStreamer #LGBTQ #Neurodivergent #English #Tavern #StoryFocused #ChatInput

Ice world or lava world: which one would you colonize?

Two planet types in our upcoming space strategy game: a colony on the ice, and a glowing lava field. In-engine renders, work in progress. We also use AI tools along the way.

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Ever wanted to grow your own army? 🌱 Well, you absolutely can with Eufloria Classic!✨️ Check it out (We even have a free demo)

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The weather turns on one of our planets: the same valley under a clear sky, then in a rainstorm with lightning.

Two in-engine captures from the same spot, blended. Our upcoming space strategy game, work in progress. We also use AI tools along the way.

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This galaxy is the map: one continuous zoom out from the bright core to the whole spiral, in our upcoming space strategy game.

In-engine footage, partly sped up; interface and map markings hidden. In development.

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A black hole in our upcoming space strategy game. The black shadow and the thin ring of light around it come from how light bends near a black hole; the orange glow is an artistic choice.

In-game capture from the system view, in development.

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Going live with Zephon, 1330pm EST 1030am PST www.twitch.tv/sparkytdk all are welcome @reboost.bsky.social #smallstreamer #twitchstreamer #youtubestreamer #goinglive #firstplaythru #Zephon #ProxyStudios #4x #strategy #scifi

One day on one planet: misty dawn, a bright morning, a thunderstorm, golden evening sun on the lake, then night.

In-engine shots of one valley, blended into a loop. Our upcoming space strategy game, work in progress. We also use AI tools along the way.

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