Dev Journal
Star Control: October 2017 update
It's been a year since we posted the last big public update on the new Star Control. Last year, we began the Founders Program! Thank you all that joined. In the next two weeks, we will be ending the Founder's Program as we prepare for a public Beta program. If you want to join the Founder's Program it's not too late yet . A new tier Right now, we have Founders and Lifetime Founders. Both get access to our internal vault of stuff. Lifetime Founders get ev... [read more]
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Video games normally take liberties with the size of the universe. We know the universe is big but we frequently trivialize the immense size of the galaxy. Even scientists seem to trivialize this with questions like "Why haven't we detected aliens?". The answer might be because our radio signals haven't even reached a trivial distance of the milky way galaxy. Our solar system out to Jupiter. Zooming way way out to our local neighborhood. Now this is zo... [read more]
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[a]listdaily Interview with Brad Wardell on Star Control: Origins
[a]listdaily has an interview up with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell on the upcoming Star Control: Origins! "What attracted you to the Star Control franchise? Star Control II was my favorite game of all time. When Accolade went out of business, Infogrames picked it up, and when that went out business, Atari got it. When Atari declared bankruptcy, we picked up the publishing rights to Star Control I, II and III so we could create a home for the existing trilogy. What we want is a space a... [read more]
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With Star Control: Origins announced, people are wondering who Stardock is and what we’re all about. Many of you are already familiar with us but for those who aren’t, here’s a background. Game History When you read the comments on Stardock’s history we’re best known for our work on Galactic Civilizations and Sins of a Solar Empire. You will also see some people mention Elemental which had a rough launch but came back with its sequel and e... [read more]
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Ars Technica takes a first look at Star Control: Origins
Lee Hutchinson at Ars Technica got a sneak peek of Stardock's new Star Control: Origins game. The first short video of gameplay is with the article. You can see it all here: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/10/a-first-look-at-star-control-origins-gameplay-prequel-due-for-release-in-2h17/ It's a great primer on the original series (learn more here: https://www.starcontrol.com/starcontrolclassic ) and the challenges of making a new Star Control game. Lee talks about the... [read more]
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Star Control: Origins - Founders Program Phase II
Greetings! Today we are opening up the Founder’s Program to Phase II in preparation for alpha testing (Fall) and beta testing (Winter). If you haven’t seen the gameplay teaser, you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/K6ntg47q_cM We’re still very early in development as you can see. The creatures and other cool stuff on the planets weren’t quite ready to show yet and we’re saving the best parts for a later reveal. Feature status ... [read more]
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Lifetime Founders: The "Name a Planet" submission period is officially open!
Thanks for being a Lifetime Founder for Star Control! Grab your space helmets and your thesaurus, friends - it's time for you to name a planet! How to submit your planet name: Go to www.starcontrolgame.com/nameaplanet Login with the Stardock account you purchased the founder's edition under and submit away! But first, there are a few provisions - quid pro quo, you know how it goes: Only ONE entry per user. You can change your... [read more]