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- Space Imperia 4X
Dev Blog - 4 May 2026
Hello everyone, Two weekends ago I had the pleasure to attend GMT Games’ Warehouse Weekend, a four day board gaming event held twice a year. On the Saturday, I ran a game of Space Empires 4X for 5 new players plus mysel…
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Demo Patches #13
FIXES Combat camera no longer locks or drifts off the wrong target Popups now stack in the correct front-to-back order Combat no longer re-fires during the movement phase or after loading a save Newly-built ships with n…
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Multiplayer Closed Beta
Hi everyone, We're pleased to announce signups for our multiplayer closed beta slated for May! You can sign up on the Steam store page as well as fill out the form here: BETA SIGNUP The last month has been exciting! I'v…
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Demo Patches #12
FIXES Remove TV effect FEATURES Event system live - see when techs are revealed by the enemy ('Events' top left) and also view enemy known techs (click enemy color top middle) Selecting a ship for movement: if you click…
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Demo Patches #11
FIXES Edge case counter limit issue where the last counter to be built could only build quantity 1 Units do not hide until they start a turn at a friendly colony FEATURES Add ship scuttling Indicate whether or not a shi…
Announcement3 changesGameplayUI/audio - Space Imperia 4X
Demo Patches #10
FIXES AI was having freezes during screening and retreating (was fixed and pushed on the 6th/7th) Mines bugs where last ship was killed using a mine but the game state didn't transition Mines were incorrectly bombarding…
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Demo Patches #9
FIXES screened ships are now given the option to retreat or pass when it is their turn to act in combat terraforming barren planets now works correctly; colony ships also may now be upgraded in order to get terraforming…
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Developer Playthrough
Hi everyone, After some requests, I recorded a playthrough video of the demo scenario. Enjoy! Brett
Announcement - Space Imperia 4X
Demo Patches #8
FIXES Minesweepers were never correctly working - AI now uses them correctly, they'll work for players, and now there's a notification pop up for swept mines before combat starts Retreats were silently failing - the eng…
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Demo Patches #7
FIXES players can now screen multiple ships until they press pass or screen the limit combining now only works with 100% identical ships; when combining, the combined ship will receive moves remaining equal to the lowes…
Announcement - Space Imperia 4X
Demo Patches #6
FIXES minerals now correctly deposit; previously, there was effectively a 50% chance they wouldn't be counted during the economic phase bombardments now properly play after combat but before the next turn starts general…
Announcement - Space Imperia 4X
Demo Patches #5
FIXES one base and one shipyard may now each be built at the same producing colony each round available bullion now correctly displays base build button disabled if base already exists at a colony DEBUGGING Surface econ…
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Demo Patches #4
FIXES economy windows only open when economy phase actually starts removed 2px border from ship buttons that are inactive/disabled updated steam deck build settings for internal Steam stuff FEATURES added new Supernova…
Announcement7 changesBalanceGameplay - Space Imperia 4X
Demo Patches #3
FIXES home planet bombardment now decrements correctly: 20-10-5-0 instead of 20-10-5-3-2-1-0 the game explicitly checks for end game at the end of every turn, handling bombardment scene errors where end game wasn't prop…
Announcement - Space Imperia 4X
Demo Patches #2
More fixes have rolled out throughout the evening: FIXES mines in combat now function correctly, with more streamlined animations/sounds mines and decoys can no longer enter ANY space with enemy ships (player or alien)…
Security4 changesFixGameplay
