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I would love to do more ship design contests. We'll see :)

There is an "honorable mentions" page forthcoming.

Five of the eight finalists submitted but a single screenshot of their ship. Rand, edladner, all -- You guys do awesome work. We love it, and we deeply appreciate your contributions to the community. I'm sorry you weren't selected, but according to Paul we had over 80 ships submitted that he thought were good enough to be included in the game. That's a lot of competition for eight slots.

I should note that you can click the pic on the contest page itself to see a full-size shot of the ship.

Thanks to everyone who entered our ship designer contest. We were blown away be the creativity and skill that you all poured into your creations. Paul (lead designer) begged me to let him pick 16 instead of 8 finalists because he was so impressed by the submissions, but I wanted to make sure to minimize any fun that anyone was having (and/or couldn't re-jigger all the web design or alter the contest rules legally at the last minute) and so 8 is the final number. <a href="http://ga

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Contest update: We've picked the eight finalists, so check your email. Voting starts tomorrow!

Hey all -- sorry I haven't gotten all the questions answered. Some of the answers I just don't have. Quick update today: We've picked the eight finalists, so check your email. Voting starts tomorrow!

Edladner: No, but you can just resubmit -- give the youtube link and note that you'd like to update your previous submission, and we'll take care of it internally. loomenko: You don't need to own GC3 to be eligible, but submissions do need to be able to be imported into GC3. Designing them in the GC3 editor is the easiest way to make sure they're eligible. Rand Johnson: Seriously guys, ask Rand your ship designer questions. He/she has made some really cool stuf

Updated the FAQ with answers to your questions. Or here, if you don't want to scroll alllllll the waaaaaay up to the top of the page: What size ships are you looking for? Any size. Whatever supports your artistic vision. Do you want bare hulls, or finished designs with lasers, shields, etc? Hulls, generally. That's most likely how any winners will be included in the game, anyway. Will ship desig

This is a great discussion. FWIW, we talked about this a bit in last week's stream . The short version is that extreme worlds are going to change this dynamic quite a bit -- you won't be able to colonize everything in sight because you won't have the tech for it. So we're not spending a bunch of time balancing expansion right now when it's going to change so drastically once

Relevant to this thread's interests.

Just tried rotating my view in the ship designer by holding middle mouse and dragging the mouse around and it worked fine. Dunno what to tell you, implodinggoat :(

We got to most of your questions, I think :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5bAaq7f6XU&feature=youtu.be

Stream is up on YouTube if you couldn't make it live: [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX0fTlyGO_w&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Lead designer Paul Boyer is streaming and answering questions in the weekly Galactic Civilizations livestream. Join us at www.twitch.tv/stardock to ask your questions, or drop them in this thread, and with any luck you'll get an answer live on the stream. As always, you can catch up on previous streams on Stardock's YouTube channel . Today's stream will be posted later this e

Galactic Civilizations III Beta 2 has arrived! This major update to the beta adds diplomacy and all the trappings – trade routes, technology trading, alliances, the United Planets, and

Super helpful, thanks peregrine23!

Beta 0.42 released - huge hulls, improved load times, bug fixes.

We've released an update to the Galactic Civilizations III beta. Simply fire up your Steam client, and it should download the 0.42 patch automatically. Galactic Civilizations III 0.42 adds huge hulls, improves load times, and fixes several bugs. Our next major patch, Beta 2, is scheduled for an October release and adds diplomacy and much more to the game. Check out the full tentative development schedule here . Thanks

A minor patch for the Galactic Civilizations beta is available now on Steam on an opt-in basis. Huge hulls, faster load times, and bugfixes are ready for testing. This patch should go live to everyone soon if no major issues are discovered. To get the opt-in patch, do the following: Right-click Galactic Civilizations III in your Steam library Open the Betas tab In the drop-down menu, select “opt-in” Steam should automati

Population Pressure means your pop is nearing your food cap, aka your planet is getting more crowded, which lowers approval. The idea as I understand it is to create some tension between building up your core worlds and settling new ones (building colony ships to ship some of those people offworld).

[video]http://youtu.be/KARny_9_nfQ[/video] We’ve officially launched the beta! Bells are ringing, birds are singing, and it’s a beautiful day to dig up the archives of a forgotten race’s reality TV shows and use them to placate a restive populace that for some reason doesn’t see the value in mandatory six-month stints working the factories of the nearest forgeworld. To all of our Fou

Galactic Civilizations III Beta 1 Patch Notes <a href="https://fo

First off, a big thank-you to all our Founders for their assistance in Galactic Civilizations III's successful alpha program! The pages and pages of feedback, bug reports, ideas, and discussion have been invaluable to us. With the beta's imminent launch, the Founders' program is no longer available. The Galactic Civilizations III beta will be available for purchase very soon (Thursday August 14, if all goes acco