Galactic Civilizations II: Preview at Gamespot

"The Spiritual Heir to Master of Orion?"

Published on February 8, 2006 By Frogboy In WinCustomize News

Gamespot is running a preview of Galactic Civilizations II which is due to come out at the end of this month.

Why are we mentioning this? Because GalCiv II is what me, T-man, MikeB, Mormegil, and many others have been working on feverishly these past few months. It's about to hit stores world wide. Then you can expect us to be back more active here on WinCustomize.

A couple interesting notes on the game:

User Interface was created using DesktopX
All the UI graphics were done by Mormegil
www.galciv.com was designed by MikeB. www.galciv1.com was made by Pixtudio and www.galciv2.com was made by the same team that made WinCustomize
I wrote the computer AI.
Cordellia from PowerUser.TV did the tutorial videos.

So check out the preview and here are some screenshots to give you an idea of what the game is like. It's a turn-based strategy game set in the 23rd century.

Comments

freezejeans

on Feb 09, 2006

Looks awesome, can't wait to get it. Kudos to all involved in its production!

Sraf

on Feb 09, 2006

Looks awesome, I may just have to get this

Kevison

on Feb 09, 2006

Ok I am very intrigued about how the user interface was created using DesktopX. What part of the UI and is there a chance there could be a write up on it? As a developer I would love to experiment more, sort of need a direction. Game screenshots look terrific!!

_footsie_

on Feb 09, 2006

I think it's a great thing for the younger crowd.....I'll just stick to my 'simple but makes me happy' old lady stuff lol

footsie

whiterabbit007

on Feb 09, 2006

That's just great! Between this, Civ 4 and my job, when the heck am I suppose to have any sort of social life.

Looks awesome, can't wait to get it.

CerebroJD

on Feb 09, 2006

That's just great! Between this, Civ 4 and my job, when the heck am I suppose to have any sort of social life

I would think the answer is obvious! Ditch the job!

raidersforlife

on Feb 10, 2006

Looks like it's going to be simply awesome, guys! February gaming goodness, this and Fight Night R3 on the 360...simply awesome. There goes my GPA

c242

on Feb 10, 2006

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nightbirdsf

on Feb 10, 2006

I don't know...that review makes it sound real, umm, "challenging." Too challenging for me, probably. Maybe I should just dig up my old copy of "Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain" out of storage and see if it can run on Windows XP?

47songs

on Feb 11, 2006

Then you can expect us to be back more active here on WinCustomize.

WONDERFUL!

Now WHEN can we expect Icon Packager to be fixed so that the icons don't "shuffle" around every time you save the package????!!! I don't know how anyone can upload an IP in the state the software is in. This is getting quite frustrating.

47songs

on Feb 11, 2006

BUMP!

nightbirdsf

on Feb 14, 2006

How much disk space does it need for a full install?

The game costs $39.99 at Amazon.com. Link

Iben

on Mar 30, 2006

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Very interesting.
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