Author Archives: vic

Posted the first official Development Diary on the Matrix Website: https://www.matrixgames.com/news/shadow-empire-dev-diary-1-planet-generation

This will not come as a surprise to many :) But yes.. Shadow Empire is going to be published by good old Matrix Games. Read the official announcement and detailed game info now: https://www.matrixgames.com/news/shadow-empire-is-announced There is also an opening right … Continue reading →

Snippet #30: The Tech Tree Time for a new Snippet. Shadow Empire will have a Tech Tree. But it is not completely your regular kind of tree… The essence of Shadow Empire research is that it is a two-step process. … Continue reading →

Yes there is an opportunity to help me test and evaluate Shadow Empire! Full Beta will still be several months off, but we are starting with early beta testing. We just sent out a “welcome back” email to the initial … Continue reading →

And I finally found some time to post a new Snippet. Here a playthrough of the first 12 turns of one of my test game. That’s it for this Playtest Snippet. Thanks for following the development of Shadow Empire.

I am a bit fed up with explaining mechanics in a rather dry fashion. So in this first Playtest Snippet I am sharing some screenies of one of my personal playtests. Of which I am trying to do a lot … Continue reading →