AI, in the form of image generators and large language models, are currently the hype. And ChatGPT has now also finally arrived for Civ fans! FCiv.net (an offshot of FreeCiv) has announced today that they have incorporated ChatGPT into their diplomacy engine.
Will we now see leaders realistically talking too each other? Or an AI, which will end a trade agreement in the next turn? It will be interesting to see how the current AI developments can improve Civilization!
The Tacticon is over, and besides many sales, there were also many interesting talks! They are now also available on youtube, the playlist is here. Talks include, among others, “The Art of War: Applying philosophical principles to modern strategy games” (panel includes Soren Johnson) and “Heroes at war: the role of key characters in strategy games” (panel here includes also Leyla Johnson).
If you want to discuss Tacticon with us, then click here.
And we got again a new “Game Of The Month” for you! In this Civ5 GOTM you play as Wu Zetian on standard size oval map on Prince level. You have to go for a science victory, and must at the same time prevent all other civs from achieving another victory. You have until June 15 to lead China into the space age! For more information please click here.
We just had a raffle for PocketCiv, which is a nice small civ-style game. We asked our users what they would like to have less in Civilization games, and then rolled the dice to determine the winner.
Our user Kyriakos won one copy, requesting less internal stability in Civ nations.
Our user chefofrats would like to see less of the fantasy related content like bermuda triangle and vampires.
And Twitter user Guardian Angels simply wants less barbarians.
Thanks to BMCGames for providing the keys! If you are now interested in this game, then join our discussion here.
Tacticon starts tomorrow, and we have an interesting schedule. Besides the sales, the talks about the random number generator in strategy games, as well as the music, are of special interest for the civ community.
Sales (starting probably tomorrow) can be found here https://store.steampowered.com/sale/TactiCon , as well as the streams.
All streams will be later available on youtube, and a game overview can be seen on the Tacticon homepage. You can discuss the Tacticon with us here.
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update includes, among other things like bugfixes, a new desert map scripts, as well as AI and memory improvements. Discuss this update with us here.
Old World is currently available in the Epic Store, on GOG and Steam.
A new version of FreeCol, the free and open source interpretation of Colonization, has been released! This new version includes new music tracks, new hill and mountain graphics, reduced computation time for the AI, and many more things!
As every month we got a new game for you! In this Civ5 “Game Of The Month” you play as Maria Theresia of Austria on a standard size fractal map on deity level. You need to go for a domination victory, and must prevent any other civ from achieving another one. You have until May 31 to bring the Habsburg’s back to glory again.
For all info please see this thread.