Releases March 17, 2026
Journals
Dev Journal
On vacation: Don't burn the place down!
Okay guys! I'm out at the lake for the next couple weeks. I only plan to be on working when the weather is crummy. I just checked out source code for E2015 and will be working on that during the rainy days. While I'm out. please DO NOT burn down the place. I know it's tempting. I realize now that leaving the ammo dump and the fuel depot together in the same area of the forum were mistakes but resist! Just resist. Thank you! [read more]
Dev Journal
FE: Legendary Heroes v1.7 this month
It looks like, with any luck, LH v1.7 will be going out a week from this Thursday (July 17th). This is possibly the biggest update we’ve done to Legendary Heroes since its release. You can read up on what’s new in it here: https://forums.elementalgame.com/455808/ Besides a ton of tweaks to the game itself, new features, new content and improved AI we were able to diagnose some crash bugs and fix them as well. So not only should it be the funnest update we’ve done but the most st... [read more]
Dev Journal
Game visuals: What makes a game’s graphics “dated”?
All games, even the games that looked amazing when they come out eventually start to look “dated” visually. The challenge isn’t determining whether a game’s graphics have started to get dated looking but what specifically makes a game start to look dated. Let’s use Legendary Heroes as an example: What parts of the game look dated today? What parts do you think will look dated in the near future? [read more]
News
One of the ways we like to thank our customers here at Stardock is through our annual reports, compiled and authored by Stardock President and CEO Brad Wardell. This year’s report, as always, combines a look at Stardock’s recent past and its future plans, analysis of the software and gaming industries, and statistics and observations from a survey of thousands of our customers. Some of the tidbits from this year’s report: Stardock is interested in game consoles for the fi... [read more]
Dev Journal
16 Engineering hours for LH v1.7
Greetings! v1.6 of Legendary Heroes seems to have gone well and we’re now moving on to v1.7. I’m not sure what the rest of the team has in store for that (it’s Kael’s team, I’m just a floater). But I’ve got 16 engineer hours of my own time for v1.7 and want to make sure every hour is spent well. I don’t know how many of you are interested in the sausage factory side of game development but if you are, this is a good chance to see it ... [read more]
News
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is 50% Off on Humble Store
The Humble Store has launched their Spring Sale today, and Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is 50% during the sale. You can grab it for just $19.99! https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/fallenenchantresslegendaryheroes_storefront [read more]
Dev Journal
The problem with fantasy games
We’ve been blessed with a lot of fantasy 4X games in the past few years. Besides the Elemental games we’ve gotten Warlock, Age of Wonders 3, Eador, and soon Endless Legends. If you like fantasy games, I highly recommend checking them all out (except War of Magic which is inferior to all of them). Unfortunately, as game designers, we have an unusual challenge: Magic. Magic isn’t fair It is really really hard to write good AI in a game that literally allows players to conjure... [read more]