Releases March 17, 2026
Journals
Dev Journal
Fallen Enchantress: Tactical Battles - Part 1
As some of you know, I’ve never written tactical battle AI before. Galactic Civilizations and Stardock’s other games didn’t have tactical battles. War of Magic had tactical battles but I wasn’t involved in that portion of the game. This series of journals will take you through the journey of how to write AI for tactical battles. In my experience, games have tended to have pretty crummy AI when it comes to tactical battles (War of Magic no exception).... [read more]
News
Elemental: War of Magic v1.4 Released!
Stardock is excited to announced the v1.4 update for Elemental: War of Magic! Current users can update to v1.4 via Impulse, and includes a variety of updated features and fixes. Full changelog can be found here , and here is the highlights: Max army size reduced from 12 to 6 units AI more generous about imbuing their champions Increased # of turns on many improvements from 1 turn to 3 turns Tech multiplier reduced from 1.5 to 1.3 (faster research) AI more greedy when demanding... [read more]
Dev Journal
The point of the implementation phase is to get all the major features in and working as quickly as possible. It isn’t pretty, it isn’t always optimal. But we need to push through it so that we can start play testing and deciding what is working, what is outperforming (and therefor we may want to focus more on it) and what is underperforming (and may need to be replaced). It also leaves us with bugs. After implementation bugs become a daily task, every build gets... [read more]
News
Elemental: War of Magic v1.39a Beta Released!
Stardock is excited to announce the release of the v1.39 beta 2 update for Elemental: War of Magic . Current customers can update to the latest version via Impulse by showing pre-release version in their options, this update includes a variety of updated features and fixes. Release Notes: + Version is now v1.40 in-game + Max army size reduced from 12 to 6 units + Tech multiplier reduced from 1.5 to 1.3 (faster research) + Higher level monsters will spawn later in... [read more]
Dev Journal
Loving the new fog of war. Note how things that are on the edge of the FOW are handled. Video: http://screencast.com/t/K7zs6NIX [read more]
Dev Journal
I had the story for Elemental: Destiny’s Embers in my mind for over two decades. Twenty Years. That’s a long time. And when Random House asked me to write it, I had no problem providing them with my first draft. Then a second. And so on. What ended up being printed and available to purchase at your local book store is nothing like what the original drafts were. The story is the same. Make no mistake, I didn’t have to sacrifice the story. But the way it was writte... [read more]