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Stephen Muray

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"Eladrin", Stellaris Game Director at Paradox Development Studios (Studio Green), he/him. Opinions are my own. The galaxy is vast and full of wonders.

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I have always been disappointed that this ability wasn't named "Produce Produce".

04.06.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I urge anyone creative with imposterr symptom to go to youtube and watch β€˜Hi Ren’. It will make it clear that you are not alone.

17.05.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Stellaris Cinematic Universe continues with the follow-up to the Season 09 Announcement trailer.

10.04.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Hive Mind voice was the Stellaris dev team of the time, many of whom no longer work with us.

Other VAs might no longer be available for other reasons.

24.03.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The same was true back then too. (Except the business tools were hilariously, unusably bad.)

All of the MA artwork was made by our artists, who are made out of meat.

We have two dev diaries showing their full process from vis dev to final - Stellaris Dev Diary #342 and #344.

24.03.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's also used for ideation purposes but not for generating content that goes into the game. Also as a general business tool to summarize emails, take some meeting notes, and the like.

24.03.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The advisor voices use AI so we can update them if we add lines or want to iterate on them. This avoids situations like the Hive Mind voice that can never get updated. (That said, the Mandarin advisor voice we're adding in 4.0 doesn't use it - the tool wasn't able to sound natural.)

24.03.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Client Challenge

You can.

The dev diary has a more detailed list of the BioGenesis features.
pdxint.at/4iQjW4R

24.03.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us tomorrow at 1600 CET / 11:00am EDT for a livestream with Game Director Eladrin and Marketing Manager Davide, to talk all things Stellaris 4.0!

12.03.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You can do it. We believe in you.

Don't let your cheese filled dreams remain just a fantasy.

17.02.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well that's certainly... Something.

03.02.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Loading cursor follows Kepler's laws.

23.01.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you.

18.01.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drumroll, please... πŸ₯

Read Stellaris Dev Diary #366 - Announcing Stellaris 4.0: pdxint.at/4hgjNGC

16.01.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 8
The Gummy Bear Song With Lyrics - GummibΓ€r The Gummy Bear
YouTube video by The Official GummibΓ€r Channel The Gummy Bear Song With Lyrics - GummibΓ€r The Gummy Bear

How could we forget about this 2007 banger from GummibΓ€r? My kids certainly didn't let me forget about it after it was in Just Dance Kids 2.

youtu.be/qC_hF31z130

19.12.2024 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a tough time starting anything new after finishing ReFantazio, because I felt like they just didn't have a chance of being as good so I'd unfairly judge them as disappointing.

So I drowned my weird gamer sorrows in Balatro for a while.

10.12.2024 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nothing Compares to Stellaris
YouTube video by GINX TV Nothing Compares to Stellaris

This video was exactly what I needed while stuck in bed sick today.

As a player, I felt exactly the same way, and that's what got me to make a crazy move across the Atlantic almost six years ago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OZ4...

03.12.2024 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Obsessional Directive. It's actively harmful to your empire but so much fun.

22.11.2024 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A word cloud of the first 500ish responses to my dev diary about The Vision of Stellaris.

A word cloud of the first 500ish responses to my dev diary about The Vision of Stellaris.

I was messing around with word clouds today during lunch.

I think the takeaways are "playing easy, now war" and "fleet make enjoy game".

20.11.2024 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May 9, 2016. Preordered the Galaxy Edition the first day it was available.

19.11.2024 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just finished Metaphor ReFantazio, and I enjoyed it way more than P3R. It was probably my favorite new game so far this year.

17.11.2024 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It'd certainly be nice to group them together more than they are now. The general consensus seems to be encouraging such experimentation.

14.11.2024 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm incredibly happy with the volume of detailed responses I got in today's Stellaris dev diary.

I went over the vision document I keep for the team, and asked a million questions of the players.

I've got a lot of reading to do tonight and over the weekend.

forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/develo...

07.11.2024 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I've also heard that one (cynically) as "the first 80% takes 80% of the time, and the last 20% also takes 80% of the time."

Good producers that can help keep things on track are worth their weight in gold.

05.11.2024 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Extra Life marathon is in two days. I think I've got the schedule nailed down, at least, so if you're interested, I've got a thread for you.

Also a reminder that you can review this information, donate, and watch here: www.extra-life.org/participant/...

24.10.2024 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

The only time George Washington offered an opinion during the Constitutional Convention was to urge a lower number for apportionment - one representative per 30,000, because one per 40,000 was unacceptable.

05.07.2024 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
the entire history of Paradox Interactive, i guess
Sponsored by Porkbun and their new Link in Bio hosting bundle! Get a custom .bio domain and Porkbun's powerful link in bio builder for just $5 for your first... the entire history of Paradox Interactive, i guess

I wasn't expecting to get drawn in as much as I was, but this is a great video.

23.02.2024 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I am a mitey dragon! Rawr!

10.11.2023 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Star Wars: The Old Republic taught me that doors were not to be trusted. This just confirms what we already knew.

We also learned that opening a rift to the infinite plane of fruit makes stray animals very happy.

13.09.2023 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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