What can you do in GCIII right now?

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I have almost convinced myself to jump in and buy the Founder's Elite deal.  Could some kind souls please tell me what you can do in the game right now?  I browsed this forum, and read quite a bit, but did not find anything that lists out the things you can do in this version (Alpha 3?) of the game.  I realize it is still very early, and lots of things are missing and not implemented yet.  However, what is there to do?  Is there any fun to be had?

  • Explore?  Can you colonize planets?
  • Build ships? Can you use the ships you build?
  • Planets?  Can you build improvements and stuff on your planets? 
  • Combat?  What state is combat currently in?
  • What else?  Any random events or things to find around the map?

Thank you!  Bring me over the edge.  Convince me to buy this game, I implore you.  Just don't tell my wife.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

First I recommend watching the dev streams...

https://www.youtube.com/user/stardockgames

They actually are playing the game to which we have access. July 11th's stream is our current alpha build.

To answer the specific questions you have

Explore... yes we can create large maps with some limited shapes.

Colonize planets... yes we can colonize planets and build up factories / research centers / farming facilities / etc...

Build ships... yes you can use the ships you design and build in the shipyard.

Planets... Part of colonizing yes you can build improvements on planets.

Combat... combat is not really implemented beyond you collide and a pop-up says, you want to attack... yes and combat is over. A basic auto-resolve if you will. But they are working on this aspect.

There are anomalies and asteroid, nebulae and dust clouds (which have an effect on your ships). The computer AI is a work in progress, but you can play a multiplayer game if you are looking for a challenge with other people. At the present state it is a good start for Gal Civ 3. Many of the improvements over Gal Civ 2 are subtle and you don't realize that they are new to the game unless you go back to Gal Civ 2 and go... ohh that wasn't there before... Since it is a seamless transition for many things.

If you need convincing for the game, well I'll let others do that for you. The shipyard (the place to build and design your own custom ships) is a great place to hang out in the game right now until the AI becomes more of a challenge.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Yeah, the dev streams would are a good place to see some in-game action.

You can see the list of archives here.

https://forums.galciv3.com/454038/page/1/

 

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

in the archive 6/13 the shipyard is spelled shipyeard

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Thanks all!