Dev Journal #122: Choosing Your Starting Government?

I've been having a lot of fun with the map editor.

[p align="start"]And it's let me make some interesting maps as well as find things to improve on it (looking at you default star names!)

[p align="start"]And while playing the game with the new Federations & Empires expansion I have come to realize that I would really prefer NOT to be forced to play as the Colonial Charter at the start of the game. I want to be able to start (if I want) as a Federation or Empire or whatever.

[p align="start"]So when setting up the game, I want to be able to select the starting government. The other government types would be still gated by their given cultural trait but this way, I am not forced to go down some cultural path just to get the government I wanted.

[p align="start"]There is also the head canon part.

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[p align="start"]I want to know that I am playing against the Drengin EMPIRE from the start.

[p align="start"]So this is something we're looking at adding to the first update to the Federations & Empires expansion pack. We really hope you're liking it. I feel like there's a lot of interesting places we can take it as time goes on as it's just such a terrific opportunity to make the game play distinctly based on your play style.

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[p align="start"]Plus, I really like when I play as an empire laying mines but that's a different story.

[p align="start"]Anyway, what do you think about the option to start with one of the new governments?