Each week on WinCustomize we feature a skin made by one of the creators from our community. We've decided to take that idea a bit further and spotlight the creators themselves!
I wanted to start this off with one of our top skinners and long-time member, Tom, also known here as LightStar!
He was kind enough to take the time to answer some questions so we could get to know him a little bit more.
Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you got involved in “skinning&rd...
Everyone loves a good start.
Every game of Galactic Civilizations is different. The original tagline was: “Never the same game twice.” It isn’t that the game is randomized as much as it is that each game is designed to be carefully imbalanced in a way that tries to push the player into avoiding well-worn strategies.Most of the benefits of version 3 will be coming to those who already have Crusade because it provides so much to build off on with its citizen-...
US National Debt
1929 $ 17 billion
--------------------Multiplier 2.35 --Herbert C. Hoover - Franklin D. Roosevelt
1939 $ 40 billion
--------------------Multiplier 6.33 --Franklin D. Roosevelt - Harry S. Truman - World War 2
1949 $ 253 billion
--------------------Multiplier 1.13 --Harry S. Truman - Dwight D. Eisenhower
1959 $ 285 billion
--------------------Multiplier 1.24 --Dwight D. Eisenhower - John F. Kennedy - Lyndon B. Johnson
1969 $ 354 billion
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Welcome to the weekend! Today we are featuring the Innocent skin for WindowBlinds by IceBabee. This is a perfect skin for anyone looking for a clean and minimal design for their desktop.
Download here: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/8862/
This article was originally written in 2001 as Stardock was nearing it’s 10th anniversary but it is as true now as it was then.
Companies often give lip service on customer support. But in my experience, few companies really understand that supporting customers isn’t just a moral issue, it’s also good business.
The New NEW Technology Economy: The Customer Is God
If one good thing is going to come out of this recession, it’s that the dot-com’s will not just have simply...
We have been putting a lot of focus on our Facebook and Twitter pages and it has resulted in new customers and new members of our community. Since we have quite a few, I wanted to post a list of all of them so you can easily “like” them.
Facebook:
StardockStar ControlWinCustomizeGalactic CivilizationsAshes of the SingularityOffworld Trading CompanySins of a Solar EmpireElementalDemigodThe Political MachineStart8/10ModernMixDecor8Object Desktop
Twitter:
@stardock@wincu...
In preparation for the Game Developer's Conference we wanted to put a polish pass on the planets in Star Control: Origins.
There are about 3,000 unique planets that are split into roughly 75 different classes. Each class of planet has its own challenges, as well as its own mineral deposits that you might want to collect (along with ruins, cities, smugglers, creatures, etc.).
Today, I'm going to walk you through how we create our planet classes.
Unique, Procedural and Hand-Crafted
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The premise of Galactic Civilizations is that you have united your homeworld and are now ready to send your first colony ship off into space. What kind of alien worlds do you think we can settle?The reality is, many worlds are not going to be safe for us. We'll have to live in environmentally sealed enclosures at first. Not because they are too cold or lack the right atmospheric conditions (though that is an issue), but rather because many worlds will have microbes that just ar...
As much as it pains me to admit it, I’ve been out of college for awhile now - 10 years in April, to be precise. Still, I have fond memories of Ren Faire, campus life, apartment living, and a community of close friends. The less fond memories include apartment living (two sides to every coin!), tuition, and those sleepless nights of crunchtime because I forgot about (or procrastinated on, let’s be real here) a paper that was due the next day.
I did some crazy fun stuff in college&h...
Hey there, Multiplicity Devs.
I have a triple boot system on the other end of the house from my main rig. I know this isn't currently possible, but is there any way it could be in the future?
I'd like to be able to reboot from one OS to another via KVM. But, of course, Multi. isn't loaded yet when I see the OS choice screen.
Is it even in the realm of possibility for a future version?
The weekend is almost here, WinCustomize! We had some real nice skins come in this week but the one I wanted to feature this week is UniGlo by LightStar. This is a Master WindowBlinds skin and I just can't get enough the color design in this skin. Definitely one of my recent favorites.
Remember, if you are a WinCustomize subscriber you get 20% off Master skins. If you're not a subscriber already, head over here and get started.
Get it here: https://www.wincustomize.com...
We have a space outpost 1 light year from earth that we want
to send a message to in much less than a year.
We have a collection of satellites in large orbit around earth
and a collection of satellites in large orbit around the outpost.
Each satellite will have a large mirror for collecting, focusing and reflecting
our transmissions. Each satellite will travel at 99% the speed of light.
When we transmit our message from earth we will utilize a satellite near earth
and a sate...
Greetings Offworld CEOs! Work continues on Offworld, but we don’t have anything to show off just yet. However, with the recent launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, this seemed a good time to touch on an idea that’s core to Offworld Trading Company: the privatization of space back here on Earth.
It’d be pretty difficult to have an open, competitive market on Mars if we didn’t have companies there to do the competing. While we’re still a fair wa...
We celebrated Pi Day at Stardock with a competition!
Kristy took home first place for her "banofee (banana toffee) pie, while Amy placed 2nd with her fudge walnut pie and Sarah took 3rd for her pizza pie!