The Galactic Council update (Version 0.9.4.0) has now gone live on Steam Early Access, and it’s a big one. The core feature of the patch was the addition of the... Read more

In last month’s dev update, I discussed the new ship crew XP and salvage system, Temporal Rift investigations, diplomacy AI improvements, and details of a complete overhaul of the galaxy... Read more

This update was actually released on our blog on December 22nd and in the holiday rush I forgot to post it here for our Kickstarter backers, so I'd like to... Read more

I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just hit another major milestone with the first release of our awesome 3D ship designer tool. The tool has now been integrated into the... Read more

Since our last dev update, we’ve released the Trade Routes and System UI overhaul we discussed in our last update and have fixed a truckload of crashes and bugs in... Read more

The Early Access alpha release of Predestination has been in the wild for a while now, and it's safe to say it's been a hit with those who have tried... Read more

As I mentioned recently in a quick progress update on the blog, the Early Access Alpha version of Predestination is now complete. We were stumped for some time by some... Read more

Last month I estimated there to be around 180 hours of programming tasks remaining for the Early Access release. Although that estimation proved to be a bit optimistic and other... Read more

Galaxy Beta V 2.0 has now been through internal testing and all beta backers should now have been mailed with installation instructions and a download link. This beta is a... Read more

The brave souls over at fellow Irish game development studio bitSmith Games have recently launched their first Kickstarter campaign, and it needs your help! The studio already has a... Read more

The first iteration of the galaxy beta is now complete, it's been through internal testing, and we'll be sending out links to all of our beta backers over the next... Read more

We'd like to apologise for the delay in getting this month's development update together, there's been a lot of development progress made this month and we've also been buried under... Read more

Hey guys!

The Predestination 3D Ship Designer livestream is about to start, so please come watch along via YouTube. We'll be answering questions about the game, talking about how development... Read more

Hey guys,

The Predestination 3D Ship Designer kickstarter campaign we discussed in the previous update is now live!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyphur/predestination-3d-ship-designer-a-turn-based-space

You can help us out by spreading the link via your... Read more

We've just launched the second round of the Predestination beta, introducing the planetary exploration and colonisation gameplay. If you're one of our beta backers or are otherwise signed up to... Read more

It’s hard to believe that another month has just rolled by, but it’s already that time of the month again! We’ve been hard at it this month to build on... Read more

Over the past few months, we've been designing Predestination's main races and working on core gameplay mechanics like ship design, tactical combat, galaxy generation, and planetary colonisation. A lot of... Read more

April is over and development on Predestination is going well. This month we completed the internal workings for the ship design and weapon technology systems, finished hooking the tactical combat... Read more

The Sauros are Predestination's first playable reptilian race! The race is composed of three distinct sub-species:

• The purple Monitor Sauros:The shamanistic ruling caste and diplomatic contacts for the empire.... Read more

Hey guys! It’s been a hectic month here at Brain and Nerd as we worked out our budget, gave a few talks about our Kickstarter experience, and got production on... Read more

We've had a few days of celebration and rest following the successful conclusion of our Kickstarter campaign (honestly, the first thing we did was have marathon LAN sessions of Civ... Read more

Two hours to go and we're so close to 50k! With $800 on Paypal we're at about $2,279 to go! We have a few last-minute bolt-on offers for you, just add... Read more

OUR GOALS FOR DIPLOMACY

We're working on a complex diplomacy system that doesn't bog down the gameplay yet still allows you to forge meaningful relationships and treaties with alien races.... Read more

Hey, everyone!

This is just to let you know that we'll be livestreaming on our last day.  This will probably be filled with some whiskey-fuelled rambling, Christmas music, my animals... Read more

The video below shows our current working gameplay prototype of the galaxy map. Most of the user interface hasn't been done yet so parts look rough and we've had to... Read more

A number of people have asked us to start accepting pledges through Paypal because they have no other way to contribute. Now that we've very comfortably passed our Kickstarter goal,... Read more

We've hit 97% funding! Just a few more percent and I believe we'll be the first ever successful Irish game Kickstarter! Kicktraq is still predicting we'll end at just over... Read more

We've hit 60% funding with over 27 days left to go! 60% is a special milestone because Kickstarter statistics show that 98% of projects that reach this level of funding... Read more

Thanks to your support, we hit 30% funding in just three days! We're already more than a third of the way toward getting the funds we need to make Predestination,... Read more

We've been completely blown away by the support for Predestination so far! The project has reached over 10% of its minimum funding goal in just 24 hours, and the feedback... Read more