Stellaris Dev Diary ∛338: Rick the Cube

[HFY]

Can we have a regular Dev Diary plz?

Not on a Monday, that would be irregular.

 

[Pete0714]

Yeay Aprils fools - how funny.
Can we have a regular Dev Diary plz?

But this is what we live for, April fools "dev diaries!"
( and who knows, this might just be real, like really.)

 

[GCaelann]

Honestly in between BALDOR and the Beholder, I for one am all for more geometric buddies in my game. Rick as the flagship TMA Paragon when?

 

[Abdulijubjub]

Yeay Aprils fools - how funny.
Can we have a regular Dev Diary plz?

On Monday?

 

[captainbeastfeast]

Hello Stellaris Cube-munity!

I know today wasn't in the dev diary cube-endar we posted earlier, but I felt like today was a special day.

In the finest of traditions of Stellaris cubeture, we are happy to introduce a new character portrait: Rick the Cube!

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Cube Rick will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak​

Rick the Cube will be available Soon™ for purchasers of an unannounced future Stellaris DLC bundle (and also subscribers). We will be revealing more about this DLC bundle in the near future!

I am Rick the Cube!

Features:

• Somehow contains more than Eight vertices
• Six faces
• a cube to take a shining to
• a pleasing clockwork interior that is, at times, orangeish
• definitely not a Human, cubed
• not a sphere
• will never give you up

For those of you who find the Stellaris portraits too anthropomorphized, we hope you will enjoy this new addition to the Stellaris portraits lineup! Encased in rune-covered cube armor, a sort of fully surrounding jacket made of metal, Cube Rick will be an excellent companion to take on a space odyssey.

Yes plese devs. Change nexus's previous job to cube though. Was and always will be cube. It is destiny

 

[captainbeastfeast]

Does anyone else like the idea of just being a single cube pop/leader for 200 years?

 

[Rafss]

I can see it working 100% Vanilla as a Paragon from a rare and potentially silly event.

 

[Foxosaur]

I can see it working 100% Vanilla as a Paragon from a rare and potentially silly event.

Are any of the legendary leaders a robot?

I’ve never had one so don’t know… could be a very good suggestion!

 

[Ohirra]

Well since you've already gone to the trouble of making the assets, there's no reason not to include them in the future, right?

Right?

 

[FleetingRain]

 

[grommile]

I'm just sitting here looking at Rick the Cube and wondering when the leather-clad shroud entities with interesting body modifications start appearing.

 

[Abdulijubjub]

I'm just sitting here looking at Rick the Cube and wondering when the leather-clad shroud entities with interesting body modifications start appearing.

"We have such Sights Beyond Sights to show you!"

 

[Sigilstone17]

Totally cubeular dude

 

[Me_]

That's actually a pretty cool idea for a machine portrait. Reminds me of C6 Species Portrait.

Bring C6 and the cube into the game.

 

[JackTheGamer21]

The problem is that it's beautifully designed and looks like something you'd find in outer space, so of course people want it, now.
Now you have two options: add it to the game with the new DLC or make a dedicated mod like you did with C6.

They're both good, but people will be happier if they can play it in Ironman mode. You have created a thing that cannot cease to exist as an april fool.

 

[Archael90]

Hello Stellaris Cube-munity!

I know today wasn't in the dev diary cube-endar we posted earlier, but I felt like today was a special day.

In the finest of traditions of Stellaris cubeture, we are happy to introduce a new character portrait: Rick the Cube!

View attachment 1104586View attachment 1104587

Cube Rick will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak​

Rick the Cube will be available Soon™ for purchasers of an unannounced future Stellaris DLC bundle (and also subscribers). We will be revealing more about this DLC bundle in the near future!

I am Rick the Cube!

Features:

• Somehow contains more than Eight vertices
• Six faces
• a cube to take a shining to
• a pleasing clockwork interior that is, at times, orangeish
• definitely not a Human, cubed
• not a sphere
• will never give you up

For those of you who find the Stellaris portraits too anthropomorphized, we hope you will enjoy this new addition to the Stellaris portraits lineup! Encased in rune-covered cube armor, a sort of fully surrounding jacket made of metal, Cube Rick will be an excellent companion to take on a space odyssey.

That would be actually very good species pack

 

[Archael90]

Oh man i've really taken a shine to this cube. I'll name mine Herman.

Or Tiny Box Tom

 

[Cry_Havok]

The problem is that it's beautifully designed and looks like something you'd find in outer space, so of course people want it, now.
Now you have two options: add it to the game with the new DLC or make a dedicated mod like you did with C6.

They're both good, but people will be happier if they can play it in Ironman mode. You have created a thing that cannot cease to exist as an april fool.

C6 makes sense as a mod because it's a bit under-done and doesn't quite fit on. Cube should be base game because it fits on perfectly. It's a vaguely ominous artefact that could be either magic or technology, and would make sense to run into in sci-fi

 

[merlin0325]

Hell nah they got Kevin from fortnite

 

[Inawordyes]

C6 makes sense as a mod because it's a bit under-done and doesn't quite fit on. Cube should be base game because it fits on perfectly. It's a vaguely ominous artefact that could be either magic or technology, and would make sense to run into in sci-fi

See, but I'm perfectly fine with them doing just a little bit more to C6 and then adding both of them to the game. I love the concept of both of them and relegating them to 'official mod' and 'April Fools joke' is tragic. They're already animated and stuff so the hardest part of implementing them has already occurred, they just need to be included in the game proper (with whatever polish would follow to fit better as part of the vanilla stuff).