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Quick Battle Progress

Quick Battle Progress

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There are just a few hours left of 2013 and I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on the year and give you all an update on our progress with Quick...

Introduction Excalibur's Quick Battle Interface

Introduction Excalibur's Quick Battle Interface

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Since August the UI team, lead by Aric, have been working on on the first true gameplay interface for Excalibur. More recently, John Hardy has been working...

Launching the Enterprise

Launching the Enterprise

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As we continue a month of news and announcements on Excalibur we bring you exclusive videos, screenshots and an interview on the process of bringing the...

A Gentle Start for December

A Gentle Start for December

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Over the autumn months we have been a little quieter than usual, please accept our apologies! However the good news is that although we have been quiet...

Danube Class

Danube Class

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This week to go hand in hand with some images of the Danube, Matt has kindly agreed to answer a few quick questions for us.

5 reasons we're stoked about TNG Remastered!

5 reasons we're stoked about TNG Remastered!

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July 23rd was a landmark for Star Trek as CBS released the first season of "The Next Generation" remastered on Full-HD Blu Ray. It's great news on many...

Modder's Development Journal, Pt1

Modder's Development Journal, Pt1

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Luiz Cordova, lead artist for ST Excalibur, gives his thoughts about what modding means to Excalibur and shares some of his experience with modelling...

2012 Ship Export Guide

2012 Ship Export Guide

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This month we are focusing our attentions on Excalibur's art team and as part of that we feel that this is a great time to give a preview release of the...

Recent Updates

Recent Updates

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Just a quick round up of a few bits and bobs we have posted since the start of 2012, just in case you missed them!

NX Class

NX Class

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You guessed it! Our final ship of the year is the beautiful NX Class.

A Big Thank You!

A Big Thank You!

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We'd like to say a big thank you to all our fans who voted to get us into the Indie Top 100 for 2011.

News Roundup

News Roundup

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A quick catch up post highlighting the latest posts from the Excalibur Project.

Excalibur Wiki - Getting the Community Involved

Excalibur Wiki - Getting the Community Involved

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It isn't unusual for game projects to have a library of sorts on their website, but what exactly makes Excalibur's Wiki different and what difference...

New Orleans Class

New Orleans Class

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A few new shots of the New Orleans class, recently updated by Luiz to TS2. The New Orleans is one of the less well known ships of Star Trek and it often...

Meet the Team - Charles, Graphics Programmer

Meet the Team - Charles, Graphics Programmer

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Another entry in our Meet the Team blogs. This week's is one of our lead graphics programmers with a sneak preview of the upgrades he's making to the...

Excalibur Conference Q&A

Excalibur Conference Q&A

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Our annual conference took place yesterday and our team leads took the time to answer the questions submitted by users last week.

Question Time

Question Time

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Next week is the Excalibur team's annual conference​, where we meet up in person and discuss the agenda for the coming year. This is also an opportunit​y...

Sabre Class

Sabre Class

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Introducing another ship from First Contact, and my personal favourite, the Sabre class is a light cruiser designed for patrolling and scouting. One of...

Bloodlust Cruiser

Bloodlust Cruiser

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This week's update shows off an original design for a Klingon warship.

Ingame Interiors

Ingame Interiors

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The game's engine has now reached the stage where we can import BSP files, a format commonly used for FPS maps. We can now start to port our interior...

Ship Hardpoint Editor

Ship Hardpoint Editor

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Here is a short animated gif demonstrating the functionality and visualisation of our ship hardpoint editor and the extent to which individual sub-systems...

Meet the Team - Matt, Modeller

Meet the Team - Matt, Modeller

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Continuing with our series of blogs that introduce you to each team member, here is an entry written by Matthew, our lead ship interior modeller.

Steamrunner Class footage

Steamrunner Class footage

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To make a change from the usual batch of screenshots we have created a short video for this ship reveal showing the Steamrunner class from several angles...

Quv'leth Fighter

Quv'leth Fighter

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This Klingon fighter concept was originally designed by Andrew Probert for Star Trek: Phase II. We have recreated it from his sketches and renders for...

Talon Class

Talon Class

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The Talon class is a long-serving Romulan scout ship. It is mainly used for patrols and diplomatic courier missions. It can be augmented with an external...

Procedural Planet Rings

Procedural Planet Rings

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This update shows our first pass at procedurally generated asteroid rings. The images demonstrate the ability to generate a ring using different detail...

Community Wiki

Community Wiki

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We reveal extracts and plans for the game's community wiki. Click if you wish to contribute!

Akira Class

Akira Class

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Today we're lifting the lid off a long-time fan-favourite. The Akira class was one of the most popular new designs made for the Battle of Sector 001 in...

HTML-based GUI

HTML-based GUI

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We have uploaded several pictures showing off html code rendered ingame. The game's user-interface will be written in HTML, CSS and Javascript. This allows...

Negh'Var Warship

Negh'Var Warship

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This week's update shows off the largest Klingon warship in their fleet. The Negh'Var warship has appeared in Star Trek in three iterations. Check out...