Developer diaries
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Magna Graecia 
Base version Developer diaries are articles, sometimes accompanied by videos, published by Paradox to describe the game design in detail.
The Punic Wars Content Pack
All developer diaries about The Punic Wars Content Pack and patch 1.3 (aka Livy).
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reinforcements | War.. war never changes.. but reinforcements do. | 2019-10-07 |
| 2 | Missions | Early look at the Mission tree system | 2019-10-14 |
| 3 | Statesmanship | Statesmanship, new Omens, map changes, navigable rivers & map mode manager | 2019-10-23 |
| 4 | Punic Missions | A look at each mission branch for Carthage | 2019-10-28 |
| 5 | Families | Changes about Families, Power held by them, their Rise and Fall and Minor characters | 2019-11-04 |
| 6 | Roman Missions | A look at each mission branch for Rome | 2019-11-11 |
| 7 | Generic Missions | Non-specific missions for less important nations | 2019-11-18 |
Post-release patches
All developer diaries about the post-release patches, patch 1.0 (aka Demetrius), patch 1.1 (aka Pompey) and patch 1.2 (aka Cicero).
- Patch 1.1 (Pompey)
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Current Roadmap | Release and what comes next | 2019-04-26 |
| 2 | Imperator and PDS | The process of development cycles | 2019-04-26 |
| 3 | Patch 1.1 "Pompey" | Shedding a little light on some balance changes | 2019-04-29 |
| 4 | Sunday Morning Design Corner | What features that made it in and what will be added in a patch | 2019-05-05 |
| 5 | Navies in Patch 1.1 | New Navy mechanics/types and Omen & Religious flavour update | 2019-05-06 |
| 6 | Political Changes in Patch 1.1 | Political and Government changes | 2019-05-13 |
| 7 | Trade and Provinces Improvements | Trade, Tall, Barbarian, Attrition and Slaves distribution changes & Heritage | 2019-05-20 |
| 8 | Abstract & "Realistic" Currencies, Agent-Mechanics | Overview of abstract and "realistic" currencies | 2019-05-25 |
| 9 | A new currency design | Overhauling the currency system | 2019-05-26 |
| 10 | Characters and Internal Management | Retinues, Holding rework & New Governor Policies and Character interactions | 2019-05-27 |
| 11 | Quality of Life Improvements | QoL improvements: Roads, Subjects, Foreign Characters, Macro Builder, Ledger, Province HUD, Government | 2019-06-03 |
| 12 | Pirates, Volcanoes and Storms | New Piracy Mechanics, Weather Effects & Volcanoes | 2019-06-10 |
| 13 | Patchnotes for Pompey Update | Pompey Patch Notes | 2019-06-17 |
| 14 | Country Telemetry | Most played nations | 2019-06-24 |
- Patch 1.2 (Cicero)
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Loyal Cohorts in Cicero | Cohort loyalty update | 2019-06-29 |
| 16 | Buildings in Cicero | New buildings | 2019-06-30 |
| 17 | Population Control | Population Movement/Migration, Promotion, Assimilation & Conversion | 2019-07-01 |
| 18 | Military Experience | Explanation of the new resource Military Experience | 2019-07-02 |
| 19 | Drilling and Cohort Experience | Explanation of Drilling and Cohort Experience | 2019-07-02 |
| 20 | Monarch Effects | The effect that Monarch powers have passively | 2019-07-03 |
| 21 | Families in Cicero | Changes with Families | 2019-07-03 |
| 22 | Cicero - Testing Early July | An open beta coming in July. | 2019-07-04 |
| 23 | Territory Redesign | Cities, Settlements, Food & New Buildings | 2019-08-05 |
| 24 | Population Simulation | Dynamic assimilation, conversion, promotion and migration mechanics | 2019-08-12 |
| 25 | Reworking Monarch Power | Political Influence and Military Experience, and Monarch Stats | 2019-08-19 |
| 26 | Food/Pop Changes and other Rebalancing | Balancing, pop and food changes | 2019-08-26 |
| 27 | Law and Character Interactions | Law changes, Character Interactions and Changes since the Open Beta | 2019-09-02 |
| 28 | Introducing the Cicero Team! | Dev team members and their cameo characters in the game | 2019-09-07 |
| 29 | Visual changes to 1.2 (and earlier) | New UI, Curtailed fog, Progressing civ, Dynamic map objects and... Seagulls! | 2019-09-16 |
| 30 | Cicero Release Information | Changelog for the 1.2 Cicero patch | 2019-09-23 |
Base game
All developer diaries about Imperator: Rome (base game).
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Development Diary #1 - 28th of May 2018 | The vision | 2018-05-28 |
| 2 | Development Diary #2 - 4th of June 2018 | The map | 2018-06-04 |
| 3 | Development Diary #3 - 11th of June 2018 | Resources and the power system | 2018-06-11 |
| 4 | Development Diary #4 - 18th of June 2018 | Unit types | 2018-06-18 |
| 5 | Development Diary #5 - 25th of June 2018 | Population mechanics | 2018-06-25 |
| 6 | Development Diary #6 - 2nd of July 2018 | Buildings and city economics | 2018-07-02 |
| 7 | Development Diary #7 - 9th of July 2018 | Characters | 2018-07-09 |
| 8 | Development Diary #8 - 16th of July 2018 | Trade system | 2018-07-16 |
| 9 | Development Diary #9 - 23rd of July 2018 | Diplomacy | 2018-07-23 |
| 10 | Development Diary #10 - 30th of July 2018 | Country rank | 2018-07-30 |
| 11 | Development Diary #11 - 6th of August 2018 | Unit abilities | 2018-08-06 |
| 12 | Development Diary #12 - 13th of August 2018 | Technology | 2018-08-13 |
| 13 | Development Diary #13 - 20th of August 2018 | The Senate | 2018-08-20 |
| 14 | Development Diary #14 - 27th of August 2018 | Offices and Laws in the Republic | 2018-08-27 |
| 15 | Development Diary #15 - 3rd of September 2018 | Military Traditions | 2018-09-03 |
| 16 | Development Diary #16 - 10th of September 2018 | Roads, unrest and civilization level | 2018-09-10 |
| 17 | Development Diary #17 - 17th of September 2018 | Interactions with characters | 2018-09-17 |
| 18 | Development Diary #18 - 24th of September 2018 | Italic Military Traditions | 2018-09-24 |
| 19 | Development Diary #19 - 1st of October 2018 | Loyalty and Civil Wars | 2018-10-01 |
| 20 | Development Diary #20 - 8th of October 2018 | Governor Policies and Northern African Military Traditions | 2018-10-08 |
| 21 | Development Diary #21 - 22nd of October 2018 | Land Combat and Combat Tactics | 2018-10-22 |
| 22 | Development Diary #22 - 29th of October 2018 | Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Italy | 2018-10-29 |
| 23 | Development Diary #23 - 5th of November 2018 | Greek Military Traditions & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Greece | 2018-11-05 |
| 24 | Development Diary #24 - 12th of November 2018 | Religion & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Anatolia and Aegean | 2018-11-12 |
| 25 | Development Diary #25 - 19th of November 2018 | National Ideas & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Southwest Mediterranean | 2018-11-19 |
| 26 | Development Diary #26 - 26th of November 2018 | Economic Policy & Power Conversion & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Egypt | 2018-11-26 |
| 27 | Development Diary #27 - 3rd of December 2018 | Population Movement and Colonization & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Levant & Levantine and Arabian Military Traditions | 2018-12-03 |
| 28 | Development Diary #28 - 10th of December 2018 | Battles and Deployment, Battle Indicator & Attrition | 2018-12-10 |
| 29 | Development Diary #29 - 17th of December 2018 | Trade, Diplomatic Range and Exports & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - British Isles | 2018-12-17 |
| 30 | Development Diary #30 - 24th of December 2018 | Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Hispania | 2018-12-24 |
| 31 | Development Diary #31 - 31st of December 2018 | Interface and Mechanics Changes | 2018-12-31 |
| 32 | Development Diary #32 - 7th of January 2019 | Mercenaries & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Arabia | 2019-01-07 |
| 33 | Development Diary #33 - 14th of January 2019 | Monarchies & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Persia | 2019-01-14 |
| 34 | Development Diary #34 - 21st of January 2019 | Navies, War Diplomacy & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Bactria and Parthia | 2019-01-21 |
| 35 | Development Diary #35 - 28th of January 2019 | Tribal Chiefdoms & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Gaul | 2019-01-28 |
| 36 | Development Diary #36 - 4th of February 2019 | Character ambitions, Persian Military Traditions & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Caucasus & northern Black Sea | 2019-02-04 |
| 37 | Development Diary #37 - 11th of February 2019 | Subject States, Civil wars & Rebellions | 2019-02-11 |
| 38 | Development Diary #38 - 18th of February 2019 | Tribal migration & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Germania | 2019-02-18 |
| 39 | Development Diary #39 - 25th of February 2019 | Families & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Scandinavia | 2019-02-25 |
| 40 | Development Diary #40 - 4th of March 2019 | Alliance changes & Military Tradition, Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - India | 2019-03-04 |
| 41 | Development Diary #41 - 11th of March 2019 | Aggressive Expansion, Diplomatic Stances and new character interactions, Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - East Africa | 2019-03-11 |
| 42 | Development Diary #42 - 18th of March 2019 | Achievements, Formable countries and Changes to Mercenaries, Forts, Tribes and Tribal retinues | 2019-03-18 |
| 43 | Development Diary #43 - 25th of March 2019 | Warfare: tips and more | 2019-03-25 |
| 44 | Development Diary #44 - 1st of April 2019 | Barbarians & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Tibet and the Tarim Basin | 2019-04-01 |
| 45 | Development Diary #45 - 8th of April 2019 | Automated Armies, Modding Unit Objectives & Map and Political Situation at the Start of the Game - Dacia and the Balkans | 2019-04-08 |
| 46 | Development Diary #46 - 15th of April 2019 | Script changes & modding | 2019-04-15 |
| 47 | Modding AI in Imperator: Action Planning | A guide for modding AI behavior | 2019-04-21 |
Videos
Developer video diaries and developer's let's play sessions on the various aspects of the game.
- Videos
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preview with Game Director Johan Andersson | A preview with Game Director Johan Andersson | 2018-05-20 |
| 2 | Preview #1 Rome | A preview of the game starting as Rome | 2019-01-08 |
| 3 | Preview #2 Egypt Part I | A preview of the game starting as Egypt | 2019-01-15 |
| 4 | Preview #3 Egypt Part II | A continued preview of the game starting as Egypt | 2019-01-22 |
| 5 | Preview #4 Saxonia Part I | A preview of the game starting as Saxonia | 2019-01-29 |
| 6 | First Q&A | Johan Andersson and Hot Rod answers questions about the game | 2019-02-05 |
| 7 | Release Date Announcement Stream Preview #5 Egypt Part III | A continued preview of the game starting as Egypt with the release date announcement | 2019-02-05 |
| 8 | Imperator: Rome - Beginner tutorials | Beginner tutorials for the novice and experienced players alike | 2019-04-24 |
| 9 | Pompey Update Feature Breakdown | Feature breakdown of the free 1.1 patch (aka Pompey) by Peter Nicholson | 2019-06-26 |
| 10 | Cicero 1.2 Feature Breakdown | Feature breakdown of the free 1.2 patch (aka Cicero) by Peter Nicholson | 2019-09-23 |
