Ship designer: Cruiser with weapons list, class stats, and equipment manifest

Galactic Civilizations IV · Character / Unit Detail

About this game

Developer: Stardock Entertainment · Publisher: Stardock Entertainment · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Character / Unit Detail

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What to study

The ship designer is a workbench, not a menu: the component catalog runs down the left as a scrolling list of weapons with small 3D thumbnails (Triton Torpedoes to Singularity Driver), the half-built Cruiser floats on a blueprint grid in the center, and the right rail is its spec sheet, class description ("A medium sized warship with support for multiple weapons"), construction and Elerium costs, combat and conquest ratings, hit points, moves, logistics, sensor range and maintenance. The equipment manifest bar at the bottom (22/35) makes the design a budget, not just a look. Trailer caption 'DESIGN NEW STARSHIPS' is burned across the lower center, over the blueprint grid only; no UI text is covered. Frame at 1:22 in September 2023 Gameplay Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

customization-list detail-panel stat-panel side-panel loadout-panel

Components

Parts on screen.

List Data table

Screen inventory

weapons component list (Triton Torpedoes, Nightmare Torpedoes, Cannon, Gauss Cannon, Railgun, Pulse Cannon, Graviton Gun, enhanced variants, Quantum Driver, Singularity Driver)
3D cruiser model on a blueprint grid
class panel (Cruiser) with manufacturing cost, combat ratings and specifications
equipment manifest bar (22/35)
Place, Cancel and Save buttons
top resource bar

Top 3 colors

#060d14 23%#02070b 20%#08141d 16%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Stardock Entertainment, Galactic Civilizations IV screenshot: Steam store movie (September 2023 Gameplay Trailer), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Stardock Entertainment.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-06. verified 2026-11-06: dense-scan frame (1 frame per 2 seconds) inspected visually at full resolution; settled, legible, genuine gameplay UI confirmed

no published Stardock fan-content policy found (checked 2026-11-06 via web search; the StardockGames.com Terms of Use is a platform EULA for personal non-commercial use, not a fan-content or video-reuse policy); free study/commentary use, unofficial, not endorsed, takedown honored within 48h

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