We are Paradox Development Studio - creators of the game Hearts of Iron IV and its upcoming expansion Man the Guns - Ask us anything!

*** Okay guys! It's almost 10:15pm here in Sweden, and we need to get some rest. Thanks to everyone that asked questions. We'll try to come back tomorrow to answer some more in here. Good night! **\*

Hello there,

We are part of Paradox Development Studio and Paradox Interactive. We are currently working on the soon to be released expansion Man the Guns for the WW2 Grand Strategy Game: Hearts of Iron IV.

We are here today to answer any questions you may have about the expansion, game development at Paradox, or any other questions you may have for us.

If you never heard of us or our games before, please check out the Paradox Interactive website, google us or whatever.

We’ll start answering questions at 2pm ET/8pm CET. We’ll keep on going for at least an hour, maybe longer, depending on how much you want to know!

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With us today are:

Dan Lind - u/podcat2 - Game Director Hearts of Iron IV

Gabriel Blum - u/PDX_Archangel - Content Designer

Engin Mercan - u/PDX_taytay - Programmer

Drikus Kuiper - u/Bratyn - Content Designer

Steacy Mcilwham - u/steacy_mc - Data Scientist

Björn Blomberg - u/Paradoxal_Bear - Community Manager

Niall Bird - u/Ceeebie - QA and familiar face on stream

Robert Dotson - u/YaBoy_Bobby - Game Designer

Daniel Sjöberg - u/theDa9L - QA and familiar face on stream

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Here's our proof: https://imgur.com/a/rvJ3VSS

Comments: 1449 • Responses: 15  • Date: 

frozen_yakman130 karma

What mods do you like to use?

Paradoxal_Bear96 karma

I use the green background for focus trees mod that I made myself that allows me to capture the footage that we use in trailers of focus trees floating through empty air ;)

tobbe62817 karma

Are you paying attention to the growing multiplayer scene?

Paradoxal_Bear16 karma

Yes! Don't hesitate to let us know what you think we can do to support it further. Best way to let us know is through our official forum.

rz24714 karma

Will you ever release the full soundtrack of Hearts or Iron IV? As in will it be available for purchase on Steam or other media platforms (iTunes, GooglePlay, etc), like other Paradox game soundtracks are? It’s just that it’s a great soundtrack with great music that I wouldn’t mind buying haha. u/podcat2

Paradoxal_Bear41 karma

You already have the soundtrack on your computer if you own the game :)

Right click the game in steam -> properties -> local files -> browse local files and ther is a library called "Music". It's in .ogg format, but that is easily converted to .mp3 or other formats with any tool of your choice (I use VLC)

Music packs are under the DLC folder.

VincX21310 karma

Have you considered adding the soundtrack to spotify aswell, i'd love to listen to ''The battle of Wuhan'' on my phone ;)

Paradoxal_Bear28 karma

I'm actually not sure why HoI4 isn't on Spotify. Some of our OST's are.

SnareHanger11 karma

As someone who just can’t get into a 4X game but loves the idea of them is there one paradox game you’d recommend and why?

Paradoxal_Bear20 karma

As someone who just can’t get into a 4X game but loves the idea of them is there one paradox game you’d recommend and why?

Well, that is a tough one since the answer can depend on so many factors. But if you are a newcomer to our games and GSG's in general: People seem to think that Stellaris is the easiest one to get started with due to it's design introduces you to the features gradually. Our other games tend to be a bit more overwhelming on the first start.

Paradoxal_Bear21 karma

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The team is now calling me a traitor. I redact my reply to Hearts of Iron IV ofc!

AlexatRF216 karma

What’s for lunch tomorrow?

Paradoxal_Bear6 karma

KFC

averyseriousperson1 karma

What are your thoughts on the popular youtube content creators that play your game with a mocking or sarcastic tone?

Have you ever felt annoyed at their style of videos, or do you enjoy their take on the game?

Paradoxal_Bear2 karma

I don't think we can make a blanket statement on that. We have a separate opinion for every streamer we see I'd say.

fishycool_kek1 karma

How do you feel about the success of hoi4 on youtube and do you think there is more paradox could do to try and get involved with youtube channels and community memes/creators?

Paradoxal_Bear3 karma

How do you feel about the success of hoi4 on youtube and do you think there is more paradox could do to try and get involved with youtube channels and community memes/creators?

We are tremendously happy with anyone wanting to stream or make videos of them playing our games. And I'm sure there is more we can do to help out.

Feel free to give us suggestions on what more we can do. Best way to get in touch with us is through our official forum.

ZebS981 karma

Will there be a 3 day war for MTG?

Paradoxal_Bear2 karma

Nothing planned at the moment, but maybe after release. It takes a while to plan though.