cheat codes are a bad idea for the game... terrible idea.. dont make them it will ruin the game.

How does it "ruin the game"?  If you don't like them, don't use them.  Why do you care how I play a single player game?  If I want to put steak sauce on my steak, does it ruin your meal?

As a purchase policy it seems a little odd, but I don't see how it detracts from someone else if someone wants to cheat, even making cheats possible in multiplayer is pretty common in many games, although serious play would have them off, naturally.

I think of cheat availability partly as added game value and partly like an insurance policy.  It makes me a lot more willing to take a chance on purchasing games I might not otherwise consider.

As for multiplayer cheats - I used to have a blast playing Warcraft II with a friend with the instant-build cheat turned on for everyone.  Makes for a frenetic game!  But all I'm really looking for is single-player-only ones, and certainly I'd expect that achievements would be disabled if they were used.

So... mark me as a vote for: sure, why not?

Thanks for your open-mindedness!

I know it seems like an odd policy - the short explanation for which is that for me, cheat codes add a lot of experimental freedom (ie: fun) to a game - even (or especially) to one that I've gotten bored or frustrated with.  There's been many times when I've been ready to delete a game from my hard disk in disappointment, but using cheats has added enough interest/fun back into it to continue playing and feel like it wasn't a waste of time/money. 

As for specific cheats/codes, some ideas:
- allow you to add one or more ships (user specifiable #) to a selected planet (yours or enemy).
- allow you to upgrade a selected planet's factory (yours or enemy) outside of the one-per-turn limit.
- show how many ships a selected planet has
- change ownership of a planet?
- add a new AI player to existing game?
- change map elements from within the game? (ie: add a new planet)
- change an AI player settings from within the game? (ie: boost an AI's settings or tune it down)
The first 2 or 3 are the basic ones I'd hope for.   The others would be "gravy".

Hello,

Are there (or will there be) any cheats/console codes available (for single player) for this game?  It looks interesting, but my general policy is not to buy games that don't have them available.
 
Thanks!