Episode #14: 4X Games & Civilization. With Soren Johnson

 

Contact Information

Jon Shafer – @JonShaferDesign, www.JonShaferOnDesign.com, Jon.Shafer@ConiferGames.com
Dirk Knemeyer – @DKnemeyer

Soren Johnson – @SorenJohnson, www.Designer-Notes.com

 

Episode Outline

• 0:01:05 – Housekeeping

• 0:02:00 – How We Got Into 4X Games
• 0:08:15 – What Makes 4X Games Special

• 0:16:40 – Are 4X RTS Games Really 4X?

• 0:21:05 – Cutting out the Boring Bits in a 4X
• 0:29:10 – Problems With the 4X Genre

• 0:51:20 – Can Multiplayer Work in a 4X Game?
• 1:02:45 – Challenges & Opportunities With Mobile Platforms

Episode Outline (Detailed)

• 0:01:05 – Housekeeping

• 0:02:00 – How We Got Into 4X Games

• 0:08:15 – What Makes 4X Games Special

• 0:16:40 – Are 4X RTS Games Really 4X?

• 0:17:40 – Civ’s Forgotten Origins as an RTS

• 0:21:05 – Cutting out the Boring Bits in a 4X
• 0:24:05 – Do You Need Buckets That Fill Up?
• 0:25:10 – Having Everything on a Single Map is Kind of Crazy

• 0:29:10 – Problems With the 4X Genre
• 0:32:15 – Should Civ be Chopped in Half?
• 0:36:35 – Fixing the Boring Late-Game
• 0:43:50 – What Would Soren Do With Civ 6?

• 0:51:20 – Can Multiplayer Work in a 4X Game?

• 1:02:45 – Challenges & Opportunities With Mobile Platforms

Our Games

• Sid Meier’s Civilization 4 (Soren Johnson)

• Sid Meier’s Civilization 5
• Jon Shafer’s At the Gates

Digital Games

• 0:16:40 – Sins of a Solar Empire (Ironclad)
• 0:36:35 – Imperialism (Frog City)

Tabletop Games

• 0:45:30 – Risk: Black Ops (Rob Daviau)