Episode #94: Offworld Trading Company with Soren Johnson and Jon Shafer

 

Description

Jon and Dirk talk to game designer and TGDRT regular Soren Johnson about his upcoming game, Offworld Trading Company. His real time strategy economic game is currently in beta. Soren talks about the state of the game and the challenges he has in front of him.

 

Contact Information

Dirk Knemeyer – @DKnemeyer

Soren Johnson – @sorenjohnson, designer-notes.com, offworldgame.com

Jon Shafer – atthegatesgame.com, contact@conifergames.com, @jonshaferdesign

Episode Outline

• 0:02:56 – “The Sid Way”

• 0:08:59 – The inspiration for OTC

• 0:20:41 – Gameplay

• 0:35:35 – Sound design

• 0:39:15 – The exploration phase

• 0:47:04 – Current challenges