Will Thompson

#321 Civilization Series 5 with Will Thompson

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Welcome back to the Civilization Series! In this episode, Dirk welcomes Will Thompson, the creator of the upcoming game Winter Rabbit. Here, they discuss Will’s vision for Civilization and the integration of Indigenous technologies into the game. They also talk about the differences between warfare and how the 4cs fit into history.

Episode Outline

0:00 Beginning of Show

1:01 End of Intro

1:15 Catching Up with Will

3:26 Will’s Vision for Civ

5:26 How do the 4Cs inspire you

10:58 What is Indigeneity?

19:24 Differences between warfare?

23:12 How do the 4cs fit into history

24:58 Brief history of the Mississippians

27:43 Indigenous Technologies

33:26 What was cooperation like?

40:05 How do the 4Cs fit into modern design

42:51 How would you design a game about indigenous history

44:42 What else is Will working on?

45:37 Advice for Listeners

46:27 Outro

47:20 End of Show

In this Episode

Will Thompson - AbsurdistProductions.com
Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, dirk@knemeyer.com

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Team

Dirk Knemeyer Producer & Co-Host

David V. Heron Producer & Co-Host

Ellie Dix Producer, Editor & Host of Behind the Cardboard

Kathryn Hymes Panelist

Rob Daviau Recurring Guest

Soren Johnson Recurring Guest

Cody Harold Producer

Avery Paez Editor

Diana Almaguer Support

Alumni

Cole Wehrle Co-Host

Dave Nelson Audio Engineer

Erik Ririe Producer

Harrison Pink Co-Host

Jon Shafer Co-Founder & Co-Host

Michael Hermes Audio Engineer

Skye Larsen Producer & Editor

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