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Play Early, Play Often: Prototyping Sid Meier’s Civilization IV
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Play Early, Play Often: Prototyping Sid Meier’s Civilization IV,
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Game Design, Lecture

Dorian Newcomb
Artist & Animator, Firaxis Games

Soren Johnson
Designer & Programmer, Firaxis Games
This session discusses how a small team at Firaxis Games began the process of turning the SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION series into a 3D game that would be fun as both, a single, and multiplayer experience. It also offers best practices on what the team did well, such as: the creation of a playable multiplayer game in a few months, rapid implementation of new design features, strong gameplay balance; and what was learned along the way: a realistic terrain system dead-end, missing interface widgets, and art delayed by prototype.

Learn how to quickly get a game up and running with a designer, a programmer, and an artist.

This session is intended for participants whose own games have not been playable until three months before shipping and would like to learn another way to go about things.

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