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I strongly feel that the 4X genre has been underserved and people really want more of these types of games. I feel that there hasn't been a lot of innovation in that space during the past decade, and I'm hoping that ATG shows that there's still a lot of meat that we haven't yet gotten to. 'One of my goals with ATG is to really mix things up with the 4X genre. We know what we want from the game and there's very little risk,' he said. We don't have a complex, expensive 3D engine, nor are we including multiplayer. With the modest crowdfunding goal, Shafer is optimistic. If the campaign does really well, we might even look at crazy stuff like making the Roman factions playable.' We'd really like to flesh out the modding side, as well as add more factions and gameplay options. Honestly it depends on how the Kickstarter campaign does.

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'We've been thinking about XML modding, a map editor and even releasing some source code for the game, but it all takes work. Shafer said that there is a possibility of modding for the game as well. That's the idea behind diplomacy in ATG.'

But if that same person is starving to death and you give them a meal the context and effects are completely different.

Just imagine how that sort of thing would go over with someone you've just met. 'You can't just give another leader some food and expect them to like you. 'The main way of building relations is through completing requests, and these requests are all situational,' he said. Tiles will change and have different effects based on seasons You will need to continue to explore, meet new leaders and be diplomatic. Shafer said the game's resources will deplete over time, so you can't sit back and hunker down waiting for the enemy to come to you. When seasons change, rivers will swell, farms stop producing food in winter, and coastal areas can turn to ice. Well, in ATG that would be a really, really bad idea.' Hitting the end turn 10 times in a row might not make much of a difference. Much of the time in a Civ game you can pretty much just play on autopilot. And if you don't have enough food saved up your people will starve. Sending an army off in the winter without making sufficient preparations is a death wish. 'The effects of the seasons means that you have to be more flexible and plan ahead more. 'The fact that the game transforms as you play is a huge difference,' Shafer said.

It may look a bit like a Civ game, he said the differences run deep. Though, yes, I do feel a little bit dirty about it.'Īt the Gates lets the player take on the role of a barbarian tribe battling the Roman Empire in its waning days. As a brand-new businessman I have to take advantage of that. If putting that in the title will help increase the chance that the game succeeds. As a result there are a few people who actually recognize my name.

I was very fortunate to have been chosen as the lead for one of the biggest strategy titles of the past decade. 'You really have to take advantage of every possible opportunity to spread the word about what you're up to. 'Making games is a tough business, especially as an indie,' he said. Shafer has already taken a cue from the Sid Meier school of game naming. The features are in but the game hasn't had much playtesting, and I'm sure it's not very much fun to play at this rough stage! There’s also a lot of AI work still left to do.' We also want to polish up the art and add nice 2D animations for all the units and the landscape. 'Things like sound effects and hotkey systems. 'The core aspects of the game are all in-place, but a lot of the peripheral, more 'boring' work still needs to be done,' he told Shacknews. The game is about half-way complete already and he is looking for a modest $40,000 target to get it officially off the ground. 22 Civilization 5 lead designer Jon Shafer has kickstarted a new 4X turn-based strategy game called Jon Shafer's At the Gates, coming from his new three-person indie studio, Conifer Games.