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Session Name: Play Early, Play Often: Prototyping Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Speaker(s): Soren Johnson, Dorian Newcomb
Company Name(s): EA2D, Firaxis Games
Track / Format: Game Design
Overview: This session discusses how a small team at Firaxis Games began the process of turning the SID MEIERS 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.

GDC 2006

Soren Johnson

EA2D

Dorian Newcomb

Firaxis Games

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Game Design

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