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For others who are more curious about Sid Meier's life in game design and development, the appropriately titled "Sid Meir's Memoir" (https://sidmeiersmemoir.com
by diggan 1y ago
For others who are more curious about Sid Meier's life in game design and development, the appropriately titled "Sid Meir's Memoir" (https://sidmeiersmemoir.com/ https://sidmeiersmemoir.com/) was an OK read that goes through everything from the founding of MicroProse, selling it to Atari, to founding Firaxis and a lot in-between.
- OnionBlender 1y agoI was disappointed that the book didn't have much to say about Alpha Centauri. I wish he would do a GDC postmortem for Alpha Centauri like he did for Civ 1.
- diggan 1y agoI think in general the book isn't so much focus on the game design itself, sadly, but a lot of stuff around it. However, is the whole "Back to the future" chapter basically about Alpha Centauri? Some time ago I read the book, but seems to be mentioned a bunch there: https://imgur.com/a/6d0U6oH https://imgur.com/a/6d0U6oH
- dudinax 1y agoI don't think he designed alpha centauri.
- Tuna-Fish 1y agoThat's because he never had much impact on it (or Civs after the first one). His name in the game title is just a brand, the lead designer for SMAC (and Civ II) is Brian Reynolds.