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I hope your post is sarcastic but if not you should look up Brian Reynolds. He is one of the best designers in the industry. I had no idea that he worked for Zy

I hope your post is sarcastic but if not you should look up Brian Reynolds. He is one of the best designers in the industry. I had no idea that he worked for Zynga. "Although marketed under Sid Meier's name, Civilization II, Sid Meier's Colonization and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri all credited Reynolds as lead designer. The credits for Civilization II and Alpha Centauri moreover imply that Meier had only advisory or peripheral participation." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reynolds_(game_designer) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reynolds_(game_designer) I really hope we get a Alpha Centauri II out of this.

T-hawk 14y ago
I've been dreaming and praying for an Alpha Centauri II for years, too. It could be done on the engine for Civilization IV or V, like the Colonization remake, and pick up on all the technological and gameplay advances in the franchise since SMAC. Alas, the constraint is that Electronic Arts owns the intellectual property for Alpha Centauri and isn't at all interested in reviving it. But Brian Reynolds leaving Zynga is an awesome piece of news, if it'll get him producing real games again rather than addiction-center manipulators. I seem to remember he joined Zynga genuinely believing that mobile-social-freemium was the future of gaming, which actually was a reasonable prediction in 2009, and it's also reasonable for that opinion to fall by the wayside now.
- EthanHeilman 14y ago
  I think mobile-social freemium is here to stay, but it is less fashionable these days. Most of the blame is on Zynga for that, but I believe Brain Reynolds joined Zynga in good faith that they would help the gaming ecosystem.
ansible 14y ago
I really hope we get a Alpha Centauri II out of this. I really enjoyed SMAC when it first came out. There are some spiritual successors to it that have been out for a while. I'm currently giving Galactic Civilizations II [1] a try. So now you've got hyperdrive, and you are colonizing the galaxy. It was recently on sale for $5 USD on Steam. [1] http://www.galciv2.com http://www.galciv2.com

T-hawk 14y ago

I've been dreaming and praying for an Alpha Centauri II for years, too. It could be done on the engine for Civilization IV or V, like the Colonization remake, and pick up on all the technological and gameplay advances in the franchise since SMAC. Alas, the constraint is that Electronic Arts owns the intellectual property for Alpha Centauri and isn't at all interested in reviving it. But Brian Reynolds leaving Zynga is an awesome piece of news, if it'll get him producing real games again rather than addiction-center manipulators. I seem to remember he joined Zynga genuinely believing that mobile-social-freemium was the future of gaming, which actually was a reasonable prediction in 2009, and it's also reasonable for that opinion to fall by the wayside now.

EthanHeilman 14y ago
I think mobile-social freemium is here to stay, but it is less fashionable these days. Most of the blame is on Zynga for that, but I believe Brain Reynolds joined Zynga in good faith that they would help the gaming ecosystem.

ansible 14y ago

I really hope we get a Alpha Centauri II out of this. I really enjoyed SMAC when it first came out. There are some spiritual successors to it that have been out for a while. I'm currently giving Galactic Civilizations II [1] a try. So now you've got hyperdrive, and you are colonizing the galaxy. It was recently on sale for $5 USD on Steam. [1] http://www.galciv2.com http://www.galciv2.com