#94: Offworld Trading Company with Soren Johnson and Jon Shafer
The Game Design Round Table · Dirk Knemeyer, Soren Johnson & Jon Shafer
August 26, 20141h 3m
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Show Notes
Jon and Dirk talk to game designer and TGDRT regular Soren Johnson about his upcoming game, Offworld Trading Company. His real time strategy economic game is currently in beta. Soren talks about the state of the game and the challenges he has in front of him.--------------------------------Contact Information Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, www.artana.com, [email protected] Soren Johnson - @sorenjohnson, designer-notes.com, offworldgame.com Jon Shafer - atthegatesgame.com, [email protected], @jonshaferdesign-------------------------------------Episode Outline 0:02:56 - "The Sid Way" 0:08:59 - The inspiration for OTC 0:20:41 - Gameplay 0:35:35 - Sound design 0:39:15 - The exploration phase 0:47:04 - Current challenges