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    John Keefer posted a new article, Civ 5 designer kickstarts Jon Shafer's At the Gates.

    Civilization V 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. 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.
    Feb 06, 2013 8:15am PST
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    John Keefer posted a new article, Civ 5 designer kickstarts Jon Shafer's At the Gates.

    Civilization V 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. 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. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Pitboss? : EricZBA
      • no multiplayer : azenmasterThis person is cool!
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      Google tells me At the Gates is a hilarious looking 90's metal band from Gothenberg : Chipwarrior
      • They are a cult metal band. : umegastar
      • Check out at least their Slaughter of the Soul album, it's pretty amazing. : MindFukr
    • Sid Meyer Presents Jon Shafer's American McGee: Peter Jackson's Revenge - Fatal1ty Edition : MercFox1
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      Yes, you will get my $25 based solely on Beyond the Sword. GOD DAMMIT : DeathloveThis person is cool!
      • wut.. I just went from wouldn't touch with a pole to buy buy buy! : bambThis person is cool!
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      Wasn't a fan of Civ 5, but this looks interesting. Surprised he couldn't get this made at Firaxis... : Sephiras
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        probably because he hasn't worked there for two years : DeathloveThis person is cool!
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          Wasn't he working at Stardock on Elemental though? I didn't hear of him leaving there. : Haxim
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            As far as I know, he still is? That did strike me as curious, but Stardock seems pretty chill, so maybe t... : DeathloveThis person is cool!
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              the KS makes it sound like he's not at Stardock any more : mikecybThis person is cool!
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                You'd think that'd've been news somewhere, though? Googling around finds nothing? But after the way Eleme... : DeathloveThis person is cool!
                • I thought they kinda almost got it not so sucky maybe? Probably too late by the time they did though. : Haxim
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          Sorry, I don't subscribe to the Watch Jon Shafers Every Fucking Move blog so I had no idea. : Sephiras
          • Awfully defensive, aren't we? : ajvitaly
          • It's obviously apparent that you should. : Haxim
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        he also made Beyond The Sword : mikecybThis person is cool!
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          I should say he designed it : mikecybThis person is cool!
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            Alex Mantzaris was design lead on BTS... I'm pretty sure Shafer was still a modder at that time. : Johnny LawThis person is cool!
            • he worked at Firaxis in QA as far back as Civ 3 expansions and on Civ 4 and was 'co-lead designer' on BTS : mikecybThis person is cool!
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          That always struck me as a bit of an odd juxtaposition. The guy makes an expansion adding a bunch of syst... : Haxim
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            Sure, that's game design. If you make an expansion to an already complicated game then you are obviously... : mikecybThis person is cool!
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              It's a similar approach with the SimCity series, and I'm glad for it. It's annoying when people feel that... : BlackCat9This person is cool!
              • that's what i said! also thumbs said before me that i stole for : DeathloveThis person is cool!
          • Probably the latter. Thumbs covered this last week, I think, in talking about SimCity. I dont' think it w... : DeathloveThis person is cool!
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            Firaxis talked about this a lot (and Jon specifically) before Civ5 launched. : dahanese
            • Was it mentioned in the podcasts at all? Apologies if it was, I just remember it (the podcasts) being mor... : Haxim
    • don't support terrorism. : Foxhawk
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      Civ4 was awesome. Didn't care for civ5 or elemental. New game looks like battle for wesnoth and offers wh... : Jikim
      • did you read the article? terrain changes over time is new : azenmasterThis person is cool!
    • The graphics remind me a lot of Battle for Wesnoth http://wesnoth.org/ : ErikTehRed
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      Some of the gameplay mechanics he mentioned reminded me of King of Dragon Pass. http://en.wikipedia.org/w... : abzorba
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        I really dug that game. : lightly inclined
        • Omfg, there is an iOS version?! : lightly inclined