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本帖最后由 kirassss 于 2013-11-9 06:39 AM 编辑
Civilization IV lead designer Soren Johnson founds Mohawk Games
Soren Johnson Forms Independent Studio: Mohawk Games
Game industry veteran and Civilization IV lead designer Soren Johnson announces the creation of a new independent studio dedicated to building core strategy games, Mohawk Games. Johnson is joined by co-founder Dorian Newcomb, winner of a prestigious BAFTA award for his work as art director of Civilization V and Brad Wardell, the designer of the Galactic Civilizations series. Johnson will serve as Mohawk’s CEO while co-founder Brad Wardell serves as the studio’s president, handling day-to-day business operations.
Financed by the Stardock Strategic Investment Fund, Mohawk is currently recruiting top game industry talent for the Baltimore-based studio. The company has already begun development on its first title, codenamed Mars, which runs on Oxide Games’ recently announced Nitrous engine.
“Mohawk puts gameplay first,” said Soren Johnson. “Our goal is to make games that will be played for years, based on elegant, replayable systems that are not limited by finite content creation. Our development process emphasizes rapid iteration above all else, requiring our games to be playable as soon as possible so that we have time to find the fun.”
Johnson espouses Mohawk’s core philosophies in the inaugural post on the studio’s blog, including ongoing community involvement, early access programs, and extensive mod support. “Games cannot grow in a vacuum, without the oxygen of player feedback. Indeed, communities often understand games better than the designers themselves,” Johnson writes.
Johnson believes that the time is right to found Mohawk Games. “We are living in the age of the independent game studio – never before have the development tools been so powerful, the distribution channels so accessible, and open development so valuable,” he said.
For more information about Mohawk Games, please visit mohawkgames.com
Soren Johoson 设计者成立独立工作室“Mohawk Games”
这个新成立的工作室名为“Mohawk Games”,性质是独立工作室,将专注于开发策略类游戏。
在他工作室网页的一篇博文中,Johnson写道:“我们现在处于一个独立游戏工作室蓬勃发展的时代,工具如此强力,发行渠道如此便利,开放开发如此有价值。而且针对经典策略类游戏也有稳固的市场。我的团队在这方面十分有经验,我对此也极富热情。”
Johoson表示工作室并不会执着于开发那些“七位数预算”的游戏,而是制作那些“大型发行商不能做或者不去做的游戏”。
“我们可以一次只出售一款游戏,价格合理,而不是搞些复杂的商业模型来糊弄我们的支持者。我们可以直接与这些玩家交流,听取学习他们的经验,并做出他们梦寐以求的作品。”Johnson写道。
当然目前工作组正在开发什么项目我们还不得而知,但是Johnson表示想要创作能够玩“好几年”的游戏。至于资金方面,工作组准备通过“不同的筹资方式,比如众筹和早期可用计划等等。” |
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