Rob Zacny Posted July 17, 2014 Game Designer Chris King joins Rob and Troy to talk about crisis management and political tension in video games. In this anniversary year of World War I it's only fitting to discuss the systems and mechanics that create the powder kegs that eventually spawn global conflict. It's also never a bad time to talk about Victoria 2. Listen here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hexgrid Posted July 17, 2014 http://imperiagame.wordpress.com/ You play the newly-minted emperor of a longstanding space empire, and Also, to Chris King: A Victoria-style game set in the Dune universe or something like it. You know you want to make it. Edit: Ok, I should have listened to the whole podcast first. I wrote the above about a quarter of the way in. Yay! But what I'd love to see is something in a decadent existing faction-riven empire, rather than the MOO style of expanding new empires. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Posted July 18, 2014 If you were doing the Dune Universe I think a Crusder Kings style game might be better. With the Emperor and his various nobles squabbling and scheming. Plus you get the chance to breed a super being which is always fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gormongous Posted July 18, 2014 If you were doing the Dune Universe I think a Crusder Kings style game might be better. With the Emperor and his various nobles squabbling and scheming. Plus you get the chance to breed a super being which is always fun. I played the hell out of the first Crusader Kings and know a bunch of friends who did, too. For all of us, the late game always turned into a pretty sophisticated eugenics program, because the potential was there but tantalizingly inaccessible, so a similar game that actually supported that diagetically would be... well, not necessarily great, but fascinating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hexgrid Posted July 21, 2014 If you were doing the Dune Universe I think a Crusder Kings style game might be better. With the Emperor and his various nobles squabbling and scheming. Plus you get the chance to breed a super being which is always fun. I would love someone to build this; I've wanted it for years. It wouldn't need to be Dune per se, just that kind of decadent, formalized, faction-riven space empire. I'd build it myself, but I've already got too many side projects on the go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites