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Soren Johnson (Part I) — Building Civilization Through 4X Design, Bridging Digital and Physical Gaming, Navigating the Evolving TCG Landscape, and Crafting Games for Varied Playtimes (#49)
Think Like A Game Designer
How to Optimize the Fun Out of a Game
A full game of Civ is roughly like 500 turns and it's almost impossible to find out what the game will look like at that point. But there was also a flip side to this, which is, you know, in terms of simplification, we're also worried about people who like optimize the fun out of a game. And one of the things you need to do every turn is you need to go through all of this and all your cities that are just about to finish something so you don't have any excess production.
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