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Ask Sid Meier
Sid Meier is a household name in gaming. Titles he's designed, such as Railroad Tycoon, Pirates!, and Civilization, are pillars in the history of PC gaming. This year the fourth chapter in the Civilization series of games is being released, and we have a great opportunity. Today we're asking for questions about design and philosophy to pass on to Mr. Meier. On Wednesday, we'll be asking for questions to give to the Civilization IV development team. That day you'll have the chance to ask technical questions about the moddability and design concepts that went into the game. For today, here's your opportunity to put questions to one of the most respected game designers in the industry. Keep them topical, and one question per post please. We'll pass on the ten best questions, his responses will go up as soon as we get them back.
I'm developing a game based around trashing hexus.net web servers, but Slashdot already dominates this genre. What advice do you have for new developers entering an already crowded/mature space?
Platform advocacy is like choosing a favorite severely developmentally disabled child.
Jesus, where do you people come from? All the interesting, valid questions being asked in this discussion, and some copyright whiner turns up complaining about something completely irrelevent. Grow up. People like you don't care about the law anyway so why not just download it from an abandonware site, and shut your moaning?
Are you going to kick your Mac porting company in the ass and get this ported to Mac within the decade?
You have two hands and one brain, so always code twice as much as you think!