Gamespy interviews Soren Johnson

[Adagio]

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/civilization-iv/681109p1.html

There's a lot of talk about modding, but he also mentions the throne room a bit, nothing concrete though...

[alva]

Thanks.

[Illuminatus]

Thank you for the news tip Adagio.

[Aro]

Thanks a lot, Adagio.

[MortVader]

awesome

[Axxaer]

Wheee!

[GeoModder]

Cheers ADG!
And ulfn is mentioned again.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Johnson: One moment that certainly stands out in my mind was a press event we held a few months before release. A number of journalists from around the world (including GameSpy's Fargo) flew into Baltimore to give Civ IV multiplayer a try. A few of them, of course, couldn't help but be skeptical given the multiplayer track record of previous Civilization games. We had scheduled the event so that there would be a couple of hours to play, and then an hour when they could interview Sid. Well, that hour never came -- nobody seemed to want to stop playing, even for a coveted Sid interview! Needless to say, that was a pretty good sign.

That's hilarious!

[Imran Siddiqui]

The SDK will allow experienced programmers to change the AI and the game to create completely new experiences outside of the norm for Civ IV. Want to make underwater cities? How about adding a new kind of great leader for military uses? Want to bring back armies like in Civ III? Interested in getting rid of workers in favor of a broader public works system? All of this is possible -- and that's just the tip of the iceberg!

*drool*

GameSpy: What are your immediate plans for supporting the franchise and interacting with the player community?

Caudill: We have two very exciting things coming up in the near future, but I can't talk about them yet. Let's just say they involve competition regarding two very important aspects of Civilization IV.

Any thoughts on this?

[Aro]

One of those aspects must involve modding abilities... I bet!

[The_Aussie_Lurker]

Well, who knows, perhaps one of them involves greater competition between religions? Just a thought. Economic competition would also be great in the later game. i.e. a system for Multinational corporations and the like which operates along similar lines to religion. Again, just an idea-guess we will have to wait and see.

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

[Illuminatus]

Read the quote carefully - it is about supporting player community not the game mechanics. We'll get most likely get a multiplayer tournament and a modding contest.

[Blake]

However, from a technical point of view, we actually developed Civ IV not as a specific game, but as a turn-based strategy game platform

*sniff sniff* is that a hint of Xenofungus I smell?

[The_Aussie_Lurker]

OK, sorry, I didn't get that context.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Illuminatus
Read the quote carefully - it is about supporting player community not the game mechanics. We'll get most likely get a multiplayer tournament and a modding contest.

Yeah, it seems that may be more likely. I wonder what the prizes will be .