Apolyton's Video Interview with Jon Shafer at GamesCom

[Robert]

View our interview with Jon Shafer, Lead Designer of Civilization V, at GamesCom in Cologne! (Read the preview about Civ 5 Modding and the Civ5 SDK here!)

Credits:
Camera: jobe
Images: Shizanu
Video editing: Rutger van Overbeek
Interview: Robert Plomp


Questions asked and answered:
- What sort of a player are you yourself?
- Do you enjoy multiplayer or marathon games?
- Are you an expert player yourself?
- How do you design a game for players possibly better then yourself?
- Apolyton is inspired by the World Wonders. Are there any new ones in the game?
- Are there bridges in the game?
- How powerful are are the Wonders of the World?
- How powerful are World Wonders in Civ V?
- Which scenarios will the game ship with?
- Do you focus your resources on the game rather then scenarios?
- Will Civ V have an extensive SDK and which scripting languages will it use?
- If you were to run the (real) world which leader would you be?

[Robert]

Nobody saw the part yet where he announced the SDK, and the full modding possibilities?
I mean, modding the UI, the diploscreen, the main menu! That's really great! Feels like we can include new game options!
I don't know lua, but if everything is in lua, and we can access all lua, then everything is possible, right? Civ4 always had it's limits. I wonder if Civ5 will have any, after hearing Jon say that!