When the lead designer of Civilization V launches a Kickstarter, you should probably take notice. So here it is: Jon Shafer, the lead designer of Civilization V, and later hired by Stardock to help fix the flaws in Elemental: War of Magic launched a kickstarter.
He’s attempting to raise $40,000 to fund the final stages of development of “At the Gates,” a turn based strategy game set at the fall of Rome.
And it sounds kind of brilliant.
Jon and I spoke 48 hours ago, as he put the final touches into his pitch. The game, he explained, attempts to skew 4X turn based strategy games slightly. Although it’s set at the Fall of Rome, you don’t play the Romans. Instead, you star as the Barbarian Hordes, attempting to survive and plunder.