This is a good light read. Working in game dev, I found some of his thoughts around prototyping, production, and design to be insightful and gladly would have read more of those. I also would gladly have read more about Sid Meier's CPU Bach, since that was ahead of its time and seems interesting algorithmically. His stories are a bit more interesting in the early years and the end of the book drags a bit, as he goes from Civ IV to Civ V to Civ IV.
Ordered. Funnily enough I recently came across this GDC presentation by Sid and Bruce Shelley on the development of the original Civilization[0]. Highly recommended.<p>The influence of Empire as one of the inspirations of the game was obvious to anyone familiar with it. If you're interested there's an excellent updated implementation of Empire on the App Store[1]. I'd love to be able to get a version of Civ 2 on mobile. It's still by far my favourite iteration of Civ. Or Pirates!<p>[0]<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ-auWfJTts" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ-auWfJTts</a><p>[1]<a href="https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mother-of-all-battles/id425160860" rel="nofollow">https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mother-of-all-battles/id425160...</a>
Based on the title of this thread, I was disappointed that the title of his memoir did not end in an exclamation mark, but then was happy to discover that it is indeed titled "Memoir!"
For someone who’s bored with combat-focused games and misses the open nature of games like Railroad Tycoon, who’s following in Meier’s footsteps? I was thinking that if there was a rebooted RT2 I’d buy it in a second but fell off the Civ train due to wanting either less or more plausible combat, not to mention QA.
Alternative to Amazon:<p><a href="https://wordery.com/sid-meiers-memoir-sid-meier-9781324005872?cTrk=MTc4NTc4Mjc5fDVmODA3ZGE5OWM3Zjc6MToyOjVmODA3ZGE3MGUyYWIzLjE4MDUyOTQ2OjMzNmNjMTI3" rel="nofollow">https://wordery.com/sid-meiers-memoir-sid-meier-978132400587...</a><p>Bought it the other day. Still waiting for Stripe Press to not be Amazon exclusive as well.
I recently finished Sid Meier's Memoir! I found it fascinating and highly readable. If you like games you will like this book. Meier's inspirations and insights into what makes a game fun make this memoir well worth it to anyone who is interested in game design.
Just finished the hardback. Great read. It was interesting to learn that the nuclear Ghandi stories about an integer causing an overflow was totally made up. Also it was overwhelming to read the many many games and prototypes he developed.
Grabbed one of the signed copies. I'm not sure when I'll get the chance to read it, but Sid's games were some of the first computer games I played, and definitely influenced me towards a career in computers. Much respect and appreciation to Sid. Thanks for the time well wasted :)
He recently did an hour-long interview/panel about it and his career for PAX Online, should anyone be interested in watching: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blah1hNDmdA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blah1hNDmdA</a>
Book looks interesting but I'm curious... how do we know this is Sid Meiers's site and isn't just a site with a bunch of affiliate links on it?