Experts on History podcast - Old World: Antiquity in a Game, with Leyla & Soren Johnson

[The_J]

The "Exports on History" podcast has interviewed Soren and Leyla Johnson about Old World.
Soren introduces "Old World" actually as "like Civ, but you're playing a real person".
They talk about inspirations for the game (gameplay-wise), what they are trying to represent with it, and how you steer the gameplay.
For all the info, have a listen to the podcast here.

 

[Solver]

Note, this is a re-release of an older interview as a podcast. It's the World History Encyclopedia video interview from 2020 so don't expect anything new about the game

 

[The_J]

I saw it from the World History Encyclopedia Twitter account, and checked also the date before posting... a bit confusing.

 

[Quintillus]

I listened to this on Sunday. From a game design standpoint, one interesting point Soren made was that he wanted there to be more of a tradeoff between the military and the economy than there is in Civ, and the orders system - and that you often have insufficient orders to have your workers fully engaged while at war - plays into this.

It was also interesting to hear that the events had to be toned down a bit in early access, to keep them manageable.

Now I'm wondering if there are any less old Old World podcasts I can add to my queue.

 

[Solver]

It was also interesting to hear that the events had to be toned down a bit in early access, to keep them manageable.

That's a bit funny too, because that doesn't even come close to the amount of event frequency tweaking and adjustments that we made in the next two years, after this interview!

Now I'm wondering if there are any less old Old World podcasts I can add to my queue.

Mostly old ones but check our podcast page. I think the two latest DLC podcasts are what we released this year.

 

[Quintillus]

Wow, that is a lot of podcasts! Far more than I was expecting!