Jon Shafers At The Gates

[Karmah]

Hello,

Did anyone try it ? What would be your opinion ?

 

[BenitoChavez]

Who is Jon Shafers? Why is he at the gates? What is "it"?

 

[Karmah]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/492230/

 

[Truthy]

Who is Jon Shafers? Why is he at the gates? What is "it"?

He led the development of Civ V, left Firaxis, worked at Stardock for a minute, and then started an indie company called Conifer Games. "At the Gates" is a civ-like game they worked on for a super long time and finally released a few weeks ago (I believe they started crowdfunding in 2013). I haven't played it, but Steam reviews suggest it's ok but not particularly good. He wrote a blogpost here about why development took so long, including personal problems in his life surrounding ADHD.

 

[sherbz]

Theres already a thread on this:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/new-game-from-jon-shafer-lead-designer-of-civ-v.639547/