Sukritact has been hired at Firaxis!

[V. Soma]

Congratulations!
I just hope he can in some ways inform us about things he does as an insider...

 

[Nigel_Tufnel2]

Awesome news!

 

[Noble Zarkon]

I just hope he can in some ways inform us about things he does as an insider.

I think it will be quite obvious when the next patch drops!!

 

[SemiLazyGamer]

I think it will be quite obvious when the next patch drops!!

I personally think it's too early for Sukritact to affect the next patch too much. Maybe the patch after.

 

[LilBudyWizer]

He certainly deserves it. He doesn't just do good work, but innovative as well. When he first put that grid in for seeing what effect placing a building would have I thought WTH is that for but then as I played it was obviously a really great idea. I fell on hard times, been gone a long time but I recognized his name when I saw it. If we lose him as a modder hopefully it's because he's just too busy doing big stuff in the game. I wish him the best of luck, the best job is the one you love.

 

[Eramas]

Great news, well deserved!

 

[stealth_nsk]

I'm pretty sure it's happened numerous times before for Civilization/Firaxis, actually.

Yes, vanilla Civ5 was even released under lead of former Civ3 modder.

 

[UWHabs]

Sukritact's mods are great. Hopefully the extra resources being part of the company, and presumably being able to be all "I would do this if only XXX was available to me" will help.

And I'm not just speaking of the basic UI mods. The urban identities mod in civ 6 was a great addition, it added just enough extra interest without going too far. Hopefully we can get more great bonuses like that officially now.

 

[VGT]

To cool down everyone's expectations. Please remember that it's different working on stuff as a modder to working on stuff as an employee. Let's hope he'll not be squashed by grinding gears of corporate procedures and will be able to deliver quality you know him for. Great news of course! Just trying to keep expectations at reasonable level.

 

[Noble Zarkon]

I personally think it's too early for Sukritact to affect the next patch too much.

That's probably wise but I'm hoping!

 

[queenpea]

I’m not a big mod user and am not knowledgeable on all of Sukritact’s work, but you have a wonderful reputation on these forums, and I’m sure the new job is well deserved. Congratulations!

 

[Deggial]

I'm torn.

On the one hand I am happy for Sukritact. Well deserved and a great opportunity to work for a company that made the game he obviously cares so much about! Congratulations!

On the other hand... modders have so much more freedom in what they can do. No need to compromise with a team. No endless quality control cycles (but usually quick bug fixes instead). A lot less "out of the box" solutions now, because suddenly he is in the box himself.

 

[Vincent_lacruz]

Good job!!! I guess Firaxis recognised his work, he was already doing some good mods for civ6, and he is doing a good job for civ7 so far.

I really like having someone that knows the game in developpment, I hope that will hasten the UI polishing!

 

[pjotroos]

Great news. Happy for them, and for the console players. The UI mod in Civ 6 was must have, and their Iceland, Gaul and Siam were basically on the level of NFP civs.

 

[Elhoim]

On the other hand... modders have so much more freedom in what they can do. No need to compromise with a team. No endless quality control cycles (but usually quick bug fixes instead). A lot less "out of the box" solutions now, because suddenly he is in the box himself.

Yeah, in the X-Box

Pun aside, it will be different when he has to take consoles into account instead of doing the best interface just for PC.

In any case, very happy for him =)

 

[kaspergm]

Yeah, in the X-Box

Pun aside, it will be different when he has to take consoles into account instead of doing the best interface just for PC.

In any case, very happy for him =)

I hope not. But he's made some of the best Civ6 mods, so I hope it continues.

 

[King of Prussia]

We will see how much he is able to do. His mods afaik are for PC only, and not something that takes consoles into consideration. Whatever he makes, or helps on, will need to deal with that fact.

With all that said, he already has a UI mod out. Seeing some of these incorporated before the end of the month is doable. We probably wont see any major changes until after that. Hopefully the corporate bs doesnt hinder him too much.

 

[Deggial]

... it will be different when he has to take consoles into account ...

And VR.

I'm definitely the last person to bash Civ going VR. I actually love it!
But aiming with controllers (and actually hitting a button) limits how small those buttons can be.

 

[stealth_nsk]

There are a lot of things to consider. Other than various types of controllers, companies usually have separate roles for UI designers and coders and, unlike mods, those things are rarely done by the same person. That's on top of that corporate processes require more testing, documenting, etc.

So I wouldn't expect miracles, but nonetheless, I'm happy for a creative person getting job with the game he likes and I'm looking forward for his contributions to make the game better.

 

[Canadian Bluebeer]

Grats!