The members of http://alttabme.com had a special opportunity to do a Podcast with developer Scott Clarke also known as "Maxis Scott" of SimCity. Our community had peaked interest in SimCity when we first heard it would have a multiplayer aspect to it. Being a "Refresh" of a game that we have all at one point or another spent many hours playing, we were extremely excited to put together some questions about the game and how it would be a good fit for a community like ALTTABME.
So here is the result of that!
Scott works heavily on the Multiplayer aspect of the game so he proved to have quite the insight to the upcoming release of SimCity. Check it out and feel free to leave comments below!
We also want to make a special thanks to Maxis and EA for allowing us to interview Scott!
Thanks to Zephyr for putting these show notes together:
Intro – 0:00
Scott Maxis Introduction – 1:45
General Chat on Upcoming SimCity – 2:30
Playing together on Multiplay – 10:10
What is your persona? - 15:25
Mains and Alts? Gameplay Styles - 19:15
Region Play – 23:20
Dealing with Bad Neighbours - 26:30
Resources, Trading, and Money – 28:40
Region Clusters and Strategy - 32:38
Spectator Mode and Disaster Launching - 42:50
Data and Management in Your City - 44:40
The Effects of Speed and Time - 48:48
Great Works - 51:56
Non Specialized Specializations - 58:18
Stream Questions (and Subways) - 1:00:46
Using Up Resources and Changing Specializations - 1:01:56
Variety of Park Options - 1:03:11
City Size and the Leaderboard - 1:04:56
Using and Scarcity of Resources in Multiplay - 1:05:40
Pausing Mechanic Interactions in Cities - 1:10:25
Will Cities Reach Equilibrium? (and Criminals) - 1:13:05
Can you Bulldoze Criminals? - 1:17:30
Does Scott Maxis Play Other Games? - 1:18:25
Nuclear Reactor Fallout - 1:19:15
Region Gameplay and Playtime - 1:22:37
What is the SimCity End Game? - 1:28:10
Wrap Up and Llamas - 1:29:50
Scott Maxis Final Words - 1:31:00
P.S. We do apologize for getting Scott's name spelled incorrectly. It is Scott Clarke with an E at the end.
The questions answered here are some of the top questions we get during our live streams at http://alttabme.com/live and the site.
If you wish to submit questions for our upcoming podcasts please feel free to post on our forums at alttabme.com/forum
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