One line (Wednesday - February 24)

Today’s issue: Sid Meyer talked about how much Civilization II cost; Gamasutra shared a guide to creating a game attractive to speedrunners, and the Chinese invested $2.4 million in former The Sims developers.

1. An interview with the legendary Sid Meyer appeared on VentureBeat. He also said that one of the designers of Firaxis today is his son, and the budget of Civilization II was about $ 500 thousand. By the way, pay attention to how he answered the question about whether it is normal that his name remains on the boxes with the new parts of “Tsiva”, although he does not actively participate in their development. In general, read it.

2. One of the most important free marketing channels today are streams on YouTube and Twitch. Accordingly, many developers are concerned about the question: what should the game be like to be watched. Especially for them, Gamasutra has prepared material about 6 ways to make the game attractive for speedrunners, fans of passing games for a while and sharing their passage.

3. The Chinese gaming company Seasun Games invested $2.4 million in the first round of investments in the mobile studio Magic Fuel Games, created by people from Maxis who were responsible for the development of projects such as The Sims, SimCity and Spore.