JonShafer

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Stardock Forums

That is the real Jon Shafer. At least that's what he told me. To get serious for a bit though - my goal is not to come to Stardock and change everything. Every company and every project has different goals, priorities and challenges to overcome. With Civ 5 we had a particular target, but that doesn't mean every Stardock game I'm involved with is going to be like Civ 5 in some way. Stardock aims for a different audience compared with other studios, and Brad has a clear idea on what kin

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Greetings all! Proud to be joining the Stardock team, and expect to work on a lot of great projects here in the future. There's been some assumptions here about what my joining Stardock will mean for the games the studio will be putting out from now on. Fear not all - they'll be clearly recognizable as Stardock games. One thing that I will say though, is that Stardock's games are awfully complex, and probably

Reply to What happened to the big Announcement? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="MattSan" reply="87" id="2860214"] Quoting Ratatosk7, reply 86 I think its fun to watch who he hires next. Its like some sort of industry Guess Who. Maybe a forum mini-game? Are there prizes if we guess correct? Lets start up a betting pool. $5 a bet, winner takes the pot. Who wants to bet first?[/quote] Can I make a bet as to who it is? Wait... I'm not supposed to be out

Reply to Interesting wives in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="charon2112" reply="9" id="2839159"]Not to derail the thread, but is this 'the' Jon Shafer'?[/quote] I knew I shouldn't have taken the wig off! Jon

Reply to Interesting wives in War of Magic Stardock Forums

This is the most awesome title I've ever seen for a thread about a strategy game. That is all. Jon

Reply to Civ 5!! Bad timing. in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="VicenteC" reply="56" id="2547278"]Mmm, well better have you concentrated on Civ V Btw, is the Civ team going to be in GDC?[/quote] There will be a few of us there, but I won't be attending. Jon

Reply to Civ 5!! Bad timing. in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="VicenteC" reply="50" id="2546657"]You mean you haven't already bought it??? [/quote] Sadly, no. I've been a bit busy lately. ;) Jon

Reply to Civ 5!! Bad timing. in War of Magic Stardock Forums

I know I'll be buying Elemental on day 1, for what that's worth. ;) Jon

Reply to Civilization V in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="GJDriessen" reply="56" id="2545592"]LoL, any news you could share with us?[/quote] Afraid I can't say anything that isn't already known. More information will be coming soon though. :) Jon P.S. These smilies are intense . [e digicons]8|[/e]

Reply to Civilization V in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="the Gorgon" reply="12" id="2542476"]How many of their developers are on our forum!?[/quote] At least one. ;) Jon

Reply to New addon for CIV IV - copying GalCIV 2? in Strategy GalCiv2 Forums

I can tell you that Final Frontier was definitely not made as a GalCiv clone. My primary inspiration in designing it was to create a space mod for Civ IV, drawing upon many of the gameplay mechanics already part of Civ IV. I would very much doubt that the mod will have any impact on future GalCiv sales though. Jon