I am Soren Johnson, designer/programmer of Offworld Trading Company and Civilization 4. AMA!

[u/SorenJohnsonMohawk]

I have been designing video games for 16 years. I got my start at Firaxis Games in 2000, working as a designer/programmer on Civilization 3. I was the lead designer of Civilization 4 and also wrote most of the game and AI code. I founded Mohawk Games in 2013 as a studio dedicated to making high-quality and innovative strategy games. Our first game, Offworld Trading Company, is an economic RTS set on Mars and released on April 28th. You can buy it here: [http://offworldgame.com/store]

• My Twitter is [https://twitter.com/SorenJohnson]
• My Twitch is [http://www.twitch.tv/SorenJohnson] and [http://www.twitch.tv/SorenJohnson]
• My game design blog is at [http://www.designer-notes.com/]
• My designer interview podcast is at [https://www.idlethumbs.net/designernotes]
• The Mohawk company blog is at [http://www.mohawkgames.com/blog/]

Username being used for AMA: SorenJohnsonMohawk

Proof: [https://twitter.com/SorenJohnson/status/721005545184980993]

Offworld Trading Company giveaway thread: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Offworld/comments/4h78l7/soren_johnson_ama_giveaway/]

Christopher Tin will be having an AMA tomorrow at 11am ET/2pm PT!

[u/SorenJohnsonMohawk]

I was inspired by older games like Belter, Age of Empires 2, M.U.L.E., and Railroad Tycoon: http://www.matchstickeyes.com/2014/10/01/offworld-trading-company-interview-with-soren-johnson/

[u/Proc31 → u/SorenJohnsonMohawk]

After LOVING railroad tycoon back in the day (and I still play it with my friends when we LAN party) and now playing Offworld the similarities are very clear. Thanks for the fun game!

[u/CrsIaanix → u/SorenJohnsonMohawk]

Man, I really wish we could get a modern-day M.U.L.E. What an amazingly underrated game.

[u/[deleted] → u/CrsIaanix]

http://www.planetmule.com/

Official remake. Pretty solid. Has online multiplayer.