Dream Game, Shuttered Studio: Jake Solomon's Indie Gamble Falls Short

XCOM designer Jake Solomon has shut down Midsummer Studios, revealing pre-alpha footage of cancelled life sim Burbank as the studio closes its doors.

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Chiude Midsummer, cancellato Burbank. Il gioco di Jake Solomon (XCOM) usava dialoghi generati da IA, evidenziando le attuali sfide per l'integrazione della tecnologia nel gaming.

#GiochiPC #Notizievideogiochi #gamingnews #Videogiochi #burbank #intelligenzaartificiale #JakeSolomon

👉 https://www.absolutegamer.it/gioco-burbank-cancellato-rivelazione-shock-motore-narrativo-ai/

"Watch and dream with us" - Jake Solomon's studio is closing, and the XCOM veteran shares a glimpse of the "Life Sims + The Truman Show" game he was making

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/jake-solomon-studio-closing-shows-burbank

Former XCOM and Civilization devs team up to launch a "next gen lifesim" inspired by Stephen King and Gilmore Girls - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/former-xcom-and-civilization-devs-team-up-to-launch-a-next-gen-lifesim-inspired-by-stephen-king-and-gilmore-girls #JakeSolomon
Former XCOM and Civilization devs team up to launch a "next gen lifesim" inspired by Stephen King and Gilmore Girls

A group of former XCOM and Civilisation developers have co-founded a new studio, Midsummer Studios, who plan to “revita…

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Jake Solomon uncut: here's our post-Firaxis GDC interview in full

RPS talks to Jake Solomon about his career at Firaxis and what's next for him now he's left. This is the full Q&A transcript of our hour-long GDC interview.

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XCOM's Jake Solomon is swapping turn-based tactics for life sims, and he's not coming back

We chat extensively with XCOM designer and Marvel's Midnight Suns director Jake Solomon about his career at Firaxis and his next adventure in the life sim genre

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XCOM director Jake Solomon wants to open a new studio and make "more of a life simulator"

XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns' director Jake Solomon wants to form a new studio and work on simulation driven games.

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Firaxis' Jake Solomon says even he gets frustrated when he misses a shot in XCOM

We chat to XCOM 2 and Marvel's Midnight Suns director Jake Solomon about which type of turn-based tactics game is most fun to make.

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"Well, first things first: User needs. An empathetic service would ground itself in the concrete needs of concrete people. It’s not about innovation, big data, government-as-a-platform, transparency, crowd-funding, open data, or civic tech. It’s about people. Learning to prioritize people and their needs will be a long slog. It’s the kind of change that happens slowly, one person at a time. But we should start."

- #JakeSolomon, 2014

https://web.archive.org/web/20180829190652/https://medium.com/@lippytak/people-not-data-47434acb50a8

#PublicServices #CivicTech #UX

People, Not Data – Jake Solomon – Medium

On disdain and empathy in Civic Tech