As we get closer to finishing, we're very pleased with how it's coming together. It turned out that these features were especially helpful for casual gamers, but I don't recall that we set out to make the game more appealing for any specific group. As part of the brainstorming of ideas and filtering feedback from players of Age of Mythology, we developed a suite of gameplay innovations, included the powerful Atlantean villagers, and the repeat button. After considering several mythologies, the team voted to feature Atlantis. Bruce Shelley: In keeping with our tradition of building "an expansion pack on steroids," we wanted a complete new culture with interesting units, new gods, god powers, and mythological creatures we needed a source for a good single-player campaign story, and a topic that would be fun to work on.
GameSpy: Describe the genesis of The Titans, the idea and philosophy behind the expansion. That has been the responsibility of Ian Fischer, Greg Street, Sandy Petersen, and the rest of our design staff. While I do a lot of writing for our games, I am largely out of day-to-day design. I am also part of the management team of our studio. I flew over 100,000 miles last year, mainly making PR appearances around the world for Age of Mythology. Lately, that has grown to be a major part of my contribution to the studio. Late in the development of AoE, I was asked to do some PR stuff.
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I brought some ideas on how to manage the development process with me and helped decide how we would develop our games. What precisely are you doing for Ensemble these days? Bruce Shelley: When (Ensemble) started, I was one of the designers of Age of Empires.
GameSpy: You've been in the industry for many years, starting with your days at MicroProse working on games like Railroad Tycoon, and ending up here at Ensemble Studios. Our conversation ranged over a variety of topics, including more details on the AoM expansion, the RTS genre in general, and even the future of the gaming industry. These days, however, he's better known for his work on the groundbreaking Age series, including Age of Empires, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, and the latest, Age of Mythology. Shelley is well known to strategy game fans, as his career stretches from the earliest days of MicroProse where he worked with Sid Meier on games like F-15 Strike Eagle and Railroad Tycoon. We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Bruce Shelley from Ensemble Studios to discuss development of the new expansion pack for Age of Mythology: The Titans.
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