I was disappointed that the book didn't have much to say about Alpha Centauri. I wish he would do a GDC postmortem for Alpha Centauri like he did for Civ 1.
I think in general the book isn't so much focus on the game design itself, sadly, but a lot of stuff around it.
However, is the whole "Back to the future" chapter basically about Alpha Centauri? Some time ago I read the book, but seems to be mentioned a bunch there: https://imgur.com/a/6d0U6oH
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I was disappointed that the book didn't have much to say about Alpha Centauri. I wish he would do a GDC postmortem for Alpha Centauri like he did for Civ 1.
That's because he never had much impact on it (or Civs after the first one).
His name in the game title is just a brand, the lead designer for SMAC (and Civ II) is Brian Reynolds.
I think in general the book isn't so much focus on the game design itself, sadly, but a lot of stuff around it.
However, is the whole "Back to the future" chapter basically about Alpha Centauri? Some time ago I read the book, but seems to be mentioned a bunch there: https://imgur.com/a/6d0U6oH
I don't think he designed alpha centauri.