![]() Pro-G: How have you managed to create a game engine that allows for so many on-screen soldiers? We’re also a bunch of perfectionists – to ensure the game is the best it can be, most of the team works late into the night, living on take-out curry and pizza deliveries, never seeing their families and living so nocturnally they end up afraid of the sun. Every week the team would tweak the engine, push the boundary a little bit more, and add in a few more NPCs, until we finally achieved the massive many vs many encounters we had wanted to. When we first started developing, over 3 years ago, the engine could only support about 30 NPCs onscreen at once. ![]() Sophie: We needed this time on it to get the technology to where it is today. What is the main reason for this prolonged development? Pro-G: The game has been in development for a long time. Pro-G: Who is the Spartan and what is the story behind the game? Since then I’ve concentrated on Game Design, in addition to a lot of personal and company-related interviews, articles and TV work. I’ve been in the industry for 6 years now – I started off in LEGO Media QA for about 18 months when I left university (with a degree in Religious Studies…), then moved to Design and Assistant Production work. Everyone here at CA is gifted in many areas of work, so everyone’s contributed in some way to each and every area of the game. Sophie: My work on Spartan is as part of the design team and has included contributing to the dialogue, script, storyline, gameplay scenarios, UI flow design, the manual, and tutorials. Pro-G: Firstly, could you explain a little about yourself, your role in the game’s development and you previous experience in the industry? We spoke to Sophie (kali) Blakemore, a designer at Creative Assembly, about the game. ![]() Spartan: Total Warrior is SEGA and Creative Assembly’s action title for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. Creative Assembly are best known for their Total War series of RTS games on the PC, with their most recent title, Rome: Total War, earning both critical acclaim and high sales. ![]()
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