Shafer left Firaxis to operate amongst Paradox but half dozen months ago.
Back inward May, Civilization 5 atomic number 82 designer Jon Shafer joined Paradox Development Studio to brand a novel grand strategy game. It was a pretty big pickup for Paradox, too Shafer described it equally "an exhilarating moment." But but half dozen months later, he has left over "creative differences."
"Jon is an ambitious somebody amongst a lot of crusade too passion too he has led to a greater extent than or less skillful discussions inward our teams over the past times few months", Paradox executive vice president of studios Mattias Lilja said inward a statement. "However, during the course of educational activity of these discussions, it has hold out clear that nosotros desire dissimilar things creatively too nosotros cause got thence taken the usual determination that it is best to utilization ways. We wishing Jon the real best inward the side past times side utilization of his career too would similar to give cheers him for his efforts during his fourth dimension amongst us."
Paradox didn't let on anything farther well-nigh the reasons for his departure, but "creative differences" rarely indicates a happy split. Whether it volition touching on the projection he was working on isn't known, too may never be, since at this dot nosotros don't fifty-fifty know what that was: Shafer refused to verbalize well-nigh it during our interview amongst him presently after he signed amongst Paradox, although he did say that Civilization studio Firaxis didn't supply him the chance to "do novel things" after the completion of Civ 5.
Shafer is equally good working on a separate projection at his indie studio, Conifer Games, called At the Gates, which was real successfully Kickstarted inward 2013.
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