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That something else was a starship management that would eventually go on to inspire RimWorld afterВ Sylvester found the original concept вЂњkind of boring.вЂќ After having some trouble with airlock logistics, Sylvester made the decision to make the gameвЂ™s location more grounded вЂ“ literally bringing it down to Earth. вЂњSo if you played Hitman, imagine if you were managing the organisation that sends 47 out to kill people instead of playing the assassin youвЂ™re playing the people that manage the assassin.вЂќВ Sylvester dropped this idea because it wasnвЂ™t вЂњworking quick enough,вЂќ and decided to move on to something else. Next up was a mercenary management game that was вЂњsort of like Football Manager, but youвЂ™re going on missions to try and do whatever the client wants.вЂќ saysВ Sylvester. ItвЂ™s hard to imagine how crazy this would have been,В and even Sylvester admits that he was вЂќ trying to do too much.вЂќ It also had tower defense elements and was set to synchronised music. The next was a bonkers concept that was like вЂњSmash TV with magician warlocks fighting in an arena for money,вЂќВ called Animus. One of the first prototypes he worked on was a roguelike RPG game that was вЂњa bit like Project Zomboid,вЂќ but it became less fun after a month of play, so he dropped it. WithВ this process in mind,В Sylvester was вЂвЂcommitted to the idea of getting a core that was really strong that would make all polishing efforts later on worthwhile.вЂ™вЂ™ The quicker he cycled through prototypes, the faster he could land on a core idea that really worked. вЂвЂBased on the notion that I had that I tend to find that games really work or not and you can tell that fairly early on especially if youвЂ™re working on something new.вЂ™вЂ™ вЂвЂI found it plays more to my strengths to work just as an individual as compared to working in a giant triple-A office with all sorts of processes and such.вЂ™вЂ™Д«ut he didnвЂ™t land on the idea for RimWorld straight off the bat: вЂвЂWhat I did was start making prototypes,вЂ™вЂ™ says Sylvester.

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It all started for Sylvester after he left Irrational, the studio where he spent four years developing Bioshock Infinite: вЂвЂIвЂ™d been doing mods and a lot of personal projects before I worked at Irrational,вЂ™вЂ™ saysВ Sylvester.

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When we spoke to Sylvester recently in an interview, he detailed the interestingВ journey RimWorld took to full release, and just how different the game could have been.

The sci-fi colony sim that he spent several years developing after leaving Irrational Games was ranked the highest player reviewed game on Steam for 2018, above games such as Celeste and Subnautica.

Just after Christmas Tynan Sylvester, creator of RimWorld and founder of Ludeon Studios, stumbled across some very good news.

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