{"id":158104,"date":"2025-01-10T07:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T06:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/alan-emrich-designer-de-jeux-et-ecrivain-qui-a-invente-le-terme-4x-est-decede\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T07:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T06:44:36","slug":"alan-emrich-designer-de-jeux-et-ecrivain-qui-a-invente-le-terme-4x-est-decede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/alan-emrich-designer-de-jeux-et-ecrivain-qui-a-invente-le-terme-4x-est-decede\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Emrich, designer de jeux et \u00e9crivain qui a invent\u00e9 le terme \u00ab 4X \u00bb, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>L&rsquo;image de titre provient du jeu Freeciv, un titre 4X. Alan Emrich a invent\u00e9 le terme &#8216;4X.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-77.png\" alt=\"Un \u00e9cran de carte du jeu Master of Orion 3\" class=\"wp-image-158094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-77.png 710w, https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-77-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-77-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-77-696x522.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Alan Emrich, un \u00e9crivain influent, designer de jeux et acad\u00e9micien, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 8 janvier 2025. En 1993, Emrich a introduit le terme &#8220;4X&#8221; pour d\u00e9crire le jeu de strat\u00e9gie embl\u00e9matique <em>Master of Orion<\/em>. Le terme, qui signifie &#8220;eXplorer, eXpandre, eXploiter, eXterminer&#8221;, est rapidement devenu synonyme de jeux de strat\u00e9gie ax\u00e9s sur la construction d&#8217;empires, \u00e9tablissant un standard pour des titres futurs comme <em>Civilization<\/em> et <em>Stellaris<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Dans un article de 1993 sur le jeu de strat\u00e9gie au tour par tour <em>Master of Orion<\/em>, Alan \u00e9crivait : \u201cQuadruple-X \u2013 Je donne \u00e0 MOO une note XXXX car il pr\u00e9sente les quatre X essentiels de tout bon jeu de conqu\u00eate strat\u00e9gique : EXplorer, EXpandre, Exploiter et Exterminer. En d&rsquo;autres termes, les joueurs doivent partir de d\u00e9buts modestes, se frayer un chemin sur la carte tout en construisant l&#8217;empire le plus grand et le plus efficace possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaturellement, les autres joueurs essaieront de faire de m\u00eame, donc leur extermination devient une pr\u00e9occupation primordiale.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-75.png\" alt=\"Un \u00e9cran de plan\u00e8te du jeu Master of Orion 3\" class=\"wp-image-158082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-75.png 710w, https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-75-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-75-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-75-696x522.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source : page Steam de Master of Orion 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Les id\u00e9es d&rsquo;Alan ont \u00e9galement contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la conception du jeu. Plus tard, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 designer principal sur <em>Master of Orion 3<\/em> jusqu&rsquo;en 2002, lorsqu&rsquo;il a quitt\u00e9 l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe un an avant la sortie du jeu pour des raisons inexpliqu\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p>Avant de se lancer dans les jeux vid\u00e9o, Emrich \u00e9tait une figure incontournable dans la communaut\u00e9 des jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Dans les ann\u00e9es 1970 et 1980, il a cofond\u00e9 des conventions comme ORCCON et GAMEX \u00e0 Los Angeles, con\u00e7u plusieurs jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9, et fond\u00e9 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Diverse Talents Inc. Son travail dans les jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 fondamental pour son approche du design num\u00e9rique, alliant profondeur strat\u00e9gique et m\u00e9caniques accessibles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-76.png\" alt=\"Post Twitter de Jeff McAleer sur thegaminggang.com : Tr\u00e8s, tr\u00e8s d\u00e9sol\u00e9 d'apprendre qu'Alan Emrich, de l'ancienne renomm\u00e9e de Victory Point Games, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9. C'\u00e9tait un gars vraiment bien et il a \u00e9t\u00e9 l'un des premiers \u00e9diteurs de jeux - de n'importe quelle taille - \u00e0 donner une chance \u00e0 The Gaming Gang en 2010. Mes sinc\u00e8res condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 la famille et aux amis d'Alan.\" class=\"wp-image-158088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-76.png 656w, https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-76-150x159.png 150w, https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-76-300x318.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Au-del\u00e0 de ses contributions \u00e0 la conception de jeux, Emrich \u00e9tait un \u00e9crivain prolifique de guides strat\u00e9giques pour des titres comme <em>Sid Meier\u2019s Civilization<\/em>, <em>Master of Orion<\/em>, et <em>Master of Magic<\/em> qui \u00e9taient lou\u00e9s pour leur profondeur et leur clart\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>En tant que professeur \u00e0 l&rsquo;Art Institute of California : Orange County, il a encadr\u00e9 de futurs designers de jeux, et sa soci\u00e9t\u00e9, Victory Point Games, a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9e comme une plateforme pour que les \u00e9tudiants et les professionnels publient de petits jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9atifs.<\/p>\n<p>Pour l&rsquo;ensemble de ses contributions, Emrich a re\u00e7u le Blomgren\/Hamilton Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement de ConsimWorld en 2001.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlan \u00e9tait un dynamo et l&rsquo;une des personnes les plus sympathiques que j&rsquo;ai jamais rencontr\u00e9es,\u201d a \u00e9crit Jack Beckman sur un forum pour ConSimWorld. \u201cIl semblait toujours \u00eatre au milieu de six choses \u00e0 la fois, et son enthousiasme \u00e9tait contagieux. On ne pouvait tout simplement pas \u00eatre &#8216;d\u00e9prim\u00e9&#8217; autour d&rsquo;Alan ! Il va nous manquer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Emrich, le designer de jeux influent \u00e0 qui l&rsquo;on doit le terme \u00ab 4X \u00bb (eXplorer, eXpendre, eXploiter, eXterminer) dans sa critique de Master of Orion, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9. Connu pour son travail r\u00e9volutionnaire dans les jeux de strat\u00e9gie, Victory Point Games et l&rsquo;\u00e9ducation au design de jeux, les contributions d&rsquo;Emrich \u00e0 l&rsquo;industrie du jeu laissent un h\u00e9ritage durable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":158076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-158104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"wpml_current_locale":"fr_FR","wpml_translations":{"en_US":{"locale":"en_US","id":158075,"slug":"alan-emrich-game-designer-and-writer-who-invented-the-term-4x-has-died","post_title":"Alan Emrich, Game Designer and Writer Who Invented the Term \"4X,\" has Died","href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/alan-emrich-game-designer-and-writer-who-invented-the-term-4x-has-died\/"},"de_DE":{"locale":"de_DE","id":158103,"slug":"alan-emrich-spieldesigner-und-autor-der-den-begriff-4x-erfunden-hat-ist-verstorben","post_title":"Alan Emrich, Spieldesigner und Autor, der den Begriff \u201e4X\u201c erfunden hat, ist verstorben","href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/de\/alan-emrich-spieldesigner-und-autor-der-den-begriff-4x-erfunden-hat-ist-verstorben\/"},"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","translation":"current"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":158102,"slug":"alan-emrich-disenador-de-juegos-y-escritor-que-invento-el-termino-4x-ha-fallecido","post_title":"Alan Emrich, dise\u00f1ador de juegos y escritor que invent\u00f3 el t\u00e9rmino \"4X\", ha fallecido","href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/es\/alan-emrich-disenador-de-juegos-y-escritor-que-invento-el-termino-4x-ha-fallecido\/"},"ru_RU":{"locale":"ru_RU","id":158101,"slug":"%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%bd-%d1%8d%d0%bc%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%85-%d0%b8%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9-%d0%b4%d0%b8%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%80-%d0%b8-%d0%bf%d0%b8%d1%81%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bb","post_title":"\u0410\u043b\u0430\u043d \u042d\u043c\u0440\u0438\u0445, \u0438\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0434\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0435\u0440 \u0438 \u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c, \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0443\u043c\u0430\u043b \u0442\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0438\u043d \"4X\", \u0441\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f","href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/ru\/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%bd-%d1%8d%d0%bc%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%85-%d0%b8%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9-%d0%b4%d0%b8%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%80-%d0%b8-%d0%bf%d0%b8%d1%81%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bb\/"},"pt_BR":{"locale":"pt_BR","id":158105,"slug":"alan-emrich-designer-de-jogos-e-escritor-que-inventou-o-termo-4x-faleceu","post_title":"Alan Emrich, Designer de Jogos e Escritor que Inventou o Termo \"4X\", Faleceu","href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/pt-br\/alan-emrich-designer-de-jogos-e-escritor-que-inventou-o-termo-4x-faleceu\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","translation":false},"tr_TR":{"locale":"tr_TR","translation":false},"ukr":{"locale":"ukr","translation":false}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidergaming.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}