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Topic: Not the only kid on the block. (Read 6919 times)
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schild
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Raph
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Title delayed while we "find the fun."
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Heh, which goes to show the spread here in this space...!
Vivaty: 16 person web-embedded 3d chat areas using a plugin.
Sims Carnival: Single-player user-composited Flash games using premade skinnable bits, with some SDK access
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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So um...are these actually, like...games? I'm confused.
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Fear the Backstab! "Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion "Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Slyfeind
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If I click "Start now!" on Vivaty, I get a form to fill out. If I click "Play" at Sims Carnival, nothing happens, because it's just a graphic; there's a "Create An Account" button, but I'm tired of making accounts.
All three of them look like they're for kids or the "casual gamer." (I know, casual gamers don't exist, shaddap.) Kids and casual gamers don't want to fill out forms. Hardcore or hobbyist gamers do, but those don't look like spaces for hardcores or hobbyists.
Things are moving too slowly! Someone put me in stasis for about 20 years so I can wake up when this stuff has matured!
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"Role playing in an MMO is more like an open orchestra with no conductor, anyone of any skill level can walk in at any time, and everyone brings their own instrument and plays whatever song they want. Then toss PvP into the mix and things REALLY get ugly!" -Count Nerfedalot
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Nonentity
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2009 Demon's Souls Fantasy League Champion
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But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?
[20:42:41] You are halted on the way to the netherworld by a dark spirit, demanding knowledge. [20:42:41] The spirit touches you and you feel drained.
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Slyfeind
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Dude! I clicked "Play Now!" and I get to make funny faces out of blocks of tofu and/or cheese! Awesome. QBeez wins the "Play Now" barrier.
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"Role playing in an MMO is more like an open orchestra with no conductor, anyone of any skill level can walk in at any time, and everyone brings their own instrument and plays whatever song they want. Then toss PvP into the mix and things REALLY get ugly!" -Count Nerfedalot
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Venkman
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The list of comparisons is not all that short. To the average end user, Metaspace is not going to be very different. But in fact, every example cited here and those I can think of are extremely gimped in significant ways (not an MMO, no actual game play, no actual backend support, etc) for those trying to build their own truly custom browser-based MMOs without having to invent the wheel.
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Raph
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Title delayed while we "find the fun."
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We will give the average end user a bit more ability to build stuff -- think more like Sims in that sense. We really do what that kind of ease of use. But with far greater scriptability for advanced users, more like NWN or a UO server emu or something.
We just reached friends & family testing, so it shouldn't be long before I can get a bunch of you in, I hope. Keep an eye out for invites starting for those who signed up originally.
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schild
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Also to note, we're waiting for something a bit more customizable for f13 integration, but it will eventually come. For those wondering we tinkered with and had planned chat integration but decided against it. I didn't contact Raph because my life got thrown upside down for a few weeks there. End result: I landed in a different state. From 15,000 feet in the air.
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