February 2008

• Procedure as a solution for a growing set of stories Ian Hess
• [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? John A. Bertoglio
• • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Mike Rozak
  • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Sean Howard
• Specialization Paolo Piselli
• • Specialization Damion Schubert
• [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Aurel
• • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Jeffrey Kesselman
  • • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Aurel
    • • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Jeffrey Kesselman
• [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Bristle
• [ANNOUNCE] New LP lib packages available Cratylus
• • [ANNOUNCE] New LP lib packages available Michael Hartman
• [NEWS] NASA to explore strange, new virtual worlds Morris Cox
• [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Mike Rozak
• • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Jeffrey Kesselman
  • • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Mike Sellers
    • • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Mike Rozak
    • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? John Szeder
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      > Why haven't amateur authors flocked to these tools?
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      Some people are also waiting for companies to come out of private alphas and
      betas for world building tools and UGC persistent world companies.
      
      It is safe to say metaplace by Raph Koster (areae), and whirled from Daniel
      James (three rings) are two examples of places where you can get some
      leverage into the tech and art assets to build your own worlds but they are
      not yet ready to launch.
      
      The cost of building an amateur mmo is going to spike downward in the next
      six to nine months, may as well just go play some WoW or go enjoy some
      sunshine until they launch and you can have a chance to review their
      offerings, terms of use, and potential competitors before you build your
      world.
      
      That is what I am doing. I have waited ten years for a shot at building an
      interesting and differentiated online world, waiting another year won't kill
      me.
    • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Tess Snider
    • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Scott Jennings
  • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Chris Laponsie
  • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Richard Boehme
  • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Siege)
  • [Design] Where are all the amateur MMORPG devs? Morris Cox