General Gaming Chatter (was Re: Mindshift Design)

From: Jason Paul McCartan <jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com>

Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 03:43:24 +0000

MadCentral wrote:

>>>BTW, how's that Haunted House game of yours doing? I've been meaning to
> check it out, but I've not had time to. Once I shuttle some family back to
> Erie, PA tomorrow, I'll most likely check it out.<<
>
> Its going pretty well.  Im quite pleased with it.  As our first attempt at
> a web-based game its doing quite well and seems to have a good early
> following.

To tell you the truth, that's the format I'm leaning more towards as my
thoughts return to gaming. Taking the economy in the US into account, the
proliferation of free and commercial MMORPGs, and a number of other
factors, running a real-time/turn-based engine with web-based interface
might be the best proposition for me to consider. The trick of course, for
any commercial game, is to find a way to make it not only pay for itself,
but to bring in some extra revenue.

You offer Haunted House for free don't you? Any particular reason behind
doing so that you'd care to share? Not being nosy, just interested in your
insight of the benefits from doing so, seeing as you are a successful
gaming venture :)

>>> It's
> fun to watch 30 heavily-armed and armored horsemen defend themselves
> against hundreds of pitch-fork wielding farmers and shop owners <g>.<<
>
> yes.  I can see how that would be fun.  I'll have to pop that one into
> neXus
> and see what the show is like.  ; )

Heh. The mass combat system that has been developed for this was great fun
to work on. Basically any number of Armies from any number of players can
be thrown together and they can all end up battling it out against each
other on an individual unit basis. This of course gets very messy when
there are archers firing on hundreds of infantry who are going hand-to-hand
in the middle of the battlefield.

--
Jason Paul McCartan

References

Re: Mindshift Design
Jason Paul McCartan <jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com>
Sat, 01 Jun 2002 01:38:22 +0000
Re: Mindshift Design
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 03 Jun 2002 02:03:31 +0000

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Re: Mindshift Design
Jason Paul McCartan <jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com>
Sat, 01 Jun 2002 01:38:22 +0000
Re: Mindshift Design
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 03 Jun 2002 02:03:31 +0000