i worked for over a year as sr. game developer on a massively multiplayer online casual game for kids and tweens called GalaXseeds. i learned a great deal, and am happy to share these tips about MMOG development. ———————————— When you own and operate a Massively Mutliplayer Online Game you are, in very many ways, [...] Keep Reading

i worked for over a year as sr. game developer on a massively multiplayer online casual game for kids and tweens called GalaXseeds. i learned a great deal, and am happy to share these tips about MMOG development. World of Warcraft Cliff Notes You may have heard of it? Want to learn all about World [...] Keep Reading

There’s an interesting but brief article at Massively titled “Could Smaller Be Better?”, asking whether the “massive” aspect of Massively Multiplayer Online Games takes some of the fun out of gaming. Before this company existed, i entered the 2007 Vortex Game Competition. The competition turned out to be a disappointing event catering to students, and [...] Keep Reading

Time Well Wasted has an interesting run-down of “vanity pets” in various massively multiplayer games. These are pets that don’t help in combat, and don’t do anything else remotely useful. The author makes his strongest case for these pets when he talks about rarity. This Untold Entertainment article about MMOG rewards talks about building aspirational [...] Keep Reading

i worked for over a year as sr. game developer on a massively multiplayer online casual game for kids and tweens called GalaXseeds. i learned a great deal, and am happy to share these tips about MMOG development. Tip #2 – Reward One of the key elements of good game design is the principal of [...] Keep Reading