Comments on: Postmortem: Game X http://www.barchok.com/2008/05/18/postmortem-game-x/ Web and Game Development Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Neal Holtschulte http://www.barchok.com/2008/05/18/postmortem-game-x/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Neal Holtschulte Tue, 12 May 2009 15:54:44 +0000 http://www.barchok.com/?p=8#comment-23 Todd, I can sympathize with this a lot. You're right that what you are saying sounds obvious, but it is easy to ignore until it has crashed a project. I put a lot of work into a browser-based game only to realize that it had a single major flaw. It was not fun. Mostly, this was due to the economy not being fun. Interestingly, I think I took realism too far at the expense of fun. I'm trying to resurrect my game with a less realistic, less dynamic, but more fun trading system. A Kingdom of Loathing clone is a dangerous place to start for someone who wants to create this sort of game because KoL looks easy to code. It's just a whole bunch of content right? KoL's simplicity hides a lot of sophistication, I think, and not just in regards to the economy, but also the balance. I'm impressed that you wanted to create content yourself. Content scares me. I've long leaned towards procedurally generated content. Best of luck. Todd, I can sympathize with this a lot. You’re right that what you are saying sounds obvious, but it is easy to ignore until it has crashed a project. I put a lot of work into a browser-based game only to realize that it had a single major flaw. It was not fun. Mostly, this was due to the economy not being fun. Interestingly, I think I took realism too far at the expense of fun. I’m trying to resurrect my game with a less realistic, less dynamic, but more fun trading system.

A Kingdom of Loathing clone is a dangerous place to start for someone who wants to create this sort of game because KoL looks easy to code. It’s just a whole bunch of content right? KoL’s simplicity hides a lot of sophistication, I think, and not just in regards to the economy, but also the balance.

I’m impressed that you wanted to create content yourself. Content scares me. I’ve long leaned towards procedurally generated content.

Best of luck.

]]> By: Tess http://www.barchok.com/2008/05/18/postmortem-game-x/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Tess Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:01:40 +0000 http://www.barchok.com/?p=8#comment-17 Interesting to know. Interesting to know.

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