The Escapist - Boutique Massively Multiplayer Online Games

[KenR]

Here is a nice long article about lesser known "Boutique" Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs)

Imagine, for discussion's sake, that you don't have $50 million, so you can't build and market a full-scale World of Warcraft massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) clone. Suppose, too, you don't have rock superstar Bono on speed-dial, and unlike BioWare/Pandemic Studios, you can't finance your new MMOG through his $300 million Elevation Partners holding company. To get still more outlandish, let's say you cannot easily lay your hands on a paltry $3 million - no, really, work with me here - so you couldn't even produce a smaller-scale "casual MMOG" like Puzzle Pirates or Gaia Online or Dofus. Assume, hypothetically, you - just you, together with maybe two or three other indigent programmers - have six months of savings and a budget in the low four figures. How would you create and market a full-featured MMOG? ...

http://www.escapistm...zine.com/issue/75/15

from http://www.raphkoster.com/

[nudone]

so, are we going to write our own mmog - i could do with the money.

[Deozaan]

I'm all for it!

[tinjaw]

Should we do EverCody or World of Codycraft?

[Deozaan]

Should we do EverCody or World of Codycraft?

-tinjaw (January 02, 2007, 03:55 PM)

Invasion of the Docos! An MMO Tower defense game!

[Deozaan]

so, are we going to write our own mmog - i could do with the money.

-nudone (December 25, 2006, 11:14 AM)

I'll quit my day job and go full time making an MMO! Hooray! And not for (just) money, but for the fun!

[nudone]

seriously, is this something that could be done without dedicating your life to?

if we could do a LMMOG (little massively multiplayer online game) then i'd be interested in being on the team.

[Deozaan]

seriously, is this something that could be done without dedicating your life to?

-nudone (January 03, 2007, 01:38 AM)

I think it is something you could get a good start on before it grew so large you had to devote a lot of time to it.

if we could do a LMMOG (little massively multiplayer online game) then i'd be interested in being on the team.

-nudone (January 03, 2007, 01:38 AM)

A SMMOG! Somewhat massively multiplayer online game!

[mouser]

A SMMOG! Somewhat massively multiplayer online game!

 

[Deozaan]

A SMMOG! Somewhat massively multiplayer online game!

-mouser (January 03, 2007, 02:58 PM)

You know how sometimes MMOGs are shortened to just MMO? We could make a DoCoSMMO.