Eternal Lands' MMORPG Postmortem: Mistakes and Lessons, Part II

DmEditor · 12-10-2004, 12:09 AM

Eternal Lands' MMORPG Postmortem: Mistakes and Lessons, Part II
Author: Radu Privantu
Description: In the second part of the series, the author discusses some of the problems that were encountered and how they were solved. In addition, he offers advice on various gameplay issues to improve the player's gaming experience.

Matto · 12-16-2004, 03:17 PM

Hi, I would like to say how interesting and informative the 2 parts so far have been, it's nice to see and hear from someone who can look at what they have done and be critical about their own actions but at the same time learn the lessons involved and even help others see potential pit falls and traps they might encounter if following a similar path. I actually have no intention of creating an MMORPG, but do poke a couple of programming languages to see how they work, mainly at the hope I might possibley be able to produce something resembling a game at some point.

The topics discussed do provide helpful insights into various aspects of game production encountered by many types of games, using me as an example (a lone/indi game hobbiest) I look at the time aspect with interest, as this does certainly help with the realisation of this major factor in game developement. there are many other things of course, like trying to cover all aspects of game production and having your moral tugged at are difficult things to deal with on their own yet alone at the same time, etc...

It's a great read, thank you for the Story so far, I look forward to reading the 3rd Part.

Kind Regards

Matto

Nautilus · 01-14-2005, 05:23 AM

Still waiting for Part III, Radu...

Regards.

Entropy · 01-14-2005, 10:39 AM

It should be posted this weekend

Ed Mack · 01-14-2005, 11:17 AM

Cool, thanks very much for working on this. I personally have really enjoyed reading the series so far. (I also loved Fear101, having spent my childhood turning my attack into a hauted house)

Entropy · 01-14-2005, 11:24 AM

I'm glad you enjoy it.
BTW, I decided to have more than 3 parts, so part 3 won't be the last.

Limb · 01-14-2005, 10:15 PM

I too have enjoyed reading the series.. I can't wait to read the third part, and the news on more then three parts is even better. Any idea when the third part will be released? I check devmaster every day hoping it has been posted lol.

Keep up the great work!

-Limb

Entropy · 01-15-2005, 12:25 PM

Well, they said this weekend

Nautilus · 01-15-2005, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Entropy

Well, they said this weekend

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Good to hear

Limb · 01-15-2005, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Entropy

Well, they said this weekend

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Uh Oh, I forsee myself hitting the refresh key every 5 minutes

-Limb

01-14-2005, 05:23 AM	#3
Nautilus Valued Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Milan -ITALY- Posts: 297	Still waiting for Part III, Radu... Regards. ___________________________________________ -Nautilus 1.551640271931635485e+1292913986 ? Why, that's: 2 ^ ((2 ^ (2 ^ ((2 ^ 2) + (2 ^ (2 - 2))))) - (2 ^ (2 - 2))). Now verify, please...

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12-10-2004, 12:09 AM	#1
DmEditor DevMaster Editor Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 54	Eternal Lands' MMORPG Postmortem: Mistakes and Lessons, Part II Author: Radu Privantu Description: In the second part of the series, the author discusses some of the problems that were encountered and how they were solved. In addition, he offers advice on various gameplay issues to improve the player's gaming experience.

12-16-2004, 03:17 PM	#2
Matto New Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4	Hi, I would like to say how interesting and informative the 2 parts so far have been, it's nice to see and hear from someone who can look at what they have done and be critical about their own actions but at the same time learn the lessons involved and even help others see potential pit falls and traps they might encounter if following a similar path. I actually have no intention of creating an MMORPG, but do poke a couple of programming languages to see how they work, mainly at the hope I might possibley be able to produce something resembling a game at some point. The topics discussed do provide helpful insights into various aspects of game production encountered by many types of games, using me as an example (a lone/indi game hobbiest) I look at the time aspect with interest, as this does certainly help with the realisation of this major factor in game developement. there are many other things of course, like trying to cover all aspects of game production and having your moral tugged at are difficult things to deal with on their own yet alone at the same time, etc... It's a great read, thank you for the Story so far, I look forward to reading the 3rd Part. Kind Regards Matto

01-14-2005, 10:39 AM	#4
Entropy New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 9	It should be posted this weekend

01-14-2005, 11:17 AM	#5
Ed Mack DevMaster Staff Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,250	Cool, thanks very much for working on this. I personally have really enjoyed reading the series so far. (I also loved Fear101, having spent my childhood turning my attack into a hauted house)

01-14-2005, 11:24 AM	#6
Entropy New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 9	I'm glad you enjoy it. BTW, I decided to have more than 3 parts, so part 3 won't be the last.

01-14-2005, 10:15 PM	#7
Limb New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12	I too have enjoyed reading the series.. I can't wait to read the third part, and the news on more then three parts is even better. Any idea when the third part will be released? I check devmaster every day hoping it has been posted lol. Keep up the great work! -Limb

01-15-2005, 12:25 PM	#8
Entropy New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 9	Well, they said this weekend