Comments on: MMORPG Tycoon post-mortem. Sorta. http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/06/10/mmorpg-tycoon-post-mortem-sorta/ Creating games, one brightly glowing line at a time. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:47:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/06/10/mmorpg-tycoon-post-mortem-sorta/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Chris Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:48:16 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=172#comment-138 About the subscriber cap/rival issue. Making the rivals have fewer subscribers would work, too. I just want to be able to claw my way up to where they are. You could also switch to just showing concurrent connections and "market share" (not total subscriber count). That might let you limit the concurrent connections without it being obviously unrealistic. Anyway, sorry for all the unsolicited suggestions. Just take it as a sign of how much I enjoyed your game. (; About the subscriber cap/rival issue. Making the rivals have fewer subscribers would work, too. I just want to be able to claw my way up to where they are. You could also switch to just showing concurrent connections and “market share” (not total subscriber count). That might let you limit the concurrent connections without it being obviously unrealistic.

Anyway, sorry for all the unsolicited suggestions. Just take it as a sign of how much I enjoyed your game. (;

]]> By: token88 http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/06/10/mmorpg-tycoon-post-mortem-sorta/comment-page-1/#comment-125 token88 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:37:04 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=172#comment-125 Awesome game, awesome idea, as others have stated this could go so far. Please could youa dd an option to turn sound off, after a while the music gets annoying. Awesome game, awesome idea, as others have stated this could go so far.
Please could youa dd an option to turn sound off, after a while the music gets annoying.

]]> By: Good_Punk http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/06/10/mmorpg-tycoon-post-mortem-sorta/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Good_Punk Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:54:07 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=172#comment-122 This game has so much potential! I hope that you get enough credits to keep motivated for making updates :D There are tons of possible features to keep ME addicted :P This game has so much potential!
I hope that you get enough credits to keep motivated for making updates :D
There are tons of possible features to keep ME addicted :P

]]> By: trevor http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/06/10/mmorpg-tycoon-post-mortem-sorta/comment-page-1/#comment-119 trevor Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:27:38 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=172#comment-119 I kind of agree about the towns and spawn point interface (same is true of starting areas); I initially did that because I thought that people wouldn't want to be placing multiple towns at once; I was just trying to keep people from placing several towns right on top of each other by accidental double-clicks, but it does seem to be sort of annoying the way it is now. But in any case, town construction is changing in 1.1 and so I'm not going to bother modifying the current interface. :) And yes, the 10,000 subscriber cap isn't great.. I'm hoping to have version 1.1 running at a decent clip with millions of subscribers (though probably still limited to only 10,000 actually logged in at any one time). I haven't quite figured out how to do it without bringing a reasonable computer to its knees, yet, but I'm getting there. ;) I kind of agree about the towns and spawn point interface (same is true of starting areas); I initially did that because I thought that people wouldn’t want to be placing multiple towns at once; I was just trying to keep people from placing several towns right on top of each other by accidental double-clicks, but it does seem to be sort of annoying the way it is now. But in any case, town construction is changing in 1.1 and so I’m not going to bother modifying the current interface. :)

And yes, the 10,000 subscriber cap isn’t great.. I’m hoping to have version 1.1 running at a decent clip with millions of subscribers (though probably still limited to only 10,000 actually logged in at any one time). I haven’t quite figured out how to do it without bringing a reasonable computer to its knees, yet, but I’m getting there. ;)

]]> By: Chris http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/06/10/mmorpg-tycoon-post-mortem-sorta/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Chris Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:28:53 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=172#comment-117 Great job. One of my favorite games from the competition. Two small quibbles: - I found it awkward to have to click town or spawn every time before placing clicking to place. I think it would be much easier if they worked like roads and stayed selected so I could just click on the map repeatedly to place a bunch of them. - After several tries, I got it right and managed to hit the subscriber cap of 10,000. However, my "rivals" all had millions. It made me kind of sad that I couldn't "beat" any of them. Great job. One of my favorite games from the competition.

Two small quibbles:
- I found it awkward to have to click town or spawn every time before placing clicking to place. I think it would be much easier if they worked like roads and stayed selected so I could just click on the map repeatedly to place a bunch of them.
- After several tries, I got it right and managed to hit the subscriber cap of 10,000. However, my “rivals” all had millions. It made me kind of sad that I couldn’t “beat” any of them.

]]> By: Malikus http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/06/10/mmorpg-tycoon-post-mortem-sorta/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Malikus Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:34:21 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=172#comment-116 This game is awesome - I'm already an addict +10 to MMORPG tycoon. I can't wait for the added features. Rock on. This game is awesome – I’m already an addict +10 to MMORPG tycoon. I can’t wait for the added features. Rock on.

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