Author Archives: Eric

Sign Up For Pre-Alpha/Alpha/Beta

February 4, 2012 by Eric | 1 Comment »

I realized that if I just publicly announce the pre-alpha login URL here, then I won’t be able to control how many people are in it. I need to let people in slowly enough that I can fix the server … Continue reading →

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Project Gorgon’s Death Penalty

February 1, 2012 by Eric | 19 Comments »

I’ve talked about death penalties before — let me bring back an infographic from one of those blog posts. This correlates an MMO’s death penalty with other aspects of the MMO. My death penalty is lenient. My game is first … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Project Gorgon | 19 Comments

Easy Player-Made Content

January 26, 2012 by Eric | 11 Comments »

[I'm still working on bugs, polish, and a bit more content for the next playable pre-alpha. I just got the camera controls fixed! I also added sliders and settings so people can tweak the camera behavior. Next up: redoing the … Continue reading →

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Quick Test of Pre-Alpha 0.1 Completed

January 22, 2012 by Eric | 18 Comments »

EDIT: my HUGE thanks to the dozen people who were able to hop in (with no notice) and help test the very early pre-alpha! I’ve taken the server down now to work on the many, many glitches that I noticed … Continue reading →

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What’s my target audience?

January 22, 2012 by Eric | 4 Comments »

[This is the end of day #4 of TORTUROUS DEBUGGING. I'm just trying to get the game stable and playable on a real internet connection (instead of local LAN). I've tracked down most of the critical bugs, but two remain, … Continue reading →

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Complexity and Group Combat

January 19, 2012 by Eric | 7 Comments »

Right now I’m just bug-fixing the pre-alpha, which is torturous and tedious, so I won’t blog about that. Instead let me talk a bit about types of gameplay complexity. Good Complexity versus Bad Complexity My game doesn’t shy away from … Continue reading →

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Howl Sound Effect

January 8, 2012 by Eric | 11 Comments »

Quick question: does anybody know where I can buy a wolf-howl sound effect that can be used in commercial applications? There are some on soundrangers.com and I’ll use those if need be, but the clean ones (with no background noise) … Continue reading →

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Features In, Features Out

December 30, 2011 by Eric | 9 Comments »

[This is a status update about an indie fantasy MMO in progress, code-named "Gorgon".] Calligraphy Is Implemented Yesterday I sat down to implement Calligraphy, a skill that is primarily intended to boost Sword combat damage during pre-alpha. I kept it … Continue reading →

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Field Autopsies, and Man I’m Slow

December 17, 2011 by Eric | 20 Comments »

I’m still slogging through the code. Not going as fast as I wanted — there’s been lots of interruptions, but also I’ve just had a hard time drilling through the rest of the tedious stuff needed to make the game … Continue reading →

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Back to work! Pre-Alpha Combat Skills

November 28, 2011 by Eric | 30 Comments »

I am finally getting back to work on Project Gorgon, and after a few days of “Oh my god this is a full-sized MMO what the hell is wrong with me” terror, I got back into the swing of things. … Continue reading →

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