Category Archives: Production

Courtesy of Lum comes Adam Martin’s frank discussion about Tabula Rasa. Worth a read. I agree with Lum’s conclusion that Tabula Rasa failed because it took too long, spent too much money, and became incapable of meeting its own expectations. But … Continue reading →

Hi from the Austin GDC, which has just finished. I know it looks like Elder Game has been on hiatus a while, but actually there are posts back here… they were just too negative or unproductive to reach the front … Continue reading →

An MMO dies when its population no longer reaches critical mass. There is a point in any multiplayer game where the world suddenly feels barren and empty. And then suddenly people start disappearing even more rapidly, and then the game boils down to the … Continue reading →

It’s quite common in the MMO industry to run into people who want to tell you: what kind of game you should build, what audience you should target, what business model you should use, how you should interact with your … Continue reading →

A recent post by Keira Peney got me thinking about crunch time. One of Keira’s points is that managers need to work to avoid crunch time. But I’m not sure that’s where it should start. It’s a losing battle from … Continue reading →

This isn’t an MMO news site — we try to focus on practical advice, not ongoing drama — but recently Blizzard made a particularly interesting decision that I want to use to illuminate what goes on inside a dev team. … Continue reading →

World of Warcraft just launched their winter holiday content, aka the Feast of Winter Veil, and that got me thinking about how enjoyable seasonal content can be to develop. But as usual, there are also some caveats. So here, in … Continue reading →