Recently, someone mentioned to me that the death penalty in Secondhand Lands was too harsh. I was really taken aback. Read more »
Secondhand Lands was created mostly with volunteer workers. In the past four years, I’ve had a lot of people come and go. Here are some observations that have been useful for me. Read more »
People who know me understand my use of the word “Clever”. It’s an insult. If I call your code clever, then most likely you have a design flaw. Read more »
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve added any more quests to the game. We’re still in closed Beta, but it was time to put that finishing touch on the Wolf Village. I added three quests relating to the use of toy rats and real rats in Secondhand Lands. They say the devil is in the details. I just want to convey all the steps and details it takes to place three quests in a game. Read more »
I first got introduced to this term from some super mean friends. Programmar is when programmers (me) try to write sentences. I had written close to 100 quests for Secondhand Lands, and the whole game was riddled with grammar errors, spelling mistakes, and typos. (Oh my!) Read more »
A good friend of mine use to use the term “Rocking Chair Memories” to describe things you’ll remember all the way to your golden years. You’ll be sitting on the porch all shriveled up and old with some other old prunes talking about stuff. With an ocean filled with mediocre MMOs, there’s one easy way to make your game stick out – Be a Supplier of Rocking Chair Memories. Read more »
Someone recently changed the quest recipe at Blizzard. WoW mostly had dry, unrelated, pointless quests. It’s all different. Here’s why I think Blizzard is kicking some arse: Read more »
I’ve been letting my 7 year old niece teach me how she has fun.We started off by playing Webkinz. She played, and I watched. Read more »
One of my tasks this week was to fix a nasty problem in my game. Speed hacking! Read more »
This article is linked with two other articles. This our attempt to brainstorm our item system using the blog-a-sphere. After we all read each others articles, we’re going to reconcile the differences. This sounds doomed since this is a process similar to congress. Read more »
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