Bernard John Badger, known to most as B.J., is a young designer/programmer recently out of college, working on breaking into professional game development. For examples of his work, visit www.badgergamedev.com
I'm not sure it's quite that simple. Certainly in-game activities should be fun if at all feasible, and making them so will reduce botting, but there will always be those who'll place a higher priority on advancement than the fun afforded along the way. If, say, advancement required playing a ...
You make a good point, although personally I find collectibles and achievements very enjoyable, ESPECIALLY when the game catalogs my progress and gives me clues as to where to look for the stuff I'm missing. Perhaps the critical lesson to take away from this is how said cataloging is presented. ...
There's a potential legal problem with the idea of giving refunds, future credit, or other monetarily-linked rewards to players for helping with map development and the like. There was an MMORPG I think it was Ultima Online, but don't quote me on that which ran into it with their player ...
Here's a flowering example you may want to watch: Global Agenda. It's a team FPS/MMORPG released close to the start of 2010, the pilot product of Hi-Rez Studios. Originally, they were planning a two-path payment system: you could buy the game itself and access the primary features for no extra ...
