j0nAsh

Sounds pretty good :). I'll check it out and let you know what I think, just in the demo account now and the layout is nice it could probably do with a few more 'visual aids' though. P.S In case you weren't aware you have an error on the home page as it is trying to resend headers. j0nAsh

What happened to all of the army/fleet based games? I remember back in the year 2000 when I used to play all of these games, there used to be tons of games where you train an army and attack, or build up some sort of force one way or another. Games such as world wars, Planetarion, Imperial Conflict etc.. but now they all seem to be based on a single character, i.e. all of the crime/gangster games, is this because of the vast amount of game engines that cater for single character games? and that certain aspects of the game are somewhat less complex? Has the interest in those games gone? Or is it just that no one has developed a purely unique fleet based game? Discuss :) j0nAsh

Thanks for the replies. Sim, I know what you mean about the whole crime aspect. I think single character games are somewhat easier than building games which require an army to battle, mainly because of a more complex battle script, and also the MCCode is a perfect framework for developing a game. I myself am want to get away from the crime theme, but there must be a reason, apart from the two I stated, why there are so many out there! P.S Peter, your layout looks pretty neat :) j0nAsh

Layout looks really good, looks professional and that it could be different to a typical character based game. What sort of features did you have in mind? I hope there's something original! Good luck! It's looking good so far.

First of all before I begin, I just want to say a huge thank you to whoever made this site and the moderators and staff who put the effort in. I have been searching endlessly for an active forum discuss the development of web based games. Also, P.S sorry in advance for the long rambling post, I sometimes just get a bit carried away like that. I'm looking at developing my own web based game, and I know half the topics on here already begin like this but don't leave just yet :), the unoriginal starting line is what I want to talk about. I work for an I.T company and I've recently finished a PHP based financial and project management based system which I developed in a relatively short period of time using a fairly large amount of the available PHP functions and therefore know, even maybe with some difficulty, I could develop a game. The problem is I have spent the few months researching the games out there using game ranking websites that I remembered from a child such as http://www.mpogd.com/.... and my has it changed. I remember around 8 years ago when I used to play these games the number of votes each one had on that site was massively bigger than now. Anyway I continued my research and found some other ranking websites I go through the ranks 1-100....registering... playing... and taking notes. I noticed, with disappointment, and I mean this with no disrespect as I understand however you develop a game it is hard work, the majority were based on MCCode game engine with a modified name and perhaps change the mobster to a pimp etc,. I also noticed some had a decent number of active players while almost identical sites didn't, saying this the majority had 0-10 active users. I can only assume that the active players were brought in on some sort of marketing campaign? Now my question is with the number of games out there and the fact that it is now possible for anyone to make a game, providing they don't mind it being similar to others, is there actually any space in the 'web game market' for new games? and when I ask this question I'm not talking about profits, I'm talking about getting a loyal and active user base. I know that question depends on whether the game is unique, what it offers and more, but judging by the top 100 games in the majority of ranking websites it actually seems people don't want unique any more. Personally I couldn't use the engine myself, it would take the fun (and stress) out of making it, but I'm asking myself the question, if I developed a 'good' somewhat original game will people register and login and think, well this isn't mafia wars and then never return... It would be great if anyone had any actual figures or charts actually showing the number of users involved in web based games and how this has changed over the past few years and I'm sure other users who are interested in starting their own game would find it beneficial. I also wanted to note, these are just my opinions I'm not saying its true, but it would be nice to have a discussion on this. Thanks for your time j0nAsh