Pirates vs. Cowboys vs... Ninjas? MetaSOY and Player-Created Content
Daniel James and Michael Bayne of Three Rings (makers of puzzle MMOs like Puzzle Pirates and Bang! Howdy) will be delivering a talk at GDC 2007 with their customary panache. I hope they wear cowboy outfits, too. Does the title of their talk mean they're working on a Ninja-themed game? Because that would rule.
Here's what our content advisory board had to say about their talk:
Speaks well, gives real info, inspirational to attendees.
I'm a big fan of their talks - great info for the indie guy and closet indie guys out there...
One more year of Daniel James giving out Jack Daniels' shots to the audience? Sign me up.
Pirates vs. Cowboys vs... Ninjas? MetaSOY and Player-Created Content
Speaker: Daniel James (CEO, Three Rings), Michael Bayne (CTO, Three Rings)
Track: Game Design
Format: 60-minute Lecture
Experience Level: All
Session Description
Join the founders of Three Rings and lunatics behind PUZZLE PIRATES and BANG! HOWDY to catch up news from the docks, the ranch, and a digging into their latest project, code-named MetaSOY. In past years dirt has been dished on the design decisions behind the games, the production process and tools employed, the (mis)management of the team, went-rights and went-wrongs, and the gory details of the numbers, including financials and specifics of the item-based microcurrency business model. This proud precedent will be continued for MetaSOY, and we'll also peruse the prior games performance. Ample time for questions and outright heckling will be provided.
Idea Takeaway
Depart with a sense of what it takes to build massively multi-player online games and operate them as a microcurrency-driven service. In particular we expect to deliver some insight on the development and operation of a player-created content driven online world.
Intended Audience
Audience members are encouraged to have interest in online games development, alternative MMO game design, micro-currencies and mayhem. No specific pre-requisites are required.