“It’s an MMORPG you R-TARD!”
*Note* After writing this I found a great resource for beginners to read about the basic resources and skills needed to create an original MMORPG. It may be more than you expected. You can find the article here:
http://www.devmaster.net/articles/building-mmorpg/
How to create an MMORPG (Massive multi-player online role playing game). I don’t know, but the idea interests me. The underground geek culture has slowly hit the mainstream. Pro gamers and hacks aren’t the only ones playing now, or the only ones interested in creating games.
In the audio world I love how I can sit on a program like ProTools and tweek things in detail for hours on end. The Torque Game Builder gives that same kind of flexibility for graphics and interactive coding. I’ve read that successful games have started with very small development teams (as small as TWO!). I can also imagine that everyone and their brother is checking this stuff out to make their own new original RPG or interactive game.
GarageGames.com has the Torque Game Builder code available at a very reasonable price, especially for indie game developers. Content packs are also available to use as-is or as templates for creating new art, lighting, landscapes, animations and objects for your new game.
Would appreciate anyone who’s interested in this to drop a note here and give your insight. Thanks!
Press Release on Torque
Own the engine that started the revolution. The ground-breaking engine behind Tribes continues to evolve and remains unparalleled. And we supply the Source Code to prove it. Torque was built by pros and is used by pros. Vivendi, NC Soft, and even NASA have developed projects using TGE. Use the same technology as the big boys for just $150.TGE is a complete proven package for a wide range of applications, with flexible and controllable in-engine animation, world, terrain, and GUI solutions, as well as award-winning TorqueNet networking. CodeOnce in TorqueScript or C++, then run your game on PC, OSX, XBox360 or bring your game into other Torque products, such as TGEA. This is not an SDK.
Screenshot from Torque Tutorial
Creating an MMORPG – let alone a successful MMORPG in this day and age is almost impossible. Unfortunately the MMORPG market is barely able to keep itself afloat – much to the chagrin of many a player.
The best way to do it would be to take a method that works – such as FFXIV, ESO, GW2 or WoW and improve and expand upon it.