Progress, Development Site, Help Request

Prairie Games and GarageGames announced a cooperative effort to bring MMORPG technology to market last week. Here are some developments:

>>> Starter MMO <<<

I've been working on a "starter.mmo" module which will serve as a demo, tutorial, and starting point for using and learning the technology. We now have a minimal example that is 100% functional in single player and MMORPG modes. We also have a full server hierarchy up and a binary client for Windows. Lara and I were joined by an excited Tim Aste earlier today in "Starter World"... so, I guess it is pretty cool :)

The Starter MMO is currently under NDA. So, the best demo of the technology remains Minions of Mirth.

>>> Development Site <<<

We have an alpha version of the development site up at: http://www.mmoworkshop.com/trac/mom

We're working on rough drafts of documentation and these are available to anonymous browsers. There is a LOT of functionality to document... and it'll be a bit before we have a first pass over everything.

The site also has advanced project management and repository functionality. These features require a developer login, see below. This is the "public" portal to the technology and we will be dropping code into it from our internal development repository. We've been using the same system with MoM's Community Development Group for awhile and love it... it really is quite slick :)

>>> Help Request <<<

This is a big, huge, gargantuan job.

We really need help with documentation, code refactoring, and tutorial materials. We're looking for motivated developers to tackle some of this gigantic task, ride waves of frustration so others can avoid them, and to get an early peak under the hood :)

If you are interested in helping, please send an email to mmoworkshop@prairiegames.com with any relevant work samples or experience. We're currently only providing source and full development site access to developers who are directly helping with the MMORPG technology.

... more as soon as we can manage it!!! ;)

-Josh Ritter
President
Prairie Games, Inc