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Name:	Prairie Games
Date Posted:	Jun 11, 2004
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Massive Girth

So, I finally went ahead and let Minions of Mirth go plop. It landed in this forum thread As a lot of work has lead up to this first look, I have mixed feelings. I try not to agonize over a couple of specifics... All and all, I am happy with the materials we posted.

I have been extremely focused on getting the basics of MoM done. It's now time to polish some stuff up, take the game to the next level, build it's community, etc. It is a very exciting project. You are seeing the beginning of something amazing. We are just hitting our stride with the content creation. I have a couple tools to write in the short term that are going to make a huge difference. In short, you ain't seen nothing yet.

There is something about releasing this stuff that makes me want to flesh the game world out and tell a story. All in time. We will be looking for some help on Quests, Monsters, Items, Backstory, etc. This is meant as an outlet for creative people wanting to get some ideas out and into a real project. We are broke, so it's just that, for now.

We are a little bit from the an official press release. I am glad GarageGames exists so that we can show stuff ahead of being 100%, totally, ready :)

When I have rested some, I will post some information about the creation process, the game rules, etc. For now, for the truly curious, The Entire Minions of Mirth Source Tree*. No questions please.

-Josh Ritter
Prairie Games

* - The database configuration scripts are not hosted on the Sourceforge site. The data they generate is part of what we are selling. Doh! :)

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David Montgomery-Blake (Jun 11, 2004 at 20:46 GMT)

Looks excellent! The video blew me away when I watched it this morning!

While watching the video, I was longing to play Ultima Underworld, Arx Fatalis, and Shadow Tower: Abyss again. I can't wait to check it out, even though I'm more a fan of single-player RPG's than MMORPG's.

Prairie Games (Jun 11, 2004 at 20:50 GMT)

@David: The game features single player. Multiplayer won't be added until next year. If the single player response is overwhelming, maybe not until the year after :)

David Montgomery-Blake (Jun 11, 2004 at 21:00 GMT)

In that case, I'm even MORE excited about the release than I was before. And after watching the video, I was damn excited!

Seing as how it uses the GPL'd Quake 2 sourcebase, have you thought about integrating the GPL'd TNL into it rather than using the vanilla or modified Q1/2 networking? Or does that fall under the "No questions please" clause? ;)

Prairie Games (Jun 11, 2004 at 21:10 GMT)

The game is written for multiplayer, all of the graphics, character stats, monster descriptions, actions, etc are over the wire. There is some additional content and rules to generate for good multiplay. We simply can't launch single/multiplayer simultaneously and do a good job on both. Single player easily wins as a priority.

TNL is really, really, really, great stuff. Multiplayer is a back burner concern right now. I will have a closer look at the appropriate time.

I am really glad to hear your enthusiasm. This is all helping to ease shattered nerves.

-Josh

Dylan Sale (Jun 12, 2004 at 07:56 GMT)

I love this. The movie made me giggle with excitement. I really like the interface, it seems powerful and intuitive. Im like David, single player is more important than milti for me, except for maybe a LAN co-op or something. Not really into the whole MMORPG thing.

Mike Parker (Jun 12, 2004 at 13:23 GMT)

I've been snooping around this project's CVS every now and then for the past couple few months, following your progress. The fact that you are driving it with Q2 really piqued my curiosity. Very happy to see the announcement finally, and downloading the video as I type.

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