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A new era in game development?

The dawn of a new era in entertainment software? While making my rounds of all of the game development sites this year I noticed a rather intresting trend. Failure. Or was it failure? Big software ...

Author Flybynight Studios Date 07/29/2008 (3:57 am) Comment 17 comments

MMO Backends - Database Hell

Preface: It's been a while since I posted any updates on what I've been up to so I thought I'd share some MMO DB thoughts and considerations. Keeping in mind I've been on a 6 month hiatus due to RL ...

Author Flybynight Studios Date 07/18/2007 (7:12 pm) Comment 8 comments

Aakrana: MMO game engine a reality

I know a lot of us have had that dream of achieving the ultimate indie plateau and launching our own MMOs. Few (aside from the renowned and talented Josh Ritter) have come close. It is with alot of ex...

Author Flybynight Studios Date 01/24/2007 (6:29 pm) Comment 6 comments

Plan for Flybynight Studios

I've been working on many player game concepts for over 4 years now. WoW and EQ2 have shown us that some of the "Giants" are starting to "get it right" but in my mind a small, dedicated project that brings dynamic interaction of the players into the world is worth persuing.

Author Flybynight Studios Date 03/20/2005 (8:25 am) Comment 0 comments