Minions of Mirth: Free Edition Testing Begins!
by Prairie Games · 02/24/2006 (6:58 pm) · 11 comments
Minions of Mirth: Free Edition Testing Begins! (Windows Version)
We are now testing the Minions of Mirth: Free Edition (Windows Version) ... it is available for download here:
http://www.prairiegames.com/MoMTestInstaller.exe
Minions of Mirth: Free Edition
+ A free edition of the game which can be played in single player and as a MMORPG
+ All zones, realms, classes, and races are available for play!
+ Access to our Free Servers
+ A simple patch that upgrades the Free Edition to the Premium Edition! (Disabled during this phase of testing)
+ Characters transfer from the Free Edition to the Premium Edition and can then be played on our premium servers! (Disabled during this phase of testing)
Minions of Mirth: Premium Edition
+ Play the game without sponsor breaks!
+ Access to all the game's equipment, spells, advancements, and skills! (All items can be looted and found in the Free Edition of the game. Though, a number of these items cannot be equipped unless you are playing the Premium Edition. You can look, but not touch)
+ Multiclass your characters with secondary and tertiary classes to increase their power. The Free Edition does not allow your characters to multiclass.
+ Access to our Premium Servers with no monthly fee.
+ Store up to 24 characters and 10 monsters on our premium servers. The Free Edition allows you 3 characters and 1 monster on our servers.
+ Host your own persistent world or play on other custom servers. The Free Edition does not support player operated worlds or mod making.
Testing Notes
* Please use our forums or send bug reports to support@prairiegames.com (letting us know in the bug report that you are testing the Free Edition)
* The Test Version is completely separate from the current live version. Anyone who wishes to participate in the test will need to download, install, and register the Test Version.
* All accounts and characters on the Test Version are temporary and will be deleted at the end of testing and may be deleted at any time during testing.
* Test Version accounts and characters do not currently transfer to the Premium Version.
* The automated upgrade to the Premium Version is disabled during this portion of testing.
* The OSX Test Version will be available soon.
* You may purchase the Premium Version for $29.95
In Game sponsor break timer:
In Game sponsor break via an embedded web browser:
-Josh Ritter
Prairie Games, Inc
http://www.prairiegames.com
We are now testing the Minions of Mirth: Free Edition (Windows Version) ... it is available for download here:
http://www.prairiegames.com/MoMTestInstaller.exe
Minions of Mirth: Free Edition
+ A free edition of the game which can be played in single player and as a MMORPG
+ All zones, realms, classes, and races are available for play!
+ Access to our Free Servers
+ A simple patch that upgrades the Free Edition to the Premium Edition! (Disabled during this phase of testing)
+ Characters transfer from the Free Edition to the Premium Edition and can then be played on our premium servers! (Disabled during this phase of testing)
Minions of Mirth: Premium Edition
+ Play the game without sponsor breaks!
+ Access to all the game's equipment, spells, advancements, and skills! (All items can be looted and found in the Free Edition of the game. Though, a number of these items cannot be equipped unless you are playing the Premium Edition. You can look, but not touch)
+ Multiclass your characters with secondary and tertiary classes to increase their power. The Free Edition does not allow your characters to multiclass.
+ Access to our Premium Servers with no monthly fee.
+ Store up to 24 characters and 10 monsters on our premium servers. The Free Edition allows you 3 characters and 1 monster on our servers.
+ Host your own persistent world or play on other custom servers. The Free Edition does not support player operated worlds or mod making.
Testing Notes
* Please use our forums or send bug reports to support@prairiegames.com (letting us know in the bug report that you are testing the Free Edition)
* The Test Version is completely separate from the current live version. Anyone who wishes to participate in the test will need to download, install, and register the Test Version.
* All accounts and characters on the Test Version are temporary and will be deleted at the end of testing and may be deleted at any time during testing.
* Test Version accounts and characters do not currently transfer to the Premium Version.
* The automated upgrade to the Premium Version is disabled during this portion of testing.
* The OSX Test Version will be available soon.
* You may purchase the Premium Version for $29.95
In Game sponsor break timer:
In Game sponsor break via an embedded web browser:
-Josh Ritter
Prairie Games, Inc
http://www.prairiegames.com
#2
02/24/2006 (7:32 pm)
What he said. :D 
#3
02/24/2006 (7:34 pm)
agreed!
#4
02/24/2006 (8:01 pm)
Nice! 
#5
02/24/2006 (11:03 pm)
Great idea :)
#6
02/24/2006 (11:15 pm)
you might of answered this somewhere else, but how long is a sponsor break? and what's the time span between sponsor breaks?
#7
At the start you would likely be able to sell enough to cover server costs, but long term isnt it an issue? As sales of the game start to dip?
02/25/2006 (1:37 am)
Josh, I'm wondering. If you sell the game for $30, how do you envisage keeping the servers online? I mean, if you have no monthly fee, at some point the servers become a cost that is actually affecting sales revenue.At the start you would likely be able to sell enough to cover server costs, but long term isnt it an issue? As sales of the game start to dip?
#8
02/25/2006 (1:38 am)
Arrgh, I guess I was too involved in thinking about one issue. I forgot to say "great stuff" too :) I'm really excited by hearing about how youre moving forward with MOM. RPG's make me gag, but hell if youve not outdone everquest on a bazillionth of its budget!
#9
@Phil: 2 words: Advertisements and Expansions ... oh, and servers are dirt cheap.
-Josh Ritter
Prairie Games, Inc
http://www.prairiegames.com
02/25/2006 (5:13 am)
@Jason: Give it a try it's pretty neat. 12 minutes of gameplay, 1 minute of sponsor break, feels about right.@Phil: 2 words: Advertisements and Expansions ... oh, and servers are dirt cheap.
-Josh Ritter
Prairie Games, Inc
http://www.prairiegames.com
#10
heh, reminds me of when I worked w/ Edward Sanchez.. early in my career... Dunno if you recognize the name, but he was the creator of the Blair Witch movie... and yes I have a poster signed by him and I still rememmber telling him the same thing... lol.. and he laughed at me...
Vince
02/25/2006 (7:32 am)
Simply Amazing Josh! I figure your going to be one of those people that I will one day say... Hey I knew him when he started out! As I'm watching you on TV for young innovated Entrapanuers :)heh, reminds me of when I worked w/ Edward Sanchez.. early in my career... Dunno if you recognize the name, but he was the creator of the Blair Witch movie... and yes I have a poster signed by him and I still rememmber telling him the same thing... lol.. and he laughed at me...
Vince
#11
02/25/2006 (5:49 pm)
Ver amazing idea.
Torque Owner Josh Moore