Interesting MMO and Gaming News – May 18, 2010
1) Ryzom is now open source. WOW. All source code and art are being made available under an open source license. The Free Software Foundation provided additional details. There is also a detailed FAQ about what this all means. What I find most interesting here is the release of art assets (and possibly sound some time in the future). Creating these types of assets is one of the most difficult and expensive things for someone making a game.
2) Tom and Jerry MMO from Turner Interactive. WTF? It will supposedly be released first in India. Are Tom and Jerry super popular over there or something?
3) Study on assumptions gamers make about people based on the looks of their avatar.
If I had scads of free time, I’d definitely dig into Ryzom. Between that and Myst Online, I’m sure there’s some good datamining to be done.
Er, sorry for the double post, but I’d be digging into the code side. Art assets are easy for me to generate.
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