Comments on: Text Adventuring, MMO-Style

By: georgeolivergo

georgeolivergo — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:11:00 +0000

Yeah, this looks to be firmly in the persistent browser-based game camp; not that this couldn’t be a fruitful medium for the IF genre, that is. I wonder what a real ‘casual’ IF MMO would look like. Something like a cross between those episodic short short stories and a play-by-email game?

By: Andrew Plotkin

Andrew Plotkin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:10:00 +0000

It looks cute, and I look forward to trying it. But I see no reason to believe that this is *IF*, multiplayer or otherwise. Not as we use the term.

The blog post / press release describes the game straightforwardly as a casual MMO-RPG. Monsters, skills, and loot. They don’t say what the format will be, but it’s certainly not all-text — the forum has some posts about the artists.

As several people have already said: think Kingdom of Loathing, not Guncho. If there’s a multiplayer element in the game, it will be CRPG-style.

By: gnome

gnome — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:56:00 +0000

Most intriguing, I must admit, though not necessarily for the choice of name. Don’t think any of the original team had anything to do with the thing. The multiplier bit is what I also find interesting.

Now, to check out Guncho.