[MUD-Dev] Two 'Mini-Series' Complete at Skotos Articles...

[Christopher Allen]

The Skotos Tech web site hosts articles and a number of ongoing
columns discussing the art of online game design at
http://www.skotos.net/articles . Within these columns, authors
sometimes take an extended look at a singular topic, forming a
mini-series within their columns. Two such mini-series have recently
finished at the Skotos web site, and may be of special interest to
readers now that they are complete.

Richard Bartle's Discussions of Inheritance
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Richard Bartle, the author of the first MUD, writes "Notes from the
Dawn of Time", a column that investigates the engineering challenges
of online RPGs. His first series offered an in-depth and technical
look at MUD-related inheritance systems. The directory for the
entire series can be found at

  http://www.skotos.net/articles/DAWNOF.shtml.

    #1: Introduction - http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof01.shtml
    #2: Simple Inheritance - http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof02.shtml
    #3: Complicated Inheritance - http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof03.shtml
    $4: Efficiency of Inheritance - http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof04.shtml
    #5: The Tragedy of Objects - http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof05.shtml
    #6: The Function Hierarchy - http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof06.shtml
    #7: Matching - http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof07.shtml
    #8: Inheritance Coda - http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof08.shtml

Discussions on these articles are at:

  http://www.skotos.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?forumid=33

Richard is now starting a new series of articles on the topic of
"parsing", starting at:

  http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof09.shtml

Travis Casey's Dirty Words
==========================

Travis Casey comes from the world of tabletop RPGs, and thus offers
numerous design discussions of relevance to both the mediums of
online and offline play. His latest series, "Dirty Words", discussed
some of the most controversial subjects in game design. The
directory for this entire series can be found at

  http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG.shtml.

    #16: Dirty Words, Part 1: Plot - http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_16.html
    #17: Dirty Words, Part 2: The Plot Thickens - http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_17.shtml
    #18: Dirty Words, Part 3: Keepin' It Real - http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_18.shtml
    #19: Dirty Words, Part 4: PK - http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_19.shtml
    #20: Dirty Words, Part 5: Of PK and Grief Players - http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_20.shtml
    #21: Dirty Words, Part 6: Roleplaying - http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_21.shtml
    #22: Dirty Words, Part 7: Balance - http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_22.shtml

Discussions on these articles are at

  http://www.skotos.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?forumid=37

Travis is now starting a new series on the topic of "Exploring
Genres", starting at:

  http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_24.shtml

-- Christopher Allen

P.S. We are interested in your publishing more text-game and MMPORG
related articles! Contact ShannonA at skotos.net if you are interested in
writing for us.

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