[MUD-Dev] Underlight (fwd)

[Damion Schubert]

From: Brian Hook 
> At 11:38 AM 6/15/2002 -0700, Koster, Raph wrote:
 
>> recall. Not a huge userbase, but enough to be self-supporting. I
>> think the Themis Group just contracted with them?
 
> My understanding is that they are woefully underfunded and have
> been actively looking for funding for some time.  In addition,
> they don't seem to be truly self-supporting or, at the very least,
> they're self-supporting in the purest sense of the word
> ("supporting").  From reading interviews I basically get the idea
> they're treading water and hoping for an increase in their fan
> base, and that if they can bring in a few more subscribers that
> they can grow (ergo the Themis Group contract).

One of the original server/game programmers for Underlight is
actually my roommate.  From what he said, Underlight is currently
being operated out of love, for little or no profit.  It's one of
the fascinating things about this genre - often developers have as
hard a time of letting go as the users.  Witness Meridian's
resurrection at http://www.neardeathstudios.com.  Also, the original
coders of 10Six have announced their intention to acquire the game
rights from Sega and set up their own servers.

--d
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