[MUD-Dev2] Fallen Earth

[Vincent Archer]

According to Amanda Walker:
> Doing this for crafting is an interesting challenge, though, since  
> I've yet to come across an MMO which has any kind of complex crafting  
> game.  Crafting is hard to simulate unless you create a general  
> simulation system--and as SL shows, if you do that, you end up with a  
> "paper dolls for adults" system rather than an MMO per se.

Regarding crafting, A Tale in the Desert is probably currently the
pinnacle of that genre. Anyone who's tried to cut a gem there knows
what I'm talking about.

(each mechanic was sufficiently different that people were interested in
 some, and not by others)

And it's not recent. It just remains a very niche area.

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	Vincent Archer			Email:	archer at frmug.org

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