Epic Games for an Epic Future
This is an idea which I've been pondering about since I first saw Second Life. It's about transferring the energy and focus that gamers pour into fantasy worlds, into the real world. How can we solve real world problems, using the intense focus and energy from gamers whom solve multiple problems every day in the online gaming world. It is quite evident that Jane McGonigal have done a lot of research on the subject, and she presents her ideas in humorous and eloquent way.
From my own background, I used to play a lot of RPG games like Dungeons and Dragons. I even designed my own system and fantasy world once, and had a dedicated group that played every other week. I think it would be very interesting to see the ideas that Jane presents, in a RPG senario. I think I might just pick up my pen again and design a game module, which presents players with real world challenges and consequences. Heck, since I'm a web developer, maybe I can do a online game world for this.
This reminds me that James Tauber created a django based MMO framework. I think I might just grab the code and start playing around with it as soon as I have some spare time between projects.
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Ivan - on 18 Mar 2010
For the win! What a great idea. I can't wait for the Evoke release on the 12th of May.