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Client Logging to AWS

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
Over on the BBGameZone forums helderic asked how to deal with exploits: Lets say player A finds a exploit to duplicate a item and decides to exploit...

City of Heroes as a Pastime

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
Last month NCSoft added Mission Architect to City of Heroes, a tool for players to build and share missions that become part of the game. Opening the doors...

Karma, Farming and Play Styles

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
The Karma effect and self-scaling universes applies the old management saying (and game design maxim) “You get what you measure” to MMORPG leaderboards...

Feedback and WeeWar’s Game Design

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
I talked about positive feedback loops in the farming genre post but I was in rant mode and sort of glossed over the definition: When you’re collecting...

Feedback and WeeWar’s Game Design

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
I talked about positive feedback loops in the farming genre post but I was in rant mode and sort of glossed over the definition: When you’re collecting...

Technology Trees

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
This is part of a series of blog posts on the design process of my web game: 1. Ikariam 2. WeeWar Tangent: The Farming Genre 3. Tactics Ogre...

Game Influences (6/6): Kongai

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
This is the last in a series on games that influenced my design for a web game. Kongai is a very different from all the previous games. It’s an online...

Game Influences (5/6): X-Com

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
This is the fifth in a series on games that influenced my design for a web game. So I thought I’d solved everything and was moving along on my design...

Game Influences (4/6): Counter-Strike

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
This is the fourth in a series on games that influenced my design for a web game. As I left off, I wanted to create a turn-based strategy game on the...

Game Influences (3/6): Tactics Ogre

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
This is the third in a series on games that influenced my design for a web game. Tactics Ogre was released on the PlayStation in 1997. You are a young...