Comments on: From GemStone to HeroEngine: Simutronics CEO David Whatley on Putting the MUD back into MMOs http://www.mmogamer.com/05/01/2009/from-gemstone-to-heroengine-simutronics-ceo-david-whatley-on-putting-the-mud-back-into-mmos Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:29:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justin Giroux http://www.mmogamer.com/05/01/2009/from-gemstone-to-heroengine-simutronics-ceo-david-whatley-on-putting-the-mud-back-into-mmos/comment-page-1#comment-8308 Justin Giroux Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:07:03 +0000 http://www.mmogamer.com/?p=1737#comment-8308 The price of Hero engine is extremely over priced. Basically it breaks the line between only rich huge companies can use it. Its sick the way the world works........ The price of Hero engine is extremely over priced. Basically it breaks the line between only rich huge companies can use it. Its sick the way the world works……..

]]> By: unicron http://www.mmogamer.com/05/01/2009/from-gemstone-to-heroengine-simutronics-ceo-david-whatley-on-putting-the-mud-back-into-mmos/comment-page-1#comment-7760 unicron Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:40:02 +0000 http://www.mmogamer.com/?p=1737#comment-7760 great interview great interview

]]> By: Gemstoner http://www.mmogamer.com/05/01/2009/from-gemstone-to-heroengine-simutronics-ceo-david-whatley-on-putting-the-mud-back-into-mmos/comment-page-1#comment-5780 Gemstoner Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:57:17 +0000 http://www.mmogamer.com/?p=1737#comment-5780 What's amazing is that Gemstone III is still going strong. They even have your old characters from the Compuserve AOL days. Memory lane! What's amazing is that Gemstone III is still going strong. They even have your old characters from the Compuserve AOL days. Memory lane!

]]> By: NextBillgates http://www.mmogamer.com/05/01/2009/from-gemstone-to-heroengine-simutronics-ceo-david-whatley-on-putting-the-mud-back-into-mmos/comment-page-1#comment-5387 NextBillgates Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:15:28 +0000 http://www.mmogamer.com/?p=1737#comment-5387 So what he's saying is design your own take a look at his and do a bill gates and improve ontop of it, take it to the next lvl and bury the competition. So what he's saying is design your own take a look at his and do a bill gates and improve ontop of it, take it to the next lvl and bury the competition.

]]> By: ianhawk http://www.mmogamer.com/05/01/2009/from-gemstone-to-heroengine-simutronics-ceo-david-whatley-on-putting-the-mud-back-into-mmos/comment-page-1#comment-3003 ianhawk Sat, 16 May 2009 14:22:40 +0000 http://www.mmogamer.com/?p=1737#comment-3003 hey hey

]]> By: Gel214th http://www.mmogamer.com/05/01/2009/from-gemstone-to-heroengine-simutronics-ceo-david-whatley-on-putting-the-mud-back-into-mmos/comment-page-1#comment-2985 Gel214th Wed, 13 May 2009 13:32:11 +0000 http://www.mmogamer.com/?p=1737#comment-2985 Yes, I heard those rumors as well. The engine licensing and associated work seems to have seen them through though. Still, it doesn't appear as though we will see Hero's Journey the game anytime soon, which is a shame. How do you work that out anyways? To release a game in the same market as the people you are selling the engine to build a game? The HeroEngine itself? Sounds incredible. Of course, what one hopes is that these phenomenal development costs of 50 million USD and up can be curtailed significantly through the development of technology to assist game development. ... ... Bring on the AIs! ^_^ Yes, I heard those rumors as well. The engine licensing and associated work seems to have seen them through though. Still, it doesn't appear as though we will see Hero's Journey the game anytime soon, which is a shame.

How do you work that out anyways? To release a game in the same market as the people you are selling the engine to build a game?

The HeroEngine itself? Sounds incredible. Of course, what one hopes is that these phenomenal development costs of 50 million USD and up can be curtailed significantly through the development of technology to assist game development.
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Bring on the AIs! ^_^

]]> By: Steve Crews http://www.mmogamer.com/05/01/2009/from-gemstone-to-heroengine-simutronics-ceo-david-whatley-on-putting-the-mud-back-into-mmos/comment-page-1#comment-2981 Steve Crews Wed, 13 May 2009 11:17:20 +0000 http://www.mmogamer.com/?p=1737#comment-2981 I saw nothing to indicate that Hero's Journey wasn't happening. The demo they had up and running at GDC of the HeroEngine editor was using Hero's Journey to show off its capabilities. I've heard some rumors that Simutronics was in dire financial straits and laid everyone on the project off, but "so much business we can barely keep up, and don't have the time to produce an indie version of HeroEngine" doesn't sound particularly dire to me. I saw nothing to indicate that Hero's Journey wasn't happening. The demo they had up and running at GDC of the HeroEngine editor was using Hero's Journey to show off its capabilities.

I've heard some rumors that Simutronics was in dire financial straits and laid everyone on the project off, but "so much business we can barely keep up, and don't have the time to produce an indie version of HeroEngine" doesn't sound particularly dire to me.

]]> By: Gel214th http://www.mmogamer.com/05/01/2009/from-gemstone-to-heroengine-simutronics-ceo-david-whatley-on-putting-the-mud-back-into-mmos/comment-page-1#comment-2979 Gel214th Wed, 13 May 2009 01:27:51 +0000 http://www.mmogamer.com/?p=1737#comment-2979 ZOMG! Hero's Journey is still being developed! YAAAY! :) I thought the entire company had shifted to creating a Platform with Hero's engine and just licensing it instead of making their own IP. Looking forward to Hero's Journey, it seemed to have some very innovative features. Some of these have are now hitting the market in the newer MMOs - Champions Online has the Nemesis feature and the Customisable characters,Star Wars keeps talking about bringing Storyline to Multiplayer RPGs, and Secret World (still a ways out) is claiming to bring several of these all together as well. But I still look at Hero's Journey as something I'd like to see happen! -Gel214th ZOMG! Hero's Journey is still being developed! YAAAY! :)

I thought the entire company had shifted to creating a Platform with Hero's engine and just licensing it instead of making their own IP.

Looking forward to Hero's Journey, it seemed to have some very innovative features. Some of these have are now hitting the market in the newer MMOs – Champions Online has the Nemesis feature and the Customisable characters,Star Wars keeps talking about bringing Storyline to Multiplayer RPGs, and Secret World (still a ways out) is claiming to bring several of these all together as well.

But I still look at Hero's Journey as something I'd like to see happen!

-Gel214th

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