Goblinworks Blog: Stairway to Heaven

[Chris Lambertz]

Discussion thread for new blog entry Goblinworks Blog: Stairway to Heaven

[DeciusBrutus]

Nice behind-the-scenes look at what we've all been rampantly speculating about.

[AvenaOats]

Really appreciate hearing the story; and congratulations on choosing a great engine that's looking really good for the future.

How does the engine choice impact on the design idea for armies/formations, if at all? I guess BigWorld is proven to work:

World of Tanks Wikipedia wrote:

World of Tanks holds a Guinness World Record in the category of Most Players Online Simultaneously on one MMO Server, although its specific genre remains disputable. The record was registered on January 23, 2011 when the number of players on the game’s Russian server totaled 91,311.[9] This record was beaten by the European server on 13 April 2012 during the anniversary special weekend where all players could after entering a code to be a Premium account holder for a day. Numbers of over 305,000 were recorded during this period.

Is this similar design goal for Pathfinder Online in terms of players on the same server (simultaneously)?

[Jim Rudnick]

Ryan & Mark -- Thank you for the Blog post and for sharing the background context regarding the middleware engine. Cheers!

[Lukas Klausner]

I have to ask: Linux Linux Linux? ;)

[Dakcenturi]

Lukas Klausner wrote:

I have to ask: Linux Linux Linux? ;)

The addition of Linux to Unity is relatively new. I wouldn't be surprised if they need to do a bit more digging before they can official say they'll release on Linux, but I think it is a very good possibility.

[DarkOne the Drow]

24 hours to go for a decision. I be away most of the weekend to be able to update my pledge.

[noobiegameplayer]

Ummm ... is it just me, or has Valeros been given a glowing sword against the lizardman since the $1m KS went through ??