I think you should do something with this. You've actually got something you could spread far and wide, in this. It's shocking how few Web-based MMO experiences there are like this. This is the point where I say "quit your day job." Unless this is your day job.
To whit: such a small MMO could become a nice little business for you. People will pay for cosmetic stuff, and they love to idle in virtual worlds...
Second option is to buy actual ads on those same sites, Facebook, Twitter.
But the best option, though the hardest, is for you to begin making the game show off your personality a bit more. Make it more unique. Think Kingdom of Loathing or Candy Box: both have totally unique writing and worlds, and aren't just the standard orcs and goblins. What are you into, personally? What's some private joke you have with yourself you can spread across this game like a layer of butter?
Finally, giving people more ownership of the game world will encourage them to invite friends. Perhaps an "invite 5 friends, get your own house in the game" type thing. Growing it via social networks is half of that, but the other half is allowing players to have something in the world they'd want to show to someone else.
Good luck! You're already doing a great job. Watch player growth religiously. It's your guide to where advertising works.
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Comments from other people trying out the game are hilarious:
- I was alive once... it was awful
- This is way better than GTA
- How do I give you my money
- Which way's the strip clubFantastic game.
UDP is needed for games that need more consistent accurate response times, like FPS and racing games.
Hopefully when WebRTC datachannels get browser support we'll finally see those too :)
"Session has ended"
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For posterity's sake, I'll explain the image: it's Norton blocking the site, citing an extremely vague 'drive-by download' threat:
http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=http:%2F%2Faberoth...
The site owner may want to get in touch with Symantec to figure out what's going on.
- Mining
- Auction House
- Scripting language
- Player driven economy like crafting
I'd love to see a port of Out of this World to Javascript.
I shared this with my stepdad and his friend, and we started talking about retro-gaming and how things were in the 80's-90's with gaming.
I hope to see this hit Steam :)
I entered the door someone before me unlocked, but when I went back, running from thieves on low health, I found the door closed - they had me cornered and killed me.