I'll have to dig a little deeper. If it was IRC+, then it'd be popular, but the more you add the more limiting it becomes, unless the additions are plugins.
to say nothing of harnessing an existing engine/networking system.. but then of course if you make it a mod out of an existing engine, you're looking at a bigger memory footprint and whatnot which kinda kills a lot of the casual functionality of an irc client.
I few years ago I worked on designs for a couple of little fun interaction games, but nothing came of them. I think one could be a lot of fun. Basically - IRC with characters in an environment. A MMORPG with no realy gameplay. At its MOST basic, its a client/server based application that anyone can run. It should run on…
I know secondlife is pretty much an IRC chat you can walk around in for me, but the graphics are pretty lame. So if you simplified it where there are just characters who can walk around and talk to eachother, but have really nice looking landscapes and places to hang out, that would be pretty cool. maybe use the torque…
Treading dangerously close to an extrodinarily complex MMO here. To focus back on the IRC in 3D thing, I'd elimintate or minimize player control over movement as that's a huge burden on bandwidth. It might be better to focus on things that directly relate to text chat. Maybe check out Second Life if you haven't already as…
JM - yup. Just lik that, plus each server is like an IRC room. Anyone can pop in and walk around, become a member of that server ( a simple online registration) and you can have a few possessions. After a wee while you get a house like animal crossing. Then build a little sandbox play area around the whole thing - a littel…
[ QUOTE ] http://www.habbohotel.com/habbo/en/ #md was messing around with this one briefly a couple years ago [/ QUOTE ] <gauss to random girl> do you like auto-erotic asphexiation? <random girl> does that have to do with cars? <snemmy and gauss nearly die from laughing> sounds like a cool idea rick. would it have a main…
One of the ideas I had was to build a little village - so each server could be it's own village. Arounds the sides there'd be a forest and lakes etc. People could log in and just go fishing or collecting stuff (like Animal Crossing). The forests would be full of various monsters, and 3 or 4 people could decide to go off…