User-generated land
Very, very cool: Saga of Ryzom has announced an expansion, allowing players to create their own land and quests:
The Ryzom Ring is a set of tools for editing and sharing player-made “maps” that are customizable with terrain, monsters and NPCs all run by individual players. Maps can be integrated directly into The Saga of Ryzom world of Atys, where thousands of other players can experience one person’s handiwork, or kept as a private sanctuary only accessible to a select few. Maps can be made exclusive to player guilds or select friends while running their own invasions or events.
“Our hope for The Ryzom Ring is that it will bring back the power to the players,” said David Cohen Corval, CEO of Nevrax and creator of The Saga of Ryzom. “The Ryzom Ring will empower individuals to create their own adventures and lands and to share them. The only true limitations will be their own imaginations".
The web world can learn from this. This is blogs, this is fan fiction. Creative, immersive content, by the users for the users. Tally ho!
Devil's Advocate: I wonder what the licensing issues are if someone creates a land in the shape of the MacDonalds Golden Arches, or retells the story of the lord of the rings?
Posted by: SharD | June 06, 2005 at 20:09