Comments on: MMO Development Lesson #24

By: puas

puas — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:42:40 +0000

I really agree, that we have to polish existing features instead of adding new ones. But we can’t see this “polishing effect” in most of existing MMOs.

By: laethyn

laethyn — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:48:46 +0000

You’re still a newlywed. I’ve got a wife and a young daughter. Polish brings to mind nails.

But I agree. I talk to many folks all day who just don’t know when to stop. A tweak here, a tweak there. It can become neverending, and people don’t realize that for every new feature added, you are exponentially increasing the possibility that it will break when of the currently polished features.

There HAS to be a point where a line is drawn, and enough is enough. Otherwise, gold status will forever be “1 year away”

By: Ryan Shwayder

Ryan Shwayder — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:45:14 +0000

Daven: Polish is working out the kinks, making systems cohesive, making the game function well, removing errors (even grammar errors, please), and generally making every aspect of the game as good as it can be. If what is in your game is not polished, your game is likely to suck no matter how many new features it presents.

Moorgard: I hate you. Interestingly, some of the lessons posted here came from you in the first place, so if you think they all suck, you are criticizing yourself. Anyway, yeah… I hate you. I’m going to find a corner now to cry in.

By: Cuppycake

Cuppycake — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:10:00 +0000

Oh man, Danuser - I just spit Mountain Dew all over my keyboard. Thanks =P

By: Moorgard

Moorgard — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:25:53 +0000

Know when to stop.

Advice that might have been prudent to follow 23 “lessons” ago.

By: Adele

Adele — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:16:42 +0000

Polish is the stuff you put on your furniture to make it shiny! Duh…

By: Daven

Daven — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:00:20 +0000

Is polish really that important??? I almost feel NEW/UNIQUE features to MMO’s is more important. Really what is polish?
Have classes? check
Have quests? check
etc etc
I need a definition of MMO polish.