Can Indie MMORPGs Save the GENRE? (Less is more, right?)

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I’m a full time Graphic Designer, Game Dev, & Youtuber. I specialize in making cute, colorful games in Godot and telling my story through my videos. I also run my own little game studio called Firith. My dream is to hire my friends and make Firith a full-time job. I’m known for games such as The Keeyp, Wizbirds, Snomes, and Dewdrop Dynasty.

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[agos]

Oh, hey. My game is the thumbnail and mentioned. Appreciated.

[lgro]

Club penguin is actually a banger game, I wouldn't be ashamed of playing it

[blubbyfunsalt]

I started watching you for tips, then i just started watching everything you put out.

[breakfastboii]

8:31 It might look hard at first, but really it's like learning a new programming language or a game engine you will get used to it over time (It used to be a pain working with networking a few moths ago, but because I've worked with it so much it is almost the easiest thing in the world for me)

[fennecfugames]

Inspiring video 😁 my favourite MMOs were Habbo Hotel, Adventure Quest Worlds, and Poptropica. In future I definitely want to make a Poptropica inspired game, there really wasn’t anything else quite like it.

[SiofraTural]

This video was very insightful. I’m very new to coding and am currently learning how to use Godot, so watching tutorials and videos like this is very inspiring. Battling with my ADHD and being overwhelmed with my stressful full time job makes things difficult sometimes but watching this video is just what I needed as a motivational boost.

I know that I eventually want to create an RPG game about shapeshifters. One where you go through a story and fight enemies and collect loot to get stronger and stronger for both your main form and your shapeshifter form. I haven’t seen a game like that yet and I know it’s something I would love to do as my eventual big future project. Just need to practice making smaller games first lol

[RighBread]

110% agree with your point on the unique/weird gameplay. It's why I like playing indie MMOs; the devs usually don't feel bound by needing to appeal to a huge audience, and as a result a lot of fun, interesting things can be created.

I think I've mentioned this before, but I found Fantasy World, and as a result you and the rest of the Firith team, because I one day started trying to look up footage of Stick World Online since I had fond memories of it. Luckily for me, I think you'd tagged some of your trailer vids for FW with Stick World so I found them right away hahaha.

[WallJumpGames]

One of my favourite features of GameMaker is a little less obvious one: Packages.

Basically packages allows you to put any part of a project into a sort of zip file that can be extracted into other projects, which makes it easy to separate certain features that need backup and reuse code without cloning and moving project files.

I also love the structure of GML, it just feels far easier and quicker, and more readable than a lot other languages I’ve used, whilst still having a lot of functionality. And since it is a proprietary language, it feels super easy to make games with it without having to clash with language itself to build the game

[techramancer]

Probably my favourite online game was Graal Online, and now being able to witness fornclake, TheRetroDragon, and the rest of their team make Tetraforce, which gives me the Graal Online vibes, it's just awesome.

[GDScriptDude]

If only all sponsor Ads were like this. You make a good point here about developing simple MMOs. Something realistically achievable by a lone Indie dev.

[jollyjadentnt]

hmm, I think an MMO that focuses on some form of randomization/RNG(random character designs, items, stats, worlds, etc...) would be cool. IDK if this is just me, but for most gamers today, getting different individual experiences in one game compared to others is something important, y'know what I mean?

Like an example of this is when your friend is talking about what cool item they got or what new unique monster you fought or what new build/strategy you created for unique situations is kind of a cool thing nowadays in gaming.

[jonasmuller.r]

Some days ago I started watching some videos about starting to develop a game (due to pure personal interest). And the more I see videos like yours and the comminity involved in game developing the more I'm getting excited to start my own learning journey and projects.

[pacco]

It s you video about your 2 mmorpg made with Construct that really give me confidence in trying to make mine inspired by a game i loved as a kid. Now i'm more ahead in the devlopement that i never thought i could get. Thanks man

[erkfx]

Runescape is where it’s at! The story of how the brothers made it and how it blew up is super inspiring! I’ve always wanted to play more games like it, but haven’t quite found anything that gives me the same feeling of excitement for adventure.

[TheAtrxcity]

Yo I am the original creator of Scandux! Thanks for including me!

I was called Shexoda back then.

[KaosFireMaker]

Going way back, you have stuff like MUDs that are basically just a chat with a few bonus bells and whistles. Yet some of them have thriving communities to this day.

[CrissyMoss]

I started out with EQ back when it was just ledgends of kanark. It was so much fun back then. No maps, no tracking, just go kill things and grind. Oh how I loved rushing into Crushbone and getting party wiped only to do it again! Lately I've been playing Legends of Idleon which is on mobile and steam, and links together. It's a pretty fun mmo / idle / rpg game.

[guestb]

If you guys want a Roblox MMO game that perfectly describes what Goodgis is talking about, I highly recommend Hexaria. The gameplay focuses around getting cards which are attacks, creating decks out of said cards, and using them to fight on a hexagon grid map. The game is amazing and gets fairly frequent updates despite the small developer team. The game is amazing and has a wonderful community, as well as an amazingly advanced competitive community that is still very friendly. I highly recommend checking it out if you love Roblox and MMOs.

[ilikeburgers]

One day im gonna make an indie mmo, its basically my dream

[thedeathchimera]

A Gamemaker sponsor? Never seen one of those before