| The biggest question I have for whether or not I try this out is what is the upper limit on what can be created?
Can I recreate the WoW engine 100%? Can I create a triple A first person shooter? I've seen it said somewhere that you plan to have this available through any web page, without any sort of client. I see that possibly being a problem for true 3d applications, will it be possible to create some sort of client program?
Note, neither of these is realistic for me to create myself. But realism is not what I use to decide whether or not I'll try it out. The decision happens in the realm of theoretical possibility.
Another question is what sort of group project support will you have? For a large game, I wouldn't be surprised to see teams forming. Have you anticipated this, and are building in the ability to have multiple people/accounts working on the same game world at the same time? In the more pipe-dream land, will you provide the option of forum hosting and the like?
As an aside, reading f13 and here at FoH, the reaction to this announcement seems to be lukewarm. I know at f13 you claimed that Metaplace is built for jaded old gamers to finally create something imaginative. But, almost all of the press I've seen on metaplace seems to be focused on a young teen casual games crowd. And I think that's quite capable of making you very rich. But please forgive us if we, the hardcore, have found little interesting in something that does not appear so far to be built with us in mind. | 