Meta casual gaming startup - PlayCrafter Teaser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjBTU02cCVY

by ivankirigin • 18 years ago

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sosueme• 18 years ago

http://www.playcrafter.com/

jimgreer3• 18 years ago

Looks pretty cool, and the physics are a nice touch. Honestly though, I'm pretty skeptical about people being able to create much of a variety of games unless they can do basic scripting. Still, there's a lot of 'remix this game' possibilities.

ivankirigin2• 18 years ago

I think they have a basic event framework. Think about all those side scrollers out there, working with the same physics and layout - with almost unlimited possibilities.

It's like myspace layouts + flash gaming. I think people will love it.

jimgreer3• 18 years ago

I hate to be the naysayer on this, but I disagree. An ugly MySpace page is interesting because your friends are on it. A bad game your friend made is still just a bad game.

People who are talented enough to make good web games already have a tool to do it with - Flash (typically a pirated version). It's not a perfect tool, but it's very flexible.

I agree that the physics in this thing look great though.

bererton• 18 years ago

Hi Jim, We certainly have plans to allow people to do a lot more than just basic scripting. The idea is to open the API and let people with the programming skills go as deep as they want.

jcl• 18 years ago

Sounds vaguely like Nostrademons' GameClay idea... I wonder what they are doing differently?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=225209

Meta casual gaming startup - PlayCrafter Teaser

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