Comments on: Some zone design lessons

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Making Epic 3D Dungeons, Part 2 – Applying the Lessons — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:43:35 +0000

[...] Raph Koster on Zone Design for Virtual Spaces – much of it is geared towards social multiplayer environments, but he makes some generally useful points overall, and can help expand one’s thinking when designing these environments [...]

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The Super Rewards Blog » Blog Archive » Tips for Virtual World Layouts — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:34:44 +0000

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By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:23:57 +0000

Cool post. I think EQ improved their topological space problem over time. Qeynos (SonyEQ) was terrible, but the Plane of Knowledge later on was great.

World of Warcraft did a good job from the start. At least in the Alliance side. You should check that out – get the trial if you dare. =P

By: Tips on designing layouts for games and virtual worlds « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:59:58 +0000

[...] design, game mechanics, mmorpg, virtual worlds. trackback Raph Koster has some useful tips on laying out maps; some of these are probably not too different from urban design planning best practices in the real [...]

By: ReleeSquirrel

ReleeSquirrel — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:24:45 +0000

I didn’t realize you were the one who did the layout for Trinsic. I loved that town! It was so pretty. It was awkward for all the reasons you outlined, but it still looked good. <3

By: Mirjam PE

Mirjam PE — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:28:11 +0000

thanks Raph, this is a really good post!

By: James Sylvanus

James Sylvanus — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:17:09 +0000

Raph, thanks for putting the time into writing this up. Lengthy design posts that I can relate to and learn from are the kind of things that make your blog – and Metaplace – awesome.

And, yeah, that always bugged me about Trinsic. I never ventured into the northern parts of the city unless I was intentionally trying to avoid people… And while that does have its own use, it seems a bit of a waste to have half a city as a refuge for thieves.

By: David Sahlin

David Sahlin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:49:10 +0000

Very interesting! Thanks, Raph.

By: m3mnoch

m3mnoch — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:25:24 +0000

totally reminds me of some oldschool theme park layout lessons i remember reading.

hrm. i wonder where that is….

m3mnoch.

By: Nikita Logachev

Nikita Logachev — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:22:03 +0000

Great post, Raph! Quite a few interesting and surprising insights… Will come in handy when I start designing the sparkling new Metaplace world that I have in mind.