What It Costs to Run an MMO
Conventional wisdom says running an MMO requires real infrastructure and a real budget. Mine costs roughly $145 a month, and here's the breakdown.
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Devlog
Notes from building my games. Design decisions and trade-offs, written while they're still fresh.
Subscription Only, and Three Reasons Why
Free-to-play enables abuse, undermines competitive fairness, and doesn't pay the bills.
· 1 min readFood Doesn't Belong in a Space Game. I Added It Anyway
Most space strategy games skip food entirely. I added it to fix a different problem: every player chasing the same few astros.
· 2 min readReplacing Occupation with Disruption
In many space strategy games, occupation turns losing a fight into a weeks-long income drain that grinds players into quitting. Nebula Control replaces it with a timer that actually ends.
· 2 min readWhy I'm Building Nebula Control
A decade and a half playing the same browser strategy game taught me exactly what was wrong with it. So I started building the version I always wanted.
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