Since the day I started working at Metaplace I’ve had this theoretical idea of making a world called “Ponyplace”. My ideas for it have run the gamut; from a game that lets you have your own pony to love and groom, to a board game style pony RTS. The one I keep coming back to is a role-playing game, and with the release of our new module packs in Metaplace that allow you to jump start a game idea – I’m going to go with RPG/adventure game.
I’ll update here a bit on the progress of Ponyplace, and what I’m doing with it. Right now, here is Ponyplace in its current state:
When you enter, you assume the avatar of a chestnut pony. You can walk up, down, left and right, and your avatar does a walk animation. There is a barn that you can go inside, but there isn’t really much in it.
There is a stream down to the south with a sign in front of it:
If you click it, you’ll see this sign:
And that’s it. There’s really not much at all to the world, except a farmer hoeing away outside the barn and chattering randomly about how the world is called “Nostalgia”. I’m not really sure where to go from here, but I do want to do more with it….
Hmm. Any ideas?
Tami Baribeau is the Associate Producer for Metaplace, Inc, currently working on Island Life. She is also the Lead Editor of feminist gaming blog The Border House, and the National Facebook Games Examiner for Examiner.com. She can be reached on Twitter or by email.
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The ponies need lasers~