Graal is back again!?

For those of you who never became associated with the awesomeness that was Graal Online, it was a late '90s MMORPG, in which you and the other players controlled the game content. In essence, it was Second Life but two-dimensional. Those interested in making world were able; those only wanting to play were given all the opportunities to do so.

The community was stabbed in the back when the game became pay-to-play. Over time, those still devoted to the game kept it alive in the form of private servers, and I know of only one place left to relive the glory days, and that's here: http://www.graal2001.org

Syboard Ghostbuster

I'm moving away from Flash when making games from now on. I'm now using two programming suites, Construct and DarkGDK. I'm also looking into XNA and whatever else I can find for 3D game development, but for now, I'm using Construct for 2D games and experimenting with DarkGDK for 3D purposes.

Anyway, I've made my first game in Construct, but I used a tutorial, so it's far from original. Check out Ghostbuster. I'll update it over time to include a few extra features, including the most requested high scores table. You may request something in the topic by clicking here.

Free PC Game - Pteroglider

Pteroglider is a 4-year-old game, but it didn't do well in stores, so the developers, Codeminion, are giving the game away. Codeminion is also offering a tech demo of their first game project, Spellscape, which was a dungeon crawling game in the style of Diablo or Darkstone.

I have not tried these games out, so I can't give you a review of either game, but they're free, so try them. If you're interested in keeping an eye on Codeminion to see when new free games are available, just keep checking the blog.

BlockCAD: Lego Buildings

I found this very interesting program called BlockCAD. I haven't tried it out, and I don't plan to, but it'll be great for anyone who likes Lego.

I found it while I was browsing a list of 3D modeling tools.

MMORPG? I don't think so.

There are some free games appearing with the intention of being free MMORPGs, but most of them aren't even role-playing games; they're first-person shooters or strategy games. Two perfect examples are Warrock and Battle Globe.

Warrock is massively multiplayer first-person shooter, so it's really a MMOFPS; not a MMORPG. Yet I always see it listed on MMORPG lists. I have never tried it out, though, because I'm not really interested in any FPS other than Sauerbraten, the Halo series, and maybe Half-Life 2. Warrock's title really doesn't appeal to me, either. I mean, what does Warrock mean?

Battle Globe is closer to a MMORPG, but it is better suited as another browser-based strategy game. Its selling point is the fact that it uses Flash to give it more interactivity and animation. It looks like something I'd play, but I probably won't give it a try until the beta is over with. Moreover, I believe this game may cost money after open beta, and I sooner not get addicted than pay for a game I once played for free.

Another game I must mention is Runescape. People keep calling it a free MMORPG. That's false. Runescape is pay-to-play, however, they have a small portion of the game world set aside for free version as a way to entice new paying customers. It's a sort of try-before-you-buy demo version.