Chris

The past 2 years have seen the rise of the independant developer.  They are appearing on more platforms, and reaching a wider audience than ever before.  Johnathan Blow published his stunning game "Braid" on XBOXLive, and he made it all himself over a period of a few years.

However; "Braid" was a single-player offline-only game.  What Eskel Steinberg is trying to do is a much bigger, more complex, and potentially game-changing idea.

His game "Love" is an MMO.  Yes, 1 man is making an MMO!  The game is procedurally generated, which, on a very simple level, means that the game writes itself as you play it.  The advantage of this is that the game creates its own content.  The amazing thing is, that this will be a game that you can play online, co-op with your friends.  No two instances of the game will be the same!

The graphical style is simple, yet beautiful as you can see from the image above and the trailer below.

The big publishers like Blizzard will still of course rule the MMO space, but it is interesting to see independants moving into this space as well.

Tags: MMO | Chris Cartwright | Independant Developers | Love