Jane Austen: The Massive Online RPG Game

[garbon]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kevintang/jane-austen-the-massive-online-rpg-game

Thanks, Kickstarter!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/30564009/ever-jane-the-virtual-world-of-jane-austen

Ever, Jane is a virtual world that allows people to role-play in Regency Period England. Similar to traditional role playing games, we advance our character through experience, but that is where the similarities end. Ever, Jane is about playing the actual character in the game, building stories.  Our quests are derived from player's actions and stories. And  we gossip rather than swords and magic to demolish our enemies and aid our friends. 

Try to win the sympathy of Lizzie Bennet by telling lies about your rival, as Mr. Wickham does, but be careful.  The system will notify someone if they are being talked about too often and a good sleuth may find the player who is spreading such rumors.  If you are caught in your lies, the consequences you intended for your target will hit you two-fold.

[Barrister]

Huh.

I'm always intrigued by social or non-combat type games, even though they invariably are not particularly compelling.

Trying to fund a MMO with only $100k seems like madness, but the designer's bio says she worked with Second Life so she has some actual experience (unlike some kickstarters).

[mongers]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kevintang/jane-austen-the-massive-online-rpg-game

Thanks, Kickstarter!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/30564009/ever-jane-the-virtual-world-of-jane-austen

Ever, Jane is a virtual world that allows people to role-play in Regency Period England. Similar to traditional role playing games, we advance our character through experience, but that is where the similarities end. Ever, Jane is about playing the actual character in the game, building stories.  Our quests are derived from player's actions and stories. And  we gossip rather than swords and magic to demolish our enemies and aid our friends. 

Try to win the sympathy of Lizzie Bennet by telling lies about your rival, as Mr. Wickham does, but be careful.  The system will notify someone if they are being talked about too often and a good sleuth may find the player who is spreading such rumors.  If you are caught in your lies, the consequences you intended for your target will hit you two-fold.

Those guys just ripped off Languish and renamed it using Katmai's middle name. 

[The Brain]

Bossfights must be just horrible. And how is the crafting?

[crazy canuck]

Imagine trying to hold aggro.

[The Brain]

Imagine trying to hold aggro.

[frunk]

My word, it's Leeeeeeeerooooy..._Jeeenkins!  How boorish.

[Barrister]

My word, it's Leeeeeeeerooooy..._Jeeenkins!  How boorish.

[katmai]

Those guys just ripped off Languish and renamed it using Katmai's middle name. 

[mongers]

Those guys just ripped off Languish and renamed it using Katmai's middle name. 

Shirley?

[Caliga]

"Our business plan: to fail."

[Valmy]

Well it is surprisingly not the weirdest idea for a MMO I have heard.  I bet it is more successful than Warhammer online.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I'd play it.

[Ed Anger]

Can I set up a Gorean manor house?

[Syt]

It's surely not as nightmarish and disturbing a concept as Furcadia and that one's been around for about a decade now, so why not?