[Home] [Groups] - Message: [Prev in Group] [Next in Group]
16721: Re: [MUD-Dev] Micro-payment Graphical MUSH
[Full Header] [Plain Text]
From: "Dave Rickey" <daver@mythicentertainment.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:47:13 -0500
Organization: Kanga.Nu
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Rickey <daver@mythicentertainment.com>
> I ran across this, and it's really, *really* interesting.
>
> http://www.habbohotel.com/
>
> Essentially, a graphical MUSH in Shockwave format, sort of "The Sims
> meets Habitat". The really interesting part is that the revenue
> model is based on buying "Habbo Credits" at the rate of 1 credit =
> 10 english pence (credits being mostly good for furnishing your own
> room, apparently). It's not very big yet, "not very big" means only
> a few hundred peak users. It's from a UK company, but I couldn't
> even figure out what some of the languages being spoken were.
Obviously, having just noticed the existing "Habbo Hotel" thread, I now
feel like an idiot. Play through, please.
--Dave Rickey
_______________________________________________
MUD-Dev mailing list
MUD-Dev@kanga.nu
https://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev