Dawntide: New MMO accepting apps for closed beta

Kainis · July 2009

"Dawntide is an innovative new freeform MMOG being developed by Working as Intended, an independent studio based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dawntide is in the Beta phase of development and we are accepting tester applications at our Beta Center.

Dawntide is designed with one main thought in mind: People play games with different motivations, and want different things out of the games they play. As a consequence, the market for games has developed in a very modularized way: there are games that let you turn your mind off and relax, games that provide different kinds of challenges, games that focus on socialization. Dawntide incorporates all these elements into a game focused around a world in which the players are the driving element and the builders of a new civilization.

We believe the best way to do this is to give players the freedom to define their character through their actions, and promote social interaction and interdependence through the game features. When players are encouraged to form realistic societies, many more different meaningful roles become available for the player to engage in at all times. This doesn’t mean that solo play isn’t perfectly viable – only that any kind of play will have the greatest rewards when your opponent is another player.

Dawntide achieves this by creating epic end goals that require the participation of all player types to complete – from carebears to griefers. Players in Dawntide can create their own cities and societies, even forming nations with their own army and armada. The game gives them the opportunity to create and enforce their own laws and establish forms of government, as well as it gives other players the opportunity to break those laws and overthrow those governments – at their own risk."

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maacaaviityy · July 2009

I already signed up for this. I think it looks very interesting, and I hope that I get in.

Kozom · July 2009

you had me at carebears and griefers!

WizGamer · July 2009

This looks really cool:

It's skill-based, story-driven (influenced by the players), and players create and manipulate social infrastructures within the game.

LynxJSA · July 2009

Originally posted by Kainis

The game gives them the opportunity to create and enforce their own laws and establish forms of government, as well as it gives other players the opportunity to break those laws and overthrow those governments – at their own risk."

I'm very interested in hearing more on that topic.