Comments on: How much information do you need?

By: Alain Bertrand

Alain Bertrand — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:52:46 +0000

I even have something easier to try:
http://www.nowhere-else.org

You will need NOTHING to start to play, as all the registration is done inside the game itself. Try you will see.

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:38:45 +0000

Scion, you're definitely right about not being able to verify the owner of
the account – if you aren't using the user's e-mail address, you'd have to
come up with a different way for them to verify – although I am sure that
there are other methods out there.
Guest accounts are a great tool for getting users into your game; there's
virtually no barrier to entry, and by the time it comes to register they're
already hooked.

By: jannesiera

jannesiera — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:51:44 +0000

That all sounds intresting. But the game I'm making multies can be very damaging and abusive, so though I wouldn't necessarely need their e-mail, I'm still going to ask it.
There is a very long topic on handeling multies on bbgamezone.
Luke, maybe you could also write an article on this? That would be awsome!

By: Alain Bertrand

Alain Bertrand — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:52:46 +0000

I even have something easier to try:
http://www.nowhere-else.org

You will need NOTHING to start to play, as all the registration is done inside the game itself. Try you will see.

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:38:45 +0000

By: jannesiera

jannesiera — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:51:44 +0000

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:24:19 +0000

I'm a big fan of the 'just username and password, please' method of
registrations as well – as long as you don't need their e-mail address, you
shouldn't be asking for it. I actually wrote a post about this a few months
back -
http://buildingbrowsergames.com/2008/05/08/do-y...
.
From what I hear, UrbanDead uses a few sophisticated algorithms for
detecting multi-abuse – things like tracking your IP and the IP used for
other characters in your area. From what I hear, most of the work spent on
the game these days is actually spent refining those calculations – although
I've never seen them.

By: Ben Sharpe

Ben Sharpe — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:20:11 +0000

I always liked UrbanDead's approach.

Character Name & Password, that's it.

www.urbandead.com

of course, this does lead to a bit of a multi problem -- but who doesn't have that problem?

Anyone have any suggestions for handling multis?

By: jannesiera

jannesiera — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:09:06 +0000

That's true.

By: jannesiera

jannesiera — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:06:07 +0000

But isn't security also important?