GET INVOLVED in the Online Game Development Community
The IGDA Online Games SIG ("special interest group") represents a broad cross-section of the leaders and thinkers in the online games industry. Our goals are to:
*Provide research and data useful to developers of online games
*Foster the online game development community
Online Games White Papers
In addition to the Online Games Quarterly, the Online Games SIG and our volunteers have produced several white papers covering many aspects of the online games industry. Most recently, we have released:
2004 Persistent World Games White Paper - Our first paper devoted to Persistent World Games. This paper encompasses all manner of MMOs, and anything else that has a persistent world.
2005 Web & Downloadable Games White Paper - An updated paper that provides even more information than the first version released at last year's GDC (available soon).
2005 Mobile Games White Paper - Our first paper focused entirely on mobile games. It presents a wealth of information pertinent to mobile game development (available soon).
Download all of these papers from our website: http://www.igda.org/online/papers.php
For more information about our other activities and how to get involved, visit our website: http://www.igda.org/online/