Text-Based Online Game Earns 21-Year Old $1,000,000

[hypothetical fact]

Is this like every other text game where you just manage a glorified spreadsheet and all actions rely on the numbers of that spreadsheet?

 

[Aurora219]

You are at home.

> Go to the gym.

You have been pwned by a grue.

Sigh, I'm quoting internet memes I don't fully understand again.

Grues are terrible man-eating beasts that love the dark. Programmers would stick them in areas they didn't want the player visiting unless they had a lamp: if the player attempted to move around in dark areas without one, a grue would eat you after a certain amount of time.

I love you man!

 

[Monshroud]

I read this and the only thought I have is.. 'Why didn't I think of that?!?!' It looks like a neat idea. With how popular games like Mafia Wars are, it is not surprising to see this be successful as well.

 

[Blatherscythe]

So its a browser based MMORPG that you need to pay for and it is a "no rules" simulation of life. Would have been worth a try if it was actually not browser based.