Gargantua Q&A

[Gargantua MMO]

Hi, everyone! Sauron was kind enough to set up this forum for questions about Nemesis Games' upcoming giant monster MMO, Gargantua. I am here to answer those questions, should they come up.

You can learn some basic stuff about the game by going to its official web site, www.gargantuagame.com. (http://www.gargantuagame.com)

-Jeff Dee
President, Nemesis Games

[Mindfreak]

.... Are you shittin' me? A Kaiju MMO? :D

[Gargantua MMO]

.... Are you shittin' me? A Kaiju MMO? :D

I **** you not.

Next question? ;)

-Jeff Dee
President, Nemesis Games

[SpaceHunterM]

What makes you think a kaiju MMO can be successful and provide enough variety of play to keep players interested?

[Gargantua MMO]

What makes you think a kaiju MMO can be successful

The giant monster genre is a surprisingly natural fit for MMO-style gameplay, involving characters who can grow more powerful over time by fighting lots of stuff, including one another.

I'd been kicking the idea around for quite a while, but these articles really helped me make up my mind:

http://www.massively.com/2008/06/28/the-daily-grind-would-you-play-a-giant-monster-mmo/

http://www.massively.com/2008/06/28/the-digital-continuum-kaiju-mmo/

Financially, it helps that Gargantua is being built by a very small team. We won't need to attract nearly as many subscribers as most MMOs have to have simply to stay in business. I'm confident that we'll do just fine.

and provide enough variety of play to keep players interested?

Our strategy has been to compile a good range of different types of motivations, goals, opponents and challenges from the giant monster genre, and translate these things into gameplay. So you won't 'just' smash your way mindlessly and repetitively through the world; you'll always have side goals and motivations to keep the game fresh.

Great questions SpaceHunter, thanks a bunch!

-Jeff Dee
President, Nemesis Games

[Mindfreak]

When can we expect this to come out/ go online? Is a beta version planned at all?

[Gargantua MMO]

When can we expect this to come out/ go online? Is a beta version planned at all?

We haven't announced a specific release date yet, but we're pretty far along with development. So it will be months, not years. Beta testing IS planned, first closed/invitation only and then an open testing period. I'll post announcements as soon as the details are finalized.

-Jeff Dee
President, Nemesis Games

[MegaLagoras]

Can you create and save multiple kaiju? I have hundreds of original kaiju and I would like to try to make most of them.