Maiden Desmodus Player and Revenue Data

I’ve been going through old backups recently and came across some account and payment data for Maiden Desmodus. These figures are for the first year of opening from June 2009 to June 2010. Revenue Total Revenue7300Total Transactions62Unique Users2159Unique Paying Users18ARPU0.28ARPPU33.80 ARPU is the Average Revenue Per User and I’ve calculated it by dividing the total … Continue reading Maiden Desmodus Player and Revenue Data →

Maiden Desmodus Player Guide

Going through some old backups I came across this Maiden Desmodus Player Guide and as the game is probably never coming back I thought I’d post it here for future generations to enjoy, or not as the case may be. Maiden Desmodus Player GuideDownload Looking at it now I still think it’s really well written … Continue reading Maiden Desmodus Player Guide →

Maiden Desmodus Update

This is an update to my previous post and I hope the final word on what’s been going on. It turns out that my suspicions were correct and the new owner of Maiden Desmodus is in fact the old owner who had supposedly died. I don’t condone it, but after having talked to him I … Continue reading Maiden Desmodus Update →

Maiden Desmodus Ownership Woes

Maiden Desmodus has been up and down for a while now and with the official forums offline and uncertainty over the future of the game I thought I’d post a little history of the current situation. If you’ve been following along you’ll know that in March 2011 I sold my shares in The Binary Forge … Continue reading Maiden Desmodus Ownership Woes →

Are commercial MUDs still viable?

Commercial MUDs are already a minority within a tiny niche market and with many quality free games struggling to attract players, who in their right mind would think that a commercial MUD could be successful? This certainly seems to be the prevailing view over at TMC, but I believe commercial MUDs are far more viable than … Continue reading Are commercial MUDs still viable? →

Leaving Maiden Desmodus

I’ve recently left the staff of Maiden Desmodus and am no longer involved with the game in any way. I’ve also sold my share in The Binary Forge Limited to my former business partner Wade Gustafson and he is now in charge of running the game and any future development. I was really sad to … Continue reading Leaving Maiden Desmodus →

Maiden Desmodus Web Client Video

I’ve made another one of my fun Flash client videos, this time it’s a brief tour of the interface for the Maiden Desmodus web client. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFt0CQGLges

Maiden Desmodus Out of Beta

We’ve decided to officially open Maiden Desmodus this month after 6 months of being in open beta. It’s not much of a difference given that we’ve been open to players since June and we’re not having any kind of player wipe but we are having a special event to celebrate on Friday 8th January at … Continue reading Maiden Desmodus Out of Beta →

Maiden Desmodus Beta Launch

It’s been almost a year, but we’re finally open for public beta testing. After several delays and despite still having a lot of stuff to do, neither Wade nor myself really wanted to wait any longer. I know it’s tempting to keep holding off until everything is just right, but the priority for both of … Continue reading Maiden Desmodus Beta Launch →

MUDdy Hobo Interview

I was recently interviewed by Wes Platt for his MUDdy Hobo blog. I got to ramble on about my projects and spout my views on MUDs and gaming without challenge or criticism, so it was a lot of fun! One thing he touched on was the concept of multiple games behind a single portal and … Continue reading MUDdy Hobo Interview →