One-man dev teams aren't exactly unheard of thanks to Eskil Steenburg's Love MMO. One-man dev teams working on post-apocalyptic turn-based driving MMOs are pretty unique, though, and Sam Redfern has that particular market cornered.
Redfern is the brains (and everything else) behind Darkwind: War on Wheels, a free-to-play title based on the Torque engine that also mixes in a web interface for its social and economic gameplay. Rock, Paper, Shotgun recently caught up with Redfern and managed to ask a few burning questions.
Among the interesting tidbits is the fact that Darkwind has been in the works since 2005 and that the title currently boasts 220 subscribers. Redfern says most of these are heavily invested in the world. "It's not my game, it's the whole community's game. I think that's the reason a lot of them like it; if they want to, there's a good chance of influencing it. There's various ways they can add content," he explains.
Reader Comments (11)
Posted: Nov 20th 2011 1:17PM AbelNightRoad said
Think we broke their website!
Posted: Nov 20th 2011 1:33PM AnathemaOne said
Never even heard of this game. Will be giving it a try.
Posted: Nov 20th 2011 1:35PM NeverDeath said
Car combat games are the shit. This has potential.
Posted: Nov 20th 2011 3:23PM mmogaddict said
Cool sounding, I used to love playing Car Wars back in the day before computer gaming took over.
Posted: Nov 20th 2011 5:39PM Tovrin said
I miss Auto Assault. DAMN YOU NCSOFT!!!!
Posted: Nov 20th 2011 10:35PM Saker said
Looks interesting!
Posted: Nov 21st 2011 1:41AM alimantando said
wish someone would make a Death Rally clone
Posted: Nov 21st 2011 2:16AM Space Cobra said
@alimantando
Wish someone would bring back the *original*, headstones and all (at least updated)!
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Wish someone would bring back the *original*, headstones and all (at least updated)!
Posted: Nov 21st 2011 6:05PM gloomforge said
Never heard of this before today. Played a ton of Car Wars in years past, going to have to look into this.








