How do you think Maple came into fruition?
How did the honchos over at Wizet ever get the idea of Maplestory? How long was the game in production prior to v.01? How many people worked at it? What software did they use to create it. But one of my biggest wonders, and not just in Maple but in other games, where do you come up with the names like Ellinia, Henesys, Perion, etc... I need answers!
February 4, 2017
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I played Nexus, The Kingdom of the Winds. The Guilds there where sooo serious....
@cannoneer: You're right about that, I also cannot seem to remember the name of that game. It sure isn't any of those that @beefly mentioned.
@cannoneer: People kept comparing it to Gaia online and Ragnarok online.
Idk why.
Wasn't there a lot of controversy over Maple copying some other low-budget game for the first two years or so of its release? I don't remember the name of the game, but I vaguely remember there being a lot of comments and videos about it.
an acid trip
@staysimple: wow ! Cool stuff, thx man
@staysimple: OMG I need that book
@gekkegerrit: All windows executable file use PE format. See:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Executable
This is a tool that detect what language a programme is written by and whether it is packed,usually used to crack a programme. see http://exeinfo.atwebpages.com/
@staysimple: what is exeinfo pe.?
Chibi 2d sidescroller concept doesn't seem too unique if you look at other MMOs released around and before maple. I think the early story was loosely based on LoTR (Grendel, balrog) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skhef1VywUY
Well you can see this post in CMS fourm --> http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3271105309?see_lz=1&pn=1
Use google translate
The game is mainly programmed with Visual C++,which can be detected by some hack tools such as exeinfo pe.
Another Link: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2819560630
Something about Maplestory History and its creator.(please excuse me for my poor English ))
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It's hard to find information regarding its infancy and how it came to be, probably because the original company had a very small team of people who worked on the game who probably have nothing to do with the game as of current, especially since Wizet was bought out by Nexon very early. Yet it's not like it was one person who solely designed and created everything, much like how LoL had a team of people who were involved in its development.
The game is probably coded in C#/C++. The image designs (sprites, backgrounds) probably use Photoshop and a bunch of other software, if this [url=https://spadow.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/mapleseakoreatrip2.jpg]picture[/url] is anything to go by. Many of the NPCs seem to take their appearance from actual employees themselves (or it could just be sheer coincidence, or maybe I am projecting).
https://spadow.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/mapleseas-win-a-trip-to-korea-contest/#more-4790
Lith Harbor takes its appearance from Santorini in Greece (look up pictures of it). El Nath, in particular, has Jewish/Arab themes (as in particular it is an Arabic name). Zakum refers to Zaqqum, the tree of hell that is mentioned in the Quran. The other places (particularly ones in Victoria Island - to refer to the beginnings of MapleStory) probably aren't based on any real place, but take their inspiration from somewhere. Henesys probably is inspired by the Mushroom Kingdom in the Mario series, if nothing else.
Well, there's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludibrium