Aakrana: The Forgotten Lands
Aakrana was a wonderful MMO indie game development project that spanned nearly 8 years. At it's inception, the game was nothing more than an idea. Then the idea grew into a concept and design. The design evolved into a very basic 3D world and some 8 years later is an actual living and breathing (at least virtually) world.
The development cycle for Aakrana was really a journey of personal growth and skill development. As any indie game project can attest to, MMO development with a team of unpaid and under-experienced developers can be monumental. Despite a developers best of intentions, it takes more than excitement and a keen eagerness to build gaming projects. The skills that were learned over the years of taking Aakrana from concept to reality were truely amazing. Database development, datastream optimization, toolset building, asset management, debugging...
For more details on the Aakrana project stop by the site. Although it is not active or up to date, it does contain some great information and screenshots on the current version of the game.
