IO Interactive: User-Generated Content is Here to Stay
The future lies with user-generated content and social networking.
IO Interactive's Kim Krogh has spoken of his role as multiplayer director for the upcoming Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, and told SPOnG that user-generated content in a social networking context "is here to stay" for video games.
The studio has taken a different visual approach to the shoot-'em-up sequel, getting inspiration from homemade videos on Youtube to create a low-tech, citizen journalism-esque approach to camerawork. Facebook, Twitter and other online community portals will be used to post real-time status updates from the game's multiplayer mode, and Krogh believes it is this sense of unity that will push the potential of future games.
"User generated content is here to stay simply because it involves fans and communities. Of course, the nature of it is very different for each medium, coming from the different demographics purposes for each," Krogh told SPOnG in an exclusive Q&A to be published later today.
"We have had the demo scene around for almost as long as we have had computer games. The tools are just getting better and more user-friendly – for developers as well as the end-user," he added. "We will continue to see more user generated stuff for games and will see more games centred around user-generated functionalities.
"I think that is all very positive. It’s hard to predict where it will take games in the future but I don’t see any negative to it, over the next years it will find a natural balance between unique new games and user generated content."
Krogh also explained how social networking websites will be used in Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. "My main goal was to create stories for the game and give players something in return, not just a Facebook functionality. We do collect a lot of metrics from the game and use them to post stories about the game on Facebook, Twitter, on forums and in-game." The result is a custom-generated message that informs users of statistics in the context of the total progression made in the game.
Stay tuned for SPOnG's Q&A with Kim Krogh later today.
The studio has taken a different visual approach to the shoot-'em-up sequel, getting inspiration from homemade videos on Youtube to create a low-tech, citizen journalism-esque approach to camerawork. Facebook, Twitter and other online community portals will be used to post real-time status updates from the game's multiplayer mode, and Krogh believes it is this sense of unity that will push the potential of future games.
"User generated content is here to stay simply because it involves fans and communities. Of course, the nature of it is very different for each medium, coming from the different demographics purposes for each," Krogh told SPOnG in an exclusive Q&A to be published later today.
"We have had the demo scene around for almost as long as we have had computer games. The tools are just getting better and more user-friendly – for developers as well as the end-user," he added. "We will continue to see more user generated stuff for games and will see more games centred around user-generated functionalities.
"I think that is all very positive. It’s hard to predict where it will take games in the future but I don’t see any negative to it, over the next years it will find a natural balance between unique new games and user generated content."
Krogh also explained how social networking websites will be used in Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. "My main goal was to create stories for the game and give players something in return, not just a Facebook functionality. We do collect a lot of metrics from the game and use them to post stories about the game on Facebook, Twitter, on forums and in-game." The result is a custom-generated message that informs users of statistics in the context of the total progression made in the game.
Stay tuned for SPOnG's Q&A with Kim Krogh later today.
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nomsaiyan 30 Jul 2010 12:03
1/1
What tools are there now???