Raphael "Raph" Koster (born September 7, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, game designer, and author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design. Koster is widely recognized for his work as the lead designer of Ultima Online[1] and the creative director behind Star Wars Galaxies.[2] From 2006 until 2013 he worked as the founder and president of Metaplace (previously operating as Areae and acquired by social gaming company Playdom in 2010, which was in turn acquired by Disney) producing a Facebook game platform.
^Bainbridge, William Sims (2004). Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interactionß. Vol. 2. Berkshire Publishing Group. p. 474. ISBN 0-9743091-2-5. UO set new standards in virtual environment design. Its visionary lead designer, Raph Koster, introduced many innovations [...]
^Mulligan, Jessica; Patrovsky, Bridgette (2003). Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide. New Riders. pp. 145–146. ISBN 1-59273-000-0. At the 2002 Game Developer's Conference, an audience member asked the panel on "Building the Next-Generation PW" how he, as a writer, could ensure the integrity of his story in a PW. The reply came from panel member Raph Koster, the creative director on Star Wars Galaxies and former lead designer of UO: "Get over yourselves; the rest of the world is coming. Okay? People value self-expression. Is 'story' going to go away? No. Is careful crafting going to go away? No. Are the professionals engaged in that going to go away? No. Well, except that IP—the concept of intellectual property—may, but that's a whole other side discussion. The thing is that people want to express themselves and they don't really care that 99% of everything is crap, because they are positive that the 1% they made isn't. Okay? And fundamentally, they get ecstatic as soon as five people see it, right?"
Raphael "Raph" Koster (born September 7, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, game designer, and author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design. Koster is widely...
slightly behind at three awards. The Online Game Legend award was given to RaphKoster, developer of previous Hall of Fame inductee Ultima Online as well as...
later, RaphKoster, who became the lead designer. Koster wrote public "designer letters" and usually went by his nickname of Designer Dragon. Koster drew...
game founded by a group of friends including virtual world designer RaphKoster. It features historically significant story elements and award-winning...
pattern": "We rarely look at the real world", according to game designer RaphKoster, "we instead recognize something we have chunked, and leave it at that...
as one of the longest-running DikuMUDs. In a September 2000 interview RaphKoster, the lead designer of Ultima Online and the chief creative officer of...
company was established by Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies designer RaphKoster. According to the official website, the platform was "client-agnostic"...
located in San Diego, California, that was established in July 2006 by RaphKoster. Areae has been officially changed to Metaplace, Inc. to avoid confusion...
Productions Fantasy Social, roleplaying, graphical LegendMUD 1994 Free RaphKoster, Kristen Koster, Rick Delashmit, Sherry Delashmit et al. Historical fantasy Hack...
employees who helped grow its early supply chain and facilities operations. RaphKoster – Lead Designer (1995–2003) Later joined Sony Online Entertainment in...
small-world networks Small Worlds (presentation), a presentation by RaphKoster about MMORPG conventions "It's a Small World", a 1964 ride at several...
Developer(s) Origin Systems Publisher(s) Electronic Arts Designer(s) RaphKoster Platform(s) Windows Release NA: October 29, 1998 EU: June 25, 1999 Genre(s)...
EverQuest. In April 2000, Verant hired former Ultima Online developers RaphKoster and Rich Vogel. They formed an office in Austin, Texas, to develop Star...
economy, churn rate, and other factors. In response to this article, RaphKoster added that instancing should be limited to situations in which the creation...
Developer(s) Sony Online Entertainment Publisher(s) LucasArts Director(s) RaphKoster Producer(s) John Donham Designer(s) Cinco Barnes Programmer(s) Jeff Grills...
are still active and a number of influential MMORPG designers, such as RaphKoster, Brad McQuaid, Matt Firor, Mark Jacobs, Brian Green, and J. Todd Coleman...
Additionally, he was a part of an Advisory Committee with industry veterans RaphKoster, Ray Muzyka, Ryan Lesser, and Brian Reynolds to pick Special Award winners...
of DayZ IceFrog: lead designer of Defense of the Ancients and Dota 2 RaphKoster: LegendMUD, Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies. (Electronic Arts, Sony...
from Vietnamese POW camp 1964 Ken Kocher, professional football player RaphKoster, author and game designer Joel Kramer, basketball player Joan Kroc, philanthropist...
narrative art." (Murray 1998, p53) Koster, Raph (2005-12-07). "The Pixar Lesson". RaphKoster's Website. RaphKoster. Archived from the original on 2008-11-09...
Gaming. Steve Jackson Games. p. 127. ISBN 1-55634-347-7. Koster, Raph. "Twinking". RaphKoster's Website. Retrieved 2010-04-30. Bartle, Richard (2003)....
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