Designing Virtual Worlds
Richard A. Bartle
Original edition copyright © 2003.
What are virtual worlds? In this context, a world is an
What are virtual worlds? In this context, a world is an
environment that its inhabitants regard as being self-contained.
It doesn’t have to mean an entire planet: It’s used in the same
sense as “the Roman world” or “the world of high finance.”
So what about the virtual part? Not to get too philosophical
about it:
• Real: That which is.
• Imaginary: That which isn’t.
• Virtual: That which isn’t, having the form or effect of that
which is.
Virtual worlds are places where the imaginary meets the real
(Extract from Chapter 1)
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