Reah’s Crib

I have been playing Hammerfall for a month and a half now. It is a Facebook App, a level-up game, a fantasy role playing game where you need to complete quests, collect items, and build your own guild to advance. At first, I said it was a boring game because all you do is click, click, and click. But after a few minutes on trying the game, I got addicted. I like completing quests anyway like what I did in Ragnarok, also a level-up game from Korea.

Hammerfall is not just a famous Facebook application. It is also a controversial App. Artists from Devianart claimed that the images in the game are their artworks and were used without their permission.  This created a fuss in Hammerfall’s official and unofficial discussion boards, and especially in Devart. Developers insist, that as far as they know, they have acquired the images legally and whoever says their artwork has stolen should send a message to the developer.

About two days ago though, the controversial images were removed from the game. Developers explained that the company where they bought the images turned out to have scammed them. And to help them find replacement for the images, players were asked to suggest images in exchange of honor points if their images are chosen.

What’s the point of blogging this story?

Pros

Well, it is interesting to me how developers are using their players to help them. I guess that is a cool idea so that players feel they are part of the game development, and I guess for them to save time too as they try to settle the legal issues. And with players also voting, players are in control of what image to be shown, and will discourage others to abuse the power to upload a lousy image.

With honor points given as the reward for images chosen, it is a great motivation for players to share. Take note 100 honor points. Wow, that really is a big reward that will help players level up fast. I wish I have enough time to look.

Cons

Uniformity of images is lost in the game. Most of the images came from the same artists, thus the artworks has sort of character in it. That is what I am missing from the game since anyone can just upload anything they want. I just hope that one player who is also a great artist in real life, will offer his images to the game, or contact the developer to offer his service.

Tags: facebook app, hammerfall

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