The BDG gang--Randy, Thom, Darek and I--have decided now is a good time to let folks take a peek at what we've been working on for the last few months (in our "spare" time): a scalable, multiuser, real-time Flash 3D game engine. It's pretty rough right now on the finishing details, but I think you can see where it's going. We've built a modular zone loading program, general game asset administration system (including textures) and point-and-click physics test engine.

The core system utilizes Papervision 3D and a SmartFoxPro (demo) socket server. Everything else was built from scratch with Flex and Flash.

We'd love to hear some feedback--our next beta will include a commerce platform (for purchasing items), a "personal space" system that allows every user to customize and upgrade a room (like in a hotel), skateboarding tricks, more minigames (with a point reward system), more character models & animations... and much, much more.

This is really a proof of concept demo--we challenged ourselves to take a really cool, emerging technology--Papervision 3D--and do something that no one has done before: create a rudimentary MMO platform.

Stop by our forums and leave a message. Also, keep in mind the demo is limited to 20 simultaneous connections...

Game demo: www.mysk8land.com/beta/