Comments on: Superstar Team To Launch Flash MMOG Called Ohai

By: First Video Of City Of Eternals MMOG + 500 Invites

First Video Of City Of Eternals MMOG + 500 Invites — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:14:23 +0000

[...] Earlier this evening we broke the news on the upcoming launch of City Of Eternals, the first Flash MMOG from Ohai. [...]

By: Move Aside, Vampire Wars. City Of Eternals Is A Real Game.

Move Aside, Vampire Wars. City Of Eternals Is A Real Game. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:11:59 +0000

[...] first wrote about Flash MMOG startup Ohai back in January. There wasn’t anything to look at, but the company had raised $6 million in [...]

By: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy » Blog Archive » Monetizing: Virtual Goods venture capital 2009

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:00:31 +0000

[...] to you too! From TechCrunch 23rd jan 2009 New startup Ohai has been getting big cocktail party buzz over the last few months. [...]

By: Larissa

Larissa — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:46:33 +0000

Their progress should prove interesting to watch – best of luck, guys!

By: New Chapters « Ex Libris

New Chapters « Ex Libris — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:20:43 +0000

[...] Ohai, Inc, and am thrilled to be working on a game from the ground up. (If you’re curious, here’s the first big article that has been released about Ohai!) This has been one of the bigger and more significant decisions of my life. Previous to this, it [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:32:35 +0000

Casual games and MMORPGs are opposite poles on the spectrum in terms of level of required engagement, attention, commitment, etc. They’re antithetical. The far greater market opportunity is in casual games (e.g., witness Wii, Scrabulous, etc.) and the research shows people prefer to play casual games with their family & closest friends, not strangers (which MMORPGs must play to, of course, given the way they’re designed). XBox Live has supported several casual titles where users can challenge strangers online but these have not been very successful.

Also, of course games are a Hollywood, hits-driven business. The reason Blake was successful on Facebook was that he was able to quickly iterate & modify game engines (witness Vampires begets Zombies). Analogy: small, indie films. Putting all their wood behind just one massive game environment sounds a very risky business model and strange that the normally conservative August Capital would bite at this.

Note, Susan was indeed a Principal from Charles River Ventures, not a Partner there, but why didn’t they choose to invest? Kinda concerning…

By: wow gold

wow gold — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:58:44 +0000

Something to look forward, I want to see it and see the difference. As far as I know flash is being used to a small games only.

By: photo converter

photo converter — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:43:39 +0000

What kind of company name is that? I hear the name on the street, then I go to my computer and type in what? Ohi? Ohigh? OhHi? Ohai? OhHigh?

By: Tools for optimization

Tools for optimization — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:22:45 +0000

This should prove to be an interesting offering, for as the incredible success of WOW and others have proven there is a substantial audience enjoying this genre, and there is money to be made in this business of virtual online multiplayer worlds….

By: スーパースターチームでFlash版MMOGに挑むOhai

スーパースターチームでFlash版MMOGに挑むOhai — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:01:20 +0000

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By: chris

chris — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:18:54 +0000

MS Silverlight will die – just another example of MS trying to play catch up. They fail to recognise that most MS centric developers are generally not the visually creative type ( as are most Adobe users ).

By: Ian Swanson

Ian Swanson — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:08:15 +0000

Blake and team are awesome. I look forward to checking out there game when launched. I’m sure it will include great viral gaming functions. Congrats!

By: shay

shay — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:04:50 +0000

Can’t wait to see Ohai. And as for business model – let’s not forget Club Penguin, sold to Disney for $700 mil. – founded by a dad looking for a safe mmog for his kids. Yes, CP is a little simplistic but that hasn’t stopped parents from paying the $60 yearly subscription fee.

By: Michel Bartz

Michel Bartz — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:43:46 +0000

Flash will not die soon.

Adobe AIR is part of the Flash Plateform (as Adobe call it now), and also it’s for desktop use, where Flash/Flex target the web, so don’t count on the death of Flash until something bigger comes….

By: ru

ru — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:42:16 +0000

he turned it around? wasn’t he there from the beginning?

By: The Common Sense Gamer ? Ohai: More info

The Common Sense Gamer ? Ohai: More info — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:32:32 +0000

[...] at least got some technology info regarding Ohai’s new MMO that they are working on. Looks like it’s going to be Flash [...]

By: Ohai, they’re on Techcrunch. | Cuppytalk

Ohai, they’re on Techcrunch. | Cuppytalk — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:54:34 +0000

[...] a major shoutout to my good friends at Ohai up in the Bay Area for this nice article on TechCrunch today. TC dubs them a “superstar team” and I couldn’t agree more. New startup [...]

By: Michel Bartz

Michel Bartz — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:13:52 +0000

I can’t wait to see their game!

Ankama with Dofus has proven that Flash can fully handle the load of an MMOG, and it was in ActionScript 2 with the old VM and they currently redoing the client of Dofus in AS3.

I wish them good luck and hope they will success!

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:06:26 +0000

Gaia Online (http://www.gaiaonline.com) released a full-fledged Flash-based MMOG late last year named zOMG (http://www.zomg.com).

By: JeffG

JeffG — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:52:39 +0000

http://www.dofus.com

Artistically impressive Flash based MMORPG that’s been around for years.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:38:20 +0000

I cannot wait to see what their game looks like. If they have WoW addicts and Everquest people in charge, then hopefully they will release some baller stuff.

By: Jim Rankin

Jim Rankin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:11:44 +0000

I think Susan was a principal at CRV, not a partner, though I could be wrong.

By: Kevin Li

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:03:36 +0000

go Blake!

By: S

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:45:36 +0000

Wow! These types do get coverage here at TC. No technology, no business model (on a whim revenue play, wonder how they show revenue projections to their board). What a fantastic CEO, no experience whatsoever in building a business ever.

-S-

By: Josh Deutschmann

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:09:45 +0000

Hmm, will have to see how this goes.

By the way, I do believe it’s spelled Hartsman