“We reviewed user feedback, content expansion, and maker stability. Now, we plan to go global with new features. BM features will also be added. Fees will be waived until next May for popularization.” Test service last September 1st MapleStory World, which started with , is going to compete on the global platform in earnest.
Nexon held the ‘Maple Story World Creator Invitational 2022 (hereinafter referred to as MCI22)’ at the Suwon Convention Center on the 26th. MCI22 is the first offline event presented on the metabus platform ‘Maple Story World’. It will be held on the 26th and 27th.
Dae-Hwon Kim, Vice President of Nexon, said, “We have prepared the first offline event for MapleStory World creators. We plan to hold it every year starting with MCI22. MCI is a place where you can reveal your own content to many people. Also, MapleStory World You can also know the related news in detail. We will continue to work hard so that MapleStory World can grow into a global platform.
– Kim Dae-Hwon, Vice President of Nexon
The event consisted of a variety of programs, from showcases introducing the present and future to expert keynotes and developer conferences. Anyone can enter for free. On the first day at 1:00 PM, Nexon Director Shin Min-seok and Chief Oh Se-hyung held a showcase.
Director Shin, who came to the stage, looked back on the MapleStory World Korean pilot service that started on the 9th. As a pilot service, we reviewed feedback, content diversification, and securing maker stability. Since the launch of the service, communication between users and creators has been active. In the process, we naturally received user feedback, various high-quality contents, and opinions related to makers. Even though it is a pilot service, several educational institutions in Korea, including the Gangnam-gu Office, requested cooperation in educational projects.
Director Shin said, “Originally, it was planned to be private. However, by switching to public, we achieved better results. We were able to check various user feedback, such as creator feedback, game engine and content verification. This was a great help in improving the platform.” told
Improvements were not missed. He cited the uneven play of matching games, a different control feeling from the original, mobile fever and optimization issues, and unstable co-production functions. These issues are being progressively improved. Active publicity requested by users will also begin soon.
– Minseok Shin Nexon Director
Nexon recognized the importance of producers and creators while going through pilot services. We plan to actively support it in the future. According to director Shin’s explanation, Discord channel management and self-study education. We will continue to provide support for creators, such as free distribution of materials. “We will enrich the game development ecosystem with events such as MCI, hackathons, and Developer Wings,” he said. Currently, MapleStory World has established a new corporation, ‘Toben Studio’ in the US, to expand its global service, and is preparing to transfer the service within this year.
Afterwards, plans for future services were announced. Nexon plans to build a creator economy in earnest with various features in MapleStory World. The goal is to leap forward as a global content creation platform. First, we plan to add new resources such as shaders and 3D world implementation (Lara), translation tools, game statistics, new development features, block coding, GPS system, Nexon’s own IP, and external IP. An example of an external IP is ‘jar game’.
From November 29th, the business model function to generate and motivate creators will also be updated. Creators can register paid products. Users purchase Euro products registered by creators with a new currency called ‘World Coin’. Creators can withdraw World Coins accumulated through product sales. To revitalize the platform, we plan to waive all purchase fees until May 23.
Director Shin said, “The addition of business model features will motivate creators who deal with MapleStory World as a full-time job or hobby. This showcase announcement is just a preview. Please look forward to it.”
– Oh Se-hyeong, Nexon Manager
Director Oh said, “I developed MapleStory World to realize a new world that I create with my own hands. Creators are the most important thing in MapleStory World. For them, we provide free video lectures, operate a developer center for creators, operate training programs, and provide education. We plan to support institutional linkage and various event management,” he said.
He explained the creator economy. The creator economy is a structure that consists of three factors: increased revenue, increased creators, and increased user inflow. Increased public interest and increased influencer participation can also be expected.
The ad monetization system took into account interstitials, rewarded ads, and ad sources (text ads, image ads, and video ads). The Creator Funding Program consists of a support structure for creators who meet the fundraising conditions of original content sales (n% of annual sales, etc.). He said, “We plan to help with more support than this. If you add a function that provides gifticons to your world? told
The aforementioned monetization model was also introduced in detail. Profits are distributed among creators, Nexon, App Store, infrastructure, and platform investments. At this time, the creator’s profit ratio is the highest. Nexon plans to provide creators with waived fees by May next year. After that, the fee is used to activate the platform. We plan to expand more diverse social contribution activities and educational programs.
Director Oh said, “We actively invested in the platform and set up a plan to attract users. A few days ago, we held a medal of honor and a live broadcast. It was a new attempt. We are actively investing internally with a long-term collaboration plan, so we hope influencers will also participate.” I begged.
– MapleStory World Creator Invitational 2022 Showcase
Moon Won-bin, Hankyung.com game talk reporter