John Carr wrote:What do you guys think is the best way to store this type of data?
In a database.
John Carr wrote:What do you guys think ... ?
OK you didn't quite ask this but I'm still going to answer: Surely it's better from a learning perspective and from a personal satisfaction perspective to write something more achievable. An MMO is a Massively Multiplayer Online game and these only come into their own when they have 1000's of users. To attract those users your game will have to be state of the art in graphics, game play and originality. One developer (even a very talented one) is sadly not going to produce this. Perhaps you really do expect 1000's of users to flock to your new game but the sad reality is more likely to be none.
I just wonder about the wisdom of trying to produce a system that can only be successfull if it has 1000's of users. Isn't it better to produce an application that one person, namely yourself, can enjoy even if the application isn't quite perfect. It just seems like a lot of effort for something which is almost certain to produce frustration in the end.