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Richard Allan Bartle (born on January 10, 1960, in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a British writer and game researcher, best known for being the co-author of MUD
MUD1

MUD1 is the oldest virtual world in existence. It was created in 1978 by Roy Trubshaw at Essex University on a DEC PDP-10 in the UK, using the MACRO-10 assembly language....
, the first multi-user dungeon
MUD

In Online game, a MUD , pronounced /m?d/, is a multi-user real-time virtual world described entirely in text. It combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, interactive fiction, and online chat....
. He is one of the pioneers of the massively multiplayer online game
Massively multiplayer online game

A massively multiplayer online game is a video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and feature at least one persistent world....
 industry.

le received a Ph.D.
Ph.D.

Ph.D. or PHD may stand for:* Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group* Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip...
 in artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science which aims to create it. Major AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents,"...
 from the University of Essex
University of Essex

The University of Essex is a United Kingdom campus university located near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965, the University has established itself as a centre of excellence for humanities and social sciences, and is highly rated in the United Kingdom and the world for the fields of s...
, where he created MUD with Roy Trubshaw
Roy Trubshaw

Roy Trubshaw was a programmer at the University of Essex who co-authored, with Richard Bartle, the first known MUD on a Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10....
, in 1978.

He lectured at Essex until 1987, when he left to work full time on MUD (known as MUD2
MUD2

MUD2 is the successor of MUD1, Richard Bartle's pioneering multi-user dungeon. Rather than a sequel, it is the result of over 20 years of continuous development, and is still largely based on the game's original code....
 in its present version).






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Richard Allan Bartle (born on January 10, 1960, in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a British writer and game researcher, best known for being the co-author of MUD
MUD1

MUD1 is the oldest virtual world in existence. It was created in 1978 by Roy Trubshaw at Essex University on a DEC PDP-10 in the UK, using the MACRO-10 assembly language....
, the first multi-user dungeon
MUD

In Online game, a MUD , pronounced /m?d/, is a multi-user real-time virtual world described entirely in text. It combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, interactive fiction, and online chat....
. He is one of the pioneers of the massively multiplayer online game
Massively multiplayer online game

A massively multiplayer online game is a video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and feature at least one persistent world....
 industry.

Life and career

Bartle received a Ph.D.
Ph.D.

Ph.D. or PHD may stand for:* Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group* Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip...
 in artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science which aims to create it. Major AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents,"...
 from the University of Essex
University of Essex

The University of Essex is a United Kingdom campus university located near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965, the University has established itself as a centre of excellence for humanities and social sciences, and is highly rated in the United Kingdom and the world for the fields of s...
, where he created MUD with Roy Trubshaw
Roy Trubshaw

Roy Trubshaw was a programmer at the University of Essex who co-authored, with Richard Bartle, the first known MUD on a Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10....
, in 1978.

He lectured at Essex until 1987, when he left to work full time on MUD (known as MUD2
MUD2

MUD2 is the successor of MUD1, Richard Bartle's pioneering multi-user dungeon. Rather than a sequel, it is the result of over 20 years of continuous development, and is still largely based on the game's original code....
 in its present version). Recently he has returned to the university as a part-time professor and principal teaching fellow in the Department of Computing and Electronic Systems, supervising courses on computer game design
Game design

Game design is the process of designing the content and rules of a game. The term is also used to describe both the game design embodied in an actual game as well as documentation that describes such a design....
 as part of the department's degree course on computer game development
Game development

Game development is the process by which a game is produced. Today this term most commonly refers to the development of video games....
.

In 2003, he wrote Designing Virtual Worlds, a book about the history, ethics, structure, and technology of massively multiplayer games.

Bartle is also a contributing editor to Terra Nova
Terra Nova (blog)

Terra Nova is a collaborative blog for academics and professionals in game studies. It focuses primarily on the study of virtual worlds.Started in 2003 by Edward Castronova, Julian Dibbell, Dan Hunter, and Greg Lastowka, Terra Nova initially focused heavily on research and questions surrounding Virtual economy in online virtual worlds....
, a collaborative blog that deals with virtual world
Virtual world

A virtual world is a computer simulation intended for its user to inhabit and interact via Avatar s. These avatars are usually depicted as textual, two-dimensional, or 3D computer graphics representations, although other forms are possible ....
 issues.

Bartle did research on player personality types in massively-multiplayer online games. In Bartle's analysis, players of massively multiplayer online game
Massively multiplayer online game

A massively multiplayer online game is a video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and feature at least one persistent world....
s can be divided into four types: achievers, explorers, socializers and killers. This idea has been adapted into a popular online test generally referred to as the Bartle Test
Bartle Test

The Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology is a series of questions and an accompanying scoring formula that classifies players of multiplayer online games into categories based on their gaming preferences....
. The test is very popular and scores are often exchanged on MMORPG forums and networking sites.

Awards

  • International Game Developers Association
    International Game Developers Association

    International Game Developers Association is a professional society for video game and computer game computer game developers worldwide.It is incorporated in the United States as a non-profit organization....
     "First Penguin Award" (now called "The Pioneer Award"), at the 2005 Game Developers Choice Awards
    Game Developers Choice Awards

    The Game Developers Choice Awards are annually presented by the Game Developers Conference for outstanding video game development and video game....
    , for his part in creating the first MUD.


Works

  • Spellbinder
    Spellbinder (game)

    Spellbinder is a 1977 pencil-and-paper game invented by Richard Bartle and first published in his fanzine, Sauce of the Nile. It has since been re-created in a variety of formats, including X Window, play-by-email, Java applet, and web-based....
    , 1977, a pencil and paper game also known as Waving Hands, first described in Bartle's fanzine
    Fanzine

    A fanzine is a nonprofessional publication produced by fan s of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest....
     Sauce of the Nile
  • MUD1
    MUD1

    MUD1 is the oldest virtual world in existence. It was created in 1978 by Roy Trubshaw at Essex University on a DEC PDP-10 in the UK, using the MACRO-10 assembly language....
    , 1978, with Roy Trubshaw
    Roy Trubshaw

    Roy Trubshaw was a programmer at the University of Essex who co-authored, with Richard Bartle, the first known MUD on a Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10....
  • MUD2
    MUD2

    MUD2 is the successor of MUD1, Richard Bartle's pioneering multi-user dungeon. Rather than a sequel, it is the result of over 20 years of continuous development, and is still largely based on the game's original code....
    , 1980, based on MUD1 and the first playable multi-user dungeon

Books

  • Artificial Intelligence and Computer Games, Paperback, 256 pages, Century Communications, 25 Jul 1985, ISBN 978-0712606615
  • Designing Virtual Worlds, Paperback, 768 pages, New Riders
    New Riders

    New Riders can refer to* a publishing imprint of Pearson Education* the American country rock band New Riders of the Purple Sage...
     Pub., 25 July 2003 ISBN 978-0131018167
  • INsightflames, 1999, Online publication. Also 2 Paperbacks, NotByUs, "IN Sight", 422 pages, July 2007, ISBN 978-0955649400 & "IN Flames", 416 pages, August 2007, ISBN 978-0955649417


External links

  • , January 4, 2006, "Inside the Underground Economy of Computer Gaming" (see page 4)
  • , October 27, 2003
  • , Videotaped Discussion of Hero's Journey with Lee Sheldon (writer)
    Lee Sheldon (writer)

    Lee Sheldon is a game designer, book author, and television producer and scriptwriter. He is the author of the mystery novel Impossible Bliss, a non-fiction book Character Development and Storytelling for Games and the designer of the Agatha Christie video game series published by The Adventure Company ....
  • HTML
    HTML

    HTML, an Acronym and initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for Web pages. It provides a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document?by denoting certain text as links, headings, paragraphs, lists, and so on?and to supplement that text with interactive forms, embedded '...
     and PDF versions of the book, and link to the 2-volume print version at Cafe Press