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American video game designer and entrepreneur
Raphael "Raph" Koster (born September 7, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, game designer, and author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design. Koster is widely
Raph_Koster
Software platform
company was established by Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies designer Raph Koster. According to the official website, the platform was "client-agnostic"
Metaplace
Video game genre
influential MMORPG designers began as MUD developers and/or players (such as Raph Koster, Brad McQuaid, Matt Firor, and Brian Green) or were involved with early
Multi-user_dungeon
Annual award for games and developers
slightly behind at three awards. The Online Game Legend award was given to Raph Koster, developer of previous Hall of Fame inductee Ultima Online as well as
Game_Developers_Choice_Awards
Multiplayer text-based role-playing computer game from 1991
1 Koster, Raph (2007-05-29). "MMO long tails". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 2010-09-20. Koster, Raph. "LP Muds versus Diku-derived muds". Raph Koster's
DikuMUD
Video game that permits only one player
(1974) and Space Invaders (1978). The reason for this, according to Raph Koster, is down to a combination of several factors: increasingly sophisticated
Single-player_video_game
1997 video game
later, Raph Koster, who became the lead designer. Koster wrote public "designer letters" and usually went by his nickname of Designer Dragon. Koster drew
Ultima_Online
Sequence in a video game that is not interactive, breaking up the gameplay
Retrieved November 19, 2014. Koster, Raph (December 7, 2005). "The Pixar Lesson". Raph Koster's Website. Raph Koster. Archived from the original on
Cutscene
1994 video game
game founded by a group of friends including virtual world designer Raph Koster. It features historically significant story elements and award-winning
LegendMUD
Surname list
American author Raph Koster (born 1971), American computer entrepreneur Samuel W. Koster (1919–2006), American army officer Sepp Koster (born 1974), Dutch
Koster_(surname)
Pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement
pattern": "We rarely look at the real world", according to game designer Raph Koster, "we instead recognize something we have chunked, and leave it at that
Fun
Process of developing a video game
its marketing budget, had a total estimated cost of $80–145 million. Raph Koster, a video game designer and economist, evaluated published development
Video_game_development
1998 video game
Electronic Arts in 1998. It was the last Ultima Online expansion designed by Raph Koster.[citation needed] The Second Age expansion introduced many new gameplay
Ultima_Online:_The_Second_Age
1983 video game
narrative art." (Murray 1998, p53) Koster, Raph (2005-12-07). "The Pixar Lesson". Raph Koster's Website. Raph Koster. Archived from the original on 2008-11-09
Planetfall
Video game developer based in Austin, Texas
employees who helped grow its early supply chain and facilities operations. Raph Koster – Lead Designer (1995–2003) Later joined Sony Online Entertainment in
Origin_Systems
Horizontal partition of data in a database or search engine
Computer Corporation of America, May 1988 Koster, Raph (2009-01-08). "Database "sharding" came from UO?". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 2015-01-17. "Ultima
Shard_(database_architecture)
are still active and a number of influential MMORPG designers, such as Raph Koster, Brad McQuaid, Matt Firor, Mark Jacobs, Brian Green, and J. Todd Coleman
History of massively multiplayer online games
History_of_massively_multiplayer_online_games
Productions Fantasy Social, roleplaying, graphical LegendMUD 1994 Free Raph Koster, Kristen Koster, Rick Delashmit, Sherry Delashmit et al. Historical fantasy Hack
List_of_MUDs
Type of area in online games
economy, churn rate, and other factors. In response to this article, Raph Koster added that instancing should be limited to situations in which the creation
Instance_dungeon
Legacy (July 25, 2006) [July 25, 2006]. "Raph Koster on Fire". The Escapist. Retrieved January 3, 2025. "Raph Koster's Website". swap.stanford.edu. January
List_of_people_from_San_Diego
American political endorsements
Johnson Tom Jolly Tim Kask Darwin Kastle Steve Kenson Mary Kirchoff Raph Koster Amanda Hamon Kunz Matt Leacock Robert Leighton Nicole Lindroos Andy Looney
List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign non-political endorsements
List_of_Kamala_Harris_2024_presidential_campaign_non-political_endorsements
1992 video game
sociolinguistics of virtual worlds. The lead designer of Ultima Online, Raph Koster, played Ancient Anguish for inspiration creating LegendMUD. Various aspects
Ancient_Anguish
power and flexibility in the hands of an experience client programmer." Raph Koster (2008). "A brief history of botting". Everyone's advice to a newbie was
List_of_MUD_clients
1999 video game
design used Pokémon Snap as an example of "aim & shoot" gameplay. Author Raph Koster similarly used Pokémon Snap in order to describe video games with photography
Pokémon_Snap
2009 video game
September 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2021. Koster, Raph (15 April 2009). "Lots of info on Blue Mars". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 23 August 2021. Official
Blue_Mars_(video_game)
1996 video game
the Year) Softpedia Pick Award from Softpedia Koster, Raph (1999-10-13). "Recent News". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 2010-05-01. Also, I have to
Furcadia
American technology corporation
based in San Diego, California, that was established in July 2006 by Raph Koster. Areae has been officially changed to Metaplace, Inc. to avoid confusion
Areae
American game designer
an official blog and through Paranoia-Live.net. In 2019, Goldberg and Raph Koster founded a new company, Playable Worlds, and are currently developing
Eric_Goldberg_(game_designer)
Canadian video game director and designer
Additionally, he was a part of an Advisory Committee with industry veterans Raph Koster, Ray Muzyka, Ryan Lesser, and Brian Reynolds to pick Special Award winners
Clint_Hocking
American video game developer
EverQuest. In April 2000, Verant hired former Ultima Online developers Raph Koster and Rich Vogel. They formed an office in Austin, Texas, to develop Star
Daybreak_Game_Company
Role-playing game type
1969-1990 Archived 2006-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Koster, Raph (2002-02-22). "Online World Timeline". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
Online text-based role-playing game
Online_text-based_role-playing_game
American computer game designer
Greenwood, Giselle (24 February 2008). "Game on". The Business Journals. "Raph Koster's Home Page". Raphkoster.com. Retrieved 2014-05-10. "Compuware Announces
J._Todd_Coleman
Award
Chris Avellone, Vic Davis, Todd Hollenshead, Todd Howard, Rod Humble, Raph Koster, Rick Raymo, Bill Roper, Tim Schafer, Adam Sessler, Jeff Vogel. Judges:
Intel_Level_Up
Disapproved behavior in role-playing games
Gaming. Steve Jackson Games. p. 127. ISBN 1-55634-347-7. Koster, Raph. "Twinking". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 2010-04-30. Bartle, Richard (2003).
Twinking
American game designer (born 1969)
Costikyan and Goldberg joined Playable Worlds, a startup founded by Raph Koster focused on producing the massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Greg_Costikyan
of DayZ IceFrog: lead designer of Defense of the Ancients and Dota 2 Raph Koster: LegendMUD, Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies. (Electronic Arts, Sony
List of video game industry people
List_of_video_game_industry_people
2003 video game
Galaxies Developer Sony Online Entertainment Publisher LucasArts Director Raph Koster Producer John Donham Designer Cinco Barnes Programmer Jeff Grills Artist
Star_Wars_Galaxies
Books about video games
Aphra Kerr. A Theory of Fun for Game Design (ISBN 1-932111-97-2) by Raph Koster. Trigger Happy (ISBN 1-55970-598-1/ISBN 1-84115-121-1) by Steven Poole
List of books about video games
List_of_books_about_video_games
000 $1,766,204 Fantasy MMORPG by J. Todd Coleman and Gordon Walton, Raph Koster serves as consultant. Jul 6, 2021 Underworld Ascendant OtherSide Entertainment
List of video game crowdfunding projects
List_of_video_game_crowdfunding_projects
1998 video game
Second Age Developer Origin Systems Publisher Electronic Arts Designer Raph Koster Platform Windows Release NA: October 29, 1998 EU: June 25, 1999 Genre
Ultima_Online_expansions
American MMORPG commentator
part in discussions on the forums. These included Richard Garriott, Raph Koster, and Mark Jacobs. Discussions often centered around the very virtual
Scott Jennings (game designer)
Scott_Jennings_(game_designer)
Master Storytellers. Retrieved February 18, 2006. Koster, Raph (2002). "Online World Timeline". Raph Koster's Website. Archived from the original on February
1977_in_video_games
Name list
Kalinowski (1835–1907), Polish saint in the Discalced Carmelite Order Raphael Koster (born 1971), American game designer Raphael Lasker (1838–1904), German-American
Raphael_(given_name)
Video game genre
March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016. Koster, Raph (20 February 2002). "Online World Timeline". Raph Koster's Website. Archived from the original on
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game
Alumni of private liberal arts college in Chestertown, Maryland
Hamilton 1978‡ Actress who portrayed Sarah Connor in The Terminator Raph Koster 1992 Game designer, Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies, author of A
List of Washington College alumni
List_of_Washington_College_alumni
2003 book by Richard Bartle
on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-05-06. Koster, Raph (2006-01-05). "Traits, stories, and holy grails". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 2010-05-06. Yee, Nick
Designing_Virtual_Worlds
Finn, Steven Gould, Eileen Gunn, Leigh Kennedy, John Kessel, Rick Klaw, Raph Koster, George R. R. Martin, Maureen McHugh, Paul O. Miles, Chris Nakashima-Brown
Turkey_City_Writer's_Workshop
American video game designer and entrepreneur
Austin, Texas studio to oversee the Ultima Online franchise along with Raph Koster and Richard Garriott. Then, in 2001, Turbine Inc recruited him to be
Jeffrey Anderson (game designer)
Jeffrey_Anderson_(game_designer)
American online games company
St. Charles Journal. "Facts about early Avalon the Legend Lives". "Raph Koster's Timeline of Online Worlds". 13 January 2014. Olivetti, Justin (2011-04-19)
Simutronics
2002 video game
FAQ". Archived from the original on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2014-09-04. "Raph Koster's Online World Timeline". 1996 [...] GodWars, a Merc derivative codebase
GodWars
Video archive of video game developer interviews
Inafune Toru Iwatani Marcin Iwinski Daniel James David Jones Hideo Kojima Raph Koster Frank Lantz Ken Levine Laralyn McWilliams Jordan Mechner Sid Meier Peter
Critical_Path_Project
Graphics and animation software suite
user-generated virtual scenes". March 31, 2010. Koster, Raph (March 31, 2010). "Vivaty is closing down". Raph's Website. "Microsoft Buys Vivaty For New Project
Flux_(graphics_software)
Continuation of a previous work
Edited by Bourdeau and Kraft. Cranbury, NJ: Rosemont, 2007. Print. Koster, Raph (January 23, 2018). "The cost of games". VentureBeat. Retrieved June
Sequel
Performing repetitive tasks for gameplay or cosmetic advantage
"GenPlay Cloud Phone". genplay.io. Retrieved 2026-03-12. Koster, Raph (2007-04-23). "Raph's Website » The game without treadmills". www.raphkoster.com
Grinding_(video_games)
Videogame duplication exploit
"PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox X, PC & Wii U Cheats & Codes - cheats.co". Koster, Raph (30 April 2004). "Economy Stats". Retrieved 8 October 2009. Lee, James
Duping_(video_games)
Fantasy multi-player role-playing game
2015). "Legacy Reviews of MUA and MUDS". Retrieved 14 December 2015. Koster, Raph (15 December 2015). "The Online World Timeline". Retrieved 14 December
Avalon:_The_Legend_Lives
Words used in a specific sense in the context of role-playing games
Austin, Tex.: Steve Jackson Games. p. 127. ISBN 1-55634-347-7. OCLC 47852854. Koster, Raph (2014-04-02). "Twinking". Raph's Website. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
Role-playing_game_terms
Family of programming languages
Languages: BASIC". PCLinuxOS Magazine. Retrieved February 25, 2024. Koster, Raph (November 21, 2006). "Quite BASIC — Web BASIC programming". Retrieved
BASIC
RAPH KOSTER
RAPH KOSTER
Boy/Male
African, Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
To Form
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name composed of Germanic rad ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + wolf ‘wolf’. This was first introduced into England by Scandinavian settlers in the Old Norse form Ráðulfr, and was reinforced after the Conquest by the Norman form Ra(d)ulf. Compare German Rudolf.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Variant of Randolph
Girl/Female
Biblical
Relaxation, physic, comfort.
Boy/Male
Teutonic American Shakespearean Scandinavian English
Strong.
Biblical
rushes; sea-moss
Male
English
English form of Norman French Raulf, RALPH means "wise wolf."
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Name of a Sahabi
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ash; the name arose as the result of misdivision of Middle English atter ashe ‘at the ash tree’ (Old English æt þǣre æsce).Jewish : of uncertain origin; the Guggenheimers consider it to be a variant of Rasch 1.Americanized spelling of German and Jewish Rasch.
Male
Hebrew
(רָפָ×) Hebrew name RAPHA means "feeble, flaccid, weak," i.e. "a shade" living in Hades, void of blood and animal life; therefore weak and languid like a sick person, but still able to think. In the bible, this is the name of a son of Benjamin and a descendent of Saul.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Scandinavian, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
Wolf Counsellor; Wise Protector; Wise Wolf
Boy/Male
Muslim
Refreshment, Rest
Girl/Female
Greek
Bay tree, or laurel tree. The Greek mythological nymph Daphne was rescued from the unwanted...
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Refreshment Rest
Boy/Male
Biblical
Rushes, sea-moss.
Boy/Male
Indian, Modern
Path; Wait
Boy/Male
Hindu
Voice, Audible
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Rest; Refreshment
Boy/Male
Indian
Refreshment, Rest
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Indian, Muslim, Portuguese
Good
RAPH KOSTER
RAPH KOSTER
Girl/Female
Tamil
Starting letters of big priest of swaminarayan sampradai
Girl/Female
Greek
Flaming.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Whitman.Translated form of German Weissmann.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
An Indian Saint
Boy/Male
Muslim
Moon
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Willet, a pet form of the personal name Will.
Boy/Male
Afghan, African, Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Swahili
Chosen; Authorized
Boy/Male
Sikh
Love
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Cumbria and North Yorkshire named Brayton, from Old Scandinavian breithr ‘broad’ or the personal name Breithi + Old English tūn ‘farmstead’.
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Florentius, FIORENZO means "blossoming."
RAPH KOSTER
RAPH KOSTER
RAPH KOSTER
RAPH KOSTER
RAPH KOSTER
a.
Hasty; reckless; rash.
v. i.
To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.
n.
Ravishment; rape.
a.
Hot-headed; rash.
n.
Ravishment; rape; constupration.
n.
A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
superl.
Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
a.
Rash; hasty; precipitate.
n.
A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds.
v. t.
To plunder; -- only in the phrase "to rape and renne." See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
n.
Ravishment; rape; outrage.
n.
A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue.
a.
Giddy; rash.
n.
Ravishment; rape.
v.
To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
v. t.
To commit rape upon; to ravish.
superl.
Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
n.
A rash person.