Ndoors (CEO, www.Ndoors.net), developed and services Atlantica, introduced this MMORPG in Korea at the beginning of this year. The Atlantica has been chosen as an official game of the GNGWC 2008 which will be hosted by KIPA and sponsored by KT Corporation. Gamers from around the world will compete to become the winner of the Atlantica at GNGWC 2008.

In Atlantica, you will see present and past cultures of the world, including Egyptian and Mesopotamian, and you will be able to explore the Greek myths or the ruins of another ancient civilization. Unlike other MMORPGs,Atlantica gold applies battle systems and hired troops systems using a turn battle method.

The turn battle method allows gamers to play a battle between enemies and users including up to 8 hired troops in a 9 vs. 9 environment. It also has the option to make parties among 3 gamers so as to play a larger battle with a maximum of 27 vs. 27. There are a total of 18 troops currently available to choose from including troops with swords, spears, big cannons, or witches, and this feature will continue to be updated with other types of troops being added. Gamers can enjoy various strategic battles by combining these troops or by raising them.

Furthermore, a gamer can operate a city through guild activities and even make sub countries within their city. When becoming a lord, a gamer can obtain unique troops or items which are different from what other users have to choose from or can hire the people to empower his authority within the game.

The commercialized service of Atlantica commenced in January starting in Korea. Expansion is planned for services within Japan, China, the U.S. and Taiwan.

We visited Ndoors and talked to Taegon Kim, a program developer, about Atlantica gold which has received great attention from world wide gamers with its unique world aspects and systems.

1. First of all, what is 'Atlantica'?

2. It is said that the background of the game is from all around the world and is dedicated to a global service. Can you explain it more?

The main character does not know that he is a descendant of Atlantis. But when facing various mysterious things and solving problems, he begins to acknowledge his connection with Atlantis and will set off to try to find Atlantica gold by solving puzzling clues from all around the world. So far, the background has been completed to include Eurasia, China, India, Europe Mediterranean, and Northern Europe, and will be extended to North America (Atlantica version 2.0). The final land of Atlantica will be introduced later on.

3.  Turn method is said to be a unique battle method. Can you explain it more?

I believe that the most important component of the game is the repeating battles or a strategic battle. Nowadays, most MMORPG consist of speedy actions. But we decided to make a difference for Atlantica gold and applied a strategic RPG. Thus, who can make an accurate plan or use an effective strategy is a key factor in Atlantica. The speed and the control of the game are important and that's why the turn method was applied to Atlantica, because I didn't think that a 1 on 1 would be enough of a strategic battle. There are various characters in the other popular strategic RPGs. Gamers can use those various characters to make various combinations and/or techniques. One character is not enough for these options. We took into consideration the combination of more characters or battle arrays, and after all internal tests, 9 was believed to be the most suitable number for these combination battles. That's why we made a turn method for the battles in Atlantica.