Welcome!
West Coast MegaGames develops, designs, and hosts large format social strategy games for players across the West Coast of the United States.
Have you ever heard about a megagame? If you haven’t, dive on in and find out more about why we think megagames could be a unique, and interesting, experience for everyone.
Project Nexus, our digital future.
We are proud to be developing Project Nexus, a cluster of node.js servers attached to several single-page web applications designed to handle player input and outcomes for our live events. Our servers are responsible for simulating the game environment, tracking all outcomes, updating the game database, and then sending the data on to the user on the front end.
Games played through the Project Nexus servers are meant to be played live, with 30 - 100 players all interacting with a single simulated world in real-time to create a shared narrative during the period of play in what we have dubbed data-driven gaming (DDG).
Strategy and Negotiation
A megagame plays out much like a model UN with a larger focus on military and covert operations simulated by the control team. Teams compete for scarce resources and information, using whatever limited funds and abilities they have at their disposal, all while pursuing the larger goals laid out by the megagame in question. The most well-known megagame today is Watch the Skies!, a near-future simulation where the earth’s governments must react to and prepare for the appearance of extraterrestrials whose motivations and abilities are unknown.
7 megagame organizing groups from around the world are gathering for the second-ever marathon run of megagames at Gen Con 2018: 7 games in 4 days. Come join us this August in Indianapolis, Indiana for a special gaming experience!
Questions?
Contact John.Cleveland@WestCoastMegagames.com to get more information