日前，德国Idea Fabrik公司宣布，将于今年春季推出一个全新的3D游戏开发及运营工具包Idea System。

据游戏邦了解，这个Idea System工具包含有一款通过在线或实时环境创建3D浏览器社交游戏的开发引擎，此外还提供了一个可绑定全球数据中心的服务器，以及全球计费系统和市场推广技术支持。

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Idea System是由Idea Fabrik在最近收购的英雄引擎（HeroEngine，原先由Simutronics公司创建）平台的基础上开发而成，后者曾向《英雄之旅》、《Faxion Online》和EA即将推出的《星球大战：旧共和国》推出授权。

该公司表示，英雄引擎研发团队通过Idea System，创建了含浏览器插件的全新社交游戏开发工具，以及一个“大型而可延展的服务器架构”。

Idea System目前不收取授权费用，但会针对其中的运营解决方案收取30%的游戏营收提成。

该公司首席运营官及美国运营总裁尼尔·哈里斯（Neil Harris）表示，“在我们进行Idea System的早期开发工作时，大家就已经意识到社交游戏开发商所需要的并不只是一个新的游戏开发引擎，有开发商反映他们希望能集中精力开发游戏，Idea System正好可以为他们提供打造一个成功社交游戏项目所需的服务。”（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Idea Fabrik Announces Social Game Development, Business Platform

HeroEngine developer Idea Fabrik announced Idea System, a new development and business package for 3D social game development, which launches later this spring.

The Idea System package includes an in-browser 3D social game engine for creating games online and in real-time. It also offers an integrated server with hosting in worldwide data centers, as well as global billing and marketing support.

The platform is based on Idea Fabrik’s recently acquired HeroEngine (originally created by Simutronics), which has been licensed for large-scale MMOs like Hero’s Journey, Faxion Online, and EA’s upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Idea Fabrik says it expanded HeroEngine’s engineering team to develop these new social game-specific tools that include browser plug-ins and a “massively scalable server architecture”.

Idea System is available to developers for no licensing cost, though it features a revenue sharing model that gives a 30 percent cut of net revenue to Idea Fabrik as payment for providing the suite of business services.

“During our early work on Idea System, we realized that the needs of social game developers went well beyond new game engine technology,” says Idea Fabrik COO and U.S. operations president Neil Harris.

Harris continues, “Developers keep telling us that they want to focus on building games, and Idea System provides them with everything they need to turn a great social game into a great business.” （source:gamasutra）