MapleStory

Description
MapleStory is a free, two-dimensional, side-scrolling Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game developed by Wizet and distributed by various companies. The game takes place in the "Maple World," which players must defend against monsters. As in a typical online game, players can mold their characters to their liking by increasing their abilities and skills. Interaction between users is encouraged in a variety of ways, including chatting, trading, marriage and playing minigames.

Though the game is free to play, players may purchase various enhancements and upgrades in the Cash Shop using real money converted into NX.

Gameplay
Players will start their journey at Maple Island when they create their character. There are four different choices when making a character. You can choose between Explorers, Cygnus Knights, Aran, Evan, or Resistance. Depending on what type of character you pick, you will start at different places with a different tutorial. You can choose to change or keep the default key configuration. In the tutorial stage of the game, you will learn how to play the game. You will learn about stats, monsters, fighting, skills and much more. Leveling up in the beginning will be easy with the starter quests, however you may also chose to ignore the quests. Some quests are not avoidable though. You can play with others, trade, hang out, and much more. There are even special quests where you must play in a group, or a "party", as said in the world of Maple Story, called Party Quests.

Basic Terms

 * Mesos is the currency of the game. Mesos are dropped by monsters and can also be obtained through quests. You may also gain mesos by selling to shops within the game, or even to any player in the game willing to buy what you have to offer.
 * Fame is, in essence, a player rating determined by the community, and is also required to equip a certain Equipment. Players can increase or decrease one's fame. Players may only increase or decrease fame once a week and the same character once a month.
 * Quests are tasks that players are able to perform for Non-Player Characters, or NPCs, in exchange for a reward. There are many quests available to players, each having certain requirements that a player must meet before being able to start said quest.
 * Party Quests are quests that only allow a group of players in a party to complete them. This is a great way to make new friends and escape from quest grinding or training. Party Quests usually offer large amounts of experience points or useful Equipment to the players.
 * Monsters are the natural inhabitants of the Maple World. Players have to kill them to gain experience to level up, complete quests, collect items, or obtain mesos.
 * Maple TV originated from MapleSEA to decorate megaphones.
 * PvP is a new subject which a player can fight with other players. It has 3 modes.
 * Both UI and Music are important assets to MapleStory.

Locations
There are a number of explorable locations in MapleStory, each situated on the following areas: Maple Island, Victoria Island, El Nath Mts., Ludus Lake, Minar Forest, Mu Lung Garden, Nihal Desert, Temple of Time, Ereve, Rien and Edelstein.

Events
Events happen occasionally, usually to celebrate or commemorate a certain holiday, such as Christmas or Hanukkah. These events usually introduce special features to the game, such as new maps, new quests, and/or modified monsters.

JMS Credits
Director                   Sunyoung Hwang Lead Game design           Hyoungseon Kim Game designer              Hoon Lee Kyoungsu Kwak Sungjea Lee Hyejin Jeong Lead Programmer            Kion Kim Programmer                 Junsik Choi Seunghyun Yang Junki Kwon Yesik Wang Youngjin Choi Yeon Park Hanming Jung Art Director               Yosoon Jang Lead Graphic Designer      Hyeyoung Shin Kiyeop Chung Kihee Chang Cutscene Designer          Eunah Jang Game Art                   Jayoung Kim Seunghyeon Shin Seunguk Kang Sunmi Lee Jihyun Song Haekeung Kwon Hyojin Eom Otsuka Maiko Kato Saori Sakaguchi Yuki Coordinator                Inkyoung Cho Business & Marketing       Youngmi Min Hyojin Kim Hayoung Ryu Lead QA                    Susung Ko                             Jangho Jeong Licensing Manager          Jungah Kim Yoojin Oh Game Operating Manager     Nakanishi Keita Game Operator              Itoi Shiori Koshiishi Eri Yumiko Shimazu Maeyama Hiroki Fugita Naoko Localization               Jiyoun Lee Marketter                  Nei Nishino Web planner                Kawamura Shunsuke Producer                   Heeyoung Lee KMS Director & Producer        Hanbyeol Oh Lead System Engineer        Junyoup Kim System Engineer            Bonghoon Jung Marvin Hwang Yongcheol Shin Cholwoo Koh Sangyun Lee Seunghee Chae Lead Contents Developer    Yikwon Hwang Contents Developer         Jiwon Kim Jaehyuk Jin Sunghoon Kim Hyundong Kim Hyukun Kwon Sangmin Lim Eunpyo Hong Siheon Kim Yool Seong Cherjae Moon Hongbum Yoon Lead Game Promotion        Minkyung Lim Game Promotion             Nayeon Gong Sangjin Park Lead Graphic Designer      Kwanghyun Lim Senior Graphic Designer    Yousuk Oh                             Kyoseong Koo Soyeon Mun Jychul Shin Graphic Designer           Seunghu Jo                             Jinwon Hong Keeyoung Park Kyoungmin Lee Sangho Park Minkyu Lee Dooyoung An                            Minho Jang Minhee Joo Sunju Park Kyunghe Lee Jisung Han Jihyoun Oh                            Junhak Kim Juyoung Lee Youngsoo Moon Jisoo You Lead Game Designer         Sejun Go Game Designer               Yong Shin Spinel Minhee Choi Kyounghee Yoo Eungrai Kim Jinee Oh                            Okhyun Ko                             Miso Lee Yohan Son Junhoe Kim Jaekeun Shim Jinhoon Lee

Official game websites

 * MapleStory - Official MapleStory website
 * KoreaMS (IE only) - MapleStory South Korea
 * JapanMS - MapleStory Japan
 * ChinaMS - MapleStory China
 * TaiwanMS - MapleStory Taiwan
 * ThailandMS - MapleStory Thailand
 * MapleSEA - MapleStory South East Asia
 * GlobalMS - MapleStory Global
 * EuropeMS - MapleStory Europe
 * HongKongMS - MapleStory Hong Kong (merged with TaiwanMS as of 2010)