The simple answer is yes, if you want to keep your game alive. Many games have seen the amount of user’s online rise after adding an in-game chat; this has helped their game to become bigger and more successful.

User’s are more likely to stay if the game has an in-game chat which is built into the game and also has active members, new members like this simply because they can talk to the game owners, the staff and also other members.

So how should I setup in-game chat?

There are number of ways you could do it, but the simplest way is to get in contact with an IRC Network who will allow you to host your own chat channel for free on their server. We recommend iPocalypse, not just because they host CE Chat but also because of the friendly service and the nice community they have.

I want to use iPocalypse chat what do I do?

Firstly go to CE Chat then follow the instructions found here (if it asks you to register your nick go here). Then go here to add your chat to your site. You can also connect to your chat channel using mIRC, XChat or IceChat

For more information on how to use IRC these guides may help:

• Learn IRC in less than 1 hour!
• iPocalypse IRC Commands
• IRC Beginner