Worlds Adrift
| Worlds Adrift | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Bossa Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Bossa Studios |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) | 2017 |
| Genre(s) | MMO sandbox |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Worlds Adrift is a massively multiplayer sandbox video game, set in a vast universe that is permanently changed by players' actions. Developed and published by Bossa Studios, the game is expected to be released on PC through Steam in 2017.[1]
Gameplay
Players can explore the game's vast open world of floating islands, where every element has its own weight and physics. Worlds Adrift allows the player to harvest resources and build a sky ship to traverse the world. Due to the game's focus on physics, features of the ship such as the number of engines and placement of wings will have an effect on the ship's handling, fuel consumption and combat. [2]
Development
Worlds Adrift was announced by Bossa Studios on December 19th, 2014 [3] by Henrigue Olifiers, Bossa Studios' Gamer-in-Chief. [4] The concept for the game came from a game jam event,[5]
The game's complex persistent world is made possible by a new cloud-based operating system called SpatialOS created by UK-based company Improbable.[6] SpatialOS allows a simulated world, with a day and night cycle, to be inhabited by millions of complex entities in real-time. These worlds can span massive regions of space, contain millions of individually simulated entities with complex behavior, and run across thousands of servers in the cloud.[7]
Reception
Despite still being in development, Worlds Adrift was referred to as "The Minecraft for a new generation" by Angus Morrison at Edge magazine.[8] Brandin Tyrrel at IGN also cited the game as "Worlds Adrift is one of the most ambitious physics game I’ve ever seen."[9]
References
- ↑ Olivetti, Justin. "Worlds Adrift gears up for an exciting 2016". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "Soar the island-filled skies of Worlds Adrift". Destructoid. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "Worlds Adrift is a physics-based multiplayer game from the I Am Bread studio". pcgamer. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "Surgeon Simulator dev reveals physics-based multiplayer game Worlds Adrift". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "How Surgeon Simulator and I am Bread Were Made". GameSpot. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "Time to get real: massively complex online worlds transcend gaming (Wired UK)". Wired UK. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ Russell, Jon. "Improbable Launches Spatial OS, An Operating System For Next-Level Data Simulation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ↑ "Edge 287: Just Cause 3 sparks a revolution for open-world action games". gamesradar. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ Tyrrel, By Brandin. "Worlds Adrift: The Most Ambitious Pirate Game Since Black Flag". IGN. Retrieved 2016-05-04.