Sci-fi Sandbox Dual Universe Announced As The First "Boundless" MMO

Sci-fi Sandbox Dual Universe Announced As The Kickoff "Dizzying" MMO

Paris-based indie studio Novaquark announced today the development of Dual Universe, a sandbox Sci-fi game for PC which will employ unique technology to go the first "boundless" MMORPG.

Played in kickoff person view, Dual Universe takes place in a vast realistic universe made of millions of planets, and focuses on emergent collective gameplay based around exploration, mining, crafting, trade, politics and warfare.

The concept of Dual Universe is described by Novaquark as a "Boundless MMO": based on an innovative server technology called CSSC (Continuous Single-Shard Cluster), the game enables everybody to play in the same globe, at the aforementioned fourth dimension, without any slicing of the game universe into instances or zones. In addition, for the offset fourth dimension in a single-shard MMO, the world is entirely modifiable and an unlimited number of players will be free to build together, cooperate or compete. The focus has been made on giving the keys back to the MMORPG fans: using the building blocks provided past the game, the in-game community will make the choices and create the content they will play in.

Developer Novaquark sports a team of 25 with veterans from Ubisoft, Sony, Apple and Aldebaran Robotics. Founder Jean-Christophe Baillie is an expert in Bogus Intelligence and Robotics, having worked for Sony CSL and as Chief of Science & Technology at Aldebaran Robotics (creators of the Nao Robot). He released the following statement:

I am a huge fan of games similar Eve Online and Space Engineers. I took inspiration from such games to imagine what could exist the future of the MMO experience: a continuous world with planets, huge edifice possibilities, social and political aspects, but without the boundaries that so ofttimes restrict the gameplay. This thought needs a lot of tech and emergent game design that is non so far from AI and other fields I'm familiar with. And so, I got a first paradigm working back in 2022, and Novaquark was born before long after.

An Alpha version volition be bachelor at the beginning of 2022. Hither's a list of features, though you tin find out even more about Dual Universe from the official site.

Gameplay Features

Boundless Massively Multiplayer Game: potentially millions of players can share the same universe at the same fourth dimension. One world, no boundaries, no zones, no instances.
Rich emergent gameplay mechanisms enable players to create their own societies.
Fully editable world: dig, deploy, craft, create and shape almost everything.
Behemothic player-made ships and constructions tin be inhabited and host big crews.
Immersive get-go person view in a futuristic sci-fi universe.
Realistic in-game economy (based on market orders and financial tools).
Scriptable constructions (ships, buildings, etc) using LUA: players tin can build their ain piloting, AI or factory automation.

Technological Features

Continuous Single-Shard Cluster: the technology behind the "Boundless" MMO arroyo.
Procedurally generated planets, revealed as players explore farther and further.
25cm precision voxel technology to modify the environment or construct buildings/ships
Unlimited LOD (Level Of Detail) technology allows planet-sized construction to be built
64bit Planetary Engine: Smooth transitions from planet surfaces, through temper and into space with no limits to how far the histrion can travel or come across.