Raph Koster
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
There is loads of coverage: “Stars Reach: A Living Galaxy Sandbox MMORPG” Raises Over $200k on Kickstarter In 1 Hour – MMOs.com Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies’ “spiritual sequel” smashed its $200k Kickstarter target in under an hour, and the sci-fi fantasy MMORPG is now on track to double its goal Stars Reach (..)
Raph Koster
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
I just watched a couple of videos about sandbox vs themepark games (in particular one by NerdSlayer and another by Josh “Strife” Hayes )… One thing that struck me about the ways players often talk about this (because at this point the history is so old) is that people think of sandbox as the older version of MMOs, and themeparks as newer.
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Game Daily
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Pioneers of Pagonia is a fantasy city building and economy management game from Envision Entertainment. The demo is really trying to deliver an honest gameplay experience that captures the special feeling of sandbox, experimental gameplay. The development team is led by The Settlers original creator Volker Wertich.
Deconstructor of Fun
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The studio raised $25m in Oct’24 to develop a narrative sandbox game based on an original IP. a fantasy multiplayer RPG, but the project was shut down in May’24. However, by Feb’24, the company began layoffs, and Prytania Media was officially closed in Mar’24. The studio developed Project O.R.C.S.,
The Bottom Feeder
OCTOBER 9, 2024
A lot of people don't want sandboxes. Subscribe now Spiderweb Software creates turn-based, indie, old-school fantasy role-playing games. Minecraft is a strangely lovely thing to immerse yourself in, and it has no coherent story at all. People keep telling stories in games. When they enter a game, they want a finite experience.
Rampant Games
JULY 13, 2022
The game that should make you feel like a badass adventurer in a fantasy world ends up making you feel like a mute klutz wearing oversized mittens. The latter began as an RPG, I understand, but evolved into being more of a sandbox fighting simulator. Some of this is just the limitations of the technology. That’s fine.
Game Daily
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
“There’s a common thread between sandboxes and the whole metaverse thing, but I think it escaped the crypto folks who didn’t have enough background in the history of it all,” he said. However, the attempts by companies to yoke together metaverse and blockchain technologies has yet to find its full potential.
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