MMO World Design — Entropia Universe
MMO World Design — Entropia Universe
RockTropia was the first new planet built after Entropia Universe migrated to CryEngine — a rock-and-pop-culture world inside the real-cash-economy MMO, created with Jon "NEVERDIE" Jacobs and NEVERDIE Studios and launched in 2010. It's home to things like a King Kong adventure and Lemmy's Castle, built with Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister.
As Lead Designer I led a team of artists, animators, and world builders to design and build the planet in Crytek's Sandbox (CryEngine 2). It's still live in Entropia Universe today.
Why it matters: this was open-world MMO design at full scale — an entire persistent planet, with a real economy riding on it, built inside a game engine.
The build included
RockTropia was the first new planet built after Entropia Universe's migration to CryEngine — designed and constructed in Crytek's Sandbox, with a team of artists, animators, and world builders working at planetary scale.
The planet is a rock-and-pop-culture world — created with Jon "NEVERDIE" Jacobs and NEVERDIE Studios, and home to a King Kong adventure and Lemmy's Castle.
Every district had to work as an open, playable space inside a persistent MMO.
"Open-world MMO design at full scale — an entire persistent planet, with a real economy riding on it."
A real-cash economy means every beautiful space is also a functional, persistent game space — built, lit, and dressed in-engine.
Launched in 2010, RockTropia is still live in Entropia Universe today — a persistent planet inside the real-cash-economy MMO.
