EVE Online developer CCP Games has dropped some preliminary particulars about Project Awakening, its forthcoming blockchain recreation set within the EVE universe. Extra broadly, the information additionally reveals the place the sport developer of 21 years is heading.
“Designed with player empowerment at its heart, Project Awakening is being developed as a single-shard survival experience built upon the principles of freedom, consequence, and mastery within a living universe. A universe that will evolve from the actions and efforts of its players,” as per the announcement.
First up, the studio has scheduled its subsequent closed playtest, Section III, which can begin twenty first Might.
Being extra than simply one other playtest nevertheless, Section III will enable gamers to have interaction with programmable recreation methods and construct their very own options and performance inside the world, just like how Playmint’s Downstream and a number of different totally onchain video games invite their communities into the event course of.
To that time, CCP has additionally introduced that the sport will probably be constructed on Lattice’s MUD framework, which is designed for totally onchain video games working on Ethereum and EVM blockchains. Whereas utilizing CCP’s inhouse cross-platform Carbon Improvement Platform for the frontend, the developer additionally emphasises its intention to make Project Awakening an open supply undertaking as a part of its dedication to decentralization.
“We have been co-developing games with players for over 20 years: by making the Carbon Development Platform open source we are now taking the next step in this journey. Our vision is to open up game development to everyone. Whether you are a player, a developer, or a programmer, we want to empower you in building virtual worlds. As part of this, we are excited to reveal the first details about Project Awakening, which embodies this philosophy. Players will have a new series of tools at their disposal to add their own features and functionality to the experience,” commented CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson.
Project Awakening is described as a single-shard survival recreation set in a darkish and dystopic a part of house the place humanity has come to destroy and fights to outlive whereas rebuilding a damaged world. In March 2023, CCP introduced it had raised $40 million for the event of the sport.
Customers fascinated with making use of for the playtest, can join right here.
