The shard itself is a relatively small area, currently built to sustain 34 players the plan is to have shards that can support 64 players, although there is also consideration for shards that can hold up to 128 players. These shards can be individual because every one is an alternate reality. But how do these ideas hold up in practice? Last week I sat down with Citadel Studios co-founder Derek Brinkmann to witness a demonstration of Shards Online and talk all about the plans for the game.īrinkmann, who was a lead developer for Ultima Online for seven years, explained that the eponymous shards are personally run worlds. And how about a world where gameplay unfolds around players as they explore rather than offers questing on rails? What if you want a hardcore world where survival is for the fittest? Mm-hmm, starving to death is an option, as is permadeath. Do you want a fantasy world where you can boot those who ruin immersion? You got it! What about the ability to take over mobs and fight the players while spouting personalized comments? Yup, that too. Lucky for you, in Shards Online, you'll be able to do precisely that!Īnnounced last month, this upcoming sandbox by former Mythic Entertainment devs is built on the premise that players will run the majority of the virtual worlds how they want to.

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