Crowded Kingdoms

The world's first true single-shard, massively multiplayer gaming platform with no limits on player population or density.

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About Crowded Kingdoms

Crowded Kingdoms is a single shard, massively multiplayer, online gaming platform that is free to play. Prototyping began in the second half of 2024 with the alpha release for the single shard technology expected to launch in January of 2025. Platform features will come online throughout 2025. When the platform is complete, creators will be able to create any kind of gaming experience with no limits on player population or density.

Starting in the pre-alpha, the game world became public, persistent, and shared by all players (single shard). Players have the option of building in their own private chunks or in the anarchy quadrant.

Revolutionary Technology

True Single Shard

All players share one continuous world with no limitations on movement, density, or population.

Unlimited Player Density

Advanced GPU rendering allows 100K+ players to be visible within the same viewing distance.

Proximity Voice Chat

Chat with players near you in a natural way, enabling new social experiences and emergent gameplay.

Massive Buildable Space

Maps have an addressable space that is greater than the observable universe.

Full Mod.io Integration

Built as a platform for creators to design any gaming experience without traditional multiplayer limitations.

Private Regions

Build in your own private space or join the anarchy quadrant for collaborative construction.

The Problem

One of the biggest limitations in online games has been the need to shard, or separate, the player community into small enough groups that an individual server (or cluster of servers) could handle. Every current MMO has had to introduce limitations to player population, density, or movement. Sometimes the limitations are hidden in game mechanics, sometimes they are explicitly part of the onboarding process a player experiences when loading the game.

Our Solution

We're changing that with our True Single Shard technology (TSS). Our vision is to build a platform that lets creators share any kind of gaming experience with the world without any kind of limitation. Creators will design their own objects, textures, mechanics, etc. and build games on par with anything else out there, but without being limited to a small number of players at a time.

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Installation Instructions

Windows Installation
MSI Installer
  1. Download the MSI file
  2. Double-click the downloaded file to run the installer
  3. Follow the installation wizard prompts
  4. Launch the game from the Start Menu or desktop shortcut
  5. You will need an email address to register an account
Portable ZIP/EXE
  1. Download the ZIP file
  2. Extract the ZIP file to a folder of your choice
  3. Run the executable file from the extracted folder
  4. No installation required - the game runs from the extracted folder
  5. You will need an email address to register an account
macOS Installation
DMG Installer
  1. Download the DMG file
  2. Double-click the downloaded DMG file to mount it
  3. Drag the Crowded Kingdoms app to your Applications folder
  4. Launch the game from your Applications folder
  5. You will need an email address to register an account
Portable ZIP/APP
  1. Download the ZIP file
  2. Extract the ZIP file to a folder of your choice
  3. Right-click the app and select "Open" (first time only)
  4. No installation required - the game runs from the extracted folder
  5. You will need an email address to register an account

Getting Started

Things You Can Do Right Now:

  • Explore the Anarchy Quadrant: Starting at the Origin Sphere, the anarchy quadrant includes chunks with negative X and Y addresses where all players can create and destroy voxels freely.
  • Use Voice Chat: Press the escape key and click the speaker and microphone buttons to enable proximity voice chat and talk with nearby players.
  • Explore a Vast World: The game world is virtually infinite with more buildable space than the observable universe. Teleport to any coordinates and build something unique!

Development Roadmap

SS-1 (Completed)

Server: 10K+ players
Client: 100+ players in view

SS-2 (Completed)

Server: 10K+ players
Client: 10K+ players in view

SS-3

Server: 50K+ players
Client: 50K+ players in view

SS-4

Server: 100K+ players
Client: 100K+ players in view

SS-5

Server: 1M+ players
Client: 1M+ players in view

SS-6

Server: No limit to player population
Client: 1M+ players in view

VGO-1 (Completed)

Texture pack 1: 255 solid colors

VGO-2 (Completed)

Voxels with 6 unique faces and rotation
Texture pack 2: 255 assorted textures

VGO-3

Advanced Materials

VGO-4

Player made texture packs

VGO-5

Basic game objects

VGO-6

Player made game objects

COMMS-1 (Completed)

Proximity voice chat
Good audio quality
Fixed distance of 2 chunks

COMMS-2 (Completed)

Proximity text chat
Fixed distance of 2 chunks

COMMS-3

Chat proximity configurable up to 8 chunks

COMMS-4

Private chat
Team chat

Known Issues

  • When building voxels, its pretty easy to build a voxel around yourself and get trapped. Use the teleport tool to get free.
  • When falling from a high enough height, chunk loading is sometimes slow enough where the chunk will load with the player inside. Use the teleport tool to get free.

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https://discord.gg/crowdedkingdoms

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