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An independent MMO project and aspiring planet partner. No affiliation to Entropia Universe at time of writing.


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====Planet Michael====

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Entropia Universe in a nutshell

Entropia Universe -formerly "Project Entropia"- is a MMOG/Virtual World consisting of the Entropia platform[1] developed and operated by Swedish Company Mindark PE AB[2] and several 'game worlds' called Planets that are authored and run by so called "Planet Partners"[1].

Currently there are five active planets: Planet Calypso, ROCKtropia, Next Island, Planet Arkadia and Planet Cyrene). Two more planets are in development and scheduled for release in 2013: Planet Toulan and Theryon Wars. The development of at least one more planet is supposed to be announced in 2013 and there is one more project (Planet Postmoderna) striving to become a Planet Partner.

In April 2009 Entropia Universe had 820,000 registered accounts[3] and Planet Calypso alone had an economic turnover of $422M USD in 2009[4].

Entropia Universe has hit the news several times due to sales of virtual objects for large sums of real money such as 100,000 USD for the Asteroid Space Resort that became known as Club NEVERDIE[5] or 330,000 USD for Crystal Palace Space Station[6].

Those figures are only possible because Entropia Universe is based on a Real Cash Economy (RCE), meaning the ingame currency Project Entropia Dollars (PED) has a fixed exchange rate of 10:1 to the USD and players can convert 'real world' cash into game currency as well as the other way round.

Entropia Universe key concepts

Real Cash Economy (RCE)

Entropia Universe' rather unique and basic feature is the "Real Cash Economy". The in-game currency "Project Entropia Dollars" (PED) has a fixed exchange rate of 10:1 with the US Dollar. Consequently every item, service or activity in the game has a value linked to the 'real world'.

(to do: EULA/ToU on virtual property)

Depositing

Money can be transfered into the game by the following methods:

  • PED Certificate holder front and back cover

  • PED Certificate holder inside

Further info on the Depositing page.

Withdrawing

It is also possible to withdraw money from the game. When withdrawing money the in-game PED are transfered to a regular bank account.

(to do: withdrawing minimum, fees)


Spending PED

(to do: Items, Ammo, Decay, Usage of Materials, Fees)

Earning PED

(to do: Sweating, Fruits & Stones, Missions, Oil rig, ...)

(to do: Trading, Piloting, Estates, ...)

(to do: Playing for profit, HOF's, ATH's, ...)


One World

"Unlike many other 3D virtual environments, Entropia Universe is not based on shards. This means that instead of duplicating content on servers, rather it is designed as one continuous world". "To achieve this hundreds of servers are connected to create open landscapes with seamless transitions and on-demand streaming."


CryEngine 2

  • before/after images
  • VU10

Entropia Universe Gameplay

For more detailed insights on specific topics please refer to the Entropia Universe Guide.

  • General
  • Avatar Management (creation, beauty, makeup, clothes,...)
  • Sweating
  • Hunting
    • PVP
  • Mining
  • Crafting
  • Missions

Entropia Universe features a mission system. So far there are 800+ Missions. Some of those missions can be completed without using any PEDs or Equipment.

  • Socializing
  • Vehicles
  • Space

Entropia Universe Planets

Planets run by Planet Partners in the Entropia Universe.

Planet Calypso

Planet Calypso is the first planet in the Entropia Universe. It is run by Mindark subsidiary First Planet Company, has been online since 2003, became profitable in 2004 and had an economic turnover of $422M USD in 2009. [4]


Continents Eudoria and Amethera, Asteroid Space Resort Club NEVERDIE, Crystal Palace Space Station

ROCKtropia

ROCKtropia (launched 2010)


Next Island

Next Island (2010)



Planet Arkadia

Planet Arkadia (launched 2011)

Planet Cyrene

Cyrene (2012)



Planet Toulan

Planet Toulan is an Arabian themed planet in development by Jordanian game developer Beladcom and supposed to launch in 2013.

Theryon Wars

Theryon Wars is an add to Entropia Universe by Spanish developer Pyxel Arts. It is supposed to launch in 2014 and focus more on space combat than the existing planets.

Unknown Planet

Planet Postmoderna

An independent MMO project and aspiring planet partner. No affiliation to Entropia Universe at time of writing.

Planet Michael

Universal Monsters Planet

Besides Planet Michael SEE Virtual Worlds were supposed to create another Universal Monsters Planet planet based on the Universal Studios Monsters and monster hunter Van Helsing. (((Source?))) Unfortunately also the Universal Monsters Planet will not be added to Entropia Universe since the partnership between MindArk and SEE Virtual Worlds has been terminated.(((Source?)))

Dotman, 2nd Earth, CRD Planet

CRD was supposed to craft a planet for Entropia Universe but unfotunately is not listed as a planet partner anymore.[1].
Unfortunately the head and promoter of the project at CRD died in June 2008[7].

Entropia Universe Milestones

  • Beta
  • Gold
  • Amethera
  • Treasure Island sale (2004)
  • Club NEVERDIE sale (2005)
  • name change
  • Shopping Malls sale
  • Banking Licences
  • FPC spin-off
  • New Avatar Creation System (2007)
  • CryEngine 2 migration (August 2009)
  • entropiaplanets.com ;) (September 2009)
  • Crystal Palace sale (December 2009)
  • Mission/Quest System (2010)
  • ROCKtropia (2010)
  • Vehicles (2010)
  • Next Island (2010)
  • Medusa's Head sale
  • Ancient Greece (2011)
  • Planet Arkadia (2011)
  • Space (2011)
  • Calypso Land Dees (2011)
  • Hunt The THING
  • Instances (2012)
  • Virtual Tycoon (2012)
  • New Avatar Creation System (2013)
  • TEN (2013]

Key Figures

  • Turnover

Number of players

  • Registered accounts
    In late 2010/early 2011 the number of registered accounts must have exceeded 1 Million
  • Active players
    there are highly speculative assumptions about the number of players, for example:
    • Average number of depositing players per month: 35650[8]
    • Average number of players online at any given time: 1150[9]

Virtual item sales

[10]

  1. 635,000 USD for Club NEVERDIE (Asteroid Space Resort), NEVERDIE selling it to various other Entropia Universe participants.[11]
  2. 330,000 USD for Crystal Palace Space Station by "Buzz Eric Lightyear" (Erik Novak) on December 28, 2009[6].
  3. 150,000 USD for the Monria (the moon) by "Modified Akoz Power" acting for a group of investor on 03 April 2013 (http://www.entropiaplanets.com/threads/moon-sold-for-150-000-in-entropia-universe.8997/)
  4. 99,900.10 USD for a bank / banking license by "Yuri iNTellect Efremov" representing the Russian Internet Payment Provider Moneta.ru on May 08, 2007[12][13]
  5. 95,000.20 USD for a bank / banking license by "Jolana Kitty Brice" on May 08, 2007[12][13]
  6. 94,338.40 USD Monria (the moon) purchased by Virtualsense Ltd on 26 November 2015
  7. 90,000 USD for a bank / banking license by "Jon NEVERDIE Jacobs" on May 08, 2007[12][13]
  8. 74,600.70 USD for Emerald Lakes Shopping Mall by "Onkel RobRoy Bob" on Dec 29, 2006[14]
  9. 70,067 USD for Port Atlantis Shopping Mall by "Epsilon Eps Vaz" on Dec 29, 2006[14]
  10. 69,696.9 USD for Item:Unique Green Atrox Queen Egg by "Zachurm Deathifier Emergen" (David Storey) who bought it from "Jon NEVERDIE Jacobs" on Febuary 01, 2010, making it the most expensive portable virtual object.(to do: exact date)[15]
  11. 60,0000 USD for a bank / banking license by "Baroness Anshe Chung" on May 08, 2007[12][13]

(Extrapolation of the list of most expensive items.)


Technical Details

Systems Requirements:

Very High Settings
  • Internet Connection: ADSL or better
  • Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
  • Computer Processor: Intel I7 / AMD Phenom II
  • Computer Memory: 4096 MB RAM or more
  • Graphics Card (with latest drivers): NVIDIA GeForce 285 / ATI Radeon 4870 or better
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c or later
  • Sound Device: Direct X compatible sound device
  • Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768 pixels
  • Hard Drive Space: 10 GB of free space
High Settings
  • Internet Connection: ADSL or better
  • Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
  • Computer Processor: Intel Core duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 Series or better
  • Computer Memory: 2048 MB RAM or more
  • Graphics Card (with latest drivers): NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Series or better / ATI Radeon 2900 series or better.
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c or later
  • Sound Device: Direct X compatible sound device
  • Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768 pixels
  • Hard Drive Space: 10 GB of free space
Medium Settings

These requirements should be considered the minimum system requirements for Entropia Universe:

  • Internet Connection: ADSL or better
  • Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
  • Computer Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.8g hz or AMD Athlon 64 Series or better
  • Computer Memory: 2048 MB RAM or more
  • Graphics Card (with latest drivers): NVIDIA GeForce 7800 Series or better / ATI Radeon 1900 series or better.
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c or later
  • Sound Device: Direct X compatible sound device
  • Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768 pixels
  • Hard Drive Space: 10 GB of free space
Low Settings

If your system falls below the Medium Settings requirement you may still be able to participate in Entropia Universe, but your visual experience will be hampered. If you use Medium Settings on a system below Medium Settings requirements, you may suffer from low frame rate. If you use Low Settings, there may be artifacts such as white texture-less avatars, no ground vegetation, short draw distance and no shadows.


Please note that support is not given on technical issues deriving from a computer that only handles the Low Settings.


Entropia Universe Controversies

Terra Nova Affair

[16] [17] [18] [19]

Entropia Universe Media

Videos


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Screenshots

Entropia Universe articles

Press releases, news and magazine articles featuring Entropia Universe
2007

Links, references, contributors, other sources, categories


  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 www.entropiaplatform.com, official website about the Entropia Platform
  2. ↑ www.mindark.se, official website of Mindark
  3. ↑ ftp://ftp.mindark.se/pr/MindArk_HP_Benzler_Tech.pdf , "Virtual World Developer MindArk to use Latest HP Server Technology for CryENGINE 2 Upgrade", original press release by Mindark as of April 1, 2009
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 MINDARK´S VIRTUAL WORLD PLATFORM SEES FIRST INDEPENDENT PARTNER LAUNCH, official press release by Mindark as of April 07, 2010.
  5. ↑ ftp://ftp.mindark.se/pr/October-26-2005.pdf , US FILM-MAKER PAYS US $100,000 FOR VIRTUAL REAL ESTATE IN THE LARGEST VIRTUAL PURCHASE EVER, original press release by Mindark as of October 26, 2005
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Crystal Palace - And the winner is..., article on entropiaplanets.com
  7. ↑ CRD's Robert Lai Passes Away, www.virtualworldsnews.com, June 28, 2008, via archive.org
  8. ↑ Number of active players revealed
  9. ↑ Number of active players revealed
  10. ↑ Only transactions via the in-game Auction System or handled by Entropia Universe operator MindArk are valid and listed
  11. ↑ And the Asteroid goes to article on entropiaplanets.com
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 [1], "VIRTUAL WORLD ENTROPIA UNIVERSE ISSUE FIRST EVER VIRTUAL BANKING LICENSES FOR $400,000", original press release by Mindark as of May 08, 2007
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 In order to get the virtual banks operational each owner must add $100,000 as operational capital. So one could add license cost and operational capital to reflect the total investment.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 [2], "US$179,668 PAID FOR VIRTUAL REAL ESTATE IN ENTROPIA UNIVERSE, MARKING THE LARGEST PURCHASES IN ENTROPIA OF 2006.", original press release by Mindark as of January 03, 2007
  15. ↑ Aahhh... the EGG and Deathifier, announcement by "Zachurm Deathifier Emergen" on entropiaplanets as of Febuary 06, 2010
  16. ↑ Project Entropia, article on terranova.blogs.com, 03 May 2006
  17. ↑ Mindark, I’m sorry..., article on terranova.blogs.com, May 18 2006
  18. ↑ Will you be paying with Project Entropia Dollars or pounds sterling, sir?, article on guardian.co.uk, 17 May 2006
  19. ↑ 'Project Entropia' publisher goes after law professor, article on cnet.com, 18 May 2006



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