#Planet calypso software#

Items can also be crafted for use or for sale to other players. Nearly all of the main in-game activities require expendable resources which must be purchased. The game can be played for free, but spending money on the in-game currency allows significant additional options like purchasing items, skills, deeds/shares, and services from other players. The game has been described as dedicated to capitalism rather than quality of gameplay, and connecting the in-game labor with real world profits, in which sense it can be seen as a spiritual precursor to the play to earn model. This was then eclipsed in November 2010 when Jon Jacobs sold a club named 'Club Neverdie' for $635,000 this property was sold in chunks, with the largest sold for $335,000. In 2009, a virtual space station, a popular destination, sold for $330,000. The Entropia Universe is a direct continuation of Project Entropia.Įntropia Universe entered the Guinness World Records Book in both 20 for the most expensive virtual world objects ever sold. dollars according to the fixed exchange rate, minus transaction fees.

This means that virtual items acquired within Entropia Universe have a real cash value, and a participant may, at any time, initiate a withdrawal of their accumulated PED back into U.S. dollars at a fixed exchange rate of 10:1.

#Planet calypso software#

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game, first-person shooterĮntropia Universe is a massively multiplayer online (MMORPG) virtual universe designed by the Swedish software company MindArk, based in Gothenburg.Įntropia uses a micropayment business model, in which players may buy in-game currency (PED - Project Entropia Dollars) with real money that can be redeemed back into U.S.