Sims Creator Will Wright’s next game uses blockchain, not so interested in NFTs

Will Wright, the original creator of The Sims and Sims City, is working on a blockchain game called Voxverse.

Gala Games released a video yesterday, October 20, where Wright took the time to explain what the game will be like. Like many metaverse titles, Voxverse will be a sort of hub game, with Wright explaining “this is not only going to be a world for games, but also a place for other games to live. There will be portals to other Gala- game,” which Wright notes allows you to bring your Vox, the game’s avatars.

Essentially, it sounds like something similar to Roblox, the suffix -ox is not the only connection, but it is more of a home for a variety of things to do. Voxverse is based on a pre-existing line of Voxs from Gala Games, which so far have just been NFT avatars that, as usual, do nothing. However, if you own a Vox avatar, you will be able to use it in the Voxverse.

The game itself is being developed by Wright’s company Gallium Studios, in collaboration with Gala Games, who have themselves collaborated with some big names such as DreamWorks Trolls, of all things.

In an interview with Axios, Wright explained that he is “more interested in attracting a million free-to-play players,” than “10,000 rich whales,” to the project, but noted “we could use those rich whales.” Having a Vox is not a requirement to play the game, which is meant to attract players who are usually skeptical of blockchain titles that normally require spending disproportionate amounts of money on.

Voxverse will feature things like land ownership, which Wright envisions will appeal to a small number of wealthy players. He also wants to bring in two other groups of players, the second is an intermediate group that can be paid by the landowners to build things on the land, and the last group is the free-to-play players who live and play in the world.

Wright also told Axios that he “really doesn’t want to be in the business of selling NFTs,” while talking about his game selling NFTs, his main interest is apparently in the blockchain’s ability to allow secure transactions between players.

Voxverse doesn’t currently have any sort of release date, so if any of this appeals to you, you’ll have to wait a little while to try it out for yourself.