Interview: Pioneers of New Dawn: Making The MMO's Living World Feel Real

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With the recent reveal that players will soon be able to shape their world Pioneers of New Dawn, we talked to the developers about building this new world.

Pioneers of New Dawn is a unique proposition on the MMO landscape, an MMO that eschews the progression grind and tries to really build a new world. That same hyperbola is all too often spouted at the opening sword swing or early launch of a new game, but things are somewhat different this time. Developed by a team with EVE Online and The Sims at their back, Arctic Theory isn’t asking you to brandish an exalted weapon or survive a raiding party. Instead, it’s all about cooperation in a uniquely persistent realm.

The idea that a bunch of ex-EVE developers might want to construct something that puts down the mass accelerators in favor of more constructive endeavors doesn’t seem entirely unreasonable. After all, the achievements of player Corporations when they’re not busy blowing up space stations or politicking themselves into oblivion are extraordinary. You need to take a look at the latest EVE battle reports to see what they’re capable of building. The Sims, however, might seem strange until you realize that Pioneers of New Dawn is all about building your legacy.

Players are at the core of this upcoming MMORPG. Gísli Konráðsson, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Arctic Theory, described the aims of this ambitious new title.

“We’re trying to bring back some of the experiences that people had in the early MMO games, where most of the content is the people you're playing with. You can never write code that is as good as the interactions between players. The world of Pioneers of New Dawn is the sandbox, and we’re giving players a bunch of tools to tell their own