Our latest coverage of Bitcraft.
BitCraft, the community-driven sandbox MMO from Clockwork Labs that’s been running in early access, just pushed an update aimed at making its first open-world dungeon feel less like a race for last-hit credit and more like a shared adventure. The team has added dynamic boss scaling and a new contribution-based loot model so larger groups won’t melt encounters or leave [...]
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The dust has settled on BitCraft’s second closed alpha test, and Clockwork Labs is singing a triumphant tune. With 6,452 players carving their names (and empires) into the vast world, the test was a smashing success, thanks in no small part to a brand-new feature: Empires! Clockwork reports that a whopping 50 empires rose during the test, showcasing the upcoming [...]
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If you missed out on BitCraft’s first alpha test last month, Clockwork Labs has confirmed another round of testing next month with a greater chance of getting an invite. Alpha 2 is being billed as a fixer-upper build that will address all feedback gathered and incorporate everything that the team learned from the not-a-blockchain game sandbox MMO’s previous alpha test. [...]
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Clockwork Labs is making it clear once again that BitCraft is in no way associated with cryptocurrency, blockchain, Web 3, or NFTs despite its title. The upcoming survival crafting MMORPG is apparently seeing an uptick in interest after crypto trading platform Binance and other crypto-related platforms announced its Alpha release next month and the studio wants to set the record [...]
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Clockwork Labs is taking a big step in BitCraft’s development as the studio begins using actual player accounts in preparation for the sandbox MMORPG’s closed alpha tests. It’s also locked in April 2 as the start date for the playtest and has begun handing out the “secret item” that it promised its pre-alpha backers now that permanent player accounts are [...]
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Clockwork Labs is slowly and surely gaining headway in the development of its social sandbox MMORPG, BitCraft. The studio’s latest dev blog talks up the progress it’s made and the challenges it faced as it prepares for closed alpha testing. One of the major milestones that the studio achieved is getting the game to run on its in-house SpacetimeDB engine. [...]
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The big bosses of Clockwork Labs sat down for a new Bitcraft developer video where they dive into the intricacies of the upcoming sandbox MMO’s design. The video doesn’t include gameplay footage, but it does offer insight into what players can and can’t do within its terraformable world, courtesy of game director Carter Minshull and CTO Alessandro Asoni. According to [...]
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A new year has officially started and the BitCraft dev team is celebrating the occasion with an extremely technical blog on the game’s building and terraforming system, and an even more technical video on its first alpha test. Yay! First up is the blog which goes into specific detail about how the game world is generated. In case you’re wondering, [...]
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Clockwork Labs CEO Tyler Cloutier and Game Director Carter Minshull shares more information about BitCraft in a new developer video. In the video, the game’s top brass talk about the upcoming social sandbox MMORPG’s origins, its overall gameplay design, and pre-alpha testing. According to Cloutier, Clockwork Labs started out as a company called Sky Lab in 2017. They were originally [...]
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If you’re expecting to have a quick wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am affair with BitCraft when it launches early next year, it unfortunately won’t be that type of game. Developer Clockwork Labs says that its committed to ensuring the game’s longevity and permanence by making players put in the leg work before they see any real progress. According to Clockwork’s latest dev blog, the [...]
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