Authoritative servers
The server owns the world and decides outcomes. The client only sends intentions, so balances, inventory and movement cannot be forged.
Ishtaria – a virtual planet of your own
Explore a persistent planet with a fully customisable avatar. Every server hosts an independent world; portals connect worlds that have agreed to trust each other.
What it is
Federated worlds
No central universe and no blockchain. Servers make bilateral agreements and hand players over through discrete, signed portals.
Procedural planet
Terrain is generated deterministically from a seed. Only the changes players make are stored.
Open source
Server, client, generator, content and protocol are open. Run your own world and tell stories on it with datadisks.
Project status
Ishtaria is under active development. Accounts, character creation, walking, gathering, towns and story datadisks work; first physical landing, sailing and federation handovers are not finished yet. Expect rough edges.