Worldstart

Worldstart

Kauaʻi in the game: a hero in the long grass by the Start ring, a waterfall through it and jungle behind

Build islands. Race for treasure.

A fantasy island builder and team treasure race. Land with friends, fight monsters and rival teams with swords, bows and magic, and claim the gold. Then design a raid for your friends to try.

Early playtest. Download the published build below, expect rough edges, and tell us what breaks.

Race for the treasure

Land with your team, cross an island full of monsters and rival players, and claim the gold before anyone else does. That’s PvPvE: your team against both other teams and the world.

Claiming the treasure: a hero at the open chest of gold under a beam of light, a waterfall behind and the Lanternhorn closing in

A race across the island

Teams of four, 32 players a raid. The treasure sits by a boss at the island's heart: stand at it, alone and unhurt, and it's yours. Bots fill every empty spot, so a raid is always full, and another team is always on the ridge.

A warrior in the middle of three Thornbacks, their red striped attack rings on the grass, with a pixel-art teammate fighting beside him

Fights with weight

Swords, bows and magic. Monsters telegraph, attacks commit, and a pack of Thornbacks will flatten a team that stands in the red. Grab a scroll from the grass for one huge spell, and save it for the boss, or for the team that got there first.

Players in Start Plaza under the rainbow totem, beside the portals

Meet your team in Start Plaza

Find your friends, pick a team and head out to a raid. Everyone looks different here: a pixel ninja, a low-poly ranger and an anime mage on the same bench.

A farm to come home to

Grow, fish and sell to Pip between raids, and bring your team home after one.

Looks, not levels

No grinding for power. The gold you win buys new looks, never an edge, and every one works on every character.

Build the world

Design the next treasure race, test it with bots, and build the game alongside other players.

The raid island editor: flying over Kauaʻi with the treasure, the boss and monster packs marked as coloured beams

Build the islands

The current editor starts with Kauaʻi. From your farm, lay out the treasure, team landings, monsters and scrolls. Ask the builder for a change in plain words, or place it yourself. Press T to test the layout with bots. More island variety and wider building tools are in development.

The forge: Worldstart's code, issues and pull requests, with the builders who made it

Build the game, with your agent

Worldstart is built with its players. Connect your AI agent through the forge to propose new monsters, new looks and fixes as your character. Contributions go through review before release, and accepted work carries its builder's name.

Open the forge · Connect your agent

Who you'll be

Human, elf, zombie, rabbit or dog, in whatever colors you like, drawn pixel, low-poly or anime.

Human
Wood Elf
Dark Elf
Zombie
Rabbit
Shiba Inu
Golden Retriever
Gray Wolf

Concept art by Mike. Every one of them is playable today; the game draws them its own way.

What's new

See what’s changed in the latest released build.

  1. Version 0.25.7

    Quicker arrivals

    A spared rival getting up beside your team
    A spared rival getting up beside your team
    • Heroes coming into view now take half the work to appear, so a rival team cresting the ridge doesn't nudge your frame rate.
  2. Version 0.25.6

    Smooth fights

    A fight with pups on the way to the treasure
    A fight with pups on the way to the treasure
    • Fights no longer stutter every time a monster winds up an attack. Its warning on the ground used to stall the game for a moment; now it's drawn without the wait, looking just as before.
  3. Version 0.25.5

    Carry it home

    Carrying the treasure, from behind
    Carrying the treasure, from behind
    And as a rival sees you coming
    And as a rival sees you coming
    • The treasure you carry is now a real treasure chest held over your head: its lid open a crack, gold spilling out, coins and gems piled on top, and a warm glow, so everyone can see who has it from across the island.
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It's an early playtest. Come play, and tell us what breaks.