Having started life as NFT Worlds before becoming HYTOPIA, the blockchain gaming project is reinventing itself again.
Its latest incarnation is Far Worlds, a block-based adventure RPG pitched as a return to its original vision, built using its own technology. The announcement comes more than six months after HYTOPIA’s games platform shut down because it ran out of funds.
It’s another turn in a complicated history. NFT Worlds originally built its ecosystem around Minecraft, before Mojang’s 2022 blockchain ban forced the team to develop its own infrastructure. That evolved into HYTOPIA and the associated Hychain blockchain. Far Worlds now suggests a more focused ambition: concentrating on a particular game and its economy.
The team explicitly cites Minecraft, RuneScape and Path of Exile as inspirations,
