Everywhere from Build a Rocket Boy is one of the most ambitious upcoming games we know about right now. Well, that is if you could even call it a ‘game’. More of a platform, toolkit, and metaverse for user-generated content, Everywhere looks to challenge the likes of Roblox and Fortnite.
Everywhere’s initial reveal at Gamescom Opening Night Live in 2022 was quite confusing to say the least, as a montage of Fortnite-like gameplay was followed up with a brief glimpse at something else with a totally different art style. Over time though, we’ve come to learn more about what could end up being one of the best games for creative and social players.
Everywhere developer
Everywhere is the debut project by Build a Rocket Boy, which is headed up by former Rockstar Games veteran Leslie Benzies. Benzies has worked on the majority of the Grand Theft Auto series, Red Dead Redemption, and many other Rockstar projects.
What is Everywhere?
Everywhere has been described as a lot of things by Build a Rocket Boy, but in essence it is a platform for user-generated content where anything from racing games to FPS games can be built using its extensive suite of tools, known as Arcadia.
A 15-minute demo video, which you can find a little further down this guide, showed off just how flexible and extensive Arcadia is. Assets range from single textures all the way up to big, pre-built environments and levels that you can summon into your creation.
Aside from being able to create your own experiences, Everywhere also a shared central hub called Utropia. From here, you can customize your personal avatar, enter Arcadia to build something new, search for experiences people have made, and socialize with other players. It’s essentially Everywhere’s own metaverse.
What is Mindseye?
The biggest cause of confusion when Everywhere was first revealed (and it still stumps some people today) is Mindseye. This has been shown off on a couple of occasions alongside Everywhere, but boasts a completely different art style.
Well, MindsEye basically sits as a separate game that Build a Rocket Boy has created, but one that’s accessible through Everywhere, even though BARB describes them as “two distinct AAA products”.
“MindsEye is the highly anticipated AAA, story-driven action adventure from Build A Rocket Boy. Embark on an epic new blockbuster journey set in a unique world, involving futuristic vehicles and weaponry, corporate and government conspiracies, and sinister new technologies,” the developer said in an announcement post when its official teaser trailer dropped.
Everywhere platforms
So far, Everywhere is only confirmed for PC. It has already had some alpha and beta tests on PC, so it’s absolutely locked in for launch on that platform.
As for consoles, it would be a big surprise for Everywhere to totally skip consoles, give that some of its major competitors like Roblox and Fortnite are available on platforms like PlayStation and Xbox. However, Build a Rocket Boy is yet to confirm all the platforms that the game will fully launch on, and hasn’t even commented on whether it hopes to be on consoles or not.
Everywhere gameplay
As mentioned, Everywhere is a community-driven sandbox game, with players being able to build experiences for others to play. This means that explaining what its gameplay will be like is quite difficult, as you will technically be able to find multiple genres and so many different types of experiences within the game.
The game’s initial reveal from Gamescom 2022, which you can watch below, gives you a quick taster of what you’ll be able to create and find in Everywhere.
Remember that the final piece of gameplay you see is specifically for MindsEye, the separate triple-A experience that Build a Rocket Boy is making that will be accessible through Everywhere. Everything else you see is built using the Arcadia toolkit.
The 15-minute demo video that we mentioned earlier is the best way to get a sense of what Arcadia is like to use and the amount of possibilities that you’ll have at your fingertips. You can watch it below.
It’s also been confirmed that character customization is in the game, at least for the personal avatar that you’ll be walking around the shared social space of Utropia with. It’s likely you’ll be able to use this avatar in the majority of user-generated experiences in Everywhere, but there may be some that are designed to put you in the shoes of someone (something different).
Despite initial speculation from players, Build a Rocket Boy has confirmed that the game is totally absent of NFTs, crypto, blockchain and Web3 aspects.
That’s everything we know about Everywhere right now. If community-created games are your bag, be sure to check out, check out this guide to the best Roblox games from our pals at PCGamesN.