I talked about some of the Metatropolis rendering tricks back in 2009 during my procgen city project.Īt 1:44, you can see a streetlamp on a corner. I realize the Metaverse is a bit cringe and out-of-touch today, but I made Metatropolis in 1997 when this stuff was still sort of hip and forward-looking. In my defense, the book was a lot more relevant in 1997 than it is today. Like Facebook’s Metaverse, I named the place after the virtual world in Neal Stephenson‘s book Snow Crash. At the 1:20 mark, the author jumps to Metatropolis. I made some of the stuff you’ll see in this video. Then in 2001 I was moved to the programming staff and I began working on the software itself. In the 90s I did a little of everything: I made 3d models, created texture maps, built environments, provided tech support, and authored tools. I was pretty checked out by the time it was over, much more concerned with this website and the work I was doing at the Escapist. So my job sort of fizzled out rather than ending abruptly. For the last 6 months I was working part-time on again / off again. This software was my life for about 16 years, from 1994 to ~2011-ish. For more information, visit or follow Zynga on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or the Zynga blog.Recently someone sent me a link to this video, where the author takes us on a tour through my old stomping grounds: Active Worlds: The 27-Year-Old Virtual World You Haven’t Heard Of Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe and Asia. With Chartboost, a leading mobile advertising and monetization platform, Zynga is an industry-leading next-generation platform with the ability to optimize programmatic advertising and yields at scale. With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, Zynga has a diverse portfolio of popular game franchises that have been downloaded more than four billion times on mobile including CSR Racing™, Empires & Puzzles™, FarmVille™, Golf Rival™, Hair Challenge™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, High Heels!™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Toon Blast™, Toy Blast™, Words With Friends™ and Zynga Poker™. Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
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