Onverse

The only real hitch comes down to the Mac mouse -- Onverse requires two-button functionality while the Mac mouse is designed for one.

PCWorld 2010

Designer Steve Pierce, a Sony Online Entertainment design manager behind EverQuest II, brought Onverse to life with four other artists and engineers on a "shoe-string budget", creating a virtual world that he describes as "much more of a game environment than many of our chat-only competitors."

PCWorld 2010

Onverse is such a new concept that the developers are literally making it up as they go along, but the rapid development during the past six months in beta suggests great things for its official launch.

PCWorld 2010

Onverse, launched in beta last June, brings social networking into 3D, then spices it up with avatars, interior decorating, and mini games you can play against your friends.

PCWorld 2010

What makes Onverse unique from other online virtual worlds is the ability to play mini games against fellow users, in addition to the general chatting and avatar development of its competitors.

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The version 0.6 software is downloadable for free at Onverse. com, where players can create avatars, fill out their profiles, and search for friends to add.

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Judging by how difficult it is to find a free, available apartment, it's safe to say that Onverse is already heavily populated.

PCWorld 2010

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Pierce's team developed Onverse using the cross-platform Torque Game Engine, putting it on the short list of MMO's available to Mac users.

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Because Pierce's background is in MMO (massively multiplayer online) development, Onverse is designed to appeal to experience gamers, but it is also intuitive enough for the uninitiated.

PCWorld 2010