Planet Pass is an in-development multiplayer space exploration and resource management game from the Wanderverse. Wanderer NFT holders were given access to claim a free planet in January 2022. The planets have a dazzling array of unique traits that will be utilized in the upcoming game.
Planet Pass was announced August 18th, 2021 via tweet. Early summaries of the game described a passport stamp collecting game. Assets would be released on the polygon network and $STARDUST would be the games currency. The donut anomaly planet was the first previewed.
Lando Soundo provided music. Multiple elements of generative audio and music were applied to each planet related to the individual planets attributes.
Snapshot of Wanderer holders was taken December 20th, 2021. A free claim of planets and $DUST was launched on January 1st, 2022. The planet claim window was expanded multiple times and closed September 29th. On October 19th, the team announced they would commence with a phased redistribution of 1,980 unclaimed planets.
The planets have a wide number of attributes. Over 240 traits makes each of the 8,888 planets entirely unique. Each falls into a fairly even distribution of 16 factions. All planets may have cores, terrains, features, atmospheres and are set in space. Some have satellite features or different types of ships present, from moons to dogfights.
There are 36 known “anomalies” that are 1/1 unique planets with a special biome representing a resource, item, or setting, sometimes of a meme nature. These anomalies can be anything from generators or observatories to your midnight munchie snacks like pizza slices or boba tea.
Further details on planet traits and their usage in the Planet Pass are sparse. It is possible an old deciphered transmission referring to “13 excavated remains of the extinct” could be a possible clue about “ancient bones” or “burial” features. It is hypothesized hive planets are related to the necessity of bees after Sol fell. One tweet did offer clues that guardian grids are dangerous for ships that lack photonic defense armor; “even a shattered grid can still fire on foreign targets”.
Planets Newman #1277, Arapennomy #4363, Hypenct #4860, Horkus 6 #5580, Flammagas #8378, Kessel #7800, Androhution #7631, and Planet X #5994 were all featured in the Wanderverse short film “Survival”.
In a July 13th Twitter spaces, the team dropped teaser information that it will be free for the public to visit planets to encourage outside visitors. There will be generative lore and players will be able to mint “postcards” based on visits. A split second view of the program itself was shown. It looked vastly different and far more advanced than any previous iterations formerly shown. Emerald reported on 8-1-22 that they had perfected gasless minting so visitors wouldn’t require matic for transactions in the game.
On 8-8-22, a discord game was launched with a simplified planet travel game. It was resource management based and location of your planets determined if you were affected by random wormhole openings. Weedium was an additional resource to dust. Tourist ratings affected gameplay. Players were able to purchase mining vessels and assault ships and attractions. The game had many bugs. On 8-13-22, the game was taken down and players who participated were promised special flare or a role in the web game version.