Eco Alpha Test Begining For Backers November 23rd

Kickstarter-funded MMO Eco will begin its first test for alpha-tier backers beginning on November 23, 2015. The announcement is packaged with a series of gameplay changes, such as skill mechanic integration into crafting and basic farming mechanics. The laws system and crafting table models have also been improved.

Eco introduces a fascinating concept that embeds player in their environment rather than as the dominant species. The entire ecosystem's survival depends on players who must create a functioning society with edicts to thrive. Every NPC animal will live out a life-cycle: "hunting, feeding, reproducing." And humans, while forced to take from the environment to survive, have to live harmoniously with the ecosystem or risk destroying themselves. Even external threats such as meteors threaten the world.

A player-run economy, an environment that respond to every action, pollution, and a democratic player-society culminate in a tool that seems perfect to teach children while being fun.

You can read the full announcement on the Eco Kickstarter page. Alpha backers can to their by visiting the game's website.