Metaplace is the 2d, isometric little version of Second Life. It is a world built on lua functionality, allowing players to add actions to any object in the world (pets, animals, stuff, etc) to bring life to their creations, set up their own games within the game, and build their own world. Metaplace was made by Metaplace Inc. You can display RSS feeds in your house, have your own in-game advertising, and create your own effects.
Metaplace is also the second title that will be shutting down on the first day of the new year. On January 2010, Metaplace will join Dungeon Runners in the first titles of 2010 to be shut down. Much of the Metaplace crew has been laid off, although the company claims it will still be in business postmortem.
2009 was the year of the collapsed economy, one that hasn’t just ripped apart small companies, but the previously untouchable behemoths. Although, as already mentioned Metaplace Inc will stay up to work on a new project, Metaplace has become unsustainable from a financial stand.
More on the 2010 MMO Shutdown as it appears.
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