Mapsworn Press Kit

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Quick facts

What it is, in one paragraph

Mapsworn is a free, browser-based, location-based MMO that turns your real-world streets into a fantasy kingdom. Powered by your phone's GPS, the game spawns pixel-art monsters in your neighborhood, lets you plant flags to claim 500m territories, found cities on your favorite roads, and unite players into kingdoms spanning real-world miles. Combat is auto-attack on a ~1.5-second tick with active abilities (Cleave, Rally Cry, Shield Bash) and status effects from infused weapons. Players keep their progress across devices via passwordless email magic-link login.

Boilerplate copy (for directories / aggregators)

Short (140 chars, Twitter-style)

Mapsworn — a free pixel-MMO over your real world. Hunt monsters in your neighborhood. Found cities on your block. mapsworn.com

Medium (50 words)

Mapsworn is a free, browser-based location MMO. Your phone's GPS becomes your character's position. Walk to fight monsters spawned in your park, plant flags to claim territory, found cities on your block, and unite players into kingdoms spanning real-world miles. Spiritual successor to early-2000s location-based MMOs.

Long (170 words)

Mapsworn is a free, browser-based MMO that overlays a pixel-art fantasy kingdom on your real-world GPS map. Walk through your park and you'll see trees you can chop. Cross your block and a wolf wanders into combat range. Plant flags to claim 500-meter territories. Found cities with farms, mills, blacksmiths, taverns. Unite friends into kingdoms with shared banks and shared wars.

The game features 40+ monsters across passive prey, aggressive hostiles, and rare legendary raid bosses (some require 2+ players). Seven dungeons unlock at every 5 levels — Sewer, Cavern, Grove, Roc Nest, Dojo, Dragon Lair, Tower of the Golem. Players can tame eight pet species, each evolving at level 5 and 10. World events run on real-time schedule: Boss Hours, Treasure Rushes, Plague Nights — globally synced so every player sees the same event.

No download. No app store. Magic-link login. Free to play with zero monetization. Mapsworn is the spiritual successor to a beloved 2008 location-based MMO, rebuilt for the modern web.

Key art & logos

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App icon · 512×512 · Download PNG

Gameplay screenshots

Combat with a hostile mummy · Download

Live world events · Download

Action menu (city, kingdom, rest) · Download

PK-style action bar · Download

Feature highlights

• Real-world GPS map powered by OpenStreetMap — your neighborhood is the game world
• 40+ monsters across passive, aggressive, and 8 legendary raid bosses
• 7 dungeons unlocking every 5 levels — Sewer, Cavern, Grove, Roc Nest, Dojo, Dragon Lair, Tower of the Golem
• Cities & kingdoms — found settlements with farms, mills, blacksmiths, taverns, walls; unite into kingdoms with shared banks
• 8 tameable pets with two evolution stages each (wolf, boar, spider, fox, cat, bear, bat, eagle)
• Player economy — trade post listings, mail with gold attachments, daily merchant rotation, smithy upgrades, element-infused weapons
• Live world events on real-time schedule — Boss Hours, Treasure Rushes, Plague Nights, Double Pages weekends
• Combat depth — active abilities (Cleave, Rally Cry, Shield Bash), status effects (burn / shock / bleed), boss telegraphs for legendaries
• 12 skills + 6 specializations — Warrior, Ranger, Druid, Knight, Thief, Ninja
• 14 achievements with title rewards
• Sky Realm late-game content — airships, floating islands, elemental clouds
• Passwordless login — magic-link via email, no app install, plays in any browser

Inspirations / lineage

Mapsworn is a spiritual successor to a beloved 2008 mobile location-based MMO. Every line of code is original, all art is hand-drawn pixel art, and the game is not affiliated with any other studio. Veterans of that genre will find familiar feel; new players will find a complete modern game.

Listing-ready tags / keywords

MMO MMORPG location-based GPS game browser MMO pixel-art real-world map free to play indie web game PWA multiplayer

YouTube / Twitch policy

Full permission to monetize, stream, and create derivative video content. No copyright strikes. Credit is appreciated but not required. Email [email protected] if you want a press copy of any future paid content (currently none — the whole game is free).

Contact

Email [email protected] for interviews, press copies, or any review request. Same email for bug reports and support.

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