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Inzoi Unveils Canvastown, an Optional Social MMO Mode

The experimental mode aims to turn Inzoi into a creator-led shared world with its continuation tied to player response.

Overview

  • Inzoi previewed Canvastown on Sunday as a new, optional way to play that focuses on controlling a single custom character called a Zoi in a shared online space rather than managing an entire household.
  • Canvastown centers on an in-game hub called AR Company that holds about 50 people per channel and lets players teleport into others’ homes, talk to NPCs, join private sessions, or enter creator-made minigames.
  • The mode explicitly supports creator tools and script mods so players can build mini-games and bespoke experiences that the studio says could later influence the main game.
  • Inzoi Studio stresses Canvastown is a side project and will not replace ongoing work on the core life simulation, which has a planned October update to add build-mode object behavior scripting.
  • The team describes the current build as early and incomplete and says it will judge Canvastown’s future by community reaction, a direction that draws comparisons to Ready Player One and legacy shared-world platforms like Second Life.