Questions, answered.

A 3D MMO played on the map of the real Earth. Plant flags on real streets to claim the land round them, join or found a city inside a real city’s limits, rise with a realm, and fight monsters that grow tougher the farther you go from town. Between the battles there’s a house that grows room by room, a pet at your heels, and 106 bugs and fish to catch by the real sun and moon.

Start with the world, or read the whole outline page by page.

It’s coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. There’s no date yet: the game plays end to end on our test servers, and the roadmap shows what comes before launch. The Discord hears the date first.

Parallel Crossing is made for phones held sideways, on iPhone and Android. Every feature also plays with a keyboard and mouse or a controller, so nothing ever needs a key a phone doesn’t have.

Not publicly yet. Early Android builds go to a small group of testers; join the Discord to hear when testing opens up.

No. You play from wherever you are: tap to walk, or use the thumbstick. Feathers fly you between Obelisks, Town Halls and Castles, and once every 4 hours you can move anywhere on land for free. Moving with your phone’s GPS is planned as an extra, never a must.

Wherever you like: your own neighbourhood (from your device’s location, if you choose), any spot on land you pick on the map, or the shared start in Central Park, New York, where new players meet.

Yes, and it’s better that way. Add friends to chat and to let them walk straight into your house. Three players together found a city, a realm can take in many cities, and up to five realms can join an alliance.

Only if you agree to it. A first blow on a stranger in a day only taps them; it’s a fight only if they hit back. New players are sheltered for their first 72 hours, and safe ground like the shared start is always safe. Realms at war fight anywhere else.

Your flags and buildings can be attacked by players of level 3 or more, but each player may damage each one only once a day, so nothing falls in an afternoon. See attack and defence.

Nothing, for a month. There’s no upkeep to pay. Only after 30 days away do your flags start to crumble, 10% of their life a day, and coming back stops it. Your house’s rooms and furniture are always kept.

No. Money only ever buys looks: cosmetics, looks for your flags and buildings, pets and furniture, paid for with Echoes. The game never sells gear, levels or strength: gear drops from monsters or is crafted.

Anything bought with Echoes can be sold to other players in a Black Market, so a player who never pays can still earn every look by playing.

Pricing will be announced before launch. What’s settled is the rule above: money buys looks, never power.

Your character stands where you put it, which needn’t be where you are. Your device’s location is only used if you choose to start or move there. Friends see the nearest city to you, never more, and chat masks coordinates, addresses, phone numbers and emails.

Chat is moderated, with reports, mutes and a right to appeal. Players say their month and year of birth before their first line: under 13 they can only talk to Support, and under 18 they hear direct messages from friends only, with the word filter locked on.

From OpenStreetMap, the free map made by its contributors, served from our own tile store. Real city limits, population and land cover decide where cities can be founded and how dangerous the wilds are.

Yes. All the world’s land is in the game, every continent but Antarctica. Your street, your park and your town are all there to claim.