Ever since I was a child, I have dreamed of making an MMORPG.
Endless continents, a living economy, countless professions, and histories shaped by players. Breathless combat, crime, mistakes, and consequences.
It was the kind of world I dreamed about while playing games. To be honest, I had hoped someone else would make that world first.
But as time passed, and as I came to understand reality a little more, I realized that such a world is not easy to open. I learned that sandbox MMOs are difficult to make, hard to sustain, and not always the most profitable kind of game.
So I decided to open it myself.
I love the sea
But not only the kind of sea that is full of life.
The waters of Guam and Saipan had many dead corals, and there was not much marine life. Still, I loved those places — because beneath the water, traces of war remained.
Beautiful, but empty. Quiet, but marked by something that had passed through. I remember places like that for a long time.
Later, I saw photos of the Aegean Sea, and it gave me a similar feeling. Especially Glyfada Beach, south of Athens. That place stayed with me.
So the first village in my game became Galyfada. The region around it became Galyppa. And from those names, little by little, Talyfada was born.
A small world, but one you can step into
This does not mean I am trying to open a massive world from the beginning. I decided to first make a world where my friends and family could play.
What we want to open first is a small world, but one you can actually step into.
A world where a character gains a body, stands on the ground, walks to the place you click, and moves differently when entering the water. A world where a wolf is not just decoration, but a living creature that moves within the world. A world where items are not just icons in a bag, but things that follow rules: they can be on the ground, equipped, left on a corpse, or stored in a bank.
We don't sell the dream first
I am the person who wants this world to exist the most. So it makes no sense to sell a dream to others before it can even be seen.
That is why the Talyfada Journal will not be a list of dreams. It will be a record of worlds opened. Not what we want to promise someday, but what we actually opened today — and why each small piece matters to the world of Talyfada.
The first world will not be large. But within it, there is me. There is ground. There is water. There are creatures. There are rules. And there is soul.
This is where we begin. We do not sell the dream first. We open a small world where my friends and I can run and play together.