Meta · built at KoffeeCup · 2025
A small town to live in, in social VR.
A social life-simulation world for Meta Horizon Worlds: players customise their own home, explore a small town and take on everyday activities and jobs, like working in a café.
- Role
- Senior Interactive Developer · Pod Lead
- Team
- KoffeeCup · 8–10 developers
- Stack
- Meta Horizon Worlds · social · life simulation
01 — THE PROBLEM
Make everyday life fun to play together.
Star City is built around everyday activities in a small town. Instead of one big goal, it gives players a place to belong: a home of their own, a town to explore, and light tasks and jobs to do together.
02 — THE BUILD
Three ideas behind the town.
A home of your own
Every player has a home to customise, which gives them a reason to come back and something to show friends.
A town worth exploring
The small town is designed for wandering, meeting other players and discovering things to do.
Everyday jobs as gameplay
Lightweight tasks and jobs, such as working in a café, turn ordinary routines into social play.
03 — THE IMPACT
- developers on the team
- 8–10