New EverQuest Next Landmark screens show "a few hours" of building

EverQuest Next Landmark - Keep

Look at this and start dreaming. Director of Development David Georgeson has been playing with EverQuest Next Landmark's voxel building tools and tweeting the smooth results (opens in new tab): a lovely little keep he says he built in "a few hours."

EQ Next Landmark, if you don't recall, is this winter's free-to-play precursor to the further off EverQuest Next. It's an MMO, but it's more like Minecraft than EQ: players will claim a plot of land and use the voxel tools developed for EverQuest Next to build anything they want. In contrast with Minecraft-style voxel games, however, the tools can be used to sculpt organic shapes and spheres.

Georgeson's keep is a bit bare, but if that's a few hours of work, I must know what 100 hours of work looks like. Browse our previous stories on Landmark for more screens and videos.

EverQuest Next Landmark - Overhead

My little keep from an overhead shot. pic.twitter.com/ppz2cPIExjOctober 17, 2013

EverQuest Next Landmark - Couch

Remember I said limited props? Couch made of totem pole pieces. :) pic.twitter.com/4RB1DOAOM0October 17, 2013

EverQuest Next Landmark - Kitchen

A peek into the kitchen. pic.twitter.com/zsS5CxEiM4October 17, 2013

EverQuest Next Landmark - Forge and Enchanting Lab

Study/forge/enchanting lab. We are still making props, but can still make cool stuff even with limited numbers. pic.twitter.com/aDwSr8hz2hOctober 17, 2013

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