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Google Stadia allows you to share a URL with Crayta in your own game worlds by 1 July
The upcoming exclusive Crayta game from Google Stadia is launched on 1 July with support for a beta version of the State Share, the experimental cloud gaming service, which lets any user of Stadia jump into someone's own game instantly, following a link.
The game is a called "First in Stadia," which means Google will never be the only one. It may arrive sometime in the future on other consoles, PC, or mobile, but no plans have been announced.
It was first announced in April, Crayta, developed by UK Studio Unit 2 Games, and seems somewhat like a game-built Minecraft with the artist-style and build mechanics of Fortnite.
Players can play their own games to explore and engage their 3D avatars, and everyone can share these worlds with others to create together or to just play an individual game.
There are a variety of genres supported by the software for making games, but Unit 2 says it "anticipates the development of new genres" within Crayta. Unit 2 is promising free after-launch support and upgrade by 2020, and will be able to support up to 20 gamers per game.
It is not apparent how long it takes to enter a progressive game, but it is secure to expect that Google and Unit 2 will work in just a few seconds for any Stadia user (also owning Crayta).
You must own the game to work on the feature; if you do not have access to the gaming feature, state share links will give you the Stadia Storage Title page.
This is the first game to use the State Share feature since it was first demonstrated during the Stadia Start Event at the beginning of 2019 as a potential alternative for YouTube streamers. As such, Google describes it for the time being as a beta.
Crayta's premium version, which contains some in-game currency, is free for all subscribers to Stadia Pro, but the company still says it decides on the prices of free players who choose to buy the product.
Until recently, the sole people allowed on the network were Stadia Pro subscriber since the free tier had not yet started. But in April, Google released the free Stadia version with a two-month free trial from Stadia Pro.
When you sign up, July will come around when your free trial finishes in Stadia Pro, and you will have to re-up or re-stop to the free level. A one-month free Pro Test is still available if you are a new user.
