It is no secret that Crayta proved to be quite a successful game on Stadia. Even when it launched as a Stadia Pro title, it provided players with a varied range of tools and gameplay elements. Being free to play, it was a worthy alternative to Roblox for cloud gamers.
Recently, Facebook has been investing in the metaverse. In fact, Facebook’s parent company has even been rebranded as Meta. Despite being in its early days, the Metaverse strives to become a connected virtual world for its users. Like some sort of second home. A place where people can freely express themselves and enjoy all kinds of unique and original content. Crayta’s core elements are somewhat based on those principles. Everyone has their own avatar that can be customized with skins and items, which are acquired with real money or via a Season Pass. This explains Meta’s acquisition of Unit 2 Games, the team behind Crayta.
Crayta allows players to create and share their own games using their tools. This way, everyone can create and publish their own creations and other players can enjoy them as they please. This model works very well for cloud gaming, since people can easily hop from game to game without downloading any assets. Aside from that, there’s also a public Hub where players can gather and socialize with each other. To build games, Crayta provides a set of tools in their own building engine, easily accessible in the game itself. For starters, there are even a good set of tutorials in both the game and the official YouTube channel.
Crayta running on Facebook Gaming
Around the end of 2020, Facebook announced their gaming offering: Facebook Gaming. In said service, cloud gaming was mentioned. And, just as stated, all the games available are free to play. Sadly, this means that for the most part, the games’ selection is similar to that of the Google Play Store. The service is overwhelmed with mobile games, even though there is quality in some.
Facebook Gaming’s cloud offerings are fine. It works well enough. For the most part, the image is crisp and loading times are decent. However, at least with Crayta, the game doesn’t run as well as the Google Stadia version. This issue might not be network-related, but rather dependent on the hardware the game is actually running. Aside from NVIDIA GPU’s, little is known about the blades Facebook uses for their cloud gaming services. Mobile games will run just fine, but Crayta proves that more demanding titles will struggle. At least controllers work just as expected, and touch controls are also available for those who play on mobile.
To start playing Crayta in the cloud with Facebook Gaming, click here and login using your Facebook account. If you don’t have a Facebook Gaming account, you’ll be given the option to create one. This helps to keep a distance between your gaming sessions and your personal profile. If you end up trying Crayta via Facebook Gaming, let us know in the comments what are your opinions on the service, and how well it runs for you.
