Seriously considering becoming a Master but have a few questions

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@PurpleParagon

What is the differences between a public world, and a nonpublic world? Will we be able to add our own worlds to share with friends?

There will be 3 kinds of worlds:

@james

• Official Public Boundless Servers - These servers represent the main online Boundless universe and worlds. These worlds will be accessible to all players.
• Official Private Boundless Servers - Players will also be able to buy and create their own world. These worlds will be accessed from the main game universe. Players can control who has access to their world.
• Self Hosted Servers - In addition to the official servers, we also plan to release the Server for players and communities who want to host their own worlds and servers. Privately hosted worlds will not connect to the main game universe.

Note: All official Boundless servers will follow the same rules for resource distribution. Public and private worlds will all support world and resource regeneration. The resource distribution rules allow for a degree of fair customisation.

Quote from a developer

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@PurpleParagon

Are public worlds bigger, easier to access, part of the story?

There is no official confirmation on this (at least afaik) but I´d assume that public- & private- official worlds will have the same properties in regards of size and gameplay elements.

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@PurpleParagon

How in dept can I make my public world? Can I add structures? Can I make the entire world a lava pit with an island shaped like an skull if I decided?

You´ll be able to create your world within the limitations of the world builder tool. So while you are able to define a lot of details on your worlds you´ll probably not be able to pre-generate detailed structures. Those will have to be build ingame by you once the game launches
Here is a nice thread that shows some of the capabilities of the worlds builder tool.

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@PurpleParagon

Will these perks carry over to the PS4 version when it comes out?

Here again are some quotes from a developer on this topic:

@james

If you buy the game now then you can use the same account across both PC and PS4.

If you create a world then it will be accessible on both PC and PS4.

@james

The PC and PS4 versions are sold separately.

However, you can share your account between both platforms.

So your world will definitely be playable by PS4 & PC users.
I´m not sure how to interpret those quotes in relation to the other perks though.

@PurpleParagon

Is there a progression timeline, or a expected full release year?

The developers mentioned that they want to hit 1.0 late 2016, but this was stated a while ago so this information might be outdated by now.

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@PurpleParagon

My basic desire for this is to design a world that will be in a game that will be on a major console.

The Master backing tier seems to allow you to do that.
Though there hasn´t been much information about the details of the Master backing tier so you should probably bug a developer like @james with a PM here in the forum if you want additional information on this.

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I hope this answers most of your questions.