# What Is Gluniverse

Gluniverse is a **play to earn MMO**, built by the $GLUE team. It is the world the track was always the door to. It opens as an [invite only alpha](/gluebook/gluniverse-enter). The world keeps running when you close the tab. The souls you meet in it are real people.

## Horse or human

You choose how you wake: as a **horse** or as a **human**. Your companion is always the **other kind**. Wake as a horse and your companion is a human. Wake as a human and your companion is a horse. Once you find them, they follow you everywhere.

Choose with care. Once you step into the world, your form is yours for good.

## The world

You wake in the **Dead Forest**, four wild zones ring its edges, and the town of **Glueburg** holds the shop, the pub and the **Gloo Exchange**, the real player market. The world has [a map of its own](/gluebook/gluniverse-map), and the Exchange gets a page of its own: [The Economy](/gluebook/gluniverse-economy).

## It keeps growing

The world will keep growing, and every expansion is announced. The Gluebook keeps the map current as it does.

Ready? [Get Started](/gluebook/gluniverse-enter).