Infinity: The Quest for Earth is a space MMOG being developed by Flavien Brebion and a small group of developers and contributors. In Infinity, the player controls a spacecraft and travels throughout the entire galaxy trying to make a name for him/herself. Since the game is a MMOG, the player connects to an online server on which any number of people are playing in a persistent world.

All of the programming work for the game is being undertaken by Flavien Brebion. Planet terrain, star systems and a model of the Milky Way galaxy will all be created using procedural generation. Many game assets will not be generated procedurally however. These include 3D models of ships and structures, textures, and music. The remainder of the development team is employed in the production of these assets. Additionally, many contributions of 3D models have been received from enthusiastic amateurs. This is encouraged by the development team and is similar to the practice of crowd sourcing.

Gameplay is inspired by an older space simulation game called Elite made by David Braben and Ian Bell. Like Elite, the player travels throughout the vast galaxy to fight, trade, explore and develop their character through missions, bounties, etc. However, both have different game features resulting in different gameplay. Infinity does not focus on combat as much as Elite. The combat and flight in Infinity is twitch-based (at least for smaller ships) and not at all similar to the point-and-click-based movement and combat in most of other MMOGs in space. Instead, the game is open-ended, and the player can engage in either aggressive or peaceful styles of playing. Also, unlike Elite, player can land on planets and see their landscapes like in Elite`s sequels Frontier: Elite II and Frontier: First Encounters.

Like Elite, Infinity will offer a vast number of systems and planets. The universe will consist of approximately 200 billion star systems each with an assortment of planets, moons, and smaller bodies in addition to other phenomena such as nebulae and black holes. Procedural generation is used to create this vast universe on the fly as the player moves throughout the galaxy. This does not mean that each player will generate a random universe to explore on their own, but rather that each player`s client will generate a universe identical to everyone else`s, creating an effect similar to the non-procedural design of most standard MMOGs. In addition, the engine has the ability to automatically adjust planetary level of detail so that the player can seamlessly move from orbit to ground level without loading screens. Unlike in many space based computer games, realistic scales and distances are maintained, and planetary bodies move realistically about their stars.

The business model and subscription plans have not been made available to the public at this time. However, the Infinity developers will try to keep the game free with the option to pay for a premium account (in other words the option to pay for extra ingame content).