Anyone can log on to vecsworld.com as a guest and explore the streets, buildings, floors, and rooms of VECSworld, as well as kibitz games in progress. To play games, users must first register (which is free), which involves entering their real name and email address, and picking a user name and password. To create games (also free), users must download and install the Vecset IDE (game editor). All game players and game designers are encouraged to pay an annual fee and become members of VECSworld. Game players who choose not to become members face certain restrictions, which are described in the next section.
The main motivator to encourage gamers to become gaming members, thereby coming up with the membership fee of $24/year, is that every member is assigned a private room, and the data contained therein is preserved even after the member logs off.
The main motivator to encourage game designers to become designer members, thereby coming up with the membership fee of $48/year, is freedom to locate their games anywhere in VECSworld, instead of the default location depending on the genre of that particular game. Also, they can customize their game rooms any way they want. All game designers who are members are automatically gaming members, so they are also assigned their own private rooms.