Dimension-Corp's 2d sector has just made a 2d rpg designed off The World. The game's head designer is Daikonran. If you wanted to checkout this amazing game hit up the Dimension-Corp forum for the newest version 1.5.

http://dimensioncorp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=584

Also made by one of the fans of the games is this video showing a small portion of what is in it already-->