The team behind the NFT-driven game franchise Aurory announced today that it is expanding beyond the Solana blockchain, adding cross-chain support for Aurory NFTs and its AURY token with the Ethereum scaling network, Arbitrum.

While Aurory is not the first Solana-native NFT or game project to embrace other chains, this particular move is being branded as an expansion rather than a migration.

“We’re not leaving Solana necessarily,” Aurory Executive Producer Jonathan Campeau told Decrypt ahead of the official Arbitrum announcement. “For us, really, we need to branch out a little bit in terms of from a pure business point of view.”

Aurory’s SyncSpace tech will allow users to move their assets between Solana and Arbitrum and into the games.

Because Solana is not an Ethereum Virtual Machine-native or Ethereum-compatible chain, it typically means users have to create a new wallet via options like Phantom or Solflare, which can add friction to the user experience for those only familiar with the Ethereum ecosystem and wallets like MetaMask. Aurory also offers users the option to sign into their game accounts with just an email address, and connect a crypto wallet at a later time.

“We just want to open more doors for players, because we understand that Solana has a specific audience,” Campeau said. “Arbitrum developed their own culture, their own audience as well.”

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Although SyncSpace effectively works like a bridge between blockchains and into the company’s games, Aurory Head of Marketing and Business Development Michael Natoli told Decrypt that the goal isn’t primarily to let NFT and token holders move from one chain to another—it’s to create new kinds of on-ramps into the game, to tap into other crypto communities and their own liquidity.

Natoli added that if a Solana NFT is moved over to Arbitrum, the original NFT will be held within SyncSpace and can eventually be moved back from Arbitrum to Solana at some point. The on-ramps will let players bring Aurory NFTs and USDC stablecoins into the game via either chain, and then USDC can be swapped for the game’s AURY token for use in Aurory.

Ultimately, Aurory NFT items on Solana or Arbitrum will act the same inside the games.

“There is no ‘upside’ of moving them from one chain to the other, aside from people now having the option to withdraw their Aurory assets on the chain that they prefer between the two,” said Natoli. “We ultimately want to expand our community and bring the Aurory experience to another growing and committed Web3 ecosystem in Arbitrum.”

There could be functional in-game benefits to exploring the chains, however. Adding support for more blockchains could open up avenues for new experiences with non-playable characters (NPCs), Campeau suggested, which could be tied to specific chains to encourage cross-chain exploration.

“You could definitely see an NPC, particularly in the game, really heavily in crypto or really heavily on Solana, and be able to trade with them or to do quest items,” Campeau shared. “He’s only going to be asking for items that will be on the Solana blockchain for you to move forward, for example.”

Aurory has two games currently in development. One is Aurory Adventures, the player-versus-environment (PvE) role-playing game (RPG). The other is Aurory Tactics, a player-versus-player (PvP) battle arena game.

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Aurory offers playable character NFTs called Aurorians, as well as Pokemon-like animal NFTs called Nefties. The game also has character skins and Neftie eggs on-chain as NFTs, and has one on-chain token, AURY. In 2021, Aurory collaborated with esports organization TSM and the now-shuttered crypto exchange FTX on limited edition NFTs.

Arbitrum marks the first step out of the Solana ecosystem for Aurory, but it may not be the last.

“In the future, it’s not unrealistic for us to start looking at Polygon, to start looking at Avalanche,” Campeau said. “BNB is another one that we’ve been looking into.”

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If you’re on the hunt for a casual, free-to-play mobile game that pays you cryptocurrency along the way, Ethereum Blast might do the trick.

While I wouldn’t go so far as to say I had a “blast” playing through the simplistic color-matching puzzle stages, it’s a decently fun diversion that can put a little bit of Ethereum or Bitcoin into your wallet while you play.

Bling Financial’s free iOS and Android game is a simple color-matching puzzle game with a vibe that’s best described as “sci-fi meets Ethereum.” All that really means is that you’ll see the familiar Ethereum symbol floating around the menus and interface here and there, and people who aren’t crypto die-hards shouldn’t be turned off by that modest window dressing.

Ethereum Blast is a straightforward puzzler, tasking you with tapping two or more connected, like-colored stones to clear them from the board. As you clear stones, new ones fall from above to fill the space and potentially sets up larger matches that can earn you power-ups in the process. Each level provides certain targets of stones or items to clear within a limited number of moves.

Screenshots from Ethereum Blast on iOS. Image: Decrypt
It’s all easy to grasp and control, with simple taps used to clear blocks or activate power-ups. But it’s also largely unchallenging and mostly mindless, and you’ll earn plenty of power-ups to get you out of any binds. I played through nearly 50 stages and only lost once along the way. But as a simple on-the-go distraction, it’s pleasant enough—much like Tetro Tiles, another mobile puzzler with crypto rewards.

How much can you reasonably earn by playing? Your mileage may vary, but I earned about $0.20 worth of crypto in about two hours of play. Bling’s games reward you with Bling points that you can then convert into Ethereum or Bitcoin, and then cash out to a Coinbase or PayPal account. I cashed out in ETH, but it would’ve been the same USD value in Bitcoin too.

It’s not much—but it’s more than I earned playing Bling’s Bitcoin Solitaire, which earned me about $0.09 worth of Bitcoin in a two-hour span. However, your earning potential in Ethereum Blast diminishes the more you play, as the amount of Bling points offered for playing each stage appears to dwindle over time. The game may not hold your interest for long anyway.

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Explore LANDs owned by users to experience incredible scenes and structures. From a space adventure to a medieval dungeon maze to entire villages crafted from the minds of community members.

1 Introduction

1.1 GLOBAL DIGITAL CLUSTER COIN

Creates an open blockchain platform for re-al-time metaverse and digital-twin. In the near future, the metaverse will become the mainstream of the virtual space that succeeds the Internet. The metaverse of the future will be very similar to reality, and human avatars with AI (Artificial Intelligence) will live together in it as in the novel Snow Crash. GDCC is building the core blockchain platform and planning to introduce to the world a platform that supports augmented, virtually extended, and mixed reality applications based on the foundation technology that is absolutely necessary in the new metaverse world

1.2 What is the “Metaverse”?

The word metaverse is unfamiliar, but meta means “topmost” and verse means “world”. In other words, it is “all the world perceived as a higher level”. The metaverse combines four categories: AR (Augmented Reality), Mirror World, lifelogging (the act of recording one’s daily life with a portable camera or digital device), and Virtual World. The word metaverse comes from Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel Snow Crash. The word that comes with this word is the avatar.

The metaverse has the potential to grow strongly. Artificial intelligence (Al) has also grown tremendously after 75 years of not seeing the light, thanks to the development of deep learning and hardware created by Jeffrey Hinton in 2012. The metaverse will go the same way. Market research firm Gartner also referred to the term “multi-experience” in 10 strategic technologies released last year, highlighting the need to pay attention to the interactions taking place in the metaverse. Recently, Nreal, a startup in Beijing, China, launched AR Glass, and LG Uplus (Top3 operator in Korea) imported 1000 units of this product and sold it for 699,000 Korean Won. Sold out in an instant. That much interest. Oculus device by Facebook is also supporting the great popularity of metaverse. The price has become very cheap, and the display performance has improved. It is expected that Apple will create an important impact in a similar way as the smartphone ecosystem is universal. Facebook is also conducting a wide variety of AR & VR research in an organization called “”Reality Lab”.

Projects like AR Glass “Aria” were also released. Apple has been talking about the launch of AR Glass for a long time. Now we are seoing the harbinger of the AR and VR era. The same goes for companies. In the case of smart factories, AR is used a lot in management, control, and operations. It is also widely used in the field of logistics. VR is widely used in the fields of education and sports. In a game called Fortnite developed by Epic Games, American hip-hop singer Travis Scott made his own avatar and held a concert. There were 12.3 million people who enjoyed it together. There are various attempts in the media, including the New York Times. It is also famous for Domino’s Pizza to allow customers to order their own pizza through the AR world. The future of metaverse is the future of connection. The future of connection will create endless opportunities by expanding our lives, content, and space.

1.3 Metaverse Market Environment

The emergence of the AR & VR world has long been extensively covered by movies and novels. In particular, since the appearance of smartphones in the 2000s, the AR sector has seen a variety of technologies and services that use smartphone cameras to recognize texts, faces, images, and objects, or overlay digital 3D images onto particular areas. However, these technologies all involve multiple technical issues in respect of the completeness of the hardware and software technologies involved and the UX (User Experience). In contrast to the AR sector, the development of the VR sector has been led by major console game companies and such companies had already produced a variety of concept products since the 1990s.

However, the real growth in the VR market segment was ushered in by the variety of VR devices, platforms, and content released to the market from the mid-2000s as consequences of acquisitions of the relevant VR technology and hardware companies by IT industry giants including Facebook, Samsung, and Google

In particular, Facebook acquired Oculus VR, ie, the company behind the success of Oculus Rift, in 2014 for the astronomical sum of USD 2 billion, thereby ushering in the era of VR for the masses. Subsequent to such purchase, Facebook attempted to combine the technologies of Oculus VR with Facebook’s powerful content platform. Furthermore, with Samsung’s release of their low-cost VR device, the Gear VR, even greater anticipotion was formed in the market for the imminent arrival of the mass-market VR era. However. despite the astronomical investments into the VR sector by major IT companies and the releases of a variety of VR devices that are cheaper than ever before, the VR market is experiencing stunted growth. This prompted Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg to even announce that the company will foous more on the AR market than the VR market going forward from 2017 at the F8 2017, the largest annual meeting of Facebook There are multiple reasons why Facebook announced its intent to shift its focus to the AR market from the VR market where it had made significant investments. In July of 2016, Niantic, an American company founded by former Google employees, released the augmented reality (AR) game application Pokemon Go. This game used the long-beloved Pokemon characters together with smartphone cameras to permit users to capture the aforementionea characters that exist in their surroundings, resulting in global revenues of over USD 1 billion in just seven (7) months after release. Until the explosive success of Pokemon Go, augmented reality (AR) apps were merely provided as tech demos; however, the record-breaking commercial success of this app had truly opened the gate for the beginning of the AR era. Market research institutions are also predicting greater growth in the AR and VR market to boom to s170 bilion by 2020. Heio Garrelfs, a Sector Prinicipal at Hampleton Partners said that “The new reality for many businesses will involve augmented, virtual and mixed reality technologies to increase efficiency and improve customer service and employee engagement.Progress is slower than the optimists had hoped, yet it seems to be stronger and more sustainable than the pessimists predicted. The reality is that many businesses now need to have a full AR/VR strategy to ensure they are not left behind .The metaverse combines four categories: AR, Mirror World, and Virtual World. The growth of the AR VR market is expected to be an unstoppable trend for building metaverse. Moreover, the emergence of the glasses and the combination of AR VR technologies with AI (Artificial Intelligence) will make AR VR become an indispensable part of our daily lives

Why should we pay attention to ‘Metaverse’ now?

1. Hardware w/GPU performance improved dramatically
2. Connectivity w/zero margin cost and faster speed
3. Everything on the cloud. storage, app stores, and communities
4. Camera, sensors, and Haptics for context-awareness technology improvement
5. Al for vision, recognition, simulation, and decision technology improvement
6. Familiarity with remote and social interaction due to coronavirus pandemic
7. Price for tipping

As a means to ensure that the benefits of the high-growth metaverse market is shared by all participants, our team firmly believes that a blockchain currency provides the most upside as a compensatory tool, which could be introduced for fair compensation based on blockchain technology and contribution by the participants. Under blockchain-based compensation system, the metaverse market can grow in a healthier and more organic manner

1.4. Our Vision

01 To increase the financial dependence and freedom of digital assets by providing unparalleled decentralized financial services
02 To make Global digital chain coin one of the eminent networks in the world with a complete ecosystem of DeFi and NFT services

1.5. Our Mission

01 To empower innovators to use our world-class protocol to develop scalable and user-friendly decentralized applications
02 blockchains into a unified ecosystem with To connect the whole network of purpose-built high-end security standards

1.6. Objective

To develop an NFT based gaming platform that facilitates users to grow and experience virtual reality by making users interact with other users through peer-to-peer relationships

The virtual reality platform allows users to play virtual plots of land that can be bought and sold similar to the real estate process. Allows users to play games and join different events in the virtual world

2. The story behind Global Digital City’s creation of the Global digital Cluster Coin

(GDCC) – is a blockchain-based virtual reality platform. Content and applications can be created, experienced, and monetized by users. The community owns the land in Global Digital City provides them full authority over their projects. Users claim ownership of virtual land on a blockchain-based parcel ledger. The material that is published to their section of the property is identifiable by a set of cartesian coordinates (x.y) within the control of landowners. The contents can vary from static 3D scenes to dynamic systems like games. In the land of NFT, transferable digital assets are kept in GDCC smart contracts. It can be obtained by exchanging VRT which is known to be a GDCC20 token. For producing in-world purchases of digital goods and services, VRT can be utilized. People spend more time on virtual for both work and free time. This causes 2D interfaces like the web and mobile phones. On the other hand, a traversable 3D world offers an immersive element
and proximity to other content allowing for physical clusters of communities

The global digital city is building a unique virtual world where players can build, own, and monetize their gaming experiences using VRT, the main utility token of the platform

3.Blockchain Gaming with NFTs

Global Digital City virtual world uses blockchain technology and NFTs to empower the players and creators. NFTs are an emerging segment in the global game market: virtual tokens for digital scarcity, security, and authenticity. Each NFT is distinct or unique, it is indivisible and it is not interchangeable for another.

Through the use of NFTs, Global Digital city users will be able to benefit from :

TRUE DIGITAL OWNERSHIP :

Gamors are the true and porpotual ownors of thoir digital itoms, oven if the game was shut down or abandoned. With blockchain, every game itom can be tokenized, allowing gamers to decide how they want to trade, sell, or gift their items.

SECURITY AND IMMUTABILITY :

Digital game items can be easily tokenized and traded in primary and secondary markets that are managed and facilitated by blockchain technology. Items based on scarcity and demand usually invite fraud and theft, but these risks are minimized on blockchain because it is a distributed ledger.

TRADING :

Blockchain-based gaming platforms can provide users with ultimate control over their digital assets. They can buy and sell items freely without concern that they will be ripped off or that a platform will close and cancel all the value of their in-game item.

CROSS-APPLICATION INTEROPERABILITY :

Blockchain provides the capacity for games to utilize shared assets. ASSETS, avatars, LANDS, and any other game elements can be used in other games that allow it. These game items are no longer confined by a narrow digital ecosystem.

Global Digital City metaverse uses several tokens to create a circular economy between all the profiles of users who will interact with its platform namely the players, creators, curators, and LAND owners. These are the LANDS, ASSETS and VRT, a token based on the GDCC20 protocol which will act as the official currency in the ecosystem when purchasing goods and services within the game marketplace (amongst other rights)

4. Challenges Faced

01 . Purchasing virtual land carried its own set of risks. The majority of investors, both corporate and individual, own virtual land to produce income or to follow their favorite star.

02 . Retail investors are advised not to do so since virtual land only has value when there is a ready buyer willing to pay a price, according to analysts

03 . If the price of virtual land declines unexpectedly, they may forfeit all of their investments, For instance, not every section of the metaverse is fully occupied. Some places such as the Fashion District in Genesis plaza WonderMine crafting and others are bustling with people and business while others are deserted.

5. Key pillars of our virtual NFT GDC PLATFORM

Avatars: Create a digital avatar for each number to welcome them into your virtual Iand. Enable them to choose their own style. Permit them to purchase unique clothing and accessories to create a spectacular outfit. Each item they purchase is an NfT token that will be linked to their wallet which will be a trendy digital version of the individual

Builder: What could the citizens do with the barren lands? Letting them use their creative skills in their areas will provide them with something interesting. They can construct structures, develop forests, villas, theme parks, beach cottages, and so on

Marketplace : Every country requires a marketplace to buy and sell goods. Our decentralized 3D virtual reality platform features a wide range of accessories to help users decorate their digital archetypes as well as prebuilt scenarios for building constructions, land parcels, and more. In the marketplace, individuals around the world can buy and sell these traits

Decentraland autonomous organization -DAO : We are making a 2D environment that is fully decentralized. And it can not be done unless you are DAO. Give the residents of this fantastic virtual world complete control. As a result, the platform celebrates the free market and empowers individuals to make decisions based on their own experiences

6.Metamask wallet connect

Overview MetaMask is a cryptocurrency wallet for interacting with the GDDC network. It creates a user-friendly connection between your web browser and the GDCC blockchain which serves as the host network for numerous decentralized applications (dApps). Users can store
GDCC or any other GDCC20 token created on the GDCC network and then use that cryptocurrency with their preferred dApp. MetaMask is a browser extension and mobile app that provides you with a key vault, secure login, token wallet, and token exchange as well as everything else you need to handle your digital assets. Although it is mostly used to interface with the GDCC blockchain, it can also be used to communicate with other blockchains

6.1. Connecting Metamask By Walletconnect

WalletConnect is a valuable tool for connecting crypto wallets to decentralized applications. WalletConnect is an open-source technology that allows mobile wallets to access to dApps. It is a more secure way to use dApps than desktop and browser-based wallets such as MetaMask. It serves as a link between dApps and the wallet to which you want to attach them.

6.2. Benefits of MetaMask

User-friendly interface Cryptowallet can be scary to both beginners and professionals. Some of the ones that are available are difficult to use and navigate. Metamask provides a simple and initiative user interface. This makes it an excellent wallet for those who are just getting
started with cryptocurrencies. A large database for users MetaMask has a user base of over 10 milion users. While the value of a wallet is not determined by popularity, the metamask can be trusted

The wallet is steadily increasing. The capability to use a mobile app GDCC wallet is recognized for imitating browsers more than anything. This provides a quick and easy way of accessing your cryptocurrency. It also has a smartphone app which adds to the ease. This implies that
users can access their wallets at any time and from any location.Customer service Your cryptocurrencies are valuable assets and you need to know that any potential issues will be resolved at speed and with ease. Metamask offers greatcustomer service to its users. As well as
an insightful introduction video there is also an extensive frequently asked questions section to explore. Levels of security It is uncommon for crypto holders to lose their funds due to hacking. This is a common issue for investors, so they look for a safe and socure place to put their
money. MetaMask has high security and has never been the victim of a significant hack.

7. Global Digital City- Ecosystem

We are using the GDCC blockchain for creating the token. Global Digital Cluster Coin is a blockchain protocol that allows anyone to develop their own decentralized applications and code immutable smart contracts. The EVM (Etheroum Virtual Machine) compatibility of the Global Digital Cluster Coin protocol will make it easy for developers to build dApps in line with the prominent blockchain networks in the space. In addition to blockchain, GDCC will have its own decentralized exchange and NFT marketplace to provide seamless services to the crypto community. The whole ecosystem is powered by $GDCC, the native coin of the platform. $GDCC stands as alucrative asset due to its outstanding utilities and remarkable benefits that it provides to the holders

GLOBAL DIGITAL CITY is a virtual world where players can build, own, and monetize their gaming experionces in the GDCC blockchain using (Virtual Ride Token) VRT, the platform’s utility token. Our vision is to offer a deoply immersive metaverse in which players will create virtual worlds and games collaboratively and without a central authority. We are aiming to disrupt the existing game makers to provide creators true ownership of their creations as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and reward their participation with our utility token – VRT. In the current game market, the centralized ownership and control of user-generated content limit creator rights and ownership. Central control over the trading of virtual goods created by players restricts them from generating fair value for their creations. Compounding this, it can be difficult to prove creative ownership of works, especially as content is copied, altered, and built upon

With GLOBAL DIGITAL CITY, we aim to overcome these limitations while accelerating blockchain adoption to grow the blockchain gaming market by using VRT. This copyright ownership will be established and guaranteed through the use of NFTs, where every in-game item will
have a unique and immutable blockchain identifier

MARKETPLACE : Global digital city web-based marketplace allows users to upload, publish, and sell their creations (ASSETS) made in GDCC BLOCKCHAIN as Tokens(Both GDCC-721 and GDCC-1155 tokens)

GAME MAKER : Anyone who owns ASSETS, either by making them or purchasing them, can utilize them with the third and most important ecosystem product, the Game Maker and the Game itself. This product, when launched in Game Maker mode, enables users to place and use their ASSETS within a piece of LAND (a GDCC-721 token) that they can own in the virtual world. Users can decorate their LAND with ASSETS, and more importantly, implement interesting and nuanced gamoplay mechanics by assigning predefined behaviors to the ASSETS through visual scripting nodes, turning a LAND from a decoration experience into a potential full game experience

Additional special features included in our GDCC such as

1. Social features

The users can enrich their building NFT by purchasing social media add-ons as special ability NFTs. This will facilitate the user to display their twitter/insta/facebook wall as live feed inside their NFT buildings. Further the user can place redirection link for their social media handles /webpages and boost their visibility.

2. Entertainment features

The users can enrich their building NFT by purchasing social media add-ons as special ability NFTs. This will facilitate the user to display their twitter/insta/facebook wall as live feed inside their NFT buildings. Further the user can place redirection link for their social media handles /webpages and boost their visibility.

3. Ad features

Users can display their brand images on their purchased NFT buildings. The users can constust a fence around their property to restrict entry exit. The users can display text messages or their names on the board provided in the building .

4. Our realms created for the user in GDC world

Previously we have created a single decentrland and functioned 25 realams but now it is modified to each realms separately in our GDC world. So , a new modules has been created in 25 different realms. User can login what they choose, if lands not available in the selected
realms they it can be queued to other 24 realms. The 25 realms are listed below,

01. Big bang city-A hybrid city containing elements and feature samples from all realms

02. Toon paradise -A cartoon styled fantasy city with trending infrastructure with disney based elements

03. Jungle city- A city located in jungle and rich natural forest themes

04. Retro city-A city themed with classic retro look themed buildings

05. Agro city- A city with farm lands and agricuture themed elements

06. Ice age- Realm themed with ice and snow with igloo styled building

07. AREA 52 -A secret military base with army and military tentss

08. Martian colony- A red themed mars settlement.

09. Vegas city-A party place with bars, casino and entertainments.

10. Floating city- A city made of floating colonies and boats.

11. Mongolian city- A city themed with japanese and chinese culture or infrastrutcure.

12. Egyptian empire- Building styled with pyramids and monuments.

13. Fantasy village- Stylized village base infrastructure.

14. Medeivel kingdom-Medeivel styled castles and palaces with ancient monuments.

15. Haunted city-Dark themed city in ruins.

16. Urban city- A city developed with trending buldings with modern equipped elements.

17. Abandoned city- Realm themed with adandoned buildings.

18. Pirate city- A piracy with ocean and boats.

19. Tribal city-A realm themed with tribal elements.

20. Cyber punk city- City styled with high technology elements.

21. Apocalypse city- a city is in the condition of war and fight.

22. Rural area- Realm themed with village elements.

23. Fun city- A city styled with entertainment element.

24. Construction city-Realm themed with under construction city.

25. Industrial area-Realm themed with industrial element.

9. What is VRT and what are the use cases

VRT is an essential part of the GLOBAL DIGITAL CITY platform and GDC are working on establishing key mechanics that make it intrinsically tied to The GDC platform and its value. VRT is a GDCC-20 utility token built on the GDCC blockchain that serves as the basis for transactions within GLOBAL DIGITAL CITY, and has the following uses

Access The GDC platform

Players spend VRT in order to play games, buy equipment, or customize their Avatar character-and can potentially collect VRT through gameplay. Creators spend VRT to acquire ASSETS, LANDS, and through Staking. LAND Sales drive demand for VRT to purchase LANDS. Artists spend VRT to upload ASSETS to the Marketplace and buy Gems for defining Rarity and Scarcity.

1. Staking VRT allows for staking, which allows for passive revenues on LANDS: you get more VRT by staking it. This is also the only way to get valuable Gems and Catalysts, needed for ASSET creation.Fee Capture model = 5% of all transaction volume carried out in VRT tokens (Transaction Fees) shall be allocated with 50% to the Staking Pool as rewards for token holders that Stake VRT tokens and 50% to the DEVELOPMENT TEAM

2.Advertising Billboards nearby or in high traffic land parcels can be used by brands to promote their products, events, and services. Some neighborhoods may become virtual replicas of New York city’s time square. Marketers can position items and create a shared experience in a way to involves their audience

3.Digital collectibles Users will be able to publish, distribute, and collect rare digital assets created by their creators on the blockchain. These digital assets will be exchanged inside this world using the programming system and backed by the aforementioned naming system much as they are now in other virtual worlds or via internet forums

4.Social groups Social groups that presently congregate in online forums, chat rooms, or even centralized multiplayer games could migrate to GDCC. It could also provide a gathering place for offline groups. Other use cases- What can be built in GDCC doesnothave any technical limitations. As a result, new applications such as training and professional development, education, 3D design, virtual tourism, and gathering may develop

PHASE 1

LAND and the LANDS Map LANDS are blockchain-backed virtual tokens (using the GD-CC-721 standard for NFTs) representing physical parcels of the GDC Metaverse. They allow players to own a portion of the Metaverse and thus be able to host content (ASSETS and GAMES). GDC Metaverse is based on a map of (25 maps) LANDS (1 lakh lands).

LANDS are physical spaces in the Metaverse owned by players to create and monetize Games. LANDS are used to publish your game and can be rented to game creators. Every LAND comes with a set of prebuilt terrains, but it can be terraformed and modified by the USER who owns it (or other PLAYERS they invite to work on it). In the future, players will be able to combine LANDS together to form ESTATES In the future, ESTATES will have the potential to be, owned by multiple players to form DISTRICTS.

10. Tech stack used in our project

ReactJS is a JavaScript library utilized to build reusable UI libraries. React is a library that allows you to create modular user interfaces. It supports the development of reusable user interface components that display data that varies over time. ReactJS is a component-based JavaScript UI toolkit that is simple to use and rich in features. It can be used to create both tiny and large, complicated applications.ReactJs
offers a basic and, reliable feature set for launching a web application. The react community complements the react library by supplying a huge range of ready-to-use components for quickly developing web applications. The React community gives advanced concepts such as state management, routing, and so on.

Advantages

– Uses a JavaScript object called virtual DOM. Because JavaScript virtual DOM is quicker than the conventional DOM, this will increase app speed
– It is compatible with different frameworks and may be used both on the client and server sides. Component and data patterns promote readability which makes larger apps easier to manage

Limitations

You need to choose other technologies to acquire a complete development toolkit because it only supports the view layer. Some developers may find inline templating and JSX to be convenient

12. Roadmap

Phase 1

Conduct market research
Verification of technical feasibility Verification of
marketing feasibility

Phase 2:

Constitute the project team
Creation of Whitepaper
Development of VRT TOKEN on GDCC Blockchain

Phase 3:

Building community through marketing campaigns
Testing of the platform
Preparation of public sale

Phase 4:

Launching GLOBAL DIGITAL CITY with Play to earn
Listing VRT in Decentralised exchange

Phase 5:

Listing of VRT tokens in the exchange

13. Closure

Thus, our Global digital cluster coin creates a public blockchain infrastructure for real-time metaverse and digital-twin applications. In the future, the metaverse will overtake the Internet as the dominant virtual arena. The primary function of the token, VRT is being used to create a unique virtual environment where players can create, own, and sell thoir gaming experiences

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The game is a promising addition to the growing number of blockchain-based games on Epic Games.

Cards of Ethernity is live on the Epic Games store. The blockchain-based collectible card game allows players to buy, sell, and trade cards on the Ethereum blockchain.

Lunar Station, a team of experienced game developers with experience in the traditional gaming industry, developed the game. The team wanted to create a game that combines the fun of traditional collectible card games with the transparency and security of blockchain technology.

Cards of Ethernity is a blockchain-based collectible card game that allows players to buy, sell, and trade cards on the Ethereum blockchain. The game features unique artwork and gameplay mechanics, and players can build their decks by purchasing card packs or individual cards on the game’s marketplace.

The game uses Ethereum-based smart contracts to ensure that all cards are unique, verifiable, and scarce. This means players can own their cards and sell them to other players for real money. Additionally, the game’s marketplace is decentralized, meaning players can trade cards without a centralized authority.

Benefits of Cards of Eternity

Cards of Ethernity is an important step forward for the adoption of blockchain technology in the gaming industry. The game showcases the potential of blockchain technology to create new and innovative gameplay mechanics and provide players with a new level of ownership and control over their in-game assets.
The game also highlights the potential of blockchain technology to create a more fair and transparent gaming industry. With blockchain-based games, players can be sure that the game’s rules and mechanics are transparent and cannot be manipulated by game developers or other third parties.

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Alphas with play and earn opportunities are a pretty unique feature of web3 gaming and a great way to reward early supporters!

Alpha Season 2 of the Axie-based farming and plot decorating game known as Axie Homeland kicks into gear. It started on April 19th, 2023 and will last for 30 days. Players can earn mAXS token prizes for placing in the top 500 spots of the Passive Adventure and / or Land Development leaderboards. Payouts are in mAXS tokens, which are 1/1000th of an AXS (1,000 mAXS = 1 AXS token). But these are still some nice rewards!

Alpha Season 2 also comes with a new Seasonal Achievement Award system. Players can earn exclusive titles by reaching certain milestones during the season.

The user interface has been improved with a new Task Management window. This allows players to see all of their Axies and their current status. This should make managing and directing your Axies a much easier task. In addition, the adventurer equip screen has some improvements as well.

Accessing the Axie Homeland requires owning an Axie land plot. These can be purchased in the Axie market, but be prepared to pay $1,000+ for a plot!

What is Axie Homeland?

Axie Homeland is a game about building and growing on your land plot while putting your Axies to work. The main goal of Homeland is to manage a settlement as efficiently as possible in order to equip adventurers with gear and supplies to defeat waves of monsters. The more successful these adventurers are, the more rewards the landowner receives. Players need to grow crops and construct buildings, assigning Axies to take care of the work.

Right now, Axie Homeland offers the following features:

Gather – gather raw materials from the surrounding environment
Craft – craft powerful gear and supplies for your adventurers
Trade – trade with native adventurers and other landowners for in-game currency
Decorate – beautify your land plot
Build – build the necessary infrastructure to craft gear and process raw materials
Passive Adventure – equip and send your adventurers to battle
Compete – strive to be one of the top players on the leaderboards
Explore – explore the world of Lunacia as landowners turn their empty land plots into massive settlements
At some point in the future, Homeland will tie back into Axie Origins, with both games supporting each other in different ways.

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ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE? Voxie Tactics A first of its kind Tactical RPG game Play for Free – Anyone can jump in and play immediately! Dynamic Gameplay – Play against the computer by exploring the VoxelVerse or challenge your friends in the PVP Arena to win contests and rewards True Player Ownership – Earn cryptocurrency and in-game NFT items you can buy, sell, trade & loan on the blockchain

The free to play, play to earn, strategic battler, Voxie Tactics, adds a new training mode, allowing players to test out different character and equipment combinations in a stress free environment!

At long last, Voxie Tactics introduces a PvE mode to their game, allowing players to learn the game and try out different strategies while playing against AI opponents.

There are no earnings in Training Mode. But this a feature that Voxie Tactics sorely needed. Having to figure out the game mechanics and class abilities while in a timed, PvP match was not an especially fun task. But with the new Training Mode option, players can play against an AI team, with no turn timer!

Their recent patch also includes a number of bug fixes and balance changes. You can read up on all of the changes and patch history on the official game updates page.

Dragonfest

Voxie Tactics has an upcoming event called Dragonfest. Dragonfest runs from April 3rd to May 1st bringing new items, new events, and a new character class!

Dragonfest features a community PvE event, the Bone Dragon Boss. Players take three Voxies into the Bone Dragon lair and try to survive. Players will compete for spots on a leaderboard for this event. Also, by participating, players contribute towards the community goal of defeating the Bone Dragon Boss. Once that quest is completed, there will be a celebratory event as well as community rewards.

During Dragonfest, players gather Bone Fragments by competing in battles, playing the new PvE content, using the Voxies marketplace, and taking part in certain community events. Trade Bone Fragments for Bone Chests, which contain special, Dragon themed items. These chests might even be a good way to find items with fire resistance!

What is Voxie Tactics?

Voxie Tactics is a free to play, voxel-style, turn-based, fantasy, strategic battle game where two players field teams of three characters in a battle to the death! These characters move, fight, and cast spells across a battlefield map in an attempt to destroy the opposing team. The game features 10 different character races and 20 unique classes, each with their own powers and abilities.

Voxie Tactics is free to play, with play to earn potential starting with your first PvP match! Not only do your earn VOXELS tokens from winning matches, but you can also find NFTs. And if that NFT doesn’t fit your characters or playstyle, then you can sell it on the marketplace.

Voxie Tactics includes a Forge, letting players upgrade their equipment by burning various game items, and an NFT rental system. So players don’t need to own any NFTs to start playing and earning!

Voxie Tactics is currently rebuilding their game client in the Unity engine. Not only will this offer better graphics and performance, but building with Unity also opens up access to a number of third party SDK packages, but also makes the game easily portable to a wide variety of platforms, including mobile!

To lean more about Voxie Tactics, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord.

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Create, explore and trade in the first-ever virtual reality game world owned by its users thanks to the ethereum blockchain.

Explore LANDs owned by users to experience incredible scenes and structures. From a space adventure to a medieval dungeon maze to entire villages crafted from the minds of community members.

Own a piece of land and build whatever is your mind into this world of infinite opportunities.

Introduction

Decentraland is a decentralized virtual reality platform powered by the Ethereum blockchain. Within the Decentraland platform, users can create, experience, and monetize their content and applications.

Enter and explore decentraland

The finite, traversable, 3D virtual space within Decentraland is called LAND, a non-fungible digital asset maintained in an Ethereum smart contract. Land is divided into parcels that are identified by cartesian coordinates (x,y). These parcels are permanently owned by members of the community and are purchased using MANA, Decentraland’s cryptocurrency token. This gives users full control over the environments and applications that they create, which can range from anything like static 3D scenes to more interactive applications or games.

Whitepaper

The original Decentraland white paper written by Esteban Ordano, Ariel Meilich, Yemel Jardi, and Manuel Araoz can be found using the link below.

This white paper presents a detailed explanation of the original philosophical motivations behind the Decentraland project, along with a rigorous discussion of the proposed technical and economic approaches to building Decentraland. Please keep in mind that the Decentraland project is continually evolving, and some of the approaches outlined in the white paper have been modified.

Marketplace

The Marketplace is the go-to place to trade and manage all your Decentraland on-chain assets.

Access the Marketplace at market.decentraland.org.

The Marketplace allows you to:

Sell parcels and Estates of LAND, wearables, and unique names. Set your own price in MANA and an expiration date for the offer.
Buy parcels and Estates, wearables, and unique names that are for sale.
Transfer your Decentraland assets to another user.
Explore the world through a map to see who owns what, existing wearables or claimed avatar names.
📔 Note: Use builder.decentraland.org/land to:
Name your parcels and Estates and give them a public description.
Grant permissions to other users, allowing them to deploy on your LAND.
Manage to create or dissolve estates.
Your Wallet #
Before using market.decentraland.org, connect and log into an Ethereum client account that can interact with the web browser. We recommend using MetaMask. We also support the use of a Ledger hardware wallet.

📔 Note: If you would like to use your Ledger hardware wallet in the Marketplace, it will require you to connect it towards MetaMask. Please ensure you follow all the given steps and updates to allow a seamless Ledger usage.
When navigating the Marketplace, your wallet address is treated as your account, you don’t need any additional log in.

The Marketplace currently hosts LAND and names solely on Ethereums network. Wearables differ between Ethereum and Polygons network. Ethereum based transactions require a GAS fee, paid in Ethereum. Wheras Polygon based transactions only require a small amount of MATIC, to perform actions in the Marketplace.

The Atlas View #
The Atlas view gives you a bird’s-eye perspective of every color coded parcel, Estate, road, district, and plaza in Decentraland.

You can click and drag the map to move around, zoom in and out, or hover your cursor over a parcel to see its x,y location and owner.

Any parcel that is currently for sale in the Marketplace will be highlighted.

Click on a parcel to view it’s status, its coordinates, and its owner’s public address (if it has an owner). From this screen you can also buy or place a bid on the parcel.

The Marketplace View #
Select the Browse tab to see all the items that are for sale.

Select the Category to view only a specific type of item .
Order them by different criteria like most recent, cheapest, etc.
Toggle On sale off to view items that aren’t for sale.
Filter items by name to find something specific.

Buy MANA #
To buy MANA in exchange for Ether:

Open your user Settings page.
Click Buy More next to your MANA balance.
This takes you to Kyber Swap, where you can easily exchange Ether to MANA.
Set an amount of MANA you’d like to receive or the amount of Ether you’d like to convert, then click Swap Now.
Confirm this transaction on your Ethereum client and wait for the network to verify it.
Buy items #
To buy LAND, Estates, wearables or unique names in Decentraland:

Browse offers to find something on same that you’d like to buy and click it to open its details.
💡 Tip: For LAND and Estates, you can also browse using the Atlas view.
On it’s details page, click Buy.

Confirm this transaction on your Ethereum client and wait for the network to verify it.

📔 Note: If this is your first time buying something on the Marketplace, you will also be asked to confirm a one-time transaction to allow the Marketplace to accept MANA.
Place a bid on an item #
If an item isn’t listed on sale, you can still place a bid on it and offer to buy it at a specific price. The other steps of the process are just like those of buying an item.

💡 Tip: View items that aren’t for sale by untoggling the On sale option. For LAND and Estates, you can also browse using the Atlas view and select any parcel.
📔 Note: If this is your first time placing a bid on the Marketplace, you will also be asked to confirm a one-time transaction to allow the Marketplace to handle bids.
To view a list of your open and pending bids, select My Bids on the top navbar.

From this screen you can also change the price of your bid by clicking Update. This screen also shows bids made by other users on items you own.

Sell a parcel or Estate #
To sell one of your items:

Open My Assets and open its details page.
In the details page, click Sell.
Set a price and expiration date and click List for sale. Then retype the price you’re selling it at to confirm.
Confirm this transaction on your Ethereum client and wait for the network to verify it.
📔 Note: If this is your first time selling an item of this asset type on the Marketplace, you will also be asked to confirm a one-time transaction to allow the Marketplace to accept MANA.
You can change the price of a sale that you already put on offer without having to cancel and re-create the sale. Just click Update price in the parcel or Estate’s details page.

See your activity history #
Open the notifications page by clicking the bell icon at the top of the screen.

The notifications page displays a list of all the recent transactions that you have carried out, together with their status.

Click a transaction to see more details about it on Etherscan.

📔 Note: This screen only shows transactions that were initiated by you. It doesn’t show the sale of tokens, since that action is initiated by the buyer.
Transfer LAND #
To transfer a LAND parcel or Estate to another user:

Open My Assets and open the details page of the parcel or the Estate you’d like to transfer and click Transfer.

Enter the public address of the Ethereum wallet of the recipient.

📔 Note: Please double check this address, since you cannot cancel the operation. While the recipient could always transfer the LAND back to you, the original owner cannot reverse the action.
Click Submit.
Confirm this transaction on your Ethereum client and wait for the network to verify it.
📔 Note: If the LAND parcel or Estate is currently on sale, you won’t be able to transfer it. First click Remove listing to cancel the sale.
Providing Feedback #
We’ve worked hard to ensure that the Marketplace is simple and easy to use but if you ever have questions or feedback please reach out to us using the in-app Intercom widget.

As with all of our other tools, the Marketplace is open-source software, and you can find the code here. Feel free to create an issue, or submit a pull-request!

LAND Manager

The Land Manager allows you to manage your LAND and Estate assets.

Access the Land manager at https://builder.decentraland.org/land.

The Land Manager allows you to:

Name your parcels and Estates and give them a public description.
Merge LAND parcels into an Estate.
Dissolve an Estate into separate LAND parcels.
Transfer your parcels and Estates to another user.
Grant permissions to other users to edit the parcels you own.
Manage Your LAND #
To view your LAND tokens, click Manage your LAND. Here you’ll find a list of all of your parcels and Estates, including any parcels that you have listed for sale.

By clicking on one of the parcels or Estates listed under Land, you can edit its name, description, set an operator, or transfer it directly to another wallet address.

Create an Estate #
LAND Estates make it possible to associate two or more directly adjacent parcels of LAND to make it easier to manage your larger LAND holdings. Estates are especially useful when building larger scenes that span more than one parcel.

Parcels in an Estate must be directly adjacent, and cannot be separated by a road, plaza, or any other parcel.

To create your first Estate, you need to own two or more adjacent LAND parcels.

Open My LAND and select one of the parcels you’d like to add to the Estate.

In the parcel’s details page, click Create Estate.

You will be shown a view of the Atlas centered on the parcel you selected, with the remaining adjacent parcels you own highlighted. Select the different parcels you want to include in your Estate.

Click Continue.

Enter a name and description for your Estate. These details will be publicly displayed in the Atlas, just like the name and description for any individual parcel.

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Confirm this transaction on your Ethereum client and wait for the network to verify it.

Once you’ve created your first Estate, you will see a new tab titled Estates. From this page you can view and manage all of your Estates.

When you create a new Estate, you are effectively transferring your parcels to a new token. These Estates are represented by ERC721 tokens (like any other NFT). You will no longer see the individual parcels under My LAND, and they will not appear in MetaMask, Mist, Trezor, or Ledger wallets, nor on Etherscan under your address.

Edit parcels or Estates #
You can edit the name and description of any parcel or Estate that you own. These details will be publicly displayed in the Atlas.

To edit a parcel or Estate:

Navigate to the details page of the parcel or the Estate you’d like to edit and click Edit.

Click Submit.

Confirm this transaction on your Ethereum client and wait for the network to verify it.

Give permissions #
You can give another user permissions to edit the content in a parcel or Estate. This enables that user to deploy code to the scene, whilst not having the ability to sell the token.

The user given permission can also change the name or description in the Marketplace.

To grant permissions over your LAND:

Navigate to the details page of the parcel or Estate and click on the three dots and then Set Operator.

Fill the form with the desired info.

Click Submit.

Confirm this transaction on your Ethereum client and wait for the network to verify it.

See your activity history #
Open the notifications page by clicking the bell icon at the top of the screen.

The notifications page displays a list of all the recent transactions that you have carried out, together with their status.

Click a transaction to see more details about it on Etherscan.

Transfer LAND #
To transfer a LAND parcel or Estate to another user:

Navigate to the details page of the parcel or the Estate you’d like to transfer and click Transfer.

Enter the public address of the Ethereum wallet of the recipient.

📔 Note: Please double check this address, since you cannot cancel the operation. While the recipient could always transfer the LAND back to you, the original owner cannot reverse the action.

Click Submit.
Confirm this transaction on your Ethereum client and wait for the network to verify it.

Get parcel info

You can use the Decentraland CLI to query info directly from LAND tokens in the blockchain and from the scene files uploaded to the content server.

To run these commands, you must first Install the CLI.

Get info about a scene #
The dcl info command returns the contents of a scene’s scene.json file, including owner, contact info, and parcels in the scene.

dcl info from the scene’s folder returns info about that specific scene.
dcl info x,y, where x and y are parcel coordinates, returns info about the scene in that location.
📔 Note: Don’t add a space between both coordinates.

dcl info id, where id is an estate id, returns info about the scene with that estate id.
The dcl status command returns a list with the files deployed to a scene. This only includes file names and sizes. You can’t access the contents of the files via the CLI.

dcl status from the scene’s folder returns info about that specific scene.
dcl status x,y, where x and y are parcel coordinates (with no spaces between them), returns info about the scene in that location.
📔 Note: Don’t add a space between both coordinates.
dcl status id, where id is an estate id, returns info about the scene with that estate id.
📔 Note: Everything that’s uploaded to our content server is public and reachable through that network. When you deploy a scene, by default you’re not uploading the original source code for the scene, instead you upload a version that’s compiled to minified JavaScript, which is a lot less readable.
Get info from a wallet address #
The dcl info command also lets you see info about an Ethereum wallet and the LAND tokens that it owns.

dcl info xxxx, where xxxx is the Ethereum address you’re interested in, returns a list of all the LAND parcels and estates owned by that address and their details.

What is the DAO

The Decentraland DAO is the decision-making tool for MANA, NAMES and LAND holders in Decentraland’s virtual world. Through votes in the DAO, the community can issue grants and make changes to the lists of banned names, POIs, and catalyst nodes. The DAO also controls the LAND and Estate smart contracts.

Issuing grants and making changes to the records and contracts owned by the DAO can only be done by using predefined proposals accessible in governance.decentraland.org.

These proposals, the votes submitted, and final results are all stored in IPFS via Snapshot, a gas-less voting client. Approved proposals with binding actions are enacted on the Ethereum blockchain by a committee by means of a multi-sig wallet. This committee is overseen by the Security Advisory Board (SAB), another multisig with trusted key holders. This Committee was voted into place by the community in the previous release of the DAO. The original proposal can be found here.

The remainder of this document explains in greater detail what the DAO is, how it works, and what it can be used for.

For a detailed tutorial on how to use the Decentraland DAO, visit the DAO User Guide.

The DAO is powered by smart contracts #
All DAOs, or decentralized autonomous organizations, are part of a new approach to organizational management and decision making made possible by Ethereum.

Ethereum extended what’s possible with blockchains by adding the ability to decentralize the handling of data more complex than just records of token ownership. Ethereum did this by allowing people to put smart contracts on a blockchain.

What’s a smart contract? #
A smart contract is a computer program that is run on the Ethereum blockchain. It can store both functions (bits of code that do things) and data (information). Smart contracts are often compared to vending machines. If you put in specific inputs, you get specific outputs. If I walk up to a vending machine, insert $1, and press the “orange soda” button, then I’ll get an orange soda if there’s any left in the machine. If there’s no more orange sodas, I’ll get my dollar back.

Smart contracts work the same way, people can interact with them by sending information with the expectation of receiving specific results or information. Just like the vending machine doesn’t have a little person inside handing out sodas, smart contracts are automatic (dare we say, autonomous).

If you’d like to learn more about Ethereum smart contracts, the Ethereum documentation is the best place to dive in.

The DAO controls Decentraland’s critical smart contracts #
The second important quality of smart contracts is their ability to own other smart contracts.

That’s right, every smart contract has its own address (just like the address of your Ethereum wallet) that allows it to own other smart contracts and cryptocurrencies.

So, in slightly more technical terms, a DAO is one or more smart contracts that can perform specific, pre-defined tasks and maintain ownership of cryptocurrencies. DAOs are built in such a way that they will only perform their tasks under specific conditions, such as the passing of a proposal voted on by a group of people who own a certain token (like MANA, NAMES or LAND). All of this is done on a blockchain. Hence the name, “decentralized autonomous organization”.

Decentraland’s DAO also owns a sum of MANA and other tokens along with the LAND and Estate smart contracts. This fund has been set aside to help sponsor community grants and to help grow the Decentraland platform according to the decisions and directions voted on by the community.

📔 Note

The DAO does not own, and so cannot modify, the MANA smart contract.

The MANA contract’s owner is the TokenSale contract. The owner of the TokenSale contract is a separate contract that self-destructed on deployment (as you can see on Etherscan here). This means that there is no other contract or wallet with the permissions to modify or pause the MANA supply.

There is other information that the DAO controls as well, such as the list of harmful or offensive names that are not permitted in Decentraland, a list of notable locations (POIs or Points of Interest) to be promoted to new users, and the list of community run servers that host Decentraland’s virtual world.

Transferring any of the DAO’s MANA, modifying the LAND or Estate smart contracts, or modifying any of the other listed information controlled by the DAO can only be done with the approval of MANA, NAMES and LAND holders.

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A decentralised studio building the world’s first Interoperable Blockchain Game (IBG) universe including an open-world exploration game, industrial city builder, and autobattler, all on the Ethereum blockchain.

Join a graphically-rich sci-fi adventure, explore 7 dazzling alien landscapes and conquer the wilderness to uncover the cataclysmic events that shattered Illuvium and help your crash-landed crew flourish!

Illuvium is an open-world RPG, monster collector and autobattler game built on the Ethereumx Blockchain, releasing on PC and Mac in 2022. Play-to-earn in a graphically-rich sci-fi adventure and conquer the wilderness to help your crash-landed crew flourish.

Explore crystal labyrinths, toxic deserts, and windswept mountain summits across detailed alien landscapes. Quest to find the cause of the cataclysm that shattered Illuvium. Hunt and capture Illuvials, deity-like creatures who rule the land. Train and fuse your Illuvials into powerful evolutions to build up their power and value. Draft your ultimate Illuvial starting lineup to take into battles and tournaments in PvE and PvP Arenas, and increase your opportunities to earn. As you discover the capabilities of the Illuvials you collect, outsmart your opponents by harnessing unique synergies. Hit a winning streak as you best others to become the strongest Ranger on Illuvium.

A Fully Decentralised RPG and Collection Game Built On The Immutable X L2 Network

Introduction

Welcome to the world of Illuvium. A shattered land of beauty and wonder. Travel the vast and varied landscape hunting dangerous beasts, then capture them to battle in the Arenas or trade via the exchange.

Prior to launch of the game, $ILV holders may choose to stake $ILV to access the liquidity mining program (a type of ‘yield farming’ that has become popular with DeFi protocols where the founding teams seek to decentralise the governance of the protocol).

The purpose of the liquidity mining program is to distribute $ILV from the Illuvium Treasury to early Illuvium community members to: 1) achieve a distributed holding of $ILV tokens across more of the Illuvium community, 2) incentivise new people to participate in the Illuvium community, and 3) to enable a more liquid and transparent market for the trading of $ILV. The greater the size of the Illuvium community, the greater the prospects of decentralised governance as well as a self-regulating community that discourages bad actors and manipulation of governance and the game. Once the game is launched, users can stake $ILV as a signal of belief and support in the game and its governance model and receive access to governance and distributions from in-game fees.

A fully decentralized protocol, Illuvium represents a new age in gaming. It has been engineered from the ground-up to support the long-term sustainability of the Illuvium game and governance and provide players with a AAA-rated blockchain gaming experience. What makes Illuvium unique is that stakers receive regular distributions and can vote on everything from tokenomics related issues to the features in the game itself. With Illuvium, the power to define the project into the future is purposefully left to those who stake in the protocol.

Why DeFi?

The primary goal of the project is to create a fully decentralised game that can run autonomously. Over the last 18 months, and particularly in the last six, DeFi apps have seen impressive growth and rapid development. There are hundreds of DeFi projects gaining traction today—from trading, lending, and wallet interfaces, to assets and communities representing over 15B $USD in value. DeFi allows us to leverage this exciting growth to bootstrap a solvent platform that can hit the ground running for the increasing market interest in DeFi projects.

We are already starting to see a shift away from “novelty projects” that don’t add tangible value because ultimately they are unsustainable. We strongly believe a decentralised gaming economy provides the best fusion between crypto/blockchain/DAO enthusiasts and gamers looking for open access devoid of corporate interference.

There are currently no AAA gaming titles with cinematic quality 3D special effects in an immersive open-world RPG built in DeFi, and Illuvium merges gaming and cryptocurrency in a unique synergy that holds allure for crypto enthusiasts, dedicated gamers, and the curious tech-savvy public. By having gorgeous, functional, and rare NFTs, as well as a high replay value, Illuvium will keep players interested in the $ILV protocol longer, ensuring the stability of the underlying NFT assets and the token pool.

(There are risks associated with DeFi, particularly staking and smart contract risk, and contract configurations are being developed continuously and subject to change and sentiment expressed by the Illuvium community).

Layer 2 Ethereum Scaling Solution – Immutable X

Ownership is vital to collection games. If you don’t own your collection, the entire value proposition falls apart. This is why digital media has struggled in this space and why games with tangible assets, such as card games, have stood the test of time. But with the advent of NFTs and the investigation of their implications, the conventions about ownership, value, and utility of digital property all change.

So what is an NFT?

An NFT, or non-fungible token, is a crypto token representing a verifiably unique entity that is mutually interchangeable. The first NFT-like token was launched back in 2012 and was built on the Bitcoin blockchain. However, the most common NFT, ERC-721, is built on the Ethereum network.

NFTs became popular with the launch of CryptoKitties back in November 2017. Being a blockchain based game built on Ethereum, CryptoKitties was prone to multiple scalability issues. However, the rarity of owning an NFT captured everyone’s attention. Since then, add-ons and NFTs have found their way into many games, art and collectables.

Why did Illuvium choose Immutable X?

One of the primary issues NFT projects and users are currently facing is the cost of performing transactions on the Ethereum network. With limitations on the number of transactions Ethereum can handle, users on the network have bid up gas prices to ensure their transactions quickly settle. With the average cost of transferring an NFT averaging $15 at the time of writing, trading volume for NFTs has plummeted.

Immutable X changes this, allowing users to trade their NFTs without paying gas fees using what is known as a Zero-Knowledge (ZK) Rollup. Aside from just the savings in gas fees, this provides you with a variety of benefits, including:

• You maintain self-custody of your NFTs with the same level of security as mainchain Ethereum, something not seen in alternative scaling solutions like Matic and xDai.
• Transactions are instant, and moving back to mainchain Ethereum is trustless and verifiable.
• Unlike other solutions, there is no need for you to own a unique L2 token to buy, sell, send, or receive NFTs.
• You get more interesting and attractive game mechanics and design from Illuvium thanks to off-chain minting (more on that later).
• Immutable X will provide turing-complete general computation in the near future thanks to Cairo, technology developed by their partners over at StarkWare.
• Immutable engine supports over 9000 transactions per second

Immutable X also focuses on improving NFT liquidity to ensure as a buyer you find what you’re looking for, and as a seller you can find someone who wants your NFT. This is done in a couple of ways:

• They’ve created what is known as a “metadata order”, or the ability for buyers to quickly and easily purchase assets (single, or in bulk) based on an NFTs underlying properties (or “metadata”). This is a major advancement over today’s high-friction trading, where users are often forced to sort through thousands of NFTs that differ ever so slightly to find what they’re looking for at the best available price.
• Immutable X offers pooled liquidity, allowing assets to be listed instantly on every exchange that supports Immutable X.

If you’re not familiar with ZK Rollups, why they’re considered the best solution for scaling on Ethereum, and want to learn more, we’d recommend Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin’s recent guide on Rollups.

Illuvium’s Core Mechanics: Minting, Burning, and Exchange

From the very beginning, the standard paradigm of most NFT games had become uninteresting, and lacking in utility. Buy a digital asset, own it, and hope it appreciates in value. Some games allow you to buy NFTs and then play with them in a game. While certainly an improvement, we still felt there was more to the experience. There had to be a way to establish an emotional connection between the players and their collections. We aren’t the only ones to see the gap, and the subsequent opportunity in this, but we wanted to provide the most distinctive and original solution: an emotive experience that was consistently intriguing and rewarding throughout the entire process, from discovery all the way to exchange.

Inside Illuvium, you will encounter wild, mysterious, and combative creatures called Illuvials. On your journey through the many regions of this broken planet, you hunt, defeat, and capture them. To do this, you need a Shard; a specially-constructed sliver of crystal that traps the quantum signature of the beast inside. The quality of your Shard determines the chance of capture. A successful capture results in a new NFT token representing the Illuvial being minted and stored in your wallet. When you manage to capture a few of the same type, you Fuse them together, which burns the existing tokens and mints a more powerful creature.

Immutable X makes this vital process much easier, by taking away distraction and letting players simply explore and enjoy the world. Players are not bombarded by constant GAS fees for every little change to their collection. And transactions happen much faster, so players can stay focused on what they came here to do: Explore, Collect, Battle, and Earn.

Game Overview

Intro

You take the role of a survivor of a transport vessel in an intergalactic space fleet, investigating a perplexing distress beacon. When you finally reach the origin of the call, you discover a ruined planet, possibly the mythical cradle of your race’s civilization. A vast crystal ocean engulfs all but a tiny fraction of the planet. Extreme weather events assault the surface, giving way to strikingly varied climates. A burst of radiation disables the ship’s engines and you slam into the planet’s surface. Crawling free from the wreckage, you discover majestic beasts, some with near godlike power. Could this be what caused the downfall of this planet? Luckily, your race has begun to master the same energy that the Illuvials harness, and you are able to capture and control the deity-like fauna into slivers of crystal called Shards, mined from the planet’s surface. To uncover the mysteries of the planet, you become a Hunter, traveling across the land subduing and capturing Illuvials, and trying to unlock the Obelisks that keep most of the world closed off.

Note: Game is in development and all details are subject to change.

What are Illuvials?

The planet’s core spills out a strange radiation that the beasts harness to grow, mutate, and unleash deadly attacks. Some Illuvials are easy to find, some are incredibly rare. They are found across a vast landscape. The radiation itself pulses in a non organic way that seems vaguely familiar. There are more than 100 Illuvials to find and collect throughout the world, each possessing unique abilities. They form symbiotic relationships with one another based on common affinities or classes, called Synergies. Using a Hybrid Synergy System, Illuvials are stronger when working as a team in the Battle Arena so make sure to collect synergising pairs to maximise your chance of victory. Different synergies create different bonuses for your team, allowing you to outplay your opponent—even if they have Illuvials with more raw power than you. Fusion allows you to merge multiple Illuvials of the same type into a more powerful beast, with different attributes, sometimes belonging to a completely different Class or Type. Remember that some Lines of Illuvials are very rare and hard to find, making their Fused form even more difficult to discover

Team Building

In the immersive environment of this shattered planet, Illuvials phase in and out of existence and will be hard to track (both to hunt and avoid) — but when you do, don’t expect an easy fight. Once the battle starts, each Illuvial will find an enemy to engage in combat, aided by your in-game character who possesses technology advanced enough to stand firm against these incredibly powerful creatures. Keep in mind the synergies between Illuvials — it can be the difference between victory and defeat! Engage the mysterious Illuvials in battle — and if you win, they can be stored in a Shard, where they will accompany you on your personal Odyssey. Shards vary in power — if you’re dealing with stronger Illuvials, be sure to use a stronger Shard. Otherwise, you risk losing that rare creature forever. Combat will make them stronger, grow in levels, and develop their power. Once you collect three that have each reached their threshold level, you can fuse them together into a single, more powerful creature. Don’t worry if an Illuvial gets injured — the shard it returns to has a time-based regenerative protocol for anything stored within it. Your fighting team will be able to get back to full health over certain intervals of time. If you want them back right away, however, it can be done by using various items or paying a small fee to bring them back to full health. Some are more rare than others, and if you are lucky you might just get a Shiny, Gold, or Holographic rare capture. If you do, your Illuvial will always stand out, intimidate, and perhaps reign undefeated, in the Arenas.

Affinities

The origins of Illuvials themselves is a mystery, but so is their affinity to the elements of this alien world. Illuvials connect predominantly with one of 5 elements: Water, Fire, Earth, Air and Nature. The most powerful Ascended form affinities with two elements (Frost = Air + Water), or a stronger bond with a single element (Inferno = Fire + Fire). Make sure your team is strategically chosen. Your Archeleon might be strong with its Overgrowth Affinity (Nature + Nature), but in combat with an Inferno Illuvial they will be at a severe disadvantage so choose wisely.

Classes

Illuvials are grouped into one of 5 classes: Fighter, Guardian, Rogue, Psion and Empath. As in many RPGs, the choices you make regarding the class of your Illuvials will affect the outcome of your battles with wild Illuvials. Draft a team ideally synergistic in qualities and traits that can work well together as a single fighting unit. Ascended forms are so powerful that sometimes they embody two classes simultaneously, such as Slayer (Fighter + Rogue), or become stronger in a single class such as Invoker (Psion + Psion).

The Illuviary

After the crash, you stumble upon an almanac, with the word “Illuviary” scrawled across it. One of your people must have landed here long ago. Inside, you will find an index of every Illuvial found across Illuvium, but all locked. To unlock the entries you must find and capture the Illuvials and record their digital signature into the Illuviary. If you are the first in the universe to discover a particular digital signature, your name will forever appear next to your discovery in the worldwide Illuviary database. But this digital signature contains far more than just their biology… It just might be the key to unlocking the mystery of Illuvium. From its inception, we envisioned Illuvium to be a game of discovery and mystery. As such, on release there will be no public information in-advance regarding many of the Illuvials in the world. We expect that many of the entries will be filled on Day One, but we hope that players enjoy that sense of wonder that comes from pure discovery and exploration.

How Do I Play?

Start by customising your character. Then select your Polymorphic Subordinate Drone. Once you and your sidekick are ready, you can then head out to explore the various regions of the world, and the mysteries that shattered it. As you adventure, you will encounter Illuvials that you can fight. If you subdue them, use a Shard to snap them up so they are yours permanently. Be careful though, Shards have varying power levels. Less powerful Shards are likely to fail against powerful Illuvials. For players just starting out, you will be able to mine free shards that are only capable of capturing a select few Illuvials that are far less powerful than some. But you will be able to get started in the game without any expense and learn the mechanics. We feel this is a welcome change from games that require a large amount of capital upfront to play. There are many regions to explore, but most will be inaccessible to the first generation of players. Over time, players will unlock Obelisks which allow for travel to new beautiful, challenging, and important regions that come with new Illuvials to battle and collect, and shed more light on the enigma that happened here.

In-Game Purchases

ETH is used for all in-game purchases and the fees are sent directly to the Illuvium Vault.

• Shard Curing
• Imbues (Modification to various elements of the game such as weapons or Drones)
• Wagering Battles
• Illuvium Revival (medical fees)
• Obelisk Travel
• Enhancements (Powerful stat boosts to the Illuvials)

Adventuring

For some players, the draw of the game will be travelling across the world and collecting Illuvials. This can be incredibly lucrative, especially if a player manages to capture something rare and powerful. Illuvials will become harder to capture over time. As more and more are found, their capture rate will change, because it is fundamentally tied to the number that have been captured thus far. The difficulty to capture Illuvials will also grow. As you adventure and encounter Illuvials in the wild, your current team (including yourself) will grow in power.

Battle Arenas

Other players will choose to battle each other to prove who is the superior Hunter. These players will queue in the Ranked Arena where they can be matched with a random opponent of a similar skill, or call out other players in ad-hoc wagered matches in the Leviathan Arena. Other players will be able to spectate and wager on the outcomes.

IlluviDEX (The Illuvium Exchange)

The Illuvium exchange is an online marketplace, governed by the Illuvium DAO, for players to buy and sell all in-game NFTs. The major component of the IlluviDEX is the trading of Illuvials, but all NFTs found in the game can be traded there..

Mining and Harvesting

Your subordinate drone isn’t just a good-looking gadget. In addition to storage and assistance during battle, your PSD is also capable of mining minerals from the planet’s surface, and forging them into useful items. The landscape is speckled with deposits that contain ore, uncured shards, and rare gemstones. After harvesting these, use your drone to forge them into weapons and suits of armor by infusing the materials with energy. Some materials are much more rare, and provide stronger bonuses to your equipment. Wield these yourself for an advantage in combat, or sell them on the IlluviDEX. Illuvium is also littered with trees that produce various alien fruits that pulsate with energy. Harvest these to create enhancements for your Illuvials in battle, or to nurse them back to health without heading back to Sanctum Mesa.

Shards

Shards are probably the most important item in the game. It is only with these shards that players are able to capture Illuvials that they best in combat. As such, each player will want to be stocked with a few before venturing into the world. You can mine them from deposits, but you’ll always want to make sure you have something available in case you encounter a rare Illuvial. Like most elements in the game, Shards come in a variety of tiers based on their power at capturing Illuvials. The stronger the Illuvial, the harder they are to capture. This is where a strong shard is most effective. The quality of the shard you pull from the ground is random, with the most powerful ones being the rarest. If you want to make sure that you can capture everything you find in the world, then it is worth checking out the IlluviDEX where you can acquire shards.

Weapons

In Illuvium, it is not just the Illuvials that fight. You as the player character get to fight in the battle, wielding futuristic weapons that can be equipped with gemstones that store the essence of Illuvials, allowing you to emit an aura that boosts your Illuvials in combat. Your choice of weapons also determines your class, which gives additional benefits to your team. Weapons can be sold on the IlluviDEX like most other NFTs in the game.

Armor

Also forged from items mined on Illuvium, armour is your defense against the beasts that you fight. If your armour becomes too damaged you may need to wait until it regenerates. However, your choice of armour can sway the battle, as each suit has different properties. Choosing the right one for you and your team is one of the many decisions you will make in the game. Armor can be sold on the IlluviDEX like most other NFTs in the game.

Imbues

Imbues are cosmetic changes that can add value to a player’s collection by further differentiating their acquisitions from others. Imbues are modular in nature and can be applied to multiple items, or you may decide to sell them on the IlluviDEX. Various items in the game can be imbued, such as weapons, armour and even your Drone.

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Undead Blocks prepares to launch their new, daily, play and earn feature! Players with Undead Blocks weapon NFTs will be able to play a special solo, VIP mode, where they can earn gold ZBUX, the shiniest of all the ZBUX around!

Undead Blocks players can use Weapon Loadout NFTs to kill zombies and earn every single day. Players can participate in daily leaderboards and challenges to earn Gold ZBUX, which can be swapped for select cryptocurrencies or used to obtain rare and limited edition in-game items and weapons. Players will also earn Standard ZBUX which allow Survivors to level up their weaponry and build equity in the assets that they own as we rapidly enter a digital renaissance. With a full storyline and character arcs built in, Undead Blocks will be prioritizing play AND earn, with secondary tokenomics and a value proposition that are crafted for sustainability and peace of mind for players and investors alike. Power to the gamers.

Called VIP Mode, and referred to by the team as “grind to earn”, Undead Blocks will soon allow players to earn Gold ZBUX while playing. Players can use these Gold ZBUX to upgrade their weapon packs, add weapons and attachments to their loadout, purchased limited edition, in-game items and Loot Coffins, or swapped for various cryptocurrencies.

Players with weapons from either the Genesis collection or the Apocalypse collection are eligible for VIP mode. At some point in the future, this mode will receive a new name, as voted on by those holding $UNDEAD tokens. In VIP mode, the player must survive waves of zombies to unlock ZBOXes which will contain tokens. The team will introduce a multiplayer option for VIP mode in a future update.

During VIP mode play, players can only use the weapons in their loadout. They can’t acquire new weapons during the match. So pick your NFTs wisely!

Undead Blocks will still offer their regular free to play mode. This let players play with friends to earn regular ZBUX. With these ZBUX players can purchase Loot Coffins that contain Skin NFTs and other rare items.

The first stage of VIP Mode is slated to go live on February 28th, 2023.

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The Metaverse industry is a $1 trillion annual revenue opportunity according to Grayscale, and with projected annual revenue of $400 billion for the Metaverse gaming industry by 2025, Metaverse games will benefit mostly from this growth.

Valhalla is a play-to-earn NFT gaming metaverse. In addition to being rewarded with $FLOKI for battling, everything that you obtain in the metaverse is yours to own and to sell as you intend (such as on FlokiPlaces).

The team working on Valhalla have been working on NFT games since 2017, are at the head of a development team of 15, and are onboarding high-profile advisors with experience developing successful mainstream addictive games.

The Valhalla NFT Metaverse Game

Valhalla is FLOKI’s NFT Metaverse game that aims to tap into the $1 trillion Metaverse industry. FLOKI will be the main utility token of the Valhalla Metaverse.
The Metaverse industry is a $1 trillion annual revenue opportunity , and with projected annual revenue of $400 billion for the Metaverse gaming industry by 2025, Metaverse games will benefit mostly from this growth.

Valhalla is FLOKI’s NFT Metaverse game that will be powered by the FLOKI token. Valhalla will feature A-level game mechanics on the blockchain. This includes on-chain gaming interactions and upgradeable NFTs.

Valhalla will be quite unique due to the robust PlayToEarn mechanics it will feature:
A gardening system.
In-game characters known as Vera.
A robust battle system.
An in-game ship system.
An items system.
These PlayToEarn mechanics will allow users to earn and collect FLOKI tokens by playing Valhalla, thereby making Valhalla a viable way for millions of people to generate an income.

Players will be able to communicate, monitor each other’s progress, and encounter one another in the Valhalla Metaverse.

The first major release of Valhalla with Open World went live in Q4 2022. It is currently playable on the Optimism Goerli testnet.
Here’s how to play:
Add the Metamask browser extension to your browser.
Visit “Settings,” “Networks” and then click “Add Network” to add the required network:
– Network name: Optimism Goerli
– RPC Url: https://goerli.optimism.io
– Chain ID: 420
– Block Explorer: https://optimism.io
Visit https://faucet.paradigm.xyz and claim a test token to play the Alpha. Make sure to check the box below the wallet address field. You will receive one test token displayed as “ETH” in your wallet.
Make sure to switch to the Optimism Kovan network in Metamask.
Visit http://valhalla.game and click “Play.”
It’s that simple. Now loaded with test tokens, you can enter Valhalla and get an early taste of the most exciting play-to-earn metaverse project in crypto. Skol, viking!

Valhalla Will Be Powered By FLOKI Tokens
Valhalla is designed to take a huge chunk of FLOKI tokens out of circulation and into the Valhalla ecosystem as adoption increases — since FLOKI is going to be the main currency of the Valhalla world.
The only way to buy in-game items in Valhalla will be with in-game tokens (which will be FLOKI or can only be bought with FLOKI).
Valhalla will also incentivize people to spend FLOKI to advance through the game more easily. This enhances utility and drive actual demand for the FLOKI token.
The Valhalla Team
Valhalla is currently being developed by a team of 11 people with combined team experience of over 50 years and plans to aggressively expand to a team of 20 to fast-track development. This team is led by MrBrownWhale, a renowned crypto veteran, NFT expert, and Ether Cards council member, and Jackie Xu, a blockchain veteran who has been in the industry for a decade and has worked with some of the biggest names in crypto.

Jackie Xu has worked on blockchain since 2012 and has actively worked on smart contracts since 2017. Before that, Jackie worked as a software engineer and technical lead on projects ranging from large social networks to anti-fraud transaction processing systems for the traditional finance industry.

The team developing Valhalla is made up of two sound engineers with extensive experience not only in gaming, but also in creating musical scores for, among others, Netflix, an illustrator, a character modeler, an animator and an overseeing art director.
In addition, there are two Unity game developers working on Valhalla that have been working with that engine since ~2008. They’ve seen the good and the bad, and will be working on a wonderful game client for Valhalla.
Then there’s a game designer and a “lore master” with more than a decade’s worth of D&D roleplaying experience that is being used to enhance the Valhalla narrative and world history, as well as writing out the lives of the various in-game NPCs.
Finally, there is a QA guy whose focus is to ensure the game development is flawless.

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