Alien Worlds: a big overview of the popular blockchain game

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• AlienWorlds.io is a popular game metaverse in the Sci-Fi genre, powered by the Wax blockchain based on the Play2Earn (“play to earn”) model.
• It is one of the most active virtual worlds. Alien Worlds has more than 7 million registered users, of which about 200,000 visit the game daily.
• The backbone of Alien Worlds’ internal economy is the native Trillium Token (TLM), which is issued on the Wax, BNB Chain, and Ethereum networks.
• The game also has an active market for NFT items and digital real estate, and the management of the economy is built on a network of decentralized organizations – “planetary DAOs”.

Who created Alien Worlds?

Blockchain game Alien Worlds was developed by the Swiss company Dacoco, founded in the “crypto valley” Zug by blockchain developers Michael Yates and Rob Allen, along with financier Sarojini Makkena. All of the founders have previously played an important role in the launch of EOS and a number of other blockchain projects.

The financing of the project took place in several stages. Shortly before the test launch of the game on December 4, 2020, the developers held a Danish virtual land auction in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As a result, they managed to raise about $1 million.

In a seed round of investments in February 2021, Dacoco received an investment from the Korean fund HG Ventures. In March of the same year, a private token sale took place, in which 10 venture funds took part, including Animoca Brend. These two rounds raised more than $2 million.

Emission and functions of the TLM cryptocurrency

The native Trillium token (TLM) was released simultaneously on the Wax, BNB Chain, and Ethereum blockchains. In-game cross-chain bridge Teleport allows you to transfer TLM tokens between these blockchains. To do this, the Wax Cloud Wallet and MetaMask wallets must be installed and connected.

The maximum supply of TLM is 10 billion tokens, of which just over 3 billion are already in circulation. More than 1 billion TLM sold to strategic investors in the spring of 2021, and 150 million distributed through Binance Launchpool.

The remainder is for daily distribution to the planetary DAOs, community and content creator support, marketing, and other uses.

How is the gameplay in Alien Worlds?

Alien Worlds is a browser-only version, but is available on both PC and mobile devices. Before registering in the game, you need to create an account in the wallet Wax Cloud Wallet.

Unlike many NFT games based on the Play2Earn model, Alien Worlds does not require an initial investment. Each new player receives a free tool – a shovel with a minimum performance – and can immediately start mining the game cryptocurrency TLM. Mined coins can be freely withdrawn.

To start mining TLM, you need:

• choose one of six planets;
• on the planet, choose one of the available land plots;
• place a mining tool in one of the three available slots.

The choice of planet and site for mining is carried out through transactions in the Wax blockchain, which must be confirmed in the Wax Cloud Wallet.

The mining process itself is pressing the “Mine” and then “Claim Mine” buttons, after which the transaction must be approved (press the “Approve:” button in the Wax Cloud Wallet pop-up window) – and the cryptocurrency is credited to the account (0.002-0.01 TLM with using a “standard” shovel). This is followed by a period of “recharge” of the tool, which takes from 80 seconds for a free shovel to several hours for the most powerful tools, after which the process can be repeated.

In addition to TLM coins, there is a small chance to get NFT Points, which can be exchanged for digital items, and then used or sold on the marketplace.

Another component of the gameplay is the tasks, which are presented as expeditions to remote planets. In fact, these are short-term campaigns for 1-4 weeks for staking a certain amount of TLM with rewards in the form of TLM and valuable NFTs. Staking takes place on the BNB Chain network and requires a Metamask or other suitable browser-based wallet.

What are the playable NFTs in Alien Worlds?

The entire gameplay is based on the use of various non-fungible tokens (NFTs) issued on the Wax blockchain. There are six types in total:

• tools – allow you to extract TLM on land plots with different efficiency;
• avatars – add individuality to the player, but do not affect the gameplay;
• minions – allow you to participate in PvP battles that appeared in the metaverse with the launch of the Thunderdome update;
• minion weapons – enhance the characteristics of the characters;
• artifacts – also enhance the parameters of minions;
• plots of land on planets – allow you to collect rent from miners.

The two most popular marketplaces where you can buy and sell gaming NFTs on the Wax blockchain are AtomicHub And NFTHive. Connection to them occurs through the Wax Cloud Wallet, and payments are made in WAXP (the native cryptocurrency of the Wax blockchain).

There are six levels of “rarity” for all types of NFTs (except lands). NFT items also have a Shine stat with five levels: Stone, Gold, Stardust, Antimatter, and Dimension X. (X-Dimension).

Four NFT items with the same “rarity” and “brilliance” can be “merged” into one with the “brilliance” of the next level. This requires between 100 and 2000 TLM tokens, depending on the rarity and brilliance of the items.

What is digital real estate for? Alien worlds?

Now the Alien Worlds universe consists of 6 planets, each of which is divided into 150-200 areas, presented in the form of NFTs.

On December 4, 2020, the NFT Primary Sale took place, where 3000 lands (out of 3343 existing ones) were sold at a starting price of 0.7457 ETH (less than $350 at the time). Now plots can only be purchased on the secondary market at a price of $1,800.

There are 20 types of land (rocky, desert, volcanic, etc.). Each type has several basic parameters:

• “Recharge multiplier” (Recharge multiplier) – can both speed up and slow down the recovery of the tool;
• “Mining Power” – increases or decreases the amount of mined TLM;
• “NFT Power” (NFT Power) – increases or decreases the chance of NFT Point falling out when mining;
• “Commission” (Commission) – the amount of the fee that the owner of the site charges from the production of the “miner”. Can be in the range from 0% to 25%.

Lot owners can choose whether to make them publicly available to “miners” or introduce an access fee, which must be paid for with WAXP coins. Also, the owners of sites on some planets can launch their own miner reward programs in the form of a chance to get in-game NFTs.

Each planet in the Alien Worlds Federation is ruled by a planetary DAO composed of TLM holders. Each planet has its own treasury and a council of 5 members who are re-elected weekly by players who have staked their TLMs.

All planets receive a certain amount of TLM every day, which can be distributed among stakers and landowners or sent to miner incentive programs to increase the attractiveness of the planet.

How and how much can you earn in Alien Worlds?

Since this NFT game follows the Play2Earn model, most players join Alien Worlds for the purpose of making money.

Here are the possible sources of income:

• TLM mining when mining lands and in missions;
• sale on the marketplace of NFTs received during the mining process and in missions;
• rewards for staking TLM in planetary DAOs;
• for owners of land plots on the planets – receiving their share of the planetary treasury and taxing miners in TLM tokens.

The Alien Worlds maximum yield for miners was at the beginning of 2021, prior to the listing of TLM on Binance. Then, with the simplest tools, it was possible to get a cryptocurrency worth a few dollars in just a couple of hours of playing. But as the number of players increased and the value of the TLM token fell, the profitability plummeted.

Special services for calculating profitability show, that as of October 2022, with one free shovel for 24 hours of continuous play, you can get no more than 2-4 TLM, which at current quotes is less than $0.1. Purchasing more powerful NFT tools helps to multiply productivity and significantly reduce the time spent in the game, however, it requires an initial investment of approximately $20-50.

What are the problems in Alien Worlds?

In 2021, in the wake of the NFT and Play2Earn hype, the number of active players in Alien Worlds numbered in the hundreds of thousands. However, studies show that a significant part of game accounts were controlled by bots, that is, programs for automated TLM mining. Although the developers of Alien Worlds have made attempts to create a reliable system of protection against bots, apparently, they have not succeeded in this.

Study, held in the summer of 2021revealed several large botnets that included thousands of accounts and received a significant share of all TLM allocated daily to the planetary DAO.

According to the report, one of the botnets received up to 160 TLM per minute, which was 10% of the total daily supply of the token. Another botnet, which managed more than 6,000 accounts, managed to earn and sell more than $33 million worth of TLM and NFT tokens in a few months of operation.

The popularity of bots has declined along with the fall in TLM quotes in the spring of 2022. Bots for Alien Worlds are currently selling for $200-800, and the source code of the mining bot has been published on GitHub.

How does it develop Alien worlds?

Alien Worlds aims to become a metaverse, that is, to provide players with a diverse gameplay, and third-party developers – the opportunity to develop and complement the game world.

May 2022 open for applications to participate in the Galactic Hubs grant program, which is designed to support third-party teams developing projects for the Alien Worlds metaverse and creating a Web3 infrastructure around it.

In July 2022, Dacoco entered into cooperation agreement with the high-performance Zilliqa blockchain platform. We are talking about creating a gaming center that will allow integrating esports projects already launched on the Zilliqa network into the metaverse.

The most anticipated update, announced back in the fall of 2021, should be Thunderdome launch. This is a platform for battles between players (PvP) on the basis of the Battle Royal (“royal battle”). In this mode, players will be able to use minions, their weapons and artifacts, and they will be paid in TLM tokens for participating in battles.

Main

• AlienWorlds.io is a popular game metaverse in the Sci-Fi genre, powered by the Wax blockchain based on the Play2Earn (“play to earn”) model.
• It is one of the most active virtual worlds. Alien Worlds has more than 7 million registered users, of which about 200,000 visit the game daily.
• The backbone of Alien Worlds’ internal economy is the native Trillium Token (TLM), which is issued on the Wax, BNB Chain, and Ethereum networks.
• The game also has an active market for NFT items and digital real estate, and the management of the economy is built on a network of decentralized organizations – “planetary DAOs”.

Who created Alien Worlds?

Blockchain game Alien Worlds was developed by the Swiss company Dacoco, founded in the “crypto valley” Zug by blockchain developers Michael Yates and Rob Allen, along with financier Sarojini Makkena. All of the founders have previously played an important role in the launch of EOS and a number of other blockchain projects.

The financing of the project took place in several stages. Shortly before the test launch of the game on December 4, 2020, the developers held a Danish virtual land auction in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As a result, they managed to raise about $1 million.

In a seed round of investments in February 2021, Dacoco received an investment from the Korean fund HG Ventures. In March of the same year, a private token sale took place, in which 10 venture funds took part, including Animoca Brend. These two rounds raised more than $2 million.

Emission and functions of the TLM cryptocurrency

The native Trillium token (TLM) was released simultaneously on the Wax, BNB Chain, and Ethereum blockchains. In-game cross-chain bridge Teleport allows you to transfer TLM tokens between these blockchains. To do this, the Wax Cloud Wallet and MetaMask wallets must be installed and connected.

The maximum supply of TLM is 10 billion tokens, of which just over 3 billion are already in circulation. More than 1 billion TLM sold to strategic investors in the spring of 2021, and 150 million distributed through Binance Launchpool.

The remainder is for daily distribution to the planetary DAOs, community and content creator support, marketing, and other uses.

How is the gameplay in Alien Worlds?

Alien Worlds is a browser-only version, but is available on both PC and mobile devices. Before registering in the game, you need to create an account in the wallet Wax Cloud Wallet.

Unlike many NFT games based on the Play2Earn model, Alien Worlds does not require an initial investment. Each new player receives a free tool – a shovel with a minimum performance – and can immediately start mining the game cryptocurrency TLM. Mined coins can be freely withdrawn.

To start mining TLM, you need:

• choose one of six planets;
• on the planet, choose one of the available land plots;
• place a mining tool in one of the three available slots.

The choice of planet and site for mining is carried out through transactions in the Wax blockchain, which must be confirmed in the Wax Cloud Wallet.

The mining process itself is pressing the “Mine” and then “Claim Mine” buttons, after which the transaction must be approved (press the “Approve:” button in the Wax Cloud Wallet pop-up window) – and the cryptocurrency is credited to the account (0.002-0.01 TLM with using a “standard” shovel). This is followed by a period of “recharge” of the tool, which takes from 80 seconds for a free shovel to several hours for the most powerful tools, after which the process can be repeated.

In addition to TLM coins, there is a small chance to get NFT Points, which can be exchanged for digital items, and then used or sold on the marketplace.

Another component of the gameplay is the tasks, which are presented as expeditions to remote planets. In fact, these are short-term campaigns for 1-4 weeks for staking a certain amount of TLM with rewards in the form of TLM and valuable NFTs. Staking takes place on the BNB Chain network and requires a Metamask or other suitable browser-based wallet.

What are the playable NFTs in Alien Worlds?

The entire gameplay is based on the use of various non-fungible tokens (NFTs) issued on the Wax blockchain. There are six types in total:

• tools – allow you to extract TLM on land plots with different efficiency;
• avatars – add individuality to the player, but do not affect the gameplay;
• minions – allow you to participate in PvP battles that appeared in the metaverse with the launch of the Thunderdome update;
• minion weapons – enhance the characteristics of the characters;
• artifacts – also enhance the parameters of minions;
• plots of land on planets – allow you to collect rent from miners.

The two most popular marketplaces where you can buy and sell gaming NFTs on the Wax blockchain are AtomicHub And NFTHive. Connection to them occurs through the Wax Cloud Wallet, and payments are made in WAXP (the native cryptocurrency of the Wax blockchain).

There are six levels of “rarity” for all types of NFTs (except lands). NFT items also have a Shine stat with five levels: Stone, Gold, Stardust, Antimatter, and Dimension X. (X-Dimension).

Four NFT items with the same “rarity” and “brilliance” can be “merged” into one with the “brilliance” of the next level. This requires between 100 and 2000 TLM tokens, depending on the rarity and brilliance of the items.

What is digital real estate for? Alien worlds?

Now the Alien Worlds universe consists of 6 planets, each of which is divided into 150-200 areas, presented in the form of NFTs.

On December 4, 2020, the NFT Primary Sale took place, where 3000 lands (out of 3343 existing ones) were sold at a starting price of 0.7457 ETH (less than $350 at the time). Now plots can only be purchased on the secondary market at a price of $1,800.

There are 20 types of land (rocky, desert, volcanic, etc.). Each type has several basic parameters:

• “Recharge multiplier” (Recharge multiplier) – can both speed up and slow down the recovery of the tool;
• “Mining Power” – increases or decreases the amount of mined TLM;
• “NFT Power” (NFT Power) – increases or decreases the chance of NFT Point falling out when mining;
• “Commission” (Commission) – the amount of the fee that the owner of the site charges from the production of the “miner”. Can be in the range from 0% to 25%.

Lot owners can choose whether to make them publicly available to “miners” or introduce an access fee, which must be paid for with WAXP coins. Also, the owners of sites on some planets can launch their own miner reward programs in the form of a chance to get in-game NFTs.

Each planet in the Alien Worlds Federation is ruled by a planetary DAO composed of TLM holders. Each planet has its own treasury and a council of 5 members who are re-elected weekly by players who have staked their TLMs.

All planets receive a certain amount of TLM every day, which can be distributed among stakers and landowners or sent to miner incentive programs to increase the attractiveness of the planet.

How and how much can you earn in Alien Worlds?

Since this NFT game follows the Play2Earn model, most players join Alien Worlds for the purpose of making money.

Here are the possible sources of income:

• TLM mining when mining lands and in missions;
• sale on the marketplace of NFTs received during the mining process and in missions;
• rewards for staking TLM in planetary DAOs;
• for owners of land plots on the planets – receiving their share of the planetary treasury and taxing miners in TLM tokens.

The Alien Worlds maximum yield for miners was at the beginning of 2021, prior to the listing of TLM on Binance. Then, with the simplest tools, it was possible to get a cryptocurrency worth a few dollars in just a couple of hours of playing. But as the number of players increased and the value of the TLM token fell, the profitability plummeted.

Special services for calculating profitability show, that as of October 2022, with one free shovel for 24 hours of continuous play, you can get no more than 2-4 TLM, which at current quotes is less than $0.1. Purchasing more powerful NFT tools helps to multiply productivity and significantly reduce the time spent in the game, however, it requires an initial investment of approximately $20-50.

What are the problems in Alien Worlds?

In 2021, in the wake of the NFT and Play2Earn hype, the number of active players in Alien Worlds numbered in the hundreds of thousands. However, studies show that a significant part of game accounts were controlled by bots, that is, programs for automated TLM mining. Although the developers of Alien Worlds have made attempts to create a reliable system of protection against bots, apparently, they have not succeeded in this.

Study, held in the summer of 2021revealed several large botnets that included thousands of accounts and received a significant share of all TLM allocated daily to the planetary DAO.

According to the report, one of the botnets received up to 160 TLM per minute, which was 10% of the total daily supply of the token. Another botnet, which managed more than 6,000 accounts, managed to earn and sell more than $33 million worth of TLM and NFT tokens in a few months of operation.

The popularity of bots has declined along with the fall in TLM quotes in the spring of 2022. Bots for Alien Worlds are currently selling for $200-800, and the source code of the mining bot has been published on GitHub.

How does it develop Alien worlds?

Alien Worlds aims to become a metaverse, that is, to provide players with a diverse gameplay, and third-party developers – the opportunity to develop and complement the game world.

May 2022 open for applications to participate in the Galactic Hubs grant program, which is designed to support third-party teams developing projects for the Alien Worlds metaverse and creating a Web3 infrastructure around it.

In July 2022, Dacoco entered into cooperation agreement with the high-performance Zilliqa blockchain platform. We are talking about creating a gaming center that will allow integrating esports projects already launched on the Zilliqa network into the metaverse.

The most anticipated update, announced back in the fall of 2021, should be Thunderdome launch. This is a platform for battles between players (PvP) on the basis of the Battle Royal (“royal battle”). In this mode, players will be able to use minions, their weapons and artifacts, and they will be paid in TLM tokens for participating in battles.