Crypto Pioneers is a new game being built on the ethereum blockchain. A massively multiplayer economic strategy game. You have 2 different roles to chose from when playing the game an Island owner and be a settler or purchase a small plot of land from an island owner and you become a prospector. Both roles can be performed by the player if they so chose.
As an island owner/settler you will own your own private island on this world, giving you the ability to sell plots of land to people wishing to buy. you will be able to sell your plots of land at a min-max rate of 0.02-0.05 ethereum with 50% going to the game developers and 50% going to island owners. After this initial sale the plot of land is free to be sold at whatever price the owner wishes. Only a small part of your island will be accessible to you to begin with a single hexagon(region), the more plots of land you sell the more of your island you will gain access to. to gain the ability to sell or explore other regions of your island you must fulfill the criteria of "having at least 75% of your region sold AND the region you wish to unlock must be adjacent to your region with the 75% or more sold. "
As a prospector/land plot owner you will have the ability to gather , build and mine resources from their land. Buildings will increase your productivity and be required to mine but anyone can gather on their plot of land. There will also be artifacts that a prospector can discover , these artifacts will give you high yields and better productivity when gathering and mining certain resources.
It is worth noting that the different color islands indicate which biome that island belongs to , some islands will have multiple biomes , some are rarer than others, the rarer the biome the more abundance or more frequent harder to find resources will occur. Here are the rarities of each biome:
if you wish to purchase a whole island for yourself there is currently auctions that are running every day on their main website. for your chance to grab one go here.
This is one of the games i am personally most excited about coming out at the moment. It has a cool strategy board game feel to the design and time and effort by the developers. They have put thought and effort into every aspect of this game even down to what exactly is on the single tiles. This isn't just randomly generated terrain. The dev team is very professional and constantly looking to improve and better what they have made. They have lots of ideas and plans for the future of the game, so it looks to be here to stay and improve as time goes on.
The economic model looks much more sustainable and rewarding than a large majority of games that have come out. The resources are user produced so the resources required to build and do actions in the game are generated by other players who are then rewarded directly for their work. Island owners and land plot owners each can benefit from different parts of the game or play both at once. It has a low cost of entry for those wishing to play, more specifically those wishing to play the prospector role. Owning your own island is a little more expensive, but also more rewarding since you have the ability to sell land and to profit from passive income.
The beta is due out on November 5th. It will be first running and playable on the rinkeby testnet. Extra testing is being done to verify all contracts are functional and produce the correct results on both front and back end. If you want to test the game out but don't have any rinkeby testnet ethereum you can claim some from their faucet located here You will need to post a message on your facebook, twitter or google + account to claim some coins this way. For example see image below:
After posting a message to your social media account, then you post the URL for your message into the entry form on the rinkeby faucet page, as shown below:
Upon completing those steps, you should have your testnet ethereum in your account shortly allowing you to test the game out in beta. If you don't have one of the social media accounts that they ask for, just post your ETH address in the comments and I will send each address 5 testnet coins so they can test and play the game.
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