WORLDOPOLY PROJECT ( ICO 2018)-FIRST AUGMENTED REALITY GAME BASED ON BLOCKCHAIN

INTRODUCTION

The gaming market is booming, with a total revenue exceeding $100 billion. There are more than 2.3 billion active players in the world, and this number is growing rapidly. We should redefine how we think about this industry. This is not purely about playing anymore. Most games now provide consumers with entertainment on three different levels: playing, viewing, and creating. Game studios are evolving into all-around entertainment companies, erasing the boundary between gaming, media, telecom, and traditional sports industries. Below, you can see the revenue breakdown per segment.

Not all games are created equal, so not all of them are blockchainable. There are, largely, two types of games from a monetization standpoint:

•The “pay-to-play” model (i.e., players pay real money to get access to the game)

•The “free-to-play”, which come in various forms, such as freemium, pay-to-win, etc. The monetization depends on how the in-game content is distributed among players and how it affects the game balance.

In the modern gaming market, developers often use a combination of these techniques to attract users and to retain their attention. The most widespread model is free-to-play since it does not have any entry barriers. The same model enjoys the greatest interest among blockchain projects since it is based on a large number of microtransactions inside the gaming universe. But rare are projects that concentrate on one particular game; usually they tackle issues with the infrastructure in general.

But let’s go back a little into the past, where games like this all start. The first attempt to merge blockchain technology with gaming resulted in HunterCoin back in 2014. It was a simple, online multiplayer game, where players collected coins in a virtual universe, with some p2p battles over resources. This however, was mainly a ‘proof of concept’ and it had many drawbacks.

Spells of Genesis was next. It’s a trading-card game that includes arcade-style gaming aspects. At the time, the card trading games market was already heated with Hearthstone from Blizzard, along with many other small competitors. ‘Spells of Genesis’ broke into the empty crypto market, raising 934 BTC during the ICO. Thus starting a new wave of crypto-gaming, with dozens of projects popping up on the market from then on.

The next step was to create closed universes with in-game cryptocurrency. Here are just a few:

•Beyond the Void – RTS (real-time strategy) game with MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) elements

•Lordmancer 2 – MMORPG

•Skara – game development studio with its own digital universe

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These games are digital universes with in-game currencies for trading digital assets and buying content. This approach, however, is a little controversial. Implementing the blockchain into these types of games definitely offers some advantages, but until their currencies operate in a closed ecosystem, they will not achieve mass adoption. They either need to look for partnerships with other games, shifting assets back and forth, or search for additional use-cases outside the games for their coins.

Currently, we are right at the beginning of this trend, with a number of technical problems inherited from the blockchain ecosystem, such as scalability and speed. The set of games available is highly limited, and the blockchain is almost unusable for real-time games. As blockchain infrastructure evolves, it’s likely that we will see a growing interest in implementing blockchain into some gaming mechanics to increase trustworthiness, but we are not there yet…we need the ecosystems first. So, let’s try to consider the possibilities of using blockchain in the current gaming infrastructure.

Today, I will be presenting you a particular undisputed project called: WORLDOPOLY

WHAT IS WORLDOPOLY?

The first augmented reality game based on blockchain

Worldopoly is the world’s first mobile game to combine Augmented Reality, Geopositioning, Blockchain and Artificial intelligence within an engaging economic simulation and strategic multiplayer game. Worldopoly gives the players a platform to build, own and trade property, all securely stored in blockchain. The innovative new approach is the use of it’s own cryptocurrency, the WPT as the base of the economic simulation. This gives the game a layer of realism never seen before, because people can earn real money when playing. The addition of AR makes it possible to actually see your empire grow before you eyes. In short Worldopoly is a true revolution in mobile gaming, easy accessible and yet complex like the real life itself. The best is part is: the game has already completed the development of its game engine and major features.

ABOUT WORLDPOLY

MAKE THE CITIES OF THE WORLD YOUR PLAYING FIELD

Worldopoly is the world’s first mobile game combining AR, AI, Geolocation and Blockchain-technology. Players can buy streets, build houses, customize their properties and interact with other players. Furthermore, implementing Blockchain in compelling gameplay with strong mainstream appeal provides an ideal environment to learn about Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies in a risk-free manner. The best thing: after 4 years of development is that we have a working prototype.

RTS + AR + AI + geolocation = endless opportunities

Players are finally freed from the limitations of the screens on their mobile devises. The use of Augmented Reality (AR) and Geolocation makes it possible to actually “see” one’s in-game progress and interact with other players in real life. The introduction of a dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) makes positioning of large objects more precise than ever before.

REALISM

By using google maps as the base of the game world, players have access to streets worldwide. The introduction of its own cryptocurrency WPT as well as a platform to trade properties, makes Worldopoly also a complex economic simulation. Finally, players can earn real money while playing.

INTERACTION OF PLAYERS

Players can form or join clans, finance unique projects together, raid other players, trade their properties, buy streets, houses, item from other players. More than 150 different features make Worldopoly unique in mobile gaming.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

Thanks to blockchain the game’s economy allows you to use your virtual achievements like real things, transparently monitoring who owns what and all while not having to care about security or transparency issues. Obtaining WPT in the game can be compared to mining in the real world, as an alternative to virtual proof of work.

INITIAL COIN OFFERING (ICO)

The ICO is a natural supplementary funding source to further accelerate the development and global adoption of the WORLDOPOLY PLATFORM

ICO ANALYSIS

PRE-ICO PERIOD

2018-04-23 - 2018-06-26

ICO PERIOD

2018-06-27 - 2018-08-27