Cryptopia

Gaming is huge.This is particularly the case in Asia, which is the <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/asia:-the-engine-for-blockchain-gaming" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">world’s biggest gaming market</a>.“The 1.7B players in this region make up 55% of the world’s total gamers, generating $72B, or 52% of the world’s annual gaming revenue in 2019. (Source: Newzoo, IDC) Its salient per capita GDP growth will accelerate in-game purchasing power, further driving up the market share in the global games market.“Yet what is it about gaming that attracts us so much? What makes video games such a popular form of entertainment? At the end of the day, <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/649aa0fc2f80833930fab4df/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">is everyone a gamer</a> – and it’s just a matter of finding the right game for us?Long before the advent of video games, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/style/why-people-love-games.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">people have enjoyed playing games</a>.“Why do people love games? As the Game Maker for The New York Times, I grapple with this question every day. The reductively easy answer is simple: They’re fun! But why are they fun? Do they have to be fun? As we dig deeper and deeper, we find more questions. What even is a game? What is fun? My take on the appeal of games is also simple, if paradoxical. Games are a controlled form of freedom. Our brains grab onto them because they are structures that exist to be avoided.“Games occupy a strange place in our cultural consciousness. Nearly everyone has played a game at some point in their lives. Despite that ubiquity, games are rarely discussed with the same reverence as other media like films or books. For most, games are like chocolate: a guilty pleasure consumed secretly. The game designer Sid Meier once remarked that ‘a game is a series of interesting choices.’ Navigating these choices shapes the course of play, revealing who we are and how we think. Playing a game is an act of exposition.”Meier, of course, is a legend in the gaming industry for the turn-based strategy game Sid Meier&#39;s Civilization. Sid Meier&#39;s Civilization gave birth to one of the most successful video game franchises and became one of the most influential computer games in history.Interestingly enough, the Civilization series also helped inspire the creation of the blockchain-based open-world game and virtual city-state <a href="https://cryptopia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cryptopia</a>.&#34;I’m a big fan of the Civilization series, so I wanted to make something similar on a blockchain. I started building and named the game Civilizations Unchained,” said Cryptopia Founder, CTO and Lead Developer <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/6462202175b33b63e47bd59b/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Frank Bonnet</a>.Cryptopia, which is <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/645080f6c1d7e422b683e6fb" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">completely built on the blockchain</a>, also incorporates <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/646f041c68f0b127ded456ba/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">role-playing game</a> (RPG) elements.The beauty of Cryptopia is that it offers different approaches to <a href="https://cryptopia.com/game/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">playing the game</a>. For one, the Cryptopia has four different Factions to which players can belong: <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/64084b2a24b7f93706ee5a8d/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Traditional</a>, <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/642183182d80720f9caa3bba/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Eco</a>, <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/642da85ffc99f652d14bc2e4/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Tech</a>, and <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/642da7c7854d0036761835b3/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Industrial</a>. It also offers two distinct gameplay modes: Tycoon and Adventure. Not only that, but also spicing things up are two-subfactions that add a player vs player element to the game: Pirates and Bounty Hunters.As Tycoons, players with funds can acquire Title Deeds (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/64718f8735640e21c51d8707/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">virtual property NFTs</a>) and build their business empire, allowing them to excel further in Cryptopia. They can construct buildings on their virtual property, creating jobs for other players whom they will hire and provide with incentives.Meanwhile, the free-to-play Adventure mode is similar to an RPG. Adventurers grow by exploring. They can earn TOS (<a href="https://cryptopia.com/tokenomics/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cryptopia token</a>), experience points (XP), and other rewards by accepting quests and performing tasks for Tycoons. Not only will they level up their skills, but also build their reputation, allowing them to go on bigger quests.Pirates have their den on Treasure Island. The main benefit of being a Pirate is the ability to loot another player, receiving their experience points and loot. They can also buy and sell goods in a black market, allowing other players to acquire rare resources that only pirates can access – for the right price, of course.Last but not least, Bounty Hunters are the scourge of Pirates. Their goal is to hunt down pirates and recover the stolen loot, so that they can return it to the rightful owners. By bringing pirates to justice and keeping Cryptopia safe, Bounty Hunters can earn rewards and respect.Video games like Cryptopia immerse us in a different world, where we can take on new personas and make decisions that affect us and other players.As Bonnet said, one of the distinctive things about Cryptopia is that it makes the nature of the blockchain itself part of the gameplay. Players must keep in mind the immutability of the blockchain when making decisions.“The nature of blockchain is its immutability. Every choice and action you make is forever; we try our best to highlight that. So whether you become a Pirate, for example, you know that you can never go back to not being a Pirate. I want the game to highlight the aspects of blockchain, which makes it different from other games. New players should think carefully about the steps they take because every action is transparent, everyone can see what you did, and it&#39;s irreversible,” he said.Interestingly enough, the paradox of video games is that we enjoy playing them not only because they’re fun, but also because <a href="https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/play-video-games-to-fail/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">they allow us to fail</a> and learn from our mistakes.“Rather, failure is a key part of the experience. A survey performed by Juul found that players prefer games where they feel responsible for failure, not games in which success is guaranteed. In fact, many handicap themselves, either by selecting a higher difficulty or creating self-imposed rules, should a game’s challenge grow too stale.“One reason players crave failure is that success without that possibility is tasteless. ‘Failure,’ states Julie Muncy at Wired, ‘offers texture, complexity, and a chance for growth on the part of the player and character alike.’ Games that can beat you are worth engaging with.”So, Tycoon, Adventure, Pirate, or Bounty Hunter? Whichever one you choose, have fun playing.See you in Cryptopia!—————————————————————————————————————What is Cryptopia? Cryptopia is an upcoming blockchain game that stands out by design: • Free to earn: everyone can play and earn. No need to buy an NFT first • 100% decentralized: the game runs on the blockchain in combination with a node network • Fun to play: play the way you want!Official Links [Website] <a href="https://cryptopia.com/?ref&#61;CMC" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://cryptopia.com</a> [Wiki] <a href="https://wiki.cryptopia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://wiki.cryptopia.com</a> [Discord] <a href="https://discord.com/invite/cryptopia" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://discord.com/invite/cryptopia</a> [Facebook] <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CryptopiaOFCL" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/CryptopiaOFCL</a> [Twitter] <a href="https://twitter.com/CryptopiaOFCL" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://twitter.com/CryptopiaOFCL</a> [YouTube] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/&#64;CryptopiaOFCL" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/&#64;CryptopiaOFCL</a> [Instagram] <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cryptopiaofcl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/cryptopiaofcl</a> [CoinMarketCap] <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/profile/Cryptopia" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://coinmarketcap.com/community/profile/Cryptopia</a> [Twitch] <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/cryptopiaofcl" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.twitch.tv/cryptopiaofcl</a> [Spotify] <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4jkkGIZyiSkQvYLWqGLWVE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://open.spotify.com/show/4jkkGIZyiSkQvYLWqGLWVE</a> [Telegram] <a href="https://t.me/cryptopia_ofcl2022" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.me/cryptopia_ofcl2022</a>For Investors [Private sale] <a href="https://app.cryptopia.com/privatesale-entry?ref&#61;CMC" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://cryptopia.com/privatesale</a> [Early-access NFTs] <a href="https://app.cryptopia.com/early-access?ref&#61;CMC" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://app.cryptopia.com/early-access</a> [Cryptopia Roadmap] <a href="https://sharing.clickup.com/24415847/b/q93k7-827/board" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://sharing.clickup.com/24415847/b/q93k7-827/board</a>

Cryptopia: Tycoon, Adventurer, Pirate, or Bounty Hunter?

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