PLAY-to-earn games continue to gain traction and build serious hype in the gaming industry by giving players a sense of ownership of items and involvement with the developers.
One of the latest games everyone is talking about is Star Atlas, but what is it and how can I make money playing it?
What is Star Atlas?
Star Atlas is a space-themed strategy game built on the Solana blockchain and set in the year 2,620.
Star Atlas, and other play-to-earn games such as Town Star, are different from pay-to-play games as they’re built using digital ledger technology.
For example, Star Atlas is built on the Solana blockchain meaning players can earn cryptocurrencies and trade NFTs within the game.
Players have full ownership of the assets they accumulate in the game and can sell them on secondary NFT marketplaces for money.
The whole idea is to encourage the monetisation of time spent in the game, enabling an economic benefit for participating.
Players have to embark on challenging journeys as they gather resources and compete against other users.
Players can construct entire cities and build micro-economies within the game or even collaborate and form decentralised autonomous organisations (DAO) and govern entire regions.
Star Atlas features direct integration with the Serum DEX (decentralised exchange) meaning players will be able to interact with smart contract-enabled DeFi platforms.
This will enable players to borrow or lend Solana or Serum assets in exchange for interest and other rewards.
Three Game Modes
Faction-Secured Safe Zone
This is the first level of difficulty.
Players can explore the metaverse. This allows players to get an understanding of the mechanics of the game.
Medium-Tiered Safety Zone
This is the next level of the game for players.
This level allows players to engage in combat without having to risk their assets being destroyed permanently.
The Wild Frontier
In this level full combat is allowed but your assets can be completely destroyed.
For example, losing a battle in the Wild Frontier would result in your spaceship’s assets being destroyed.
What is Star Atlas (ATLAS) token?
ATLAS token powers the economy of the entire metaverse.
At first, players will need to leverage their ATLAS token to acquire in-game NFT items such as a spaceship, a crew, land, and other equipment to play the game.
ATLAS also serves as the dominant currency on the Star Atlas NFT marketplace.
A total of 80 per cent of future minted ATLAS tokens will be rewarded to players who have outstanding performances in the game.
Out of the initial ATLAS, 20 per cent will be distributed to stakeholders while 45 per cent will go to mining stations, and 15 per cent will be used for gathering resources for the platform’s development.
How do you generate ATLAS tokens in the game?
The ATLAS token is exchangeable on crypto exchanges and can also be generated through in-game mining, missions and resource gathering.
45 per cent of ATLAS tokens are generated through in-game mining operations.
Another way to generate ATLAS is through ‘Salvage Wars’.
‘Salvage Wars’ is similar to Storage Wars where players bid on containers full of salvaged assets from the Wild Frontier.
The contents of the containers are unknown before purchase but the weight and likelihood of quality content is known.
The contents can be sold for ATLAS or used to make mining and resource gathering more efficient.
What is Star Atlas (POLIS) token?
POLIS is the governance token in the Star Atlas metaverse.
POLIS token holders can therefore influence the decision making of the Star Atlas development team.
Distribution for POLIS is done in two stages: 20 per cent of the supply was sold during the first phase of Galactic Asset Offering.
The rest will be distributed as a reward for those who stake their tokens.