What’s Pixels?

Pixels is about enjoyable social actions, informal gameplay, and asset gathering. The sport is about in a stylised 16-bit open world the place gamers interact in numerous actions corresponding to farming, exploring, and finishing quests. 

Gamers also can buy farm land, permitting them to design an island for different gamers to discover, plant crops and craft sources on. Land house owners obtain a share of the crops grown on their land, incentivising gamers to develop land that’s each pleasing to take a look at, however extra importantly, environment friendly when it comes to the farm plots and crafting choices accessible.

All actions within the sport (in addition to motion) require gamers to make use of up vitality, which recharges over time or might be restored utilizing in-game meals, utilizing the in-game sauna, or becoming a member of limited-time Power events.

Uncooked sources might be crafted into different gadgets, for instance by cooking meals, brewing beer or crafting gadgets like furnishings and instruments, with a few of these requiring particular blueprints or recipes obtained by means of gameplay or occasions.

With the power to design an in-game avatar, or import NFTs from the highest collections as your avatar, gamers also can develop character abilities, work together with others and socialize, with the aim of making a thriving digital neighborhood.

How Pixels Works

A key characteristic of Pixels is that it doesn’t price something to get began. New gamers can start their farms on free land, referred to as Specks, to begin producing sources. These sources might be offered for ‘Coins’, the first in-game foreign money, which is used to buy preliminary upgrades to Specks, lower-tier crafting kits and fundamental sources.

Gamers also can earn Cash by finishing quests, taking part in occasions, and attaining in-game milestones. 

There’s additionally a premium in-game foreign money referred to as $PIXEL, the native token for Pixels. It may be bought instantly by means of exchanges, the place it at the moment trades at $0.23 USD, or earned by finishing quests – supporting the sport’s play-to-earn nature.

Whereas the $PIXEL token isn’t completely essential to make progress within the sport, it’s designed to spice up the gaming expertise. Gamers spend $PIXEL to purchase gadgets extra shortly, and entry upgrades and beauty enhancements outdoors of the core gameplay. 

$PIXEL will also be used to buy Pixel VIP, an unique membership stage providing a wealth of advantages, corresponding to further probabilities to earn extra $PIXEL, diminished charges on the in-game market and extra. Pixel VIP at the moment prices $10 USD/month in $PIXEL.

The Historical past of Pixels

Luke Barwikowski heads the event crew behind Pixels, and has adopted an open strategy with its gaming neighborhood, creating sturdy engagement and a loyal following within the course of.

Pixels started growth in November 2021 and built-in its first non-fungible tokens (NFTs) collections in the identical month. Options like Farming, Farmlands, and Quest updates shortly adopted, rolling out inside simply the primary few months of 2022. 

Chapter 1 was launched on the finish of 2022, introducing a swathe of latest parts, together with new characters, quests, improved UI, and in depth transforming of gameplay mechanics. 

Pixels shifted from the Polygon Community to Ronin on the finish of 2023, creating a greater expertise for gamers, and supporting the sport’s continued progress and growth.

June 2024 noticed the discharge of Chapter 2, with extra important updates. New abilities have been added, {the marketplace} was overhauled, with new retailers enhancing the sport mechanics. A brand new avatar system, with visible updates for NPCs added to the enhancements.

The sport’s fast growth continues to be guided by three core pillars: prioritizing enjoyable, embracing interoperability, and steadily decentralizing management. The top aim is to decentralize extra features of the sport, permitting gamers to have a larger say in its path and governance.

Issuing updates weekly, Pixels stands out as an progressive, player-friendly sport that blends conventional gameplay with blockchain expertise, providing a novel and evolving expertise in web3.

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