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Welcome to Cryptopia: A Blockchain-Based Utopia
Identifying itself as a seasteading city-state that lies outside any nation’s border, Cryptopia is a blockchain-based society that claims to let its citizens buy, sell, vote, and perform “essential activities using a safe, secure, and transparent system.”
“Cryptopia lies outside of any existing nation’s borders, allowing its citizens free reign to experiment and create the community they want for themselves. Cryptopia has become humanity’s haven, the reboot of society the world needs to survive,” its website read.
Cryptopia also incorporates a blockchain game, allowing its citizens to earn crypto while playing, thus creating a novel fusion of gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi).
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Understanding Cryptopia
Cryptopia is a free-to-play game that seeks to provide a “fun and fair gaming experience” for its citizens. This means that the game does not require players to purchase NFTs as starting characters, making it accessible to a wider audience.
The game allows players to create, trade, and explore a virtual world based on the principles of decentralized finance (DeFi).
The game’s narrative begins with a nod to Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper, emphasizing the potential for an economic reboot through digital currency. The project’s introduction warns of an impending economic crisis due to over-reliance on fiat currency, suggesting that a significant event, such as climate change, could trigger a global catastrophe.
Getting Started in Cryptopia
How to Create an Account in Cryptopia
Step 1: Click the “Join Now” button in the top right corner of the website page.
Step 2: Fill in and verify your email address, username, and password, and agree to the terms and conditions.
Step 3: Download and install the Cryptopia client from the “Game” section of the website.
The Gameplay
Upon starting the game, players should choose between two strategies: the Tycoon and Adventurer. Those who choose Tycoon should generate an income and build a DeFi dynasty, while those who choose Adventurer should embark on a journey to be professionals by performing quests.
The game focuses on letting players create their own virtual lives. For instance, Tycoons are set to run businesses, while Adventurers are set to be professionals who will work on those businesses.
Factions play a crucial role in the game: the Eco faction aims to create a self-sustaining carbon-free city-state, the Industrial faction seeks to maximize profitability by any means necessary, the Tech faction focuses on advancing society through technology, and the Traditional faction seeks to protect workers’ and voters’ rights.
Two sub-factions add a PvP element to Cryptopia: the Pirates, who loot players, and the Bounty Hunters, who retrieve loot and return it to the player.
Strategies for Success
As an Adventurer, players should excel in their profession in Cryptopia, akin to real-life careers. Some professions include an architect, designer, construction worker, and sales clerk.
Players start from entry-level positions, such as a construction worker, complete quests, earn XPs, and advance to higher roles, like an architect.
Loyalty Cards, given as NFTs, are important for career advancement, signifying a player’s commitment to their profession and workplace.
Meanwhile, Tycoons should focus on building their DeFi dynasties and generating income through transaction fees. Like in reality, they require a certain amount of in-game tokens, $CRT, as capital.
Tycoons need land tiles, a Title Deed NFT, a blueprint for business requirements, and a Blueprint NFT to start building businesses. These NFTs can be purchased on the marketplace.
Tycoons also need Loyalty Cards for protection against business sabotage.
The Tokenomics of Cryptopia
Forty percent, or four billion $CRT, is allocated to the game. All fungible and non-fungible assets, such as coal, wood, gold, electricity, title deeds, modules, and blueprints, are priced at $CRT. All items and services within the game are also priced in this token.
“Using a single native token as the in-game currency can help create a more unified and stable economy within the game and makes it easier for players to trade and exchange items with one another, as they all have a common denomination,” the developers noted.
Other uses of $CRT within the game include:
- Labor Pay: For paying Adventurers their basic pay and as compensation to boost their performance.
- Bidding: For Tycoons who want to buy a certain land or item through auctions and bidding.
- Crafting: For shorter cooldown during crafting processes, repairing in-game items, and
