Influence Archives - Play to Earn https://www.playtoearn.online/tag/influence/ NFT games, play-to-earn, GameFi and blockchain entertainment Mon, 01 May 2023 23:52:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.playtoearn.online/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-logo-500x500-1-1-32x32.png Influence Archives - Play to Earn https://www.playtoearn.online/tag/influence/ 32 32 Play to Earn Games to Watch in May https://www.playtoearn.online/2023/05/01/play-to-earn-games-to-watch-in-may/ Mon, 01 May 2023 23:52:05 +0000 https://www.playtoearn.online/?p=38513 The playtests for web3 games are coming fast and furious! Too fast to play them all (though I try!). You can find something from pretty much any gaming genre. Here are a few games to watch in May. There is always plenty of action in web3 gaming these days. And while we cover as many […]

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The playtests for web3 games are coming fast and furious! Too fast to play them all (though I try!). You can find something from pretty much any gaming genre. Here are a few games to watch in May.

There is always plenty of action in web3 gaming these days. And while we cover as many of the games as we can, here are a few in particular that may be worth watching in the coming month.

Mojo Melee

Mojo Melee enters open beta soon. During this beta, players will have an opportunity to play and earn their way onto the whitelist for an upcoming, free, NFT mint! This playtest will be completely free and provide a chance for participants to ‘play to mint’!

We don’t have an exact date for the beta to begin, but I expect it to be this month, hopefully within the next week or two!

Fight!

MOBA Games

DOTA2, a MOBA style game, is the biggest eSport in the world. And really, this type of game seems a perfect fit for web3 gaming!

Spider Tanks has a first mover advantage when it comes to the world of web3, MOBA, eSport games. But they have yet to really take advantage of it. Perhaps their latest update will help propel them forward. But in the meantime, there are plenty of up and coming MOBA games.

Tearing Spaces is currently in closed beta, Wildcard and The Machines Arena are having ongoing playtests. The Harvest is making some game updates and should have a new playtest announcement for us soon. Just to name a few!

Influence

With Influence set to launch this summer, their final test and earn event should kick off sometime soon. These events let players accumulate SWAY tokens, the game currency, simply by logging on to the test network and completing a few actions in-game.

And though Farsite and Star Atlas are also building space-based MMOs, it looks like Influence will be the first to launch. With their detailed production system, interconnected economy, and the ability for player control of sections of the game universe, Influence looks set to become the web3 version of Eve Online. Add onto that a realistic simulation of orbital mechanics, and you have a very interesting game in the making!

Influence food production chain
a production chain in Influence

Champions Ascension

Champions Ascension continues to march forward with their development. Soon there will be a group PvE game, and another sort of PvE game that features players trying to make it through levels designed by other players!

But in the meantime, we have a new style of arena combat known as the Vault of Carnage. This game mode sees 15 players face off in a free for all arena with traps, boosts, and environmental obstacles! In fact, if you want to give it a try, they are holding a special playtest, partnered with Fractal Gaming. This playtest opens on May 2nd, 5pm CST, is open to everyone (you don’t even need a wallet!), and will feature the Vault of Carnage. This event will only be open for an hour though. So don’t be late!

You can download Champions Ascension here.

Vault of Carnage!
Vault of Carnage!

NFT Worlds

Though they aren’t quite ready for a full resurrection, a lot has been happening in NFT Worlds. In fact, this week they are re-issuing their world NFTs. Current World owners won’t need to do anything. Their new World will be airdropped into their wallet. For anyone considering purchasing a World NFT, I would suggest waiting until after the migration completes later this week.

This is part of their rebranding project which should fully kick in on May 5th. We don’t yet know the new, official name of this project, but it will be something that is not so web3-focused. They have also announced that they will be creating their own sidechain to help serve the players and world owners.

This steady stream of updates has caused the floor value of the NFT Worlds NFTs to double over the past few months!

a screenshot from the new NFT Worlds client
a screenshot from the new NFT Worlds client

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Influence Launch Announcement, Tokenomics, Asteroid Sale, and More! https://www.playtoearn.online/2023/03/17/influence-launch-announcement-tokenomics-asteroid-sale-and-more/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:26:15 +0000 https://www.playtoearn.online/?p=36573 Influence dropped a major update on their community this week, including new tokenomics, another asteroid sale, and a general timeframe for the game’s official launch! Influence dropped a huge announcement earlier this week with tons of information, including updates about their planned game launch, an upcoming Asteroid sale, and SWAY distribution and tokenomics! You can […]

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Influence dropped a major update on their community this week, including new tokenomics, another asteroid sale, and a general timeframe for the game’s official launch!

Influence dropped a huge announcement earlier this week with tons of information, including updates about their planned game launch, an upcoming Asteroid sale, and SWAY distribution and tokenomics!

You can see the full blog post here, but continue reading to get a summary of what was covered.

Influence Game Launch

Wisely, the Influence team didn’t provide an exact date for the game’s launch. Just a general, ‘summer of 2023’. There will be a final testing event sometime before then.

And to help players get started carving out their spot in Adalia, Influence will provide special starter packs to anyone who purchased and held an Asteroid from the Arrival sale (all the way back in April of 2021). These starter packs include extractors and warehouses for acquiring resources, a commemorative Founder’s card, and at least one ship with a full tank of fuel! The type of pack received is based on the size of the Asteroid (small, medium, and large). See the chart below for details.

Asteroid Sale

If you don’t already own a an Influence Asteroid, or you just want to add to your holdings before the game launches, there will be another Asteroid sale running from April 11th to April 18th, 2023

Asteroids are priced based on their surface area. The price for each Asteroid is $65 plus 2 dollars per km². So with the smallest Asteroids sized at 13 km², the cheapest price would be $91 (USD). Asteriods come in a wide variety of sizes and types. You can learn more about Influence Asteroids on the official wiki page.

These Asteroids come with a free Crew Member, and also offer owners the opportunity to join in on the sale of SWAY tokens, which will happen in the same time frame.

SWAY Sale and Tokenomics

Concurrent with the April Asteroid sale will be a sale of SWAY tokens. Everyone who owns an Asteroid or Crew member can purchase SWAY for the price of $1 USD per 10,000 SWAY tokens. Each Asteroid and Crew allows the owner to purchase up to $2,500 worth of tokens.

April 11th will also allow those who earned SWAY from early sales or community events to claim their rewards. All SWAY acquired during this period will be non-transferrable until the game launch.

SWAY will be capped at 130 billion tokens total. Distribution will be as follows:

  • 15 billion available during the SWAY sale
  • 15 billion available at launch for purchase
  • 30 billion distributed to players holding Crew (with bonuses for also holding the associated Asteroid)
  • 22.5 billion for players who participated in the alpha tests and various community events
  • 15 billion for those who refer new players who make a purchase
  • 32.5 million used to provide initial depth to the order books for the in-game market

There is a lot more info about SWAY distribution and tokenomics in the official blog post for those who want to dive deeper.

SWAY distribution chart

What is Influence?

Influence is a space-based MMORPG. In Influence, a colony ship has arrived at its destination, only to find uninhabitable planets. After much debate, the ship commander decides that the passengers and crew would set up camp in an asteroid belt and begin building a new civilization. Players have already begun to lay claims to Asteroids in the belt, and soon will come mining crews, bases, merchants, wealth, and inevitably, conflict.

In addition to the Asteroids and Ships, players also own Crew NFTs. Crew have the option of creating a background storyline. This is done through a text story where the player makes choices for the Crew member. Based on those choices, the Crew member receives certain traits that affect their in-game skills, allowing players to personalize their NFTs.

Influence is offering some other unique features that make it stand out. Mainly, its adherence to a realistic simulation. Not only are the resource production processes complicated and based on real life, but the Asteroids themselves include orbital dynamics! This is not a static map. All the Asteroids are constantly moving in their orbits. Each Asteroid has an orbital period (how long it takes to complete one orbit), a semi-major axis (how far it is from the center), inclination (how angled the orbit is off from the orbital plane), and eccentricity (how stretched the orbit is from a perfect circle)! This all plays into effect as time progresses, causing the distance between any two Asteroids to vary daily!

There certainly will be a lot to process in this game. Luckily, some people are already building tools to help players figure out the complex production processes.

To learn more about Influence, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord server.

Influence food production chain
even feeding the Crew takes a lot of effort!

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Test and Earn with Influence, Phase 3 – Jan 25th https://www.playtoearn.online/2023/01/12/test-and-earn-with-influence-phase-3-jan-25th/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 22:54:01 +0000 https://www.playtoearn.online/?p=33705 Influence announces the date for phase 3 of their test and earn game preview. Offering new features, functionality, and chances to earn SWAY tokens, this event begins on January 25th and is open to everyone! This will be the third of the test and earn events from Influence. During these events, players who participate and […]

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Influence announces the date for phase 3 of their test and earn game preview. Offering new features, functionality, and chances to earn SWAY tokens, this event begins on January 25th and is open to everyone!

This will be the third of the test and earn events from Influence. During these events, players who participate and complete specific tasks can earn SWAY tokens. In the past, tasks have included things such as buying an asteroid or creating a crew member.

This upcoming release brings us a number of new features related to extracting, moving, and storing resources. Now players can get down and dirty with their asteroids. Zooming in to individual plots and taking core samples to find the best spots for mining resources. They will then be able to setup mining operations, and move mined resources into warehouses.

surface transportation planning
surface transportation planning

As with the other test phases, this one will include a number of tasks. Players who complete these tasks receive a set amount of SWAY tokens. The tasks revolve around using various game features and completing specific actions. Expect pretty much any newly available activity to be available for reward earnings.

The test event will also include a content creator competition. This event offers rewards to those who create guides, reviews, etc, during the phase 3 testing. Phase 3 will officially come to a close once the rewards run out, though the game will continue to remain open for those who want to play around.

The game is currently open, though it won’t have any of the new features until the 25th. You can access it at https://game-goerli.influenceth.io/

As usual, the test will occur on the Goerli network. Since the faucets for the testnet can often become overloaded when the test goes live, I would strongly suggest getting yourself setup with some ETH on Goerli ahead of time.

asteroid heat map

asteroid resource heat map

Adalian Creators Collective Program

And while we’ve been waiting for this next phase of the test and earn events, player created utilities have continued to expand and grow. Many of these receive extra funding from the Adalian Creators Collective program. This includes things such as detailed production chain planners, fan-created stories, translations, tools, and even a Chrome extension!

Voting for the projects is happening now for those who own Influence NFTs. And if you’re a interested developer or have an idea for a cool tool or other addition to the game, you might want to consider joining in when the next round starts. There will be two more rounds for this particular initiative, and the top spots earn millions of SWAY tokens.

What is Influence?

Influence is a space-based MMORPG. In Influence, a colony ship has arrived at its destination, only to find uninhabitable planets. After much debate, the ship commander decides that the passengers and crew would set up camp in an asteroid belt and begin building a new civilization. Players have already begun to lay claims to Asteroids in the belt, and soon will come mining crews, bases, merchants, wealth, and inevitably, conflict.

In addition to the Asteroids and Ships, players also own Crew NFTs. Crew have the option of creating a background storyline. This is done through a text story where the player makes choices for the Crew member. Based on those choices, the Crew member receives certain traits that affect their in-game skills, allowing players to personalize their NFTs.

Influence is offering some other unique features that make it stand out. Mainly, its adherence to a realistic simulation. Not only are the resource production processes complicated and based on real life, but the Asteroids themselves include orbital dynamics! This is not a static map. All the Asteroids are constantly moving in their orbits. Each Asteroid has an orbital period (how long it takes to complete one orbit), a semi-major axis (how far it is from the center), inclination (how angled the orbit is off from the orbital plane), and eccentricity (how stretched the orbit is from a perfect circle)! This all plays into effect as time progresses, causing the distance between any two Asteroids to vary daily!

There certainly will be a lot to process in this game. Luckily, some people are already building tools to help players figure out the complex production processes.

You can find more info on influenceth.io, the official Twitter account, and their Discord server.

food production chain
food production chain

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Influence TestNet Phase 3 Preview https://www.playtoearn.online/2022/10/17/influence-testnet-phase-3-preview/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:22:44 +0000 https://www.playtoearn.online/?p=27414 Influence prepares to continue their test and earn series with Testnet Phase 3. Though we don’t have an official date yet, this test and earn opportunity should open up sometime soon. This phase brings several new features, focusing on the next step of colonization, resource extraction! Influence continues to steadily roll out new features to […]

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Influence prepares to continue their test and earn series with Testnet Phase 3. Though we don’t have an official date yet, this test and earn opportunity should open up sometime soon. This phase brings several new features, focusing on the next step of colonization, resource extraction!

Influence continues to steadily roll out new features to test for their upcoming space-based MMO. We’ve already completed the first two phases of their test and earn campaign, now we get some details about what to expect in phase 3.

resource map for Rocky McRockface
resource map for Rocky McRockface

Phase 3 includes a number of new features. And rather than dump them all on the players at once, Influence plans to add them in throughout the phase 3 period. These features include several new user interface screens, resource heatmaps, asteroid scanning, buildings, resources, mining, core sampling, and surface transport!

You can see that this selection of new features covers the basis of resource discovery, extraction, and storage. Which is the logical next step after purchasing land rights for asteroids.

And remember, this is not really an alpha. The playability of the game will be very limited. Instead, this is an opportunity to get a preview of the game and assist in testing while also earning tokens along the way! And since this is also sort of a test of Starknet as well, don’t be surprised if there end up being some network issues along the way.

asteroid heat map
asteroid heat map

As usual, the test will occur on the Goerli network. Since the faucets for the testnet can often become overloaded when the test goes live, I would strongly suggest getting yourself setup with some ETH on Goerli ahead of time. The last two tests were open for several weeks, so I expect phase 3 to follow suit. Especially with all of the new features! And there will almost certainly be opportunities to earn SWAY tokens by participating in the this test. For more information about preparing for the Influence testnet, take a look at the official wiki page.

The Influence team has not yet announced any dates for Testnet Phase 3.

What is Influence?

Influence travel system WIP
who knows trigonometry?

Influence is a space-based MMORPG. In Influence, a colony ship has arrived at its destination, only to find uninhabitable planets. After much debate, the ship commander decides that the passengers and crew would set up camp in an asteroid belt and begin building a new civilization. Players have already begun to lay claims to Asteroids in the belt, and soon will come mining crews, bases, merchants, wealth, and inevitably, conflict.

In addition to the Asteroids and Ships, players also own Crew NFTs. Crew have the option of creating a background storyline. This is done through a text story where the player makes choices for the Crew member. Based on those choices, the Crew receives certain traits that affect their in-game skills allowing players to personalize their NFTs.

And though the space MMO genre is becoming increasingly crowded, Influence is offering some unique features that make it stand out. Mainly, its adherence to a realistic simulation. Not only are the resource production processes complicated and based on real life, but the Asteroids themselves include orbital dynamics! This is not a static map. All the Asteroids are constantly moving in their orbits. Each Asteroid has an orbital period (how long it takes to complete one orbit), a semi-major axis (how far it is from the center), inclination (how angled the orbit is off from the orbital plane), and eccentricity (how stretched the orbit is from a perfect circle)! This all plays into effect as time progresses, causing the distance between any two Asteroids to vary daily!

There certainly will be a lot to process in this game. Luckily, some people are already building tools to help players figure out the complex production processes. In fact, Influence recently held a community vote to choose a number of third party projects to receive a stipend of SWAY tokens to continue their work!

You can find more info on influenceth.io, the official Twitter account, and their Discord server.

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Play to Earn Games to Watch in September https://www.playtoearn.online/2022/09/01/play-to-earn-games-to-watch-in-september/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 22:28:07 +0000 https://www.playtoearn.online/?p=24199 Though the official months of summer come to a close, the blockchain summer seems to keep on rolling. Several new play and earn opportunities open this month, with a wide variety of gaming experiences to choose from. Players can duel as gods, fight pirates in the depths of space, claim ownership of asteroids around a […]

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Though the official months of summer come to a close, the blockchain summer seems to keep on rolling. Several new play and earn opportunities open this month, with a wide variety of gaming experiences to choose from. Players can duel as gods, fight pirates in the depths of space, claim ownership of asteroids around a distant star, kill zombies, or just wander around a town! The choice is yours!

The list of games with new play and earn programs this month spans several genres of gaming. From TCG to FPS to space sim to combination space sim / FPS, there are plenty to choose from. And to make it ever better, all of these games are free to play!

Gods Unchained Daily Play and Earn

Gods Unchained released its new, daily, play and earn reward system to get the month started right. Now, players can potentially earn for winning any of their first 10 matches, every day! Players accumulate Shards for winning those first matches. With extra shards awarded for higher ranks, and for using shiny (Shadow / Gold / Diamond) cards in your deck. Then, at the end of the day, everyone shares from the $GODS token reward pool. Combine this with weekend tournament matches to win packs as well! Learn more about it here.

Gods Unchained daily earn banner

Phantom Galaxies Episode 4

Also, Episode 4, the final, planned content for Phantom Galaxies just opened up. Titled, Pirate’s Dilemma, this episode offers players a chance to pilot a new type of Starfighter — the Lacer class. Players gather the usual medals and NFTs by completing the missions, but they also collect raffle tickets along the way, with an additional chance to earn ASTRAFER tokens! More details here!

Phantom Galaxies Episode 4 banner

Influence Test and Earn Event

Influence launched Phase 2 of it’s test and earn program. Players who participate by purchasing Asteroids and Crewmembers, and/or moving resources between chains, earn SWAY tokens. The test is happening on the Goerli (a testnet for Ethereum) network, and getting setup can be confusing at points. Luckily, the Influence team has put together a series of videos to help explain everything. Asteroids are released in batches of 2,500 daily, though new Crew can be created at any time. The event runs through the end of September, so there is plenty of time to get involved, see how in our post here.

Mega World Opens

Megacryptopolis has shut down for maintenance. When it re-opens, in it’s place will be Mega World, a living, 3D city on top of the city running simulation. Players will be able to walk around the city, enter buildings, and go on quests for MEGA tokens. Mega World is expected to open on September 7th. Players can check out a preview with the Mega World Tour.

Mega World Customizeable Building banner

Undead Blocks Tournaments

Undead Blocks is running a free to play, play and earn series of tournaments in the month of September. The tournaments run on the weekends, beginning on September 2nd. This continues a monthly series of play and earn tournaments from this undead-killing FPS.

Undead Blocks is also starting a streamer program, with special access and tournaments. Applications are open through October 2nd. All details here.

The Sandbox Alpha Season 3

Although it technically started in August, The Sandbox Alpha Season 3 is running throughout September with new experiences and challenges dropping every day. Join the daily and weekly challenge, level up or try to rank high in the leaderboards, there are many ways to earn rewards by joining the third alpha season of the voxelite-powered metaverse! More details here.

Sandbox Alpha 3 banner

Froyo Gamebox Beta

Froyo Games, the multi-chain GameFi infrastructure, has launched of the beta version of Froyo Gamebox. The GameBox lets you play competitive mini-games and win tickets that can be used to enter giveaway raffles where you can win exciting NFTs and $FROYO tokens. More details here.

Froyo Gamebox Beta Access

Planet Mojo Melee Playtest

Players who minted the Mojo NFT will be able to access the Mojo Melee, the core game mode of Planet Mojo. The team’s goal is to gather feedback from their loyal community. A premint campaign has started to win a free “VIP Playtester Pass” NFT that will grant access to future Planet Mojo’s playtests in September. Check out our preview here.

Dogami Tech launch

The joyful mobile-first play-to-earn game, Dogamí, will be launching its first tech demo on September 14, 2022. In this Tech Launch, 100 Dogamers will have the chance to participate in the early stage of the game and support Dogamí development. This Tech Launch aims to get essential feedback on the gameplay before a broader release called Soft Launch 1.

Dogami Petaverse

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Influence Test and Earn Phase 2 https://www.playtoearn.online/2022/08/23/influence-test-and-earn-phase-2/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 02:44:41 +0000 https://www.playtoearn.online/?p=23427 Influence announced Phase 2 of their test and earn events is coming at the end of August. This physics-based, space strategy and RPG about colonizing an asteroid belt around a distant star, builds toward a migration onto a layer 2 solution called Starknet. Any major code update needs testing, and for one as important as […]

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Influence announced Phase 2 of their test and earn events is coming at the end of August. This physics-based, space strategy and RPG about colonizing an asteroid belt around a distant star, builds toward a migration onto a layer 2 solution called Starknet. Any major code update needs testing, and for one as important as this, they need lots of testers. And that’s where you come in!

The summer of blockchain gaming isn’t over yet. There is plenty of action happening this month. And one, a test and earn event from Influence, lets players earn SWAY tokens, simply by testing a few basic features for them.

The first Test and Earn event Influence ran was a success. Over 1,000 players participated, minting 11,101 Asteroids to test some basic, but important, game functionality. On August 28th, Influence returns with Test and Earn Phase 2. This event is open to anyone and everyone. No NFTs or tokens required!

Test and Earn Phase 2

Crew management screen

Influence has partnered with Starkware and Immutable to run their game on a Layer 2 network. But, they still want to provide options for players to move their assets off the network if they desire. And, they also need to let everyone who already has existing Asteroids and Crew to migrate them over to the game.

And so, this event focuses on minting new assets and bridging them between L1 and L2 layers on Ethereum, though players also get a chance to play around with the new Crew Management Console.

The assets available for minting during this event include Asteroids and Crew members. Since this event happens on the Goerli testnet, all of the ETH used for purchases and transactions is play money. There are a couple of faucets where you can receive free ETH on the testnet. Though you might want to stock up before the event. Be sure to read the official Phase 2 guide for all the details about participation.

This event runs in two parts. The first, from August 29th through September 4th, provides 10,000 Asteroids available for minting, though each player can only receive rewards for minting 10. Crew minting, however, is unlimited, with global rewards capped at 75 million SWAY tokens. For the second phase, Influence offers 500 Asteroids per week for four weeks (max rewards are 1 per wallet). The second phase also features unlimited crew minting, though the rewards are capped at 25 million SWAY.

Rewards are broken down as follows:

  • Purchasing an Asteroid: 5,000 SWAY
  • Recruiting Crewmate: 1,000 SWAY
  • Bridging L1 to L2 Asteroids: 2,500 SWAY
  • Bridging L2 to L1 Asteroids: 1,000 SWAY
  • Bridging L1 to L2 Crewmate: 2,500 SWAY
  • Bridging L2 to L1 Crewmate: 1,000 SWAY

About Influence

Influence travel system WIP
who knows trigonometry?

Influence is a space-based MMORPG. In Influence, a colony ship has arrived at its destination, only to find uninhabitable planets. After much debate, the commander decides that the passengers and crew would set up camp in an asteroid belt and begin building a new civilization. Players have already begun to lay claims to Asteroids in the belt, and soon will come mining crews, bases, merchants, wealth, and inevitably, conflict.

In addition to the Asteroids and Ships, players also own Crew NFTs. Crew have the option of creating a background storyline. This is done through a text story where the player makes choices for the Crew member. Based on those choices, the Crew receives certain traits that affect their in-game skills allowing players to personalize their NFTs.

And though the space MMO genre is becoming increasingly crowded, Influence is offering some unique features that make it stand out. Mainly, its adherence to a realistic simulation. Not only are the resource production processes complicated and based on real life, but the Asteroids themselves include orbital dynamics! This is not a static map. All the Asteroids are constantly moving in their orbitss. Each Asteroid has an orbital period (how long it takes to complete one orbit), a semi-major axis (how far it is from the center), inclination (how angled the orbit is off from the orbital plane), and eccentricity (how stretched the orbit is from a perfect circle)! This all plays into effect as time progresses, causing the distance between any two Asteroids to vary daily!

Hopefully, the interface will make it an easy process for regular gamers to get into the game and enjoy the details. There certainly will be a lot to process! Luckily, some people are already building tools to help players figure out the complex production processes. In fact, Influence recently held a community vote to choose a number of third party projects to receive a stipend of SWAY tokens to continue their work!

You can find more info on influenceth.io, the official Twitter account, and their Discord server.

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Test and Earn with Influence https://www.playtoearn.online/2022/05/12/test-and-earn-with-influence/ Thu, 12 May 2022 16:38:22 +0000 https://www.playtoearn.online/?p=15603 Influence, an in-development, space-based MMORPG, announced a new test and earn event on the Goerli network (Ethereum). During this event, players can buy and scan asteroids, earning SWAY tokens in the process. With 1.5 billion SWAY up for grabs, there is plenty to go around. To start earning, all you have to do is switch […]

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Influence, an in-development, space-based MMORPG, announced a new test and earn event on the Goerli network (Ethereum). During this event, players can buy and scan asteroids, earning SWAY tokens in the process.

With 1.5 billion SWAY up for grabs, there is plenty to go around. To start earning, all you have to do is switch to the Goerli test network, use a faucet to get some free test ETH, log in to the game, and start purchasing asteroids! The limit is 100 asteroids per wallet, with a maximum of 11,100 Asteroids to be minted total.

Influence scanned asteroid
Asteroid scan results

Purchasing Asteroids is a pretty quick process, though the purchase button is not always easy to find for newcomers. You have to select an Asteroid, then click the Details button in the Asteroid trait section (scroll down to the bottom on the right side). Once purchased, you’ll see a button for scanning the Asteroid. This requires two transactions, and can sometimes take a few minutes. Once completed, you’ll have all the info about what type of resources are on the Asteroid as well as the Asteroid’s rarity (none of which matters for this phase of the test, though it’s still fun to find an Exceptional Asteroid!).

To get the most bang for your buck, purchase Small Asteroids. They are much cheaper, so you’ll be able to pick up more of them. The team promises 10K SWAY for every Asteroid minted, and an additional 5K SWAY for every Asteroid scanned. There will be a phase 2 coming soon, in which players will test moving their Asteroids over to Starknet and have additional chances to earn tokens.

Additional features arriving in the near future include flight and travel, basic asteroid interactions, a 3D asset viewer, and completed production chains.

What is the Goerli Test Network?

Influence asteroid interface preview

This test happens on the Goerli test network. That means all the ETH is test ETH. No need to use any real funds. As you might guess from the name, the Goerli Test Network is one of several testing, sandbox networks for the ETH blockchain. Wise developers will deploy and test their code on test networks long before they deploy their contracts to the mainnet. And I’m glad to see that Influence is taking the time to test their products.

You can access the Goerli network in Metamask just by selecting it from the network dropdown at the top. Once there, you will probably need some test ETH. There are a few different faucets you can try. They all have some limitations, and many of them are being hit by other players wanting to grab a few asteroids. But with a little patience, you can get enough test ETH to make some purchases.

The faucets are:

Breaking News: The Influence team also just created a Dyno Bot form you can fill out to receive test ETH from them. Once you have your ETH, head over to the test server and start claiming Asteroids!

What is Influence?

Influence travel system WIP
who knows trigonometry?

Influence is a space-based MMORPG being built on Starknet (Ethereum Layer 2 solution). In Influence, a colony ship has arrived at its destination, only to find uninhabitable planets. After much debate, the commander decided that the passengers and crew would set up camp in an asteroid belt and begin building a new civilization. Players have already begun to lay claims to Asteroids in the belt, and soon will come mining crews, bases, merchants, wealth, and inevitably, conflict.

In addition to the Asteroids and Ships, players also own Crew NFTs. Crew have the option of creating a background storyline. This is done through a text story where the player makes choices for the Crew member. Based on those choices, the Crew receives certain traits that affect their in-game skills and actions. Pretty cool way to allow players to personalize their NFTs!

And though the space MMO genre is becoming increasingly crowded, Influence is offering some unique features that make it stand out. Mainly, its adherence to a realistic simulation. Not only are the resource production processes complicated and based on real life, but the Asteroids themselves include orbital dynamics! This is not a static map. All the Asteroids are constantly circling in their orbits, with many variations. Each Asteroid has an orbital period (how long it takes to complete one orbit), a semi-major axis (how far it is from the center), inclination (how angled the orbit is off from the orbital plane), and eccentricity (how stretched the orbit is from a perfect circle)! This all plays into effect as time progresses, causing the distance between any two Asteroids to vary daily!

This all leads to what could be a very cool and interesting game. Hopefully, the interface will make it an easy process for regular gamers to get into the game and enjoy the details. There certainly will be a lot to process! Luckily, some people are already building tools to help players figure out the complex production processes!

More info on influenceth.io and on their official Twitter account.

Expect to see more news from Influence over the coming months as they prepare for mainnet release!

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Influence Selling Asteroids for Open Space Economy https://www.playtoearn.online/2021/04/26/influence-selling-asteroids-for-open-space-economy/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:54:18 +0000 http://www.playtoearn.online/?p=3801 The open-universe space exploration game Influence currently has its pre-sale for asteroids happening as it promises players an open universe with an economy where everybody will have a role. During the pre-sale you get to buy your own asteroid which contains valuable in-game resources. Trading will be a big part of the economic process in […]

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The open-universe space exploration game Influence currently has its pre-sale for asteroids happening as it promises players an open universe with an economy where everybody will have a role. During the pre-sale you get to buy your own asteroid which contains valuable in-game resources. Trading will be a big part of the economic process in Influence. However, trading is just one of the ways to acquire what you want, as you are able to also build on your asteroid to increase your self reliance and provide unique skills to offer others.

Players can now acquire asteroids in different price ranges, starting from 0.028 ETH all the way up to hundreds of ETH. These prices are directly correlated to the size of the asteroid. The size of the asteroid influences the amount of players that can play and access resources.

The Influence asteroids sale will end on May 1st, and players interested can check the game’s universe on the official website. In total there are 250,000 asteroids that make up the virtual solar system. This is a finite system and no more asteroids will ever be created. Participating in current pre-sale will unlock special early adopter rewards for all who purchase an asteroid. This is the first pre-sale, and more sales events will happen at a later date, but the bonuses will not be the same. 

Different asteroids in Influence

Within Influence there are 11 different types of asteroids,referred to as spectral types, an example of this is the C-type asteroid which has resources needed for life. These are the most common asteroids. A little bit less common are the S-type ones, which generate resources for building ships, structures and creating energy. In addition the rare M-type asteroid offers high quality building resources. While the I-type asteroids, which are very rare, contain resources for fuel and life support. 

If a player wants to focus on trading resources for life support, then they will still need resources like metal to build their factories. Therefore players will need to trade with each other. In space there might be players ready to intercept transport and steal resources, and therefore safe havens of political alliances are needed as well. Influence will have PVP between ships, and that means that repair centers are needed. These also require resources to function. You can imagine that drama can unfold in a fashion similar to historic battles in EVE Online.

Where’s Influence going?

For now Influence is taking place on the Ethereum mainnet. However, current gas fee prices aren’t very suitable to run a full in-game economy. That’s why the developers of the Rise Cooperative are currently building for layer-2 solutions. It only makes sense if they would introduce their own cryptocurrency, to power the economy of their universe. However, there are no details on this technological step yet and the team hasn’t announced anything, other than their SWAY token which will serve as an in-game exchange currency and governance token. No details if this will provide any other utility yet, but the team is likely to release more information regarding the SWAY token before their next release. 

Right now Influence is in its first development phase, called Arrival. It will take until the second stage, Exploitation, that the layer-2 support will get into play. Players will then be able to start mining, lease mining rights to other asteroids, build mining sites and factories, and are able to fly to other asteroids. They will be able to use the mined resources to create probes, freighters, and a myriad of buildable assets to increase their influence within the game. In-game assets will be tradable as ERC-1155 tokens. 

Players will then also be able to create research facilities, discover and trade blueprints for energy reactors, engines, hulls, mining equipment and so on. However, there’s no story. The players will make their own story through alliances and rivalries. They get to create their own roles, jobs, political systems and so on.

Quick guide on getting an asteroid

How to buy an asteroid in Influence?

  1. Go to the official website

    Make sure you’re logged in with your web3 wallet, and connected to the Ethereum mainnet.

  2. In the left side menu

    Make sure you select both the second and the fourth search filter in the sidebar. This allow you to filter based on Spectral type (type of asteroid) and on size/price.

    influence menu bar

  3. Asteroids can be two types

    In the list with Spectral types, you will find a the earlier mentioned 4 types, but also asteroids that combine these four. These combined types contain a variety of resources, but obviously in smaller amounts.

  4. Found something you like?

    You can look at a planet in close-up by first clicking the planet in the solar system, and the pressing the magnifying glass in the left menu. If you like this planet you can either press the eye, and add it to your watchlist. Or you can press the flag and literally claim the asteroid as you own.

    buy planet influence

  5. The transaction

    Influence is running on the Ethereum mainnet and it’s using ERC-721 for its asteroid NFTs. As a result the gas fees can be quite hefty. Make sure you keep an eye on the gas prices, at the moment (in the weekend) I’m able to purchase one with a gas fee for 0.00093 ETH or $21,55. During week days gas fees might as well be triple this amount.

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