Decentraland is a decentralized economy project based on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform can be called a game based on an open world - a metaverse where players can acquire land and develop it, make art and art projects, or just have fun in internal games. This project is constantly evolving, developers are introducing new features, interactions and ways of user interaction.
The Metaverse opened for players in 2020. It is a large open world with blocky graphics that can be compared to minecraft, but in terms of gameplay, these projects are different. The gameplay platform itself is a fairly large map, with a 300 x 300 grid that contains around 100,000 player lots. These lands are called parcels, each 16 by 16 in size. And the parcel itself is an in-game LAND token.
The economic laws of the real estate market also work in this metaverse. There are various popular areas where land will cost much more than in less elite districts. If the user buys several territories nearby, he will be able to implement fairly large and significant buildings on them. But there are not so many available plots, which means that buying land will be expensive.
The Decentraland Metaverse was launched back in 2017 by the Decentraland foundation, its creators are from Argentina. They have intellectual property rights and maintain the project website. The basis of the in-game economy here is MANA, which can be used to purchase real estate and many other transactions that are needed when interacting with the metaverse. For example, customizing your avatars (characters), buying NFT items. This token also allows players to participate in a decentralized governance system, vote for innovation decisions and propose ideas. Each territory with real estate is a non-fungible token (NFT), here it is called LAND. It can be bought at specialized trading platforms. The metaverse also has its own website where you can buy real estate, territory and give it a name.
The game is also special in that users are involved in its control. Players can influence everything from small things to global things. The entire infrastructure of the metaverse is controlled by the community, no company has the right to change and influence this world, as well as prevent access to it - this is the official position of the founders of the metaverse. In order for each player to have the right to vote, the developers united everyone in a network of decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). To insure against reckless decisions and actions of the DAO, the platform has a special security tip that guarantees quality.
We have already said that the price of the territory can be high or very high, depending on the location and popularity of the area. In this metaverse, there are districts divided by theme: for example, boutiques and stores of popular brands are located on Fashion Street, on the land of Decentraland
university has a large selection of lecture halls, conference rooms and educational institutions. There are areas with exhibitions and galleries where users can post their art works. The red light district is very popular and around it the land is obscenely expensive, and nearby you can find the district
cyberpunk or Vegas City with many casinos and clubs. Each district has a leader who plans the development of the district. Sometimes, instead of a certain person, the DAO becomes the leader. If you wish to build a building or open a shop, you will need to agree with the leader of the district.
There are a lot of ways to make money in this metaverse, just like in ordinary life. You can make a profit from the territories: resell your assets at a higher price, rent them out to other users, open a trading place, an exhibition hall, a cinema, a club. You can even give the right to build
to another player, while remaining the owner of the land, which receives income. And of course, on your land you can advertise your products or other brands that will pay for this place. Since the metaverse is built on non-fungible tokens, you can negotiate with virtual artists and host their art objects on different terms. There are many additional features and entertainment that also allow the player to earn. For example, play in a casino, create seminars, create a chat community. To start playing in the metaverseYou do not need any investments and complex actions.
You will need a computer, internet and the ability to go to the official website of the project. There you will be offered a choice: log in as a guest or become a regular player with the ability to save progress and accumulate assets. To do this, you need to create a crypto wallet, which usually takes no more than five minutes. After you have passed authorization, a window will open with a choice of a character (avatar), which can be configured in a basic way.
There are many games in the metaverse that allow players to get a MANA token. For example, passing quests, mini-games, searching for hiding places. If the user is not interested in this kind of activity, then you can openly walk around the map, look into galleries, cinemas, a concert, get to author's events. Moving around the districts is implemented using a teleport.
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Genesis Plaza is the very center of the metaverse, where each player begins his journey. Here you can see a poster with activities and events, learn about popular places and institutions. All this will help to navigate and choose the location where the player wants to go. To make it easier to deal with the controls, just press the C key, and all options will appear on the screen, and in the settings you can change the time of day. The entire territory of the metaverse will open when you press M, so you can select an interesting area and see the coordinates for using the teleporter. At the center of Genesis Plaza is a swimming pool, if the player jumps into it, they will end up in a bar that is filled with Easter eggs and reminders of the blockchain industry. This place is convenient because here you can get acquainted with the mechanics of the game and get used to the controls. In the bar, you can find bots that sit at the table and carry on dialogues about art, interacting with them, you can go to the exhibition.
Platform players are very fond of creating museums and placing virtual art objects in them, so you can easily find many interesting private exhibitions. On the territory of the Voltere District there are galleries of famous trading floors, here you can look at digital copies of paintings by artists, you can click on each one to find out information and even buy. If you are not interested in static art objects, then you can go to the Star Cinema. Players love to get together to watch movies in the company. Here you can watch a movie, chat and feel the presence of other users nearby. At the cinema, you can choose a movie from the proposed list.
Another interesting and popular place in the metaverse is a minecraft game called Wondermine. Here players can make NFT items. From time to time, meteorites fall on this territory, which can be hit with a pickaxe to extract a resource from them. The pickaxe is not infinite, but is updated daily. The more resources you have, the more valuable things you can make. To do crafting, you need to go to a special installation, there is a large selection of custom outfits for the character. If you make cool things, you can sell them on the game's marketplace for MANA tokens.
Soho Plaza is a huge amusement park. There are places for walking, a skate park, a Ferris wheel and other attractions. The location is surrounded by sights that are built by users, which makes the development of the world very diverse and interesting. Among the users are developers who make games inside the metaverse, where players can enjoy gameplay and even participate in tournaments that often play out valuable NFTs. Graphics in different areas may vary in quality, because most of the objects are created by users themselves.
Many celebrities have already appreciated the possibilities of the metaverse and hold virtual concerts, where you can get on a ticket. The hall is filled with other users, and the artist himself enters the stage. The performers care about sound quality and special effects, so the show looks high quality and colorful. Some celebrities acquire land, where they hold private parties or walk around the territories of the metaverse with other users. As a rule, the value of real estate next to the land of famous people grows many times over.
Decentraland is a platform created according to all the laws and rules of the main concept of the metaverse. This game can still be called young and developing. Sometimes, in the virtual world, you can meet with bugs and flaws, and the graphics are not realistic. But the project has tremendous potential, it is already popular and interesting for both users and investors. The platform opens up great opportunities for creating author's content of any complexity, for the realization of one's ideas and man-made virtual objects. And most importantly, the metaverse is a new step for human interaction and communication, it is a free decentralized world without restrictions, censorship and limits for creativity. Everything is in the hands of the player, any idea will find a way to be implemented. Your skills, abilities and knowledge will get their audience interested in the information offered. And this is what makes the metaverse meaningful and interesting. No one guarantees the success of the project, even though it has interested many users. We are only going through the stage of formation of the metaverses and can only observe which route their development will take.
