The crypto gaming space has been taken over pixel In recent months, and DecryptionGG is no exception. We've been covering the growing player population ever since Migration to Ronin, The founder was interviewed About its escalation, and details this week The long-awaited PIXEL token launch.
But unlike many gaming projects that enjoy a fleeting moment in the cryptocurrency spotlight, there's an actual playable game behind the token hype — and it doesn't require any hefty cost. NFTs To play, you don't have to beg Discord servers to access it. Best of all, he doesn't look like he's dressed too well Decentralized finance An experience where the only goal is to farm for token rewards.
It is true that there are symbolic rewards, and there are He is Farming – But you grow (digital) crops. Pixels is a decent free-to-play game, and it's a lot of fun too.
I've been playing the game online for the past couple of weeks, running around while planting and harvesting berries, baking pies, running quests, exploring player-created farms, and talking to a guy who looks like Guy Fieri named… well, Foy Jerry. certainly.
Screenshot of Pixel. Image: Decryption
Pixels looks a lot like the lo-fi, cryptocurrency-filled take on Nintendo's amazing pandemic game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. You'll explore the terrain for materials, complete simple quests, craft and build items, collect a few coins, and customize your own little plot of land. And if you purchase an NFT, you can personalize a file Much larger piece of ground.
It's a relatively brief gameplay loop, and while I feel like I've only scratched the surface of all the different quests and creative opportunities on offer so far in Pixels, I also feel like I've really gotten a solid sense of the scope of the experience. This will not be suitable for everyone as it can sometimes feel like a busy chore.
Screenshot of Pixel. Image: Decryption
But here's the thing: Given that description alone, Pixels probably won't be the kind of game I expect to hold my interest for long. I bounced back from Animal Crossing repeatedly in the early days of the pandemic, no matter how badly I thought I could use distracting, low-risk, relatively mindless games at the time. I couldn't get into it.
What's made Pixels attractive to me so far isn't the routine, but how alive the shared game world feels. It is unclear at this stage whether Ronin The network game could maintain the hype that has drawn hundreds of thousands of active players into this old-fashioned world, but it's exciting to see so many young gamer avatars — many based on player-owned NFTs — all sharing the same space and eagerly completing quests.
Screenshot of Pixel. Image: Decryption
There is much more to come. said founder Luke Parvikowski DecryptionGG's last week that they have big plans for the future – plus they love building outdoors and experimenting quickly, evolving the experience as they go. Pixels seems to be the place to be right now in cryptocurrency gaming, and it's been great to see things really shifting and changing in this world.
There are crypto incentives, as some tasks will sometimes provide PIXEL tokens. But the window to Secure a large bag of air-dropped tokens It's been a long time coming, and realistically, it doesn't look like Pixels will offer the kind of huge cryptocurrency rewards that Axi Infinity It can reasonably boast during 2021 Playing for profit climax.
I connect to the game through my Ronin Wallet, but I do not own any PIXELs or NFTs within the game, nor any of the supported NFTs Avatars (PFPs) that produce custom avatars. I can also log in with an email address like any other free game and get the same kind of basic experience, which is a meaningful detail in my eyes. It is a game first and foremost.
Should you play Pixel? Of course, you have nothing to lose if you give it a try. Your mileage may vary in terms of whether it grabs your attention, whether you might want to delve deeper into crypto stuff and invest in a premium VIP membership or NFT plot.
I? Maybe it's okay to dig through pixels and enjoy other players' enthusiasm while maybe earning a PIXEL token here and there. We've been waiting for the era of blockchain gaming to begin, where fun comes first and crypto stuff seems optional.
Perhaps it's poetic that one of the brightest examples to date is a game about farming. just no Which Type of agriculture.
Edited by Ryan Ozawa.
