The much anticipated game feature has arrived in #Upland or at least in testing/practice mode with a mini game called Sandbox Wars Practice.
More about it here.
What does this mean?
Property builds!! If you have been following any news in regard to this growing sector within the blockchain gaming industry, you would have stumbled upon various virtual land ownership non fungible tokens (NFTs). Games like Cryptovoxel, Decentraland and The Sandbox (not to be mistaken for Upland’s Sandbox Wars Practice) running on the Ethereum blockchain have already grown significantly within their few years of operation. Upland, one of the newer games in this sector running on EOS blockchain is looking to achieve more ambitious goals. As per their website, it is about ‘Rebuilding the World’.
What’s the big deal here?
The sandbox feature will finally allow players to build on their property. The sandboxing is a constraining element to keep the game’s look and design uniformed. As well as establishing what can and cannot be done during a build. Like manufacturing, or general design fundamentals, if you want to maintain a level of authenticity and performance controls some constraints are necessary.
And like most things, in the beginning the features for building are basic, but in the future, there will likely be more enhancements as time moves on.
Similar to the virtual real estate market, the construction element mirrors real world development and timing. A structure can take one hour or several hours to complete.
You start off with some SPUD, the token required for building. The amount of SPUD you have determines how long your structure takes to complete. However, you can also purchase more SPUD with UPX to speed the construction process along if you like.
One major plus is the ease to which any player can use the sandbox to build. There are predefined templates (more to come of course) for players to choose which structure they wish to build and the ability to change a few basic elements. This removes barriers to participate, no need to learn any complex software. Allowing the initial sandbox to grow in complexity in an organic manner as players skills and feature requests arise.
The other major plus when the full version is released, is bringing in player activity and interest. Tasks to achieve if they so choose or observing the progress of others.
And lastly this also means business development and governance is not too far off in the future.
Imagine each time you login, you will see random builds happening around the city of San Francisco. As most blockchain games, it’s 24/7.
I’ve been involved in Upland for over a year, and this solidifies the direction Upland is heading. I have been practicing with the Sandbox-Sandbox, if for nothing else but the test out building tools and building timeline. NFTs in 2021 will continue to dominate the micro economic scene. Hope you are paying close attention!!!
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