What is Pixels (PIXEL)? An NFT game on Ronin

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What is Pixels?

Pixels (PIXEL) is an NFT farming game set in an open-world environment with a nostalgic pixel art style, making it easy and accessible for players of all skill levels. In this game, users are tasked with collecting resources, building, upgrading skills, forming friendships, and exploring the Pixels Universe.

Initially, Pixels was built and developed on the Polygon network. By October 2023, the project had migrated to the Ronin network. Ronin is a sidechain built by Sky Mavis, the powerhouse behind the popular game Axie Infinity.

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What is the operation of Pixel?

As this is a farming and fishing game, the main task of users is to cultivate and harvest. Players can cultivate on their own land or on other players’ land to receive yields. Of course, when cultivating on others’ land, players will have to share the harvested products with the landowners. Additionally, users may also incur fixed rental costs.

Furthermore, in the Pixels game, players will be able to collect various types of resources including land, crops, wood, water, goods, stone, electricity, and metals. These resources will be classified according to rarity from common to legendary.

In addition to farming, there are many other ways to collect resources in the game. Players can engage in various industries such as logging, beekeeping, mining, etc., to collect different types of resources.

Types of land in Pixels

In the game, there are three different types of agricultural land:

Free Lands: This is the most basic type of land, allowing players to participate in basic farming activities. Free Lands have fewer features and lower yields compared to other types of land.
Rented Lands: Rented Lands provide players with more freedom, better yields, and more space for decoration. However, players must pay rent, sacrificing a significant amount of profit.
Owned Lands: This type of land provides the highest space, functionality, and yield. Currently, the game only has 5,000 of these plots of land. Each plot of land has its own characteristics. Players can purchase them on OpenSea or Blur.

NFT Profile

Pixels has also integrated popular NFT Profile collections in the market, allowing users to transform their characters into well-known NFT Profile characters such as BAYC or Dapper Dinos.

Pets

After “moving homes” to the Ronin blockchain, Pixels introduced an NFT collection called “Pixels Pets”. Players can mint Pets at in-game vending machines, with NFTs being transferred to their Ronin wallet. To use a pet, users must bring the Pet eggs back to their Plot, use medicine, and hatch the pet eggs so that the pets can hatch.

VIP Mechanism

With Pixels VIP, users will receive:

VIP membership
In-game items
Access to special areas
Withdrawal of BERRY to the Ronin wallet
Some VIP upgrades
Pet Potion drops while farming
In-game Marketplace

To become a VIP, players use WRON (wrapped Ronin) sent to their Pixels account, then purchase VIP tickets at the VIP tent in the Terra Villa area.

What is PIXEL Token?

One of the highlights of Pixels is its unique tokenomics mechanism, with two main tokens: BERRY and PIXEL.

BERRY: In-Game Earnable Token

BERRY is an in-game earnable token, where players can earn BERRY by selling resources at the store. BERRY can be used to purchase items in the game, upgrade farms, or invest in other in-game activities.

As there is no maximum supply cap, Pixels employs several methods to control the token supply of BERRY, including:

Control over the rate and ability to produce resources: Pixels can adjust how players collect resources in the game. For example, making resource collection take more time or require more effort, thereby slowing down the process of earning BERRY.
Adjusting the price of in-game items bought and sold at stores: Pixels can change the price of items that players can buy or sell in the in-game store. If the price to buy an item is higher, players will have to spend more BERRY; if the price to sell resources is lower, they will earn less BERRY.
Removing or limiting in-game stores: If in-game stores are removed or limited, players will have no way to “create” more BERRY (a process called minting). This reduces the amount of new BERRY created, making them scarcer and more valuable.

PIXEL: Premium Utility Token

PIXEL is a premium in-game currency and harder to earn than the BERRY token. PIXEL can be used to purchase premium items in the game, such as land, pets, or decorative items.

Every day, the project will create 100,000 new tokens and distribute them to players actively participating. The number of PIXELs used daily by players will be sent to the treasury managed by Pixels. Pixels may burn a significant portion of the funds received each day.

Token Key Metrics

Token BERRY

Token Name: Berry
Token Symbol: BERRY
Type: In-game token
Blockchain: Ronin
Standard: RON
Contract: 0x1b918543b518e34902e1e8dd76052bee43c762ff
Token Supply: 10,000,000,000 BERRY
Max Supply: Undefined

Token PIXEL

Token Name: Pixel
Token Symbol: PIXEL
Type: To be updated
Blockchain: To be updated
Standard: To be updated
Contract: To be updated
Token Supply: To be updated
Max Supply: To be updated

Token Use Cases

PIXEL token functions include:

Minting new plots
Reducing build time
Increasing energy
Purchasing decorations on land
Unlocking skills
Buying pets
Purchasing items in the store

On the other hand, BERRY token is used for basic in-game purposes such as purchasing items or unlocking new play areas.

Token Allocation

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Token Release Schedule

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Project Team

The project currently has over 16 individuals working together to develop the Pixels game. Among them, the project founder has previously developed and successfully sold their project at the age of 18. Additionally, the head of design, Benjamin Exworthy, and the programmer, Garr Godfrey, are two members who have co-founded the well-known game company Gamehouse.

Investors and Partners

Pixels has raised $2.4 million in its seed funding round, led by Animoca Brands and PKO Investments. Angel investors participating in this round include the CEO of Rotten Tomatoes, COO of Twitch, CEO of Crunchy Roll, CEO of FitBit, and many others. Other investors such as OpenSea, Untapped Capital, and Leonis Capital also joined this funding round.

Roadmap

Q1/2022

NFT Drop: Release the first NFT collection.
Farm Land Access: Open access to Farm Land.
Team Building: Build development team and community.
Farm Land Upgrades: Add features and upgrades to Farm Land.
Guilds: Introduce Guild system.

Q2/2022

Farm Land Improvements: Add activities and useful features to Farm Land.
Single Player Mode Enhancement.
Token Launch Preparation.
Blockchain Game Development.
In-game Marketplace Integration.

Q3/2022

Token Launch: Official launch of Pixels token.
Web3 Support Tools: Integrate Web3 support tools such as multi-chain login, lazy minting.

Q4/2022

Mobile Application: Release mobile app for Pixels.
Automated Economy System: Build automated economy system and balance.
Open Source Backend: Open source backend of the game.

2023

Governance Token: Introduce governance token for Pixels.
New Skills: Add new skills for characters.

Game Review

Pros:

Optimization for time and accessibility: The game is lightweight, playable on both computers and phones, and does not require a lot of time to play. This helps attract a wide range of players, including women and children.
Engaging earn model: The game offers multiple ways to earn money, including farming, crafting, beekeeping, and land ownership. Among them, land ownership is the most effective passive income method.
Simple, understandable gameplay: The game has simple, easy-to-understand gameplay that can be learned in about a day. This makes it easy for players to start and earn money.

Cons:

Limited features: Currently, the game still lacks some interesting features such as fishing, marriage, crop theft, card games, mini-games, learning English, confessing love, making friends, etc. This makes the game not truly engaging and addictive like some other NFT farm games.

Conclusion

Above is all the information you need to know about what Pixels is – it’s a unique NFT farm game on Ronin with nostalgic pixel graphics. Initially, Pixels was built and developed on the Polygon network. By October 2023, the project had migrated to the Ronin network – a sidechain built by Sky Mavis, the powerhouse behind the popular game Axie Infinity, attracting attention from the community.

Additionally, Pixels is striving to develop, integrating unique features such as NFT Profile, Pets, and VIP, providing an excellent experience for players.