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Alien Worlds is a blockchain-based metaverse where players can play to earn NFTs and cryptocurrency. Players get the opportunity to mine the in-game token Trilium, battle other explorers and earn commission from their virtual real estate.
Launched in December 2020, the game has surpassed over five million users in 2021, it's considered one of the most successful blockchain games to date.
Alien Worlds is a blockchain-based metaverse. It lives on multiple blockchains: Ethereum (ETH), WAX and Binance Smart Chain (BSC). The game was developed by cofounders Sarojini McKenna and Michael Yeates, both of whom used to work for the EOS blockchain.
The Alien Worlds metaverse hinges on NFTs and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). The game's main objective is to travel to worlds and mine Trilium (TLM), the game's utility token that's also a multi-chain token. It can be staked so you can participate in the governance — aka the planets in the metaverse. The more players who stake their TLM on the planets, the bigger the reward pool and the more everyone can earn.
In a nutshell, Alien Worlds is a mining adventure, sci-fi game with multiple DAOs, tons of NFTs and multiple passive earning opportunities.
Image source: Alien Worlds
Each planet in this metaverse operates independently and has its own NFTs, experiences and environments. There are weekly elections for council candidates and proposals on how to distribute "planetary treasury." Players can also teleport their TLM between the three blockchains: Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum and WAX.
The lore behind the game is that Alien Worlds takes place in the year 2055 after some Earth citizens escaped the planet to avoid various pandemics. There are seven planets with the Federation of Alien Worlds. To build a fair economy, everything was tokenized — including avatars, Land, tools and so on.
Image source: Alien Worlds
To start playing Alien Worlds, you need to register an account and set up your character. You'll need a WAX Cloud Wallet. Go to play.alienworlds.io to sign in after your wallet is set up. You'll have the option of choosing a male or female avatar (avatars don't impact gameplay).
Then, follow the steps to start mining Trilium (TLM), the in-game token::
Before choosing a land, consider the following:
There are also missions to go on, Land to rent and NFTs to collect.
Image source: Alien Worlds
Trilium is the native utility token of Alien World. TLM motivates players to participate in games and stake their tokens to take part in the platform's governance. TLM plays the following roles in the Alien Worlds metaverse:
There are only 10 billion TLM, though only around five billion is expected to be created through the rewards system.
TLM is supported on three blockchains:
The primary way to earn TLM in Alien Worlds is by mining. TLM can be exchanged on major exchanges including Binance, Gate.io and FTX.us.
It looks like TLM may not be available to purchase on an exchange in the US.
You can still purchase TLM by using a decentralized exchange (DEX) instead. Decentralized exchanges are web applications that run on blockchains like Ethereum and allow users to trade any asset directly with one another.
Decentralized exchanges (DEX) are unregulated and run using autonomous pieces of code known as smart contracts. To use a DEX you must interact with the blockchain directly, which is not recommended for novice users. Please learn about decentralized exchanges first if you're unfamiliar.
You can follow the same process when you want to sell your tokens, or come back to this page to see if they can now be traded on an exchange in the US.
Image source: Alien Worlds
There are three main ways to earn in Alien Worlds:
Alien Worlds features over 300 NFTs to find and collect at the time of writing. Each NFT has its own Rarity and Shininess level (except Land).
Rarity refers to how hard it is to find a digital item in Alien Worlds and has six levels: Abundant, Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary and Mythical. Shininess refers to the process of shining NFTs, which turns them into stone, gold, stardust, antimatter or XDimension. Two lower-level items can be combined to create a single shinier item. All NFTs can be shined, except Land. To "shine" an NFT, TLM is required.
Here's a breakdown of the five types of NFTs.
Land is a game card on a planet. If you own Land, that ownership is represented by your game card. Each type of land has its own value.
Types of land include tree forest, geothermal springs, icy desert, dunes, mountains, rocky coastline, rocky crater, active volcano, dormant volcano and plains. Landowners can earn a commission from the percentage of mining rewards.
Tools are game cards with which players can mine TLM on Land. You can use multiple tools at once. Tools differ in terms of strengths and weaknesses. For example, a Lucky Drill works better than a Standard Drill.
Minions are NFTs that players use in battles. Minions can be equipped with weapons or gain extra power from specific weapons. The minions on the losing end of the battle lose their health and need to be healed in the Federation Hospital.
Weapons are NFTs that minions can use in battles. Weapons have an attack and a defense rating. Weapons that are damaged during battle need to be repaired in the Weapon Repair Shop to restore their usefulness.
These are game cards that represent you, the player in the game. The types of avatars include:
Avatars don't have any effect on gameplay.
The primary way to get NFTs in Alien Worlds is by mining on the planets. While mining, you may "dig" up an NFT, and this chance is determined by the tools you're using.
Buying and selling the Alien Worlds' NFTs means going to Atomic Hub, a WAX marketplace.
To sell Alien World NFTs, go to the Atomic Hub marketplace. Log in to your Wax Cloud Wallet — it's required to play Alien Worlds — and select the NFT you want to sell, then complete the listing.
While browsing NFTs you want to buy, make sure to filter your search to Alien Worlds' NFTs. Deposit the amount of WAX you need to purchase the NFT and finalize the purchase.
Image source: Atomic Hub
Sarojina McKenna is the CEO and cofounder of Alien Worlds. She's been involved with cryptocurrency since the early days and has even worked for the EOS blockchain. McKenna spent more than four years in M&A at Rothschild and holds an MA from Oxford University.
While we appreciate the CEO and cofounder having extensive blockchain experience, we wish there was a little more transparency on the rest of the Alien Worlds team or more video game experience was mentioned.
However, despite the lack of gaming experience and development from the CEO, Alien Worlds remains the biggest blockchain game in all of history — so far anyway.
Updates planned for Alien Worlds includes:
This is only a handful of the updates planned — there are a lot of updates and features in the works on the public Alien Worlds' roadmap.
Alien Worlds is mainly a mining, passive game. It's the biggest metaverse game by users by a large margin.
The game is streamlined with a simple signup using a Wax wallet, and all NFT trading done on the Atomic Hub marketplace. Additionally, the native token TLM can be teleported across three different chains. Users can become highly involved in the DAOs of the game and even become council members and participate in weekly elections.
It has a lot of features, and it is big — but it could be a steep learning curve for beginner blockchain gamers.
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