MegaCryptoPolis will integrate the Matic Network on December 10th, enabling fast and super cheap transactions needed for the upcoming free-to-play mode. Because of this integration, the Ethereum version of the city-building game will be closed on December 8th starting from 1PM UTC.
MegaCryptoPolis will move all citizens, pets, cards, appliances, tokens and resources to the Matic Network. The only elements that stay behind on the Ethereum blockchain are land plots, districts and the MEGA governance token. This also means that trading assets on Opensea will be disabled until the marketplace has embraced Matic.
The reason MegaCryptoPolis moves to Matic, is because the gas fees on Ethereum became a problem. Low levels buildings were no longer sustainable with the current gas prices. Sometimes you’d need 2 dollars in gas fees for a 50 cent transaction. Anyway, the Matic Network will solve this and MegaCryptoPolis will take care of those gas fees. Often transactions on Matic are less then one cent.
MegaCryptoPolis becoming free-to-play
When transactions are free for users, the game is more appealing to a wider audience. The developers want to offer a free-to-play mode, and slowly introduce gamers into play-to-earn. MegaCryptoPolis can be quite overwhelming for newcomers. The game uses non-fungible tokens, and offers play-to-earn mechanics. In addition the game as its own cross-chain MEGA token, while the economy utilizes elements from decentralized finance. This is too much for newcomers.
Every new player will get a Gen K citizen and a tiny apartment inside the Town Hall to craft their items and get a taste of the game. If they want to upgrade, they can look to buy land or maybe rent a block inside an apartment from another player.
What is MegaCryptoPolis?
You could compare MegaCryptoPolis with a game like Simcity, however it also has elements from The Sims in it. Players can own houses, offices, and factories. Citizens need jobs, jobs need employees, factories produces resources, and so on. All these digital assets are important for the MegaCryptoPolis ecosystem.
In addition the team is planning to add interior apartments to the game. This would mean that player-owned characters would have their own home, which could be decorate with furniture and electronics. These will also be ERC-721 or TRC20 tokens, which in turn need to be produced by factories, requiring resources, workers, transport and so on.
Currently MegaCryptoPolis is only playable in a web browser, both on desktop and mobile. In addition the team is working on a standalone client, a mobile app, interoperability between Tron and Ethereum and more unique buildings that players can design themselves using building blocks.
MegaCryptoPolis isn’t a new game. The game already allows players to earn money by trading and being active. In the past two years gamers have withdrawn 4.5 million dollars of value from the game’s smart contracts. We’re talking about 8000 ETH and 45 million TRX.
