Heroes of Mavia reveals some details about their game economy and a concept they call “mass ownership.” In short, mass ownership shifts the earning part of the game away from crypto payouts, and focuses instead on NFT production.
Heroes of Mavia declares game dead! Instead, they offer what they call a ‘Mass Ownership Model’. The idea behind this is that instead of rewarding players with a token that they can cash out, it rewards them with an in-game token, and lets them create and sell NFTs if they want to try and earn some income.
This isn’t a new concept, but it does highlight some of the problems that money-making gaming has had. Namely the issue of value extraction from the game economy. So instead of trying to manage that through a token that they don’t have full control over, they can manage which game items players can turn into NFTs. This also distracts from cryptocurrency integration, another growing trend in web3 games.
Heroes of Mavia is currently in beta. You can sign up for the waiting list here.
Ruby and NFTs
When playing Heroes of Mavia, players earn a token called Ruby. Ruby is an in-game token only. Players earn Ruby through achievements, winning battles, progression, and luck-based events. Players with land parcels receive bonus Ruby during their playtime. Ruby will drive the in-game market, both for sales between players and for sales from the game itself.
Players can also use Ruby to craft legendary items. This seems like it’s actually an in-game store and not an actual crafting feature. However, Legendary items are important because they are the only game items created as NFTs. Every legendary item from Heroes of Mavia can be sold for Ruby through the in-game store, or on a Web3 crypto/fiat marketplace.
Ruby tokens spent on creating legendary items are burned. You can read the official article about the Heroes of Mavia economy for more details.
What is Heroes of Mavia?
Heroes of Mavia is a free-to-play, mobile, base-building RTS game built on the Ethereum blockchain. Players build and improve bases, and battle other players to earn RUBY, the game’s main currency. The game features upgradeable NFTs in the form of Bases, Heroes and Statues. Bases are the core part of the game and every player needs one to play. Heroes and statues are optional, but both offer significant benefits to your team. Heroes help your army with attack and defense, while Statues boost base production. Players can upgrade these NFTs by spending RUBY tokens.
The game also features gold and oil resources. These are in-game only and are used for certain basic upgrades. These resources are produced by bases and can be stolen from other players during raids. There will be some sort of MMR/power rating system to try and keep players on par with other players of equal strength.
Heroes of Mavia joins the growing group of games that have incorporated rental mechanics from the start. Base owners can choose to rent out their base to other players for passive income. This could be a fixed price rental system or a ‘partnership’. Partnerships function as a built-in grant system. The base owner lets the partner run and upgrade their base in exchange for a percentage of the RUBY income.
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