Getting Started in: Pixels! The awesome new Farming Sim / RuneScape type game on RONIN

in Hive Gaming6 months ago (edited)

(Please Note: This article does not contain any referral links, there is no paid promotion, and the opinions inside are 100% my own. Thank you for reading.)

Hello friends!

In my exploration of the blockchain gaming space I've been coming along some real treasures and that's why I'm here again today. Pixels describes itself like this:

Pixels is an interoperable web3 farming game. Make your home in a world of unlimited adventure. Master skills and play with friends. Build new communities and enjoy a new style of game play.

A Free Head Start?!?

I discovered this game while completing some CoinBase Earn quests to collect tokens. For those who may not know, CoinBase, one of the largest crypto-exchanges in the world, has a program where you can get paid to complete <5minuite classes on various crypto from your app. I cant say for sure but it seem to me that as your account ages you are offered more and larger quests. They all amount to free money though so I always complete them.

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Discovering this game through this program gave me a great head start in an already very new game. I would recommend that any of you who are able download CoinBase and use this program to get $37 in free RONIN.

(Please Note: I have a CoinBase referral link in my blog profile that will get you lowered trading fees. It really helps me out when people use these links. To find them you can review my gaming profile page HERE. Thank you)

You can also just go directly to Pixels here: pixels.xyz

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Getting Started in Pixel

Upon logging in and completing the tutorial you'll be granted your own SPECK of the Pixels universe. This is essentially a small plot of land floating in space you can turn into your very own farm! Not only that it comes stocked with a kitchen, bed, dresser, some field, trees, and more! Score! This is way better than 40-acres and a mule! You can collect seeds from a magical 'Infinifunnel' located in your humble dwelling.

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This 'Infinifunnel' also gives you a ton of orders you can fill for gold. For your first few days on the farm this will be a lifeline.

Your first gameplay loop will be:

  • Planting and harvesting Popberries
  • Turning them into Popberry jam
  • Selling the berries and jam

It's not much but it's honest income and it will help you stack your first few hundred gold.

Early Days on the Farm

Your first few days on the farm will be spent getting it set up however you want to play. Do you want to be a generalist or focus on farming, wood, or mining. Pixels is a game of skills and, as you play, they will be leveling up granting you access to new items and technology.

You can find whatever you need in town and, while it might be a bit overwhelming, there is a ton to discover there.

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All kinds of different models on display here

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I even found an area where a group of playeres were training their pets. The world feels very alive.

You should note that in the upper left hand side of the screen you have a energy bar that you can use up over the corpse of the day. This can be a fairly slow process or something you blow through in five minutes. How you play is up to you. I've been involved in Pixels for less than a week and my Speck has filled up and it's time to unlock more land. My current self- defined quest is to gather the 500gold needed to get a deed for a larger Speck ASAP.

Take a look at my humble farm.

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It might not look like much but I'm very proud of my Speck

One of the very interesting things I found about Pixels is how the in-game monetary system bleeds over into the PIXEL cryptocurrency on the Ronin network in a very simple way.

Put simply:

  • PIXEL and be purchased in-game with gold
  • VIP time can be purchased with PIXEL
  • All necessary in-game items are purchased with Gold or PIXEL

This means a 'free2play' player can earn their own cryto which they can then cash our or spend in-game on premium content. How will this develop? Only time will tell! I suggest that you give me a follow if you are interested in finding out!

Also, if you are interested in Play2Earn gaming in general let me invite you to join the CryptoVillains, a small group devoted the the subject I run. We are a small group at the moment but are chatting and writing articles daily about our ascent to the top of the Play2Earn gaming scene. Come join us!

Join our PeakD community here: C-Vil - PeakD

Join our Discord community here: C-'Ville' - Discord

Now, if you need me, I'll be in the sauna.

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Dude, the main picture of the post really caught my attention and I love how it looks although the main city seems a little overwhelming with so many things but surely nothing that with a little time can't be solved.
It's good that there are still crypto games and new games that allow free to play and even more that offer fun.

For sure! I love the variety in the models you see in the starting town (Terra Nova?). Makes the world feel big, unique, diverse, and lived in!

If you are interested in cryptogaming please join the C-Vil HIVE community and Discord :)

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Nice post! Im enjoying the start of this one too.

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