CCP Games has rebranded its upcoming blockchain game as Eve Frontier, which will be built within the Ethereum ecosystem. The game is an on-chain space simulation where players can mold and expand their own universe, collaborating with others or facing certain doom.
Eve Frontier features multiple crypto tokens, including EVE Token, a utility token that can be exchanged for external value, and LUX Token, used for in-game transactions. Players and alliances will also have the ability to create their own currencies, rewarding and supporting developers who contribute to the game world.
The game is being developed using CCP’s Carbon game engine, which will be open-sourced, and MUD, an on-chain game engine developed by Lattice, a core contributor to Redstone. Players can use Ethereum language Solidity to program in-game functionality via smart contracts and link decentralized apps (dapps).
CCP is calling this model “Smart Assemblies,” where the studio creates the core of the on-chain, sandbox-style universe and then lets the community build as they see fit within. Players can construct infrastructure such as storage facilities, trading posts, defenses, and more.
Eve Frontier will launch its next closed beta playtest on September 27, with founder access coming soon for PC and Mac. The game has received $40 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz.
Source: https://decrypt.co/249126/eve-frontier-survival-game-ethereum-ccp-reveals