Editor's Note: This article comes fromDappReview（ID：dappreview）, Author: DR Little Partner, reprinted by Odaily with authorization.
, Author: DR Little Partner, reprinted by Odaily with authorization.
Guide: After more than 2 years of development, the highly anticipated blockchain game king Decentraland has finally launched. What is this product with the concept of "blockchain + VR + Second Life"? This article uses "My Day in Decentraland" to guide you Let’s take a look around. In addition, the four-day "treasure hunt" event is not to be missed. DR friends have already started to open treasure boxes frantically. Let’s join the group at the end of the article to explore together!
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What is Decentraland?
In the blockchain circle, Decentraland is considered an old project. As early as August 2017, it completed the public offering of the token MANA, and completed the ETH fundraising worth 24 million U.S. dollars in 35 seconds. After a round of bulls and bears, MANA's performance is not bad. The fundraising price is 0.024 US dollars, and the current price is 0.055 US dollars. Compared with most tokens that have broken 90%+, it is already very conscientious.
Regardless of the currency price, Decentraland should be the leader in the 1.0 stage of blockchain games. After all, they tell a good story. "Second Life" empowered by "blockchain" and "VR", when DR was just established , Vincent said that he wanted to open his wallet and transfer Stud just after hearing the concept. In addition, the movie "Ready Player One" that came out at that time heated up the concept of VR, so between 2017 and 2018, Decentraland can be said to be the most concerned and sought-after project on the application layer.
Simply put, Decentraland is a decentralized virtual reality platform based on the Ethereum blockchain. In the Decentraland platform, users will be able to create their own content and applications, not only experience them for themselves but also monetize them. The core asset in Decentraland is the limited and passable 3D virtual space LAND, which is an NFT asset maintained by Ethereum smart contracts. LAND holders, that is, landlords, can fully control the content environment and applications they create, ranging from a static 3D scene to applications or games with more interactive functions. LAND can also further form themed communities, also known as communities, so as to form a variety of interest tribes and shared spaces with rich uses.
In the first auction of Decentraland at the end of 2017, a total of 34,356 pieces of LAND land were sold, worth 161 million MANA, which was about 30 million US dollars at the time! At the end of 2018, the second land auction sold all the remaining 9,331 pieces of land, destroying a total of 109 million MANA, which was US$6.6 million at the time.
After more than two years of development, Decentraland was finally officially opened to everyone on February 20. Players can directly log in to the game to create Avatars and play in the Decentraland game world.
In order to celebrate the official launch, the official held a four-day Treasure Hunt, with prizes worth a total of 100,000 US dollars, including NFT, tokens, and virtual items in the game:
1.25 million MANA tokens
596,000 ANJ tokens
144,900 MATIC tokens
25 LAND plots
5011 mystery cats
30 Axies
1 x HTC EXodus1 encrypted phone (real!)
As long as you bind your wallet and find the treasure chest, you can claim the prize! After half a day of hard work, the DR friends have "earned" hundreds of MANA tokens and several clothes and hats. While making money, they also experienced the culture, sports, entertainment, nightlife, etc. of the virtual world of Decentraland along the way. Rich and colorful activities, both spiritual civilization and material civilization.
Let me take you to experience the daily life of this day in Decentraland (hereinafter referred to as DCL), as well as the experience of pulling wool.
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my day in dcl
The preparation work is very simple, open the Ethereum browser wallet, recharge the account with Ethereum to pay GasFee, prepare the garbage bag (because I am dizzy with 3D) and then start the journey. Go to https://play.decentraland.org/ and start pinching your face. DCL’s face pinching is still a bit magical. After pinching the face, you can name it, and you need to pay 100MANA for the name, but I am here to collect wool, so I decisively choose Guest to enter.
Then follow the tutorial and walk around, enter the portal and start the game officially. I was born in Genesis Plaza, the first thing that catches my eyes is the strong Chinese style, small bridges and flowing water, ancient temples and giant Buddhas, and a green leek field (no, it is bamboo), rice paddies, traffic, chickens and dogs I heard that there is a genus of mulberry and bamboo in Liangtian Meike. I walked here for about ten minutes and enjoyed the pleasant scenery.
I just walked out of "Peach Blossom Spring", and after a short walk, the painting style changed suddenly, and I came to a scene called "Merlin's Keep". This strong magical atmosphere attracted me. After exploring all the way, in the mountains There has been a red dragon hidden in it, entrenched here. At the foot of the giant dragon, there is actually a golden treasure chest!
I took a leap of faith and easily came under the wings of the red dragon. I thought it would trigger a boss battle, but I was overthinking it. This game doesn't even have a blood tank and equipment bar. What kind of boss fight is there. Open the treasure chest swaggeringly, and get a hat and a spotted mystery cat.
It turns out that this is the so-called Treasure Hunt, basically looking for treasure chests while wandering around in this world.
/goto 60,10
Because the world is too big, it is impossible to rely on legs to go anywhere, so there are naturally shortcuts. Press the Enter key to enter the chat box, and enter /help to display some commonly used commands. A shortcut is the portal/goto coordinate command.
As a football fan, Moonshot Stadium (60, 10) is naturally not to be missed. Below we enter:
I entered the football field as both offensive players and referees, and single-handedly brought the ball to the goalkeeper. He was at a loss in the face of my absolute authority, and was tricked by me to score easily.
The fans cheered me magically. I greeted them with a smile, turned around smartly, saw the treasure chest that appeared in the center of the field, and took away the 10MANA and a small NFT prize inside.
In line with the guiding ideology of both style and style, I won the competition and decided to cultivate my sentiments, so I came to the famous museum area (14,76). All kinds of paintings, figures, landscapes, stills are displayed in the large and small exhibition halls here... It is dazzling to see. The works in it come from artists around the world. When appreciating some of the works, the author's Ins account and profile will also pop up.
I decisively followed the Ins of this long-legged treasure girl.
In addition to the artwork, I also saw some very beautifully crafted models.
It seems that the support for creation in DCL is really good.
After visiting the museum, knowledge explosion in my head, I need to find a place to relax. The labyrinth surrounded by plants (113, -5) made me feel enough oxygen across the screen, that's the smell. I threatened to clear the level in five minutes, but got lost in this green ocean for half an hour. I have to find a way, after all, I have vomited all the garbage bags prepared in advance. I climbed to a high mountain next to the maze overlooking the entire maze, and found a treasure chest hidden in the center of the maze! My IQ soared to 150 in an instant, and I wrote down the whole picture of the maze.
With my amazing memory, I went to the center of the maze and took away the prizes hidden in it.
Exhausted in the maze, I decided to find a lighter entertainment project, and came to the hot air balloon at (-55, 142). Sitting on a hot air balloon, I quietly looked at the sky, remembering my failure to confess my love to the goddess on Valentine's Day last week, and burst into tears.
I wiped away my tears and stepped down from the hot air balloon, only to find that there was a casino next to it. As a qualified currency circler (gambling dog), I must not miss it.
I played the Goddess's birthday in Baccarat Stud and lost all my money. This world is so cruel. I wanted to jump from the second floor to kill it, but I found a treasure chest on the balcony.
Mountain darkly, vista. I decided to have some real fun.
I saw a giant black high-heeled shoe (69, -135) rising from the ground. The upper is dotted with gay purple stripes. The heel is tall and thick, and the center of gravity of the entire building rests on this column. physically. Perhaps because she was worried about the stability of the cylinder, a woman with a graceful figure leaned back slightly, holding the top of the heel with both hands, leaning her body on the cylinder, who can resist it!
When I came to the stairs, a huge red "Stop" blocked my way, and the small characters below said "adult content, 18+", which reminded me that I came to the right place.
After a tiring day, I wanted to find a place to rest. I heard that the depth of Taoyuan (59, -66) is a good resort. The peach blossoms on the human face are red, especially the large green on the ground makes me feel very comfortable. I just wanted to sit under the tree to rest, but suddenly a treasure chest popped up next to me. I reluctantly took the prize inside, and cursed "This stinky money that disturbs my rest!" ended today's journey.
Summarize
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After half a day of sightseeing, we found Decentraland skins and decorations worth nearly 1,000, as well as several MANA tokens. Although the whole experience is very joyful, there have been many game page crashes and freezes.
The casino that has not been loaded yet, the car is flying in the sky
I don't know how to get to this small theater in the sky
Look at my coquettish floating posture
The above content is just for Bojun's smile. Let's start from the product point of view and briefly discuss the real experience of the game: Overall, Decentraland is still in a very early state, and there are many "touching" bugs in both the screen and the experience. , the interactivity of the game is a bit rough. At present, more than 99% of the scenes, buildings, and items cannot directly interact with the player. The physics engine is very simple, and most of the gameplay is completed through extremely simple program logic.
At present, the number of people online at the same time should not exceed 200. The loading speed of many scenes has encountered problems, and the performance problem when multiple people are on the same screen is worrying (we have met 3 people in one screen at most). In terms of social functions, there is currently nothing but public channel chat.
The products or communities made by developers on the land are remarkable and imaginative, but they are all at the sketch level or demo level. Whether it can form a network effect and attract powerful developers to build an ecology for Decentraland? Back to the chicken-and-egg question, which comes first, the user or the product?
