Pixelverse: The Cyberpunk Gaming Ecosystem

What is Pixelverse?

Pixelverse is a cyberpunk gaming ecosystem that aims to build a large-scale crypto gaming franchise. Currently, it consists of a Telegram game called PixelTap and an upcoming browser-based game.

The browser-based game is the core of the Pixelverse project, and PixelTap serves as a simple way to onboard people into the ecosystem while the main title is being developed. PixelTap is the tip of the spear, intended to get players interested.

The browser-based game promises to feature craftable digital collectables, a staking system for the Pixelverse token, and a fun game with quests, multiple realms, and both player-vs-environment (PvE) and player-vs-player (PvP) combat.

What is PixelTap?

PixelTap is the first playable game within the Pixelverse, and it follows the recent trend of tap-to-earn Telegram games. In PixelTap, most of your tapping will be spent in player-versus-player battles, where you take your upgradeable pet into combat against other players.

In battle, a section of your opponent’s pet will be highlighted, and you need to tap that section as quickly as possible to deal damage with each tap. After a few seconds, the zone changes, so you have to keep focusing on where you tap to make sure you are dealing damage and outpacing your foe on that front.

Partway through each battle, the frantic tapping stops, and you and your opponent both choose one corner of the screen to defend and one to attack the enemy. If you defend the same square your enemy attacks, then you block the damage. But if they fail to block your attack, then you will deal massive damage and usually end up winning the fight.

Winning a battle will give you more in-game currency, which you can use to further upgrade your pet or get new ones if you’ve decided your current one isn’t up to scratch.

Compared to some of the more simplistic Telegram games, PixelTap requires a lot more thought and features true PvP combat, which proves an actual challenge rather than just a time sink of mindless tapping.

What is the Pixelverse token?

Of course, there’s a Pixelverse token on the way, which will be called PIXFI and will launch on The Open Network in the coming months.

PIXFI will have a total supply of five billion tokens and will be used for a variety of things such as trading, crafting, and battling. It will also serve as the game’s gas token and be used for all transactions within Pixelverse.

There will be deflationary mechanisms in place to eventually reduce the overall token supply. The launch date for the token has yet to be revealed, but it can arrive a matter of weeks before it launches.

It’s also likely that PixelTap players will receive a share of the token via an airdrop, particularly since the game frames the combat as fighting for a share of the supply.