The race to set up the building blocks of the metaverse is on and many companies are hard at work establishing the world’s first open-source, decentralized virtual universe. This race has in part been galvanized by the rise of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), whose values have shot up in price in direct correlation with rising cryptocurrency prices. One of the biggest initiatives out there currently working to establish a metaverse with a play-to-earn gaming model is the SIDUS HEROES project. This is a first-of-its-kind Web Graphics Library (WebGL) and massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) platform set in an outer space metaverse scenario at a time when machines have merged with living things. Inside the SIDUS HEROES universe, life, as we know it, has changed beyond anything we’d recognize today, and the technology, having permeated everyday life, has passed the point of no return. The game provides players with the adventure of interstellar exploration and a battle royale experience, as well as the opportunity to build social, political, and economic partnerships within the game’s ecosystem. In this metaverse with its play-to-earn economy, players fight for scarce resources that are scattered throughout its universe. The platform’s economy is supported by a two-token system – one that is used in payment for work or services rendered and the other to enable voting as members of the platform’...
