AW Frontier: Ultimate Guide of the Realms Ecosystem

If you are a long -term reader or a loyal full -chain gamer of WASD, you may have heard of Loot Survivor, which is a ROUGELIKE survival game developed on Starknet by Bibliotheca Dao.

However, what you may not know is that this is just the tip of the iceberg, because the game and the entities behind them are gears in larger machines: realms.World.

Realms not only represents an isolated full -chain game, but also represents an ecosystem that spans StarkNet and its L3 (L3 combined with L2).

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This is an ambitious vision. Today we will start to understand it. The ultimate guide will be divided into two parts.

In the first part of this article, we will discuss:

• The history of the project

• Two main entities that manage the Realms ecosystem

• Overview of the first game “Loot Survivor” and my ideas

The second part will pay more attention to Degen, we will explore:

• Eternum

• Tokens and NFT of the ecosystem

• Potential risks, opportunities, and whether I am optimistic about Realms

history

Realms was launched in August 2021 as a text -based NFT series LOOT derivative.

The first version of the project is the Realms NFT series of the same name. This is a set of 8,000 (one LOOT NFT) digital territory, and the casting price of each territory is 0.03 ETH.

Initially, these NFTs used in the chain strategy game of Ethereum L1, called Realms: Eternum.

However, due to the high data storage cost, long synchronization time, and difficulty in maintaining the difficulty of self -defined indexes, Bibliotheca DAO (DAO developed by managing Realms ecosystem) decided to turn to build Eternum on Starknet.

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After the starting bear market, REALMS proves that it is not just a LOOT derivative by making itself a full -chain game project.

In addition to the second game “Eternum”, “LOOT SURVIVOR” mentioned earlier was also released on the test network in July 2023, and in early November 2023, it was deployed to the StarkNet main network in the form of pre -release.

Bibliotheca Dao also contributed to the development of Dojo, and the latter further promoted the broader development of all -chain games on StarkNet.

Dojo is a “engine” or framework that can build a full -chain game on a full -chain game based on the cairo language (language used in Starknet smart contract programming) more easily.

Finally, they took major measures to extend the Realms ecosystem to two third parties outside the game.

This includes the launch of Frontius House in September 2023, and subsequently allocated 1,000,000 $ LORDS to 10 projects in the ecosystem through the Genesis Grants program (will be introduced in detail later).

organize

Now we have learned about the historical background of Realms, let’s take a look at the two main entities in the Realms ecosystem.

Bibliotheca dao

You can think of Bibliotheca Dao as “Ethereum Foundation of Realms” because they are responsible for developing the entities that develop their own games (the Loot Survivor and Eternum mentioned earlier) and help formulate the strategic direction of the ecosystem.

DAO is managed by $ Lords tokens, which is the native currency of Realms. We will study it carefully in part 2.

At present, Bibliotheca Dao uses Snapshot for chain governance.

but,The DAO plans to completely transfer the governance process to the chain and implement the voting custody system. $ LORDS holders will be able to pledge their bonus to obtain the right to participate in governanceAnd directly inject liquidity into different asset liquidity pools in the ecosystem.

Frontius House

A secondary organization that recently started in Realms is Frontius House.

Frontius House is supervised by Bibliotheca Dao (that is, $ lords holder).

It is responsible for the distribution of DAO resources to a third -party project that hopes to build in an ecosystem to help expand the scope of the project and surpass the LOOT SURVIVOR and Eternum.

This includes games, infrastructure, educational resources, etc.

As mentioned earlier, in order to start this process, Frontius House held the first round of Geneis gifts to distribute 1,000,000 Lords (about 90,000 US dollars) to 10 projects selected through the community.

These projects are:

• Arcane Assembler: Cursing game using the Play-2-DIE mechanism.

• LOOT ROYALE: PVP Gatalion game created by Bladedao.

• Rising Revenant: A explore game, players can build outpost stations and try to win the jackpot.

• RISK of the Realms: The adaptation of the chain of the chessboard game RISK is based on the Realms universe and is built with Dojo.

• Call the banner: A social game, players can team, attack and treasure hunt.

• Crypts and caverns: Lotverse NFT generated chain map.

• Kist: The project aims to create a framework to build a hacker marathon project in the Realms ecosystem.

• LOOT HERALD: A media department, aiming to make the content of the Realms ecosystem.

• Instaswap: AMM for SWAP ERC-1155 token on Starknet.

Loot Survivor

Now we understand the history and organization of Realms. Let’s see the first ecosystem’s own game: LOOT SURVIVOR.

Overview:

Loot Survivor is a Rogue Like game. Your goal (as the names) is to survive as long as possible in the end of the world.

To this end, you need to play the role of adventurer and adventure into the so -called “fog”.

When you enter the “fog”, you are either injured or encounter monsters.

It is not surprising that monsters are the real root of your survival, because they want to defeat, kill you, and destroy you from the game.

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There are 75 different types of monsters. When facing one of them, you will have two options:

1. Try to escape and avoid harm

2. The risk of fighting and losing health or death

If you choose option 2 and kill the monster, you will get XP and gold coins.

Both can help extend your survival time, because the game allows you to upgrade one of the six attributes of the adventurer (as shown in the figure below) and buy items or potions separately.

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background:

“LOOT SURVIVOR” can currently play on the test network and the main network, although the latter is the “pre -posted” or a limited version of the game.

The game is free on the test network, but to play a game on the main network Lot Survivor, you must pay 25 $ LORDS, that is, it is about $ 14.5 at the current price.

Some of these $ LORDS tokens will be re -assigned to the top 3 players on the game rankings (that is, players with the longest survival time and the highest score).

This mechanism is called “Play-TO-DIE” (P2D).

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Despite the release on the main network, “Lot Survivor” has received a lot of attention for more than 100 hours of game time.

The game contract is also ranked among the top 5 in the GAS consumption on all Starknet.

Preliminary impression:

In general, I like “LOOT SURVIVOR” and think that its gameplay is interesting.

I like the strategy of this game very much, because there are many different ways to create your adventurer.

For example, you can be very aggressive by trying to hire every monster you see.

Or, you take the opposite method and try to escape every time you encounter a monster.

However, as many times in life, the best way may be to get a balance between the two.

You can also perform your game plan through various ways to allocate experience values ​​and gold coins, such as optimizing brute force by increasing strength, or priority to mobility by improving charm.

I think this strategic depth helps to make the game more interesting and increase its rewrite value, because each game will be different from the previous game.

I also like the style of the game very much, because I like the design, color scheme and score of monsters.

also,A few months after implementing the Arcade account (supporting a free -signing wallet), the user experience of the Lot Survivor’s user experience has been significantly improvedEssence

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Nevertheless, I don’t think “LOOT SRVIVOR” is a finished product, and there is room for improvement in gameplay and user experience.

First of all, I think the war may be more attractive.

Now, when you encounter a monster, you can only choose the “attack” or “escape” option, and then wait for the transaction to confirm the result.

I am happy to see the team add some animations or images to make this waiting more suspense and visual stimulus.

For the user experience, my biggest complaint is waiting for time.

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Before playing the LOOT Survivor game on the main Internet, you must wait for a certain number of block confirmation.

Although this is to prevent robots, I find that this is frustrated because I have to wait for more than 6 minutes to start.

In addition, if you wait for a long time between entering the fog (about 6-7 minutes), you will be delayed.

Although I understand the original intention of reducing robot attacks, I think the current method is also frustrating, because you can basically only complete a game in a session (it may take 30 minutes or longer).

Review: Realms’s history, vision and entity

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Let’s simply review the first part.

Realms was launched in August 2021 and released the NFT collection of the same name inspired by LOOT (it will be introduced in detail later).

Since then, the ecosystem has continued to develop under the management of decentralized gaming studios and research laboratory Bibliotheca Dao.

DAO focuses on the development of “Realms World”, which is an autonomous world composed of the interconnected full -chain game network.

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Initially, the Realms ecosystem was composed of BiBliotheca Dao and Eternal (previously called Realms: Eternal).

Since then, with the ambition of the project, the ecosystem has developed rapidly.

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Today, Realms is not only composed of Bibliotheca Dao and Eternum, but also includes:

• Loot Survivor: A Rogue Like survival game, you can experience it on the Starknet main online experience.

• Frontius House: A entity that provides funds and resources for other projects built in Realms.

• Dojo: Use the full -chain game framework built on Starknet on Starknet. Bibliotheca Dao is one of the contributors of the framework.

Many other items are still constructing in the Realms ecosystem, including:

• Arcane Assembler: Cursing game using the Play-2-DIE mechanism.

• LOOT ROYALE: PVP Gatalion game created by Bladedao.

• LOOT UNDERWORLD: Realms’s Dungeon Exploration Game, which is jointly developed by Endless Crawler and Fundaomental.

• 0xmississippi: A PVP Rogue Like game.

• Rising Revenant: A explore game, players can build outpost stations and try to win the jackpot.

• LOOT Autoches: (As the name suggests) automatic play games similar to chess.

• RISK of the Realms: The adaptation of the chain of the chessboard game RISK is based on the Realms universe and is built with Dojo.

• Call the banner: A social game, players can team up, attack and find treasures.

• Crypts and caverns: Lotverse NFT generated chain map.

Eternum

Now we have solved the Realms ecosystem and let us study Eternum in depth.

Eternum is a strategy game built with Dojo.

It combines the elements of imperial management and conquest. Players must collect resources, establish troops, and fight for expansion of territory.

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To play Eternum, you need to have Realms NFT (I will introduce it in detail later).

I generally don’t like this model because it has a high entry threshold (as of writing this article, its reserve price is 0.55 ETH).

I hope that the community can create extensions to make it easier to access.

Eternum has not yet been launched, but in the past, Alpha test was performed on Starket Katana L3 to check its economic system.

Behind, although the game will run on StarkNet, the game data will be recorded on Ethereum to enhance decentralization and immorality.

Bibliotheca Dao choose to build its unique features on the Internet, such as Cairo, Starks, and Chain’s native account abstraction to help improve the user experience.

Another interesting thing about Eternum is its ideas and goals, that is, to build a “eternal game”, Bibliotheca Dao explained in its recent black book.

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In this spirit, some design principles used by Eternum to help achieve this goal include:

• lasting

Although players set goals, Eternum will not have a clear end point and aims to continue indefinitely.

• Player control governance

Eternum’s governance is performed by REALMS holders to adjust incentives and ensure that Eternum is not controlled by any single entity.

• Fully chain

Eternum’s logic and status are stored on the chain to provide transparency and non -variability.

In general, although I am worried about the entry threshold, I can’t wait to see Eternum’s online online and these principles.

Realms’ assets

Now we understand Eternum, let us know more deeply about the assets that provide power for its power and a broader Realms ecosystem.

Realms NFT

Realms is a collection of 8,000 NFT on the main network of Ethereum.

Each REALMS has its own map, indicating that its areas, cities, rivers and terrain, and have different resource reserves.

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Realms NFT plays a key role in the ecosystem. It is used for:

• Bibliotheca Dao governance

• Gameplay in Eternum

• Provide early visit to ecosystem games

Realms NFT can also pledge to get a $ LORDS reward.

These can be obtained at a rate of 43.75 or 49 per week, depending on the way to receive rewards.

One of the interesting things in this series is their potential use in other REALMS games.

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For example, according to news in the Realms Discord server, Bladedao may want to integrated NFT by generating maps and items by using NFT to generate maps and items in its game Loot Royale.

LORDS

$ LORDS is a practical token of the realms ecosystem.

Today, in addition to the reward distribution as a Realms pledker, the token is mainly used in LOOT SURVIVOR.

Loot Survivor adopts the “chain arcade” mode. Players must deposit 25 $ LORDS ($ 14.5) to play.

Some of these tokens will redefine the players with the highest scores in the game through the Play-TO-DIE (P2D) mechanism.

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However, according to the Black Book, $ Lords may change through the starting experience of the Realms protocol.

If these proposed changes are implemented, the holder will be able to lock its $ LORDS token to Velords, thereby giving them the right to release the tokens directly into different liquidity pools in the entire ecosystem.

In addition, the proposed design will use the new token DLORDS, and DLORDS can be burned for $ LORDS.

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As you may see on X, $ Lords has recently risen, which has risen 580%since December 1.

In my opinion, in addition to the universal interest in Starknet, this rise is due to the token liquidity owned by DAO from Etarknet to the Ekubo Dex of Starknet itself.

Other NFT series

There are currently two other NFT sets in the Realms ecosystem.

Between:

Beasts

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If you are the first player to meet new beasts in Loot Survivor, you can cast a chain art collection.

Golden tokens

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A NFT series provides a free Loot Survivor game for the holder every 24 hours.

Optimistic about Realms

Overall, I am optimistic about the future of Realms.

For me, the project represents a unique experiment in the AW field because it enables the team to build in the interconnected game ecosystem, and players can have a speech on their management methods.

Although the cost of doing so is quite high, I still hope to play “Eternum”, and at least curious about its performance after release.

In addition, I also eager to see how with the continuous development of the ecosystem, how to use the Realms NFT and LORDS tokens.

The biggest reason I have an optimistic attitude towards this project is its community.

The game on the full -chain requires a powerful community composed of developers, players, testers, etc.

Realms does have this, Discord is very active, of course, there are many projects and personnel built among them.

I am happy to see what they continue to create in the next few months.