Influence released a major community update this week, including new tokenomics, another asteroid sale, and a general timeline for the game’s official launch!
Influence made a big announcement earlier this week with tons of information including updates on their game’s planned release, an upcoming asteroid sale, as well as SWAY distribution and tokenomics.
You can see the full blog post here, but read on for a summary of what was covered.
Launch of the influence game
Wisely, the Influence team didn’t provide an exact release date for the game. Just a general, “summer 2023”. There will be a final test event sometime before that.
And to help players start carving out a place in Adalia, Influence will be providing special Starter Packs to anyone who has purchased and owned an Asteroid from the Arrival Sale (from April 2021). These starter packs include extractors and warehouses to acquire resources, a commemorative founder’s card, and at least one ship with a full tank of fuel! The type of packet received is based on the size of the asteroid (small, medium and large). See the table below for more details.
sale of asteroids
If you don’t have an Influencer Asteroid yet, or just want to add it to your stash before the game launches, there will be another Asteroid Sale from April 11-18, 2023.
Asteroid prices are based on their area. The price for each asteroid is $65 plus $2 per km². So with the smaller 13 km² asteroids, the cheapest price would be $91 (USD). Asteroids come in a wide variety of sizes and types. You can read more about Influence Asteroids on the official wiki page.
These asteroids come with a free crew member and also offer owners the opportunity to participate in the SWAY token sale, which will take place during the same time frame.
Sale SWAY and Tokenomics
Along with the April Asteroid Sale, there will be a SWAY Token Sale. Anyone with an asteroid or a crew member can purchase SWAY for $1 for 10,000 SWAY tokens. Each asteroid and crew allows the owner to purchase up to $2,500 worth of tokens.
April 11 will also allow those who won SWAY in presales or community events to claim their rewards. Any SWAYs purchased during this time will not be transferable until the game is released.
SWAY will be capped at 130 billion total tokens. The breakdown will be as follows:
- 15 billion available when selling SWAY
- 15 billion available at launch for purchase
- 30 billion distributed to players who own Crew (with bonuses for also owning the associated asteroid)
- 22.5 billion for players who participated in alpha testing and various community events
- 15 billion for those who refer new players who make a purchase
- 32.5 million used to provide initial depth to order books for the gaming market
There’s a lot more information about the SWAY distribution and tokenomics in the official blog for those who want to dig deeper.
SWAY distribution diagram
What is influence?
Influence is a space MMORPG. In Influence, a colony ship has reached its destination, only to find uninhabitable planets. After much debate, the ship’s commander decides that the passengers and crew will settle in an asteroid belt and begin building a new civilization. Players have already started claiming asteroids in the belt, with mining teams, bases, traders, riches, and inevitably conflict to come.
In addition to asteroids and ships, players also own Crew NFT. The crew has the ability to create a backstory. This is done through a text story where the player chooses the crew member. Based on these choices, the crew member receives certain traits that affect their in-game abilities, allowing players to customize their NFTs.
Influence offers a few other unique features that make it stand out. Mainly, its adherence to a realistic simulation. Not only are the resource production processes complicated and based on real life, but the asteroids themselves include orbital dynamics! It is not a static map. All asteroids are constantly moving in their orbit. Each asteroid has an orbital period (how long it takes to complete an orbit), a semi-major axis (how far from the center it is), an inclination (what is the angle of the orbit relative to the plane orbital) and an eccentricity (how extended the orbit is) a perfect circle)! All of this takes effect over time, causing the distance between two asteroids to vary daily!
There will definitely be a lot to process in this game. Luckily, some people are already creating tools to help players understand complex production processes.
To learn more about Influence, visit their website, follow them on Bloodand join their Discord server.
even feeding the crew takes a lot of effort!
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