When it comes to high-freedom sandbox games, The Sims, developed by Maxis Software in 2000 and published by EA, is a classic that cannot be ignored. In more than 20 years, The Sims has launched 2, 3, 4 generations, as well as more than 70 expansion packs, and once became the world's best-selling video game series. The Sims is like a microcosm of the real world: after you make a little person, you can decide his or her future according to your mood. Who the little person marries and who he or she quarrels with must be arranged by the player. Some people regard The Sims as their own life simulator, experiencing dreams that are unattainable in reality.
In addition to controlling other people's lives in a world that is highly similar to reality, the amazing thing about The Sims is that it allows players to freely create content, pinch faces, build houses, and continuously update expansion packs to expand the content. Fans will use The Sims to restore their favorite film and television scenes and characters, and then use these characters to perform the plots they designed.
But it is a game developed 20 years ago after all. The faces, house designs and various modules created by users can only be stored locally, and players have to share their exciting gaming moments and data packages through online forums. However, this cannot stop the enthusiasm of users at all: the self-made dramas of "The Sims" on TikTok have received over 100 million hits, and the game itself and DCL have generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue during this period.
The success of The Sims, MineCraft, and My World has proven the strong vitality of UGC games, and blockchain technology can clarify the ownership of assets by users and use tokens to provide incentives for ecosystem participants. VMeta3 is such a high-freedom game running on Sui. After only two weeks of launch, the test version has gained 3,000 daily active users with its excellent game content.
▎Game Background
A group of pioneers choose to enter the futuristic city called VMETA3, embarking on an extraordinary adventure that will change their lives forever. With their unwavering determination and boundless creativity, they will experience a rebirth of wealth, success, and endless opportunities.
VMETA3 marks the arrival of a new era, where human life and society are undergoing tremendous changes, and people living here have all kinds of dreams and goals.
John is an early participant who owns a piece of virtual land in VMETA3. In the real world, real estate ownership often requires huge investments, deposits, interest and taxes, but John only invests his time and passion in playing games. Unexpectedly, as his area becomes more and more popular, the value of this virtual land soars, and the return on investment exceeds his wildest imagination.
Emma, a talented artist, has always dreamed of showing her work to the world. Using VMETA3's advanced tools and features, Emma transformed her artwork into fascinating 3D NFTs, attracting collectors and enthusiasts from around the world.
David, a visionary entrepreneur. In VMETA3’s busy marketplace, he recognized the huge potential to revolutionize how people interact with virtual goods and services. David developed a series of artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistants, called AI NPCs, that seamlessly integrate into the Metaverse. These NPCs provide personalized experiences, assist users in their endeavors in the virtual world, and offer valuable insights into their real-world endeavors. David’s innovative work quickly gained traction, establishing him as a key player in VMETA3’s thriving economy. And Sarah, a passionate networker who excels at building connections and social interactions. VMETA3’s connected world provides her with a vibrant community in which she has built lasting friendships and collaborations. Through virtual events, meetups, and shared experiences, Sarah has expanded her network and opened up opportunities she never imagined. She has become an influential opinion leader in the Metaverse, spreading positive energy, inspiring others, and building a thriving personal brand.
In the VMETA3 metaverse, countless users have discovered their own stories of rebirth as a wealthy person: they may be entrepreneurs, artists, developers, investors, or ordinary users, but they have found their own opportunities and values in VMETA3.
▎In VMETA3, you can do more than just this
High degree of freedom in customizing character images
In order for users to experience the fun of character modeling and be willing to pay for personalized dressing, developers need to have both aesthetic and technical strength. VMeta3 not only allows a large number of character details to be customized according to their aesthetics when creating a character, but also allows the purchase of fashion-themed NFTs to change the virtual appearance. Currently, there are 8 fashion slots available and 13 styles to choose from. In the future, VMeta3 will open more fashion slots and styles.
You can get rewards in VMeta3 daily activities
"City Treasure Hunt": During the event, a random Easter egg will appear in the corner of the city every hour. Players can interact with the egg to get gift rewards and lottery tickets.
“Community Sharing”: During the event, players only need to click the share button on the event page and share our metaverse on Twitter to get gift rewards and raffle tickets.
"Socialite": During the event, players can get gift rewards and raffle tickets by chatting with friends and completing goals.
The higher the popularity, the more valuable the land
In VMETA3, users can earn points by exploring new areas, talking to NPCs and completing tasks. In addition to exchanging virtual items and experience cards, these points can also be "bet" on a piece of land. When the land accumulates enough points, it can be auctioned. The auctioned land can be used as a tourist attraction, commercial center, cultural landmark, and has a higher value and unique role. Users can get rewards according to their contribution value ratio.
The mutually beneficial relationship between users and land is also a unique highlight of VMETA3: this breaks the centralized auction tradition where the project owner decides which land is more expensive. The attention of users makes the land more valuable and more in line with reality, and also forms a positive cycle of user contribution-land appreciation.
Linking the Metaverse to Reality through Advertising
VMETA3 allows advertisers to place ads on its platform, and users can choose the type and content of ads they want to watch according to their preferences and get corresponding incentives. VMETA3 seems to have taken fashion as its important advertiser from the beginning. In the game scene, you can see multiple display windows of clothing, handbags, and sports shoes. It actively interacts with fashion giant LVMH and becomes a bridge for communication with the younger generation: VMETA3 was invited to participate in the LVMH Innovation Award 2023 and made a display plan for LVMH products in the showcase at VIVA Tech.
You are not alone at VMETA3
Social gameplay is a hidden branch of VMETA3. After searching for usernames and adding friends, users can see their online status and location, and join in their ongoing activities. With the addition of more game content and multiplayer tasks, this feature will make VMETA3 more interesting. In addition, VMETA3's NPCs are connected to the AI chat function, so even if you interact with NPCs, you won't feel bored.
A Bigger Narrative
Although touted as the future, in practice, many metaverse platforms make players feel fragmented and lonely: users are placed in a completely new space, and although web3 users and metaverse users highly overlap, there are no web3 assets and interactive applications that they are familiar with. This is exactly what VMeta3 took into consideration at the beginning of its design:
In addition to creating a highly free metaverse that can bring users an immersive experience. VMeta3 interacts and integrates digital space with other decentralized applications and services to achieve a seamless experience. For example, you can auction a house in the VMeta3 trading hall, be in a 3D version of "OpenSea", buy and sell your NFT assets, and interact with other dapp applications.
This is just the first step in VMETA3's grand narrative: it will also be open to other metaverses, and players from other metaverses can freely travel to VMETA3. VMETA3 will also become more prosperous by becoming a port for users to travel.
To realize these functions, the scalability of the Move language is inseparable.
"VMeta3's mission is to become an immersive virtual space for people to explore new products and enjoy new interactions and purchasing experiences," said Celine, CMO of VMeta3. "The design and architecture of the Move language can handle complex transactions and smart contract logic, and maintain efficient performance when used on a large scale. This enables VMeta3 to support thousands of users to interact and socialize at the same time, creating rich and diverse virtual scenes and experiences."
Behind the exquisite production is the team's nearly two years of preparation and millions of dollars of investment. Founder Jobs graduated from Harvard and once founded an artificial intelligence company and successfully sold it to a listed company. In the process of starting VMETA3, Jobs assembled a team with rich experience in game development, whose members came from Decentraland, Tencent Games, and IBM. The diversity of the team's resume and the integration of professional backgrounds enable the Vmeta3 team to think about problems from different perspectives, pursue innovation, and contribute to building an excellent metaverse experience.
▎NFT narrative is waiting to be released
In the Web3 gameplay, NFT is a key option to attract users to participate in the project early. According to team members, VMETA3 is planning to launch a limited edition 3D clothing NFT that players can wear in the game. This 3D clothing NFT will become a proof of its space pioneers and will be open to early participants of VMETA3.
