Many blockchain games with long development cycles have taken to releasing smaller Discord or web-based games to keep their players entertained while they wait. Sometimes these filler games align with the theme of the main game, or even blend in somehow. However, Civitas decided to take a different approach and released a top town MOBA game on Steam called Machine Arena
Building a game can take a while. And many blockchain games have adapted a mechanism to keep their initial investors engaged and interested. This usually involves building a Discord or web-based game, usually related to the main game in some way. But Civitas has chosen a different route, creating a top-down multiplayer online battle arena game in the Unreal Engine to showcase their developers’ capabilities
The game is called “The Machines Arena”.
The Machines Arena
The Machines Arena is a fast, action-packed MOBA game that pits two teams of four players against each other. Players wield weapons such as guns, lasers and flamethrowers and fight in matches that usually take 5-10 minutes. The game looks good and plays smoothly.
The game is still in development and is marked as Early Access on Steam. While officially in “closed beta”, all you have to do to play the game is click the Request Access button on its Steam game page. While the game still has some rough edges and a small player base at the moment, the response has been positive overall.
The game takes up about 20 gigabytes of hard drive space and requires Windows 10 or a newer operating system. Players can find the game at the Steam store web link or search for the game in the Steam client.
Machine Arena is not a blockchain game and does not include NFT or any tokens or built-in rewards, though they currently maintain a leaderboard with Steam gift cards as a reward for the highest finishers.
What is Civitas?
Civitas is a cooperative, competitive, multiplayer city-building game. Players group up in cities, build buildings on their plots, harvest goods, engage in augmented reality experiences to find special resources, and cooperate with other players to make their cities the biggest and best!
Players collect resources, build buildings, and craft items on their plots. They can also experience the world through an augmented reality app on their phones. the AR feature opens up mini-games and the opportunity to find unique resources. The game will be free, although to participate in the management and decision-making of your city you need to own a piece of land.
Each city is a mini-DAO, referred to as a subDAo in the Civitas white paper, where players vote on various governance options in their city. While there is no direct PvP in Civitas, there will be leaderboards and competitive bragging rights. Each city has a tower that the residents of that city can visit. Inside they will find statistics and information about their city, as well as potential missions and other DAO-related business.
Civitas has unique PFP NFTs that can also be used as avatars for 3D games. It will also have its own token, called CITI.
Civitas expects to have something to show us at the end of this year (2022).
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