Thanks a lot for actively participating in the Star Atlas AMA held on 6th Sep 2021 at the Game of Bitcoins Channel. We really appreciate all your support. This post is a recap of the entire session held with Star Atlas
We have with us Santiacc
My name is Santi, I'm Community Lead at Star Atlas. I got full time into crypto in 2019, when I first heard of Star Atlas my mind was completely blown and knew I wanted to work there, and here I am heh!
Star Atlas is a virtual gaming metaverse emerging from the confluence of state-of-the-art blockchain, real-time graphics, multiplayer video game, and decentralized financial technologies.
Star Atlas uses blockchain technology through the Solana protocol that establishes a largely serverless and secured game experience; Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite allows cinematic quality video game visuals, and Non-fungible tokens obtained and traded within Star Atlas to create an economy that replicates the tangibility of real-world assets and ownership.
All these cutting-edge technologies used to build Star Atlas create an active online ecosystem and play-to-earn economy never seen so far by gaming and crypto enthusiasts.
Q1. I read in the documentation that there will be two main tokens in the game: #ATLAS and #POLIS. Could you tell us the utility of each one and how we can acquire them? Do we need both to be able to buy a ship and play the game?
Let's start with Polis
POLIS is the governance token used at each level of governance, representing financial stake in the game, voting power in the DAOs where it is staked, and control of the Treasury. It has a fixed supply that will not grow (unless a decision to the contrary will be made by governance down the line).
As an asset, POLIS is a low-velocity, long-term store-of-value that incentivizes governance of the ATLAS economy for its long-run production. The POLIS DAO is tasked with the minting, distribution, and redistribution of ATLAS within the ATLAS treasury, and earn portions of the returns in ATLAS to the developments they vote to fund.
With a long-term perspective, DAO governors will ultimately be able to drive the direction of Metaverse development. Even to the extent that the founding Star Atlas development team could be voted out as the primary vendor for game assets and game design. Other areas of more immediate focus include: economic revisions, feature releases, asset release schedules, and optionality to incorporate player-created content.
The total supply of POLIS is permanently fixed and does not increase.
ATLAS is the payment token used as a medium of exchange.
It is inflationary, aiming to match the growth of the in-game economy and provide a solid monetary base for in-game economic interactions and onramps to enter the game.
ATLAS is the form of currency/income in the game. The market clears at the price at which the buy-side perceives the value of the production of in-game assets, as ATLAS can be earned within the game.
The currency is inflatable. The monetary mass should grow at roughly the same rate as the in-game economy.
New ATLAS is created to reward in-game activities
The POLIS DAO can adjust the parameters regulating monetary rewards for different in-game activities, both on the global level and granularly, per activity type.
Q2. Will there be new meta posters in the future? As latecomers, what other ways can we obtain meta-posters?Will the meta-posters currently on the market still have a practical effect in future games?
There is a possibility of launching new meta-posters in the future, but nothing’s planned yet. Currently you can purchase the posters but if you buy them you won’t receive any rewards because the ReBirth event has ended. Meta-posters don't have any in—game benefit, but they'll be subject to drops in the future
Q3. As an economy built into the game, would it be great if you could explain to us what kinds of incentives will derive within Star Atlas to incentivize players to actively participate?
This is a great question! And also a question which could have an hour-long answer. There are a lot of different incentives inside Star Atlas for players, and depending on the career you choose to follow they'll change. I highly recommend you to read our in-game economy and tokenomics whitepaper to correctly understand the ways that you'll have available to earn money in-game
https://staratlas.com/economics-paper.pdf
Q4. Could this game be played with VR gadgets? Is it scalable in the near future?
Yeah! It'll be playable with VR gadgets!
I don't know what exactly you mean with scalable, but in the near future we are launching our mini-game. This will be browser based and won't have the VR functionalities enabled, but you'll be able to play-to-earn so you can start saving for the VR kit! :D
Q5. The NFTs on Star Atlas platform are the tool of everything, they can be used for trading, battle and gaming but how versatile they can be? Is there a way to improve the NFTs with extra items and get better stats and price or fractionalize them for trading?
NFTs are the exactly the tool of everything inside Star Atlas. We mentioned in a Town Hall that yes, you'll be able to upgrade your ships in the future and adapt them to what you feel more confortable! The will be very versatile.
There's no way to fractionalize the in-game NFTs, but you can fractionalize posters on Unicly for trading!
Q6. I have seen that you have done many AMAs, my question is, what do you expect to get from so many AMAs and what are your goals with the community? Do you consider the community to be a fundamental role in the project?
Yeah, with the AMAs we expect to expand our reach to different parts of the world. Community is key for Star Atlas, we know that without our community we won't reach anything, so we try to keep things entertaining and transparent for them!
Q7. Do you have tutorial videos so we can get to know your project more clearly or do you have a YouTube channel or something? can you share it with us?
There are a lot of tutorials out there on YouTube and even beginners guides. I highly recommend you to join our Discord community, there you'll receive a lot of help to get started: discord.gg/staratlas
Q8. Your project name seems to be very interesting. Does it have any story behind it? Can you share us with the inspiration for approaching to this name?
This is a short story of our metaverse:
An anomaly of 8 valuable minerals colliding in space cause a cataclysmic event. the discovery of this excited the 3 major space-faring factions to converge on this location to cooperate or compete for resources. Players assume a role or many roles, a faction and optional sub-faction guild to contribute and benefit from the economy. All players can stake claims and mine them, build space stations for commerce or just explore, fight and participate in social events. Pilot a small band of crew members on a small ship or command a fleet of ships with expansive crew stations.
Q9. While you build your project, do you take into account community feedbacks and demands?
Always
Q10. Can you share with us your tokenomics? How much is the total and circulation supply of your tokens? Will there be a buy back system or token burning in the future?
https://staratlas.com/economics-paper.pdf
