Upland is a blockchain based virtual property game where you can buy and sell digital property mapped to the real world. Kinda thins the line between the real world and the meta one. The game has got such a great potential and it has garnered lots of attention all over the world. It's free to play, albeit you can buy in-game currency for buying more land and has great Play-2-earn rewards along with the satisfaction of owning properties (atleast in the digital world).

In brief, it allows you to buy digital ownership of land in metaverse which is mapped according to real locations. Once you own the land, you can build on it or maybe sell it at higher price in the meta world. You can even charge the other people visiting your metaworld a certain amount of fees. 

Upland is a game built upon EOS chain and it has two kinds of in-game currencies: UPX and Spark. One can use UPX to buy properties and Spark for building anything. Both of them are not real currencies as they can only be used in the game and not in the real world as of now. UPX can be purchased from the upland store in fixed amounts. Completing challenges, daily streaks and by collecting visitor fees from other user will also increase your UPX wealth.

Statuses:
Depending on the wealth you have, you will have different statuses:

Initially, you will be a Visitor. A visitor is a user having less than 10,000 UPX. As a visitor, you can buy land and sell it etc using UPX. You will not be allowed to trade in other currencies like USD. So, the basic functionality will be available to you and your properties and account aren't permanently stored on blockchain which brings us to the concept of "Visa". Being a visitor, you must renew your visa once every seven days. Renewing your visa is free and can be done unlimited times. If a visitor fails to renew his/her visa in seven days, they will be provided with a grace period of 1 day. Failure to renewing the visa even during the grace period leads to recycling of the acquired properties and UPX balancing in the game economy.

A user having more than 10,000 UPX is known as "Uplander" An uplander, being a citizen of Upland, does not need to renew his/her visa. Their properties and acccounts are permanently stored on the blockchain. They will be allowed to sell their assets for USD after a grace period of 30 days.

A user having over 100,000 UPX will have "Pro" status.  They will be provided with other features like avatars on block-chain explorers. The ability to trade and lease business license is being developed and it will be available to Pro users. After pro users, there are other higher statuses like Director, Executive, Chief Executive. But we do not need to delve into them.

Enough about basics. How do you play the game?
Well, your in-game avatars are the Block-explorer. They will randomly explore the world. You are allowed to buy the property on the land where your block explorer have left a trial while travelling. Now, to buy land in certain area, your Block-explorer must move in that specific direction. Sending the block explorer to certain property (owned by someone else) can be done thrice a day atmost and will cost you. This cost is set by the owner of the property (the visitor fees). Sending the explorer to your own properties is free and can be done unlimited times. If you need to move outside your city, then you need to buy a ticket for different type of transportation medium available.

But how will you know which property is being listed for Re-sale and which property is yours?
Gray — Fair Start Act (FSA) properties available to new players. They can also represent properties that aren’t available.
Dark blue — Your properties.
Light blue — Owned properties that aren’t on the market, though you can make an offer to the owner.
Bright green – Properties for sale with no owner.
Dark green – Properties for sale by owner.

Fair Start Act (FSA) can only be minted (bought) by a person whose net worth is below 100,000 (Visitors and Uplanders). This is done so as to give new users a fair chance (hence the name) to buy property in upland. They are comparatively cheaper. However, a minted FSA property must be held by the owner for alteast 6 months before it can be sold for USD.

Collections:
Collections allow a user to earn more passive income from their property. A collection is made by owning certain number of properties in the same region or of similar characteristics. Collections are predefined in the game. There are five types of collections on the increasing level of difficulty: Standard, Limited, Exclusive, Rare, Ultra-Rare. Once you complete a collection, you will get a one time bonus and then your earning from properties will be boosted depending on the type of collection. A property may belong to one or more collection simultaneously. However, it can only be added to one of the collection. If this case arises, user is allowed to choose the collection in which they want to add the property.

Building:
Building on your own property is done by using Spark. The more spark you own, the faster you can build on your properties. Eventually these buildings will be used for businesses etc in the metaverse. 

So, in Upland, you can basically buy new land, build on your properties, earn fees by the visitors, sell your properties and maybe in the near future, run your metaverse business through them. All of this is available for free and you might as well get some good passive income with your strategically build properties. So, what are you waiting for? Here's the link to their website using my referral and here's the link without my referral. Do share your thoughts and Happy building!