Axie Infinity
Axie Infinity is a fantasy creature game with training, battling, and breeding that launched in October 2018. The game is played on the blockchain, Ronin Network, and users earn cryptocurrency for various in-game tasks. Axie pets have unique attributes and moves they can use in battle. The six classes of Axies each have advantages with different skills in battle. Each class is stronger compared to two other classes.
Battling
In October 2018, the Axie core team released the first battle system built on top of the Axie game assets. The battle system was structured as an "idle battle" system with inspiration from games like "Final Fantasy Tactics" and "Idle Heroes". On April 6th, 2022, Axie Infinity: Origin was released.
Origin features:
- Free starter Axies. Let your friends and family fall in love with Axie before needing to touch crypto and NFTs!
- Upgraded Axie art makes each Axie more visually distinct and special.
- Sequential turns for a faster, more dynamic experience.
- Energy / cards are reset each turn to encourage aggressive play-styles.
- Card changes. We’ve kept most cards in line with their original spirit.
- Eye & Ear Cards. This is the first time that eyes & ears have ever had cards!
- Runes / Charms as power-ups. Our first glimpse of Axie progression and upgrading is here!
- Critical Hits have been replaced by a Rage mechanic.
Breeding and $SLP
Like real-world pets, Axies can be bred to create new offspring. To avoid hyperinflation of Axies there is a maximum amount of times an Axie can be bred before it is sterile.
Land
Lunacia, the Axie homeland, is divided into tokenized plots of land which act as homes and bases of operation for their Axies. Plots can be upgraded over time using a variety of resources and crafting ingredients that can be found when playing the game.
Axie Principles
- Axie is a new type of game that rewards players for the time and effort they spend both playing the game and growing the ecosystem.
- Axie has a 100% player-owned, real money economy. Rather than selling game items or copies, the developers of the game focus on growing the player to player economy. Marketplace fees go into a Community Treasury whose usage will be guided by AXS holders. The developers monetize through their ownership of AXS tokens. Axies are created by players using in-game resources (SLP & AXS) and sold to new/other players. You can think of Axie as a nation with a real economy. The holders of the AXS token are the government that receives tax revenues. The inventors/builders of the game, Sky Mavis, hold ~20% of all AXS tokens.
- Game resources and items are tokenized, meaning they can be sold to anyone, anywhere on open peer-to-peer markets.