How Alien Worlds Has Evolved Beyond Play-to-Earn

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve mined Trilium on Neri, Naron, Magor, Eyeke, Kavian or Veles (or maybe all six). Of course, mining probably describes just part of your participation in Alien Worlds. Power users in these parts stake, vote, govern, build, compete, and regularly expand the game’s mythology by contributing to the Lore DAO. In a way, the term ‘gamer’ doesn’t seem adequate to describe an Alien Worlds Explorer.

Launched five years ago, Alien Worlds started life as a multi-chain play-to-earn (P2E) game, dispensing free shovel and avatar NFTs to those keen to mine the native token. While this model proved an instant hit, hooking over 100,000 players within five months, a continued focus on P2E would have been a mistake. Thankfully, the playing community ignored the ceaseless play-to-earn hype and, through their continued interactions with its smart contracts, made it the world’s most-played on-chain game.

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