Play-To-Earn: Everything We Know About "Vulcano," The NFT Sci-Fi Game

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Are Play-To-Earn games the next big thing? 

Presumably – at least, that’s what the makers of “Vulcano” believe. This NFT-based, fully tokenized game will be an auto battler set in a Sci-Fi world. After Axie Infinity’s success, everybody wants to become the next economically viable virtual world. Many will try, but most will fail. Does “Vulcano” have what it takes to succeed Axie Infinity? 

Let’s find out!

The game’s origin traces back to Argentina and NW Professional Traders, one of Latin America's most important trader’s schools. Created by Mauricio Novelli and Jeremías Walsh, both the game’s assets and its tokens, $VULC, will run on the Binance Smart Chain. There will be one hundred million units of $VULC in total.

In a recent interview, Novelli spoke to Forbes about their plans and aspirations for the token, which is “to launch, or to list for public sale, at eight cents. Taking into account our estimates and other analyzes that we did, the price could consolidate at one or two dollars in the medium term.” $VULC is a governance token that doubles as in-game currency. That is, with it, users can buy different items inside “Vulcano.”

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The NFTs will come in four categories 

• 1- Characters 
• 2 - Weapons 
• 3 - Ships and Spaceships 
• 4 - Land  

As a Play-To-Earn game, participants will obtain $VULC by battling other users. In addition, users who choose to watch the advertisements will get compensated as well. The creators expect to regulate and make the in-game economy possible by adding external sources of income like ads and bets. An intriguing idea. More on that later.

The founders also predict that when the actual game drops, there will be “at least five figures of people playing.” One of “Vulcano’s” characteristics is that, to explore the game’s universe and lore, the creators promise an animated series. And, since they are invested in the finance world, the in-game economics are expected to be phenomenal. 

The question, of course, is whether they live up to the hype.

The “economy” section of the game’s whitepaper clarifies some of these concepts:

“The player will be able to choose whether or not to see advertisements in the game. Viewing advertisements will be rewarded in a different token which will only be used to buy skins and add-ons for the game. As can be seen, the game has a burning system, which includes bets and advertising. This will maintain the balance of the economy, liquidity pool and rewards.”

No one can guarantee that “Vulcano” will be successful enough to generate its own  economy around it. However, there’s a disproportionate advantage to joining Play-To-Earn games before the masses discover them. You can get in-game assets at a discount and be among the first to start earning tokens. Of course, they will only become valuable if the game catches fire.

Does “Vulcano” have what it takes? Here’s the cinematic game trailer, to help you decide:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RoB8nMYUZw

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Roadmap to success

The game doesn’t exist yet, but the company has hit all of its milestones on the roadmap through Q1 2022. There are even rumors that there’s already a playable early version of “Vulcano” going around. If that’s true, they can check the first item off their Q2 2022 list. 

During Q2, they are also aiming to list the token on centralized exchanges, sell spaceships and Gen-1 NFTs, and develop other playable characters. During Q3, the creators aim to launch the game’s Alpha version. And, with it, announce “Vulcano’s” first tournament. 

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The Team And The Treasury

Besides rewarding the users, the income generated by the ads will go directly into the treasury system. Commissions from different in-game transactions will also go into the treasury. From that pool of money, the system will reward players for their actions and stabilize the economy by adding liquidity to the system as needed. 

Other ways that the players will be able to earn $VULC tokens are by staking them or by participating in the training of other characters. It’s worth noting that the team’s tokens, 10 million coins, will be locked for 12 months. That means, they can’t sell them for a year.

About that team, Novelli told Forbes, “As of today there are 39 people involved in the project, but we want to add more. The average number of people building a game is around ten, so we're way above that. Basically, we want it to be a mega project.” And more specifically, “Within the blockchain development team we have programmers, engineers and IT architects who work for international companies such as Apple, for example. We have a great, experienced team with NFTs and gaming experience.”

Does the “Vulcano” team have what it takes to take over the extremely competitive gaming market? It may be worth placing your bets if you believe that they do.