Metaverse City Action HELIX is Coming

Ever wondered what it would be like to play a game similar to Grand Theft Auto but built on blockchain? The answer to this question is HELIX.

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HELIX is a highly realistic game set in a virtual city modeled on New York. The game offers players the chance to explore, complete missions and get involved with social interaction within its metaverse.

The company behind the game is Hypersonic Laboratories, based in Los Angeles. HELIX has been created on the Ethereum blockchain using Unreal Engine 5, which gives the game incredible graphics and realism. In fact, it could be one of the best designed Web 3.0 games on the market.

Get swept up in a world of fun, creativity and connection

HELIX actually stands for Hyper Expansive Lifelike Interoperable eXperience, but the beginning is quite familiar. You start off by creating a character and are given a small amount of virtual currency. Then, by completing various activities, you can earn more funds and upgrade and develop your character in the game world.

HELIX presents an open world similar to New York City and its surroundings, which are called Parallel City. There, players can freely explore and complete various tasks to increase their status, gain assets, or socialize with other players. In addition to completing traditional missions or challenges, players can also build up a network of contacts to help grow the HELIX community.

The entirety of Parallel City is heavily influenced by contemporary New York in its design and function. The city contains unique neighborhoods that have different characteristics such as population density, traffic and development, different vehicle types, and demographics.

Game modes

HELIX will provide players with a choice between Role Play (RP) and several other game modes. In RP mode, players will be able to create and host servers, edit scripts, and build different scenarios in the city. Immediately upon launch, the Genesis RP server will be available to whitepaper players and streamers. As players progress through the game, they will unlock opportunities for other professions such as police officer, bartender, lawyer and taxi driver.

As well as having the freedom to move around the city and build their own reputation, players can also engage in classic game modes such as Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Battle Royale, Survival and Imposter. In these modes, players will compete against each other for rewards and build their own power base.

HELIX's core values

HELIX is designed with a few core principles in mind to ensure players are immersed in the game, including:

Graphics

How the game looks is one of the most important elements of any game for most players. Thanks to Unreal Engine 5, HELIX offers fantastic visuals and simulations in which the environments, characters, vehicles, clothing, accessories and buildings look so realistic that you may forget it's a game at times.

Owning digital items

NFTs are a common part of most Web 3.0 games and have ushered in a new era that delivers unique ownership opportunities in digital environments. All in-game items will use NFT technology to prevent potential copying or theft.

The in-game economy itself will be controlled by the players, rather than through routine transactions and publisher-controlled items.

Here, the focus is on players selling in-game items to each other, thus increasing the status and overall engagement of the community.

Massive scaling

HELIX is designed to support millions of players and bring them all a fantastic experience. The team behind the game are ensuring this is the case by being selective with both the technology and the game’s infrastructure to ensure flawless scaling.

Digital objects and spaces

What sets HELIX apart from other games is its unique digital items and social spaces. Players can create a distinct identity by collecting wearable items, customizing vehicles, owning unique property or collecting rare items. Meanwhile, characters can express different emotions using emotes.

The game will also offer social lounges where players can meet, trade, entertain or educate each other. These lounges, both indoor and outdoor, can be found throughout Parallel City and can be anything from cafes and bars to restaurants and nightclubs. They are used solely for player gatherings, with the caveat that they are not part of the storyline.

There are also roughly 25,000 NFT lands in the game that can be mined. Founder Pass owners will get the chance to get free land and many other exclusive opportunities. Each plot in the game is tied to a specific address in Parallel City and is also assigned a specific category such as land, apartment, garage or mansion.

By integrating HELIX with a blockchain-based metaverse, players have the freedom to create and then monetize their own content. Social lounges are like a 3D rendition of a classic forum, with the added benefit that if players control the culture inside, this can potentially lead to taking charge of important locations in Parallel City.

Web 3.0 games are changing the gaming industry

2023 is a year of many exciting projects and innovations, and the HELIX game could revolutionize the GameFi industry. With the help of breathtaking graphics, immersive gameplay, social interactions and blockchain technology, games like HELIX are the next step in Web 3.0 game development, and a step closer to the mainstream adoption of Web 3.0 as a whole.

Source: docs.helixmetaverse.com