The Sandbox ASSETS — UGC in a blockchain metaverse
The user-generated content on our platform known as ASSETS are a key factor in when it comes to creating game experiences. They add important value to your LAND parcels and to playing The Sandbox in the near future.
The ASSET token is the in-game content that you can use to create unique dioramas and game experiences. You can obtain ASSETS by creating them using VoxEdit, our free voxel editor software, or shopping on our marketplace with dozens of categories to choose from.
Read through this article and find out the importance and utilities of ASSETS, the Sandbox token which refers to user-generated content (UGC), aka the voxel models that artists make using VoxEdit.
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ASSET Token
The basics on what this token and ASSETS are can be found in our previous article about it, but in case you missed it here is a quick sum-up of this token.
ASSET is a token that refers to voxel assets in The Sandbox. Once these assets are uploaded into the blockchain platform through our marketplace, they are automatically converted into NFTs based on the smart contract ERC-1155. Any entity that is designed with the intention to add a level design element into the game maker or to use as a piece of equipment for your avatar counts as an ASSET.
This token refers both to a smart contract that you’ll buy from the Marketplace or ASSETS you create on your own. Basic ASSETS will be a part of our blockchain gaming platform as we will be providing basic versions of this token that will be available in the Game Maker for creating or participating in-game experiences.
You can find more information about the blockchain elements our platform will feature in our Medium section about it: https://medium.com/sandbox-game/blockchain/home
The Value of UGC in The Sandbox
The Sandbox Game Maker will feature important developments including visual scripting and dozens of tools that will enable players to customize and create unique experiences while terraforming their piece of the metaverse. All of this opens the doors to a gaming platform where the limits of what can be achieved are set by players themselves. However, great game experiences can be particularly enhanced by high quality assets to create a unique experience.
ASSETS are the key elements that will add that uniqueness to LANDS, dioramas and game experiences. Think of it as if a renowned shoe company releases a limited time and highly scarce pair of shoes, or a football team gives away a pair of T-shirts signed by the whole team. Such items can be the pillar of a collector’s showroom, because of how scarce and rare these items are.
The Sandbox’s assets work the same way. The value of ASSETS can be increased through how scarce or rare they are — but their greatest value may be in a game experience that goes along the theme of the asset, which can increase both actual and gameplay value as a whole.
The Sandbox real estate LANDS and games have the ability to be shaped into unique experiences. It’s up to you to choose what you want to create — a themed diorama in The Sandbox map showcasing your voxel creations, a voxel replica of one of the first games you played or just a plain showroom-type diorama with the best NFTs created by great voxel artist.
ASSET Utilities
ASSETS are differentiated in three categories depending on how they’re used in The Sandbox metaverse:
Entity
This category serves as a level design entity; it can be an environment asset like a tree, a building, or a giant dragon flying across your LAND
Equipment
Anything that can be attached to your avatar, from an epic Viking axe to a pair of cute cat ears
Block
In addition to the basic landscape blocks that will be available with the Game Maker, players will be able to create new blocks that can be used to create unique experiences.
ASSETS can also be either used for in-game experiences as decorations, be placed in a LAND to create game experiences or to be traded and monetized on the blockchain. Just like any object, the value of an ASSET depends on its creator, rarity and scarcity. However, the rarity that differentiates a common NFT from a legendary one is not only the cost value but its utility that can be used to enhance game experiences.
ASSETS contains attributes that can be set by its creators. Each of the rarities that an asset can be enhanced to will have a direct impact on its utility, since the better the rarity, the higher the amount of attribute points an asset will contain.
While we are still working polishing the gameplay specifics of attributes within The Sandbox metaverse, attributes will have the same importance as a rarity has as a cost value in our blockchain marketplace. By providing important enhancements to gameplay mechanics a simple sword can be transformed from being a piece of basic equipment used in basic game experiences to a powerful weapon that will help you dominate your opponents and take part in great adventures.
You will find The Sandbox’s UGC in our marketplace https://www.sandbox.game/en/shop/
