Influence: Deep Space Strategy

Key Takeaways

• Influence is a space strategy MMO game that utilizes orbital mechanics to generate the real-time movement of 250,000 asteroids in the game.
• Players can explore and exploit player-owned asteroids rich in resources, form alliances, and engage in trade and commerce within the game.
• The latest release of Influence includes a switch to StarkNet, a blockchain platform that aims to reduce gas fees and improve transaction speed for players.
• Influence features a player-driven economy with no NPCs, requiring players to engage with and interact with other real people to progress in the game.
• Decision-making and strategic planning play a significant role in the gameplay, as players must consider their actions and how they will impact their resources, reputation, and relationships with other players.

Orbital mechanics govern the motion of celestial objects in space, from the smallest asteroids to the largest planets, allowing us to predict the path of spacecraft, map out the orbits of satellites, and even send humans to the moon. Influence leverages these very same mechanics to generate the real-time movement of 250,000 asteroids, creating a dynamic and ever-changing strategic setting.

Influence is a space strategy MMO that allows players to take ownership of game content and generate real-world value through an immersive and deep strategy-focused gaming experience.

In the game, players can explore and exploit player-owned asteroids rich in resources that can be used to build structures and develop technologies. Players can also form alliances, sell and trade materials and products, and purchase in-game items. The latest release of Influence includes a switch to StarkNet, which is expected to reduce gas fees by 100X or more while introducing near-instant transactions.

Why StarkNet?

Influence is joining other blockchain games, including Dope Wars, with its move from Ethereum to StarkNet. Uri Kolodny, CEO of StarkWare, noted, "Gaming has always been at the cutting edge of technology adoption. The Influence team already demonstrated the broad appeal of their game on L1, and now they're taking it to the next level on StarkNet. We couldn't be more proud to support them in their mission."

Influence's transition onto StarkNet will improve the player experience by significantly lowering gas costs and providing near-instant transactions. In addition, Kolodny notes that StarkNet is a sophisticated and efficient way for digital society participants to enjoy the benefits of decentralized ledgers without compromising security or speed.

With programming computation off-chain and using STARK proofs - a type of zero-knowledge proof - StarkNet achieves both cost savings and an improvement in scalability.

Find yourself in Influence.

Influence truly has something for everyone while simultaneously appealing to the specific interests of different types of gamers. If you enjoy a sense of scale similar to the X-series, set your flight plan and hop on a ship to travel Influence's belt of 250,000 unique and ownable (we'll get to that) asteroids.

Or you are more of a collector and prefer MMOs akin to EVE Online. Mining and resource extraction is integral to successfully mastering Influence. And then there is the game's deep strategic element. Similar to games like Stellaris and Crusader Kings, Influence places a high degree of focus on player decision-making.

Whether navigating the game's player-driven economy or determining the best time to fly by taking into account the real-time orbital mechanics of your asteroid home, strategic planning touches nearly every element of the game.

Form alliances, build colonies, and compete with people from all around the world

Every aspect of Influence is player driven. With a peer-to-peer economy and no NPCs, you are required to engage with other real people to progress in the game.

Asteroids represent the game's land and serve as the bases of its expansive world; they are scarce, player-owned NFTs. Each is filled with resources that can be extracted and refined into the materials, structures, and ships that drive the economy. With no NPCs, it is up to you to tend to these materials and determine how best to leverage them, whether by using them in combat or trading them with other real players. Combat won’t be part of their initial launch of “Exploitation”, their first full release.

The release of Exploitation will give you the ability to explore Adalia, expand their settlements, mine their asteroids, and create marketplaces.

Your interactions with other players have dynamic and strategic trade-offs. Assemble your crew and specialize in what you see as the most beneficial strategy so that you can expand your influence across the belt. Your choices in the game will either lead you to accumulate more SWAY allowing you to further expand your settlements and strengthen your alliances or lead you to have to make hard choices in how to survive in this ever-expanding universe.

Explore, expand, and exploit. How will you expand your influence?

Own Your Experience

Owning one of Influence's asteroids in-game allows you to be able to control your fate and decide your future. Have the ability to casually play far away from others, or join forces with an alliance and utilize your unique composition of resources contained beneath the surface of your asteroid to help supply materials to the cause.

By extracting and refining your asteroid's resources, you begin to form a bank of in-game assets that can be sold in one of the game's marketplaces — which as a peer-to-peer economy, you can own, operate, and collect fees on their activity.

See what you can do with an asteroid