Original | Odaily Planet Daily
Author | Asher
After much anticipation, the second chapter of Pixels, which has been delayed multiple times, was officially launched this morning. As the chain game with the highest daily active users in the Ron ecosystem, the news of the second chapter’s release immediately sparked discussions in communities worldwide about the latest gold-making strategies and getting ahead. However, as users continued to experience the game, the community became filled with resentment:
“The design is a bit inhumane, the task board is at home, but you have to go to the store to buy things, it’s not convenient.”
“The materials are divided into multiple levels, but each slot can only hold up to 99 items, so my backpack gets full quickly, how can I play without running back and forth?”
“I hoarded materials, except for cotton, everything else is almost gone, hoarding is a loss.”
“I spent a lot of coins on the task board, but the rewards are only 0.2 or 0.25 coins, why are the rewards getting smaller and smaller, didn’t they say they cleared a lot of bots?”
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Although the team has emphasized in multiple AMAs that the second chapter has required a lot of effort, the majority of real players are very dissatisfied based on the current community feedback, as the game has undergone significant changes and yet the profits are minimal. Below, Odaily Planet Daily analyzes the second chapter of Pixels based on practical experience and community feedback.
Introduction
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Official Twitter
Pixels is a metaverse farming game launched in 2021, which brings back the atmosphere of classic 16-bit role-playing adventures, allowing players to navigate, interact, farm, play mini-games, and earn token rewards in a pixel art world. It also allows holders of selected NFT profile picture (PFP) collectibles to use their avatars in the game.
In terms of financing, Pixels has completed two rounds of funding:
On February 11, 2022, it announced the completion of a $2.4 million seed round, with Animoca Brands and PKO Investments leading the investment, and OpenSea, Untapped Capital, and Leonis Capital participating;
On February 8, 2024, it announced the completion of a $4.8 million strategic round of financing.
Pixels also launched mining on Binance on February 9, 2024, at 08:00 (UTC+8), which lasted for 10 days, and trading began on February 19, 2024, at 18:00 (UTC+8).
Summary of Major Changes in the Second Chapter
Major Change 1: Addition of new skills and merging of existing skills
New skills were added: Stoneshaping and Metalworking, and the upgrade curve has been adjusted, and the experience values between levels have changed. Additionally, several skills from the first chapter were combined, including Farming, Forestry, Cooking, Mining, Woodwork, Animal Care, Business, and Exploration.
Overview of Pixels Chapter 2 skills
The materials each skill can produce, current market prices, and profitability can be viewed in “Resources” and “Crafting” on pixels.tips.
pixels.tips
Major Change 2: Task board moved to the player’s own Speck
After entering “My Speck” and entering the main room as shown in the picture below, click on “Infinifunnel” to view the task board.
According to community feedback, the token rewards on the task board are significantly less than in the first chapter, and there are repeated rewards of 0.2, 0.25, and 0.5 Pixels tokens with decimals.
Latest task board
Major Change 3: Upgrades can be made to both Speck and the main room (initial upgrades require coins, and later require Pixels tokens)
Speck upgrade: Click on Home in Speck, then click on “Upgrade” to upgrade;
Main room upgrade: After entering the room, click on “House Manager” and then click on “Upgrade” to upgrade.
Major Change 4: Crop planting time has been greatly reduced, and only one person can plant on the same land at the same time, and trees can be purchased in the store and planted on Speck with a significantly reduced planting time.
As shown, only one person can plant on the same land at the same time. Additionally, it is worth noting that the corresponding plant can only be planted if the player has the required skill level (see the table below for the corresponding relationship).
On the other hand, as shown below, trees are no longer rare, and they can be purchased in the store and planted in Speck with a significantly reduced planting time.
In addition, the backpack has been expanded to 12 slots, the maximum number of items per slot has been reduced to 99, and energy can be restored by sleeping in the main room, among other changes.
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Team Feedback
With the major upgrade of the second chapter, communities both domestic and abroad have posted various complaints on social media. Pixels founder Luke posted on X platform, stating that the feedback on excessive energy consumption and insufficient token rewards has been noted, and the team hopes that real users will receive more rewards in the second chapter. Therefore, the team is willing to try to update the token rewards tomorrow and make continuous adjustments in the following weeks to ensure the real users’ profits.
Pixels founder Luke’s response to community feedback
Conclusion
Overall, the highly anticipated second chapter not only failed to bring innovative gameplay, but also did not deliver the same profits as the first chapter. The current level of user enthusiasm for experiencing the second chapter continuously is not high (only 8 crowded channels).
Server congestion level
Despite the team’s promise in multiple AMAs to ensure real user profits and the banning of many bots, real user profits have decreased rather than increased. Additionally, the long-promised guild fragments have not brought more profits to players, which has indeed disappointed loyal players. The only comforting thing is that the team has responded quickly and positively to the community’s negative feedback, and has expressed willingness to improve and continue to optimize. So, are you looking forward to the team’s future updates for the second chapter?
