What is Star Atlas?

Star Atlas is an upcoming open-world MMORPG based in the year 2620. In the distant future, three major factions have emerged: (1) the MUD Territory governed by humankind, (2) the ONI Region governed by a consortium of alien races, and (3) the Ustur Sector controlled by sentient androids. These factions are in an ongoing struggle for resources, territorial conquest, and political domination. You, a faction citizen of Star Atlas, will have the ability to influence the outcome of this intergalactic conflict while creating the opportunity to earn rewards for your contributions.

Main features of the game will include:

When will the full game be released?

Star Atlas is currently in development and will be released iteratively through game modules and seasons in both web and Unreal Engine 5 over the next 5-7 years. This allows the game to continuously expand while the community immerses themselves in the Star Atlas gaming and co-creation experience. The first of the Unreal Engine 5 game modules is Showroom.

Our approach is to build out a fully functional economy and game loops in a 3D web browser-based game which can now be experienced in a pre-alpha on-chain movement test module at https://sage.staratlas.com/ (Si apre in una nuova scheda). The browser-based game will be continuously expanding while the fully-immersive Unreal Engine 5 experience is built and perfected. Through the browser app, players will be able to experience Faction-based territorial conquest, combat, ship configuration, fleet management, mining, crafting and more.

Throughout development, these two pipelines will converge and players can experience Star Atlas through both with interoperability.

What's here and what’s coming in the near future?

What’s here today:

What’s coming in the near future:

How can I learn more about Star Atlas?

I have an access code. How can I redeem my code for Showroom pre-alpha?

Once signed in to your Epic Game Store account, click on your NAME at the top right corner, and choose REDEEM. Enter the access key you got from play.staratlas.com under your profile. You will be able to download the client from your EGS library after entering your code.

How can I get an access code to Showroom pre-alpha?

Showroom pre-alpha now became more accessible! There are 2 methods by which you can get access:

Method A: Through playing our browser-based game (SAGE):

Method B: Through Enlisting your Fleet to your faction:

How can I provide feedback on Showroom pre-alpha?

You can join our discord (Si apre in una nuova scheda) and navigate to the "Feedback and Bug Report" section to provide feedback on the Showroom pre-alpha experience.

How is blockchain, NFT, or cryptocurrency used in this product?

The Star Atlas economy is built on the state-of-the-art Solana blockchain. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) obtained and traded within Star Atlas create an economy that replicates the tangibility of real world assets and ownership. With this technology, players have true ownership of their in-game assets such as spaceships, resources, land, buildings, data, in-game currency (ATLAS) and more. In the Star Atlas metaverse, players will grow their own in-game empires, battle in exciting, high-stakes combat, extract and trade valuable resources, and deploy their own player-made products and games through Star Atlas’ blockchain-based economy.

Another way the blockchain is utilized is through the Star Atlas Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) where players can participate in political gameplay by deploying POLIS tokens for voting power in the DAO and voting on proposals that affect all of Star Atlas. This will allow the community to decide the game’s direction, development and economy in the long term.

What utility does this bring to the product?

All assets in the Star Atlas metaverse are secured on the Solana blockchain’s public ledger. This means verifiable ownership and transaction history for all assets. This is what’s making these assets immutable, unique, interoperable, and tradable.

These are some of the main utility features that blockchain technology brings to Star Atlas:

Learn more about the details of the Star Atlas economy by reading our economics paper (Si apre in una nuova scheda).

Does this product require me to connect an external wallet?

Although you need a Solana-based wallet to play, you do not need to connect an external wallet. In order to allow seamless play within our Showroom and all UE5 environments, Star Atlas developed a wallet which is integrated into the UE5 game client. This can be set up very easily in the game itself and the Showroom experience can be played without having to own any assets.

What wallets does this product support?

In addition to the native in-game Star Atlas wallet (which is used for our Showroom experience), the browser-based experiences support other commonly used and reputable Solana wallets:

If you are playing the Showroom pre-alpha experience, you can import your assets from most browser-based wallets. We recommend using a Phantom wallet.

Please do not try importing a hardware wallet directly into the in-game wallet within Showroom. Showroom does not yet support hardware wallet connections.

Can I use the product without interacting or engaging with blockchain, NFT, or cryptocurrency?

Yes, you are able to enter and play by creating a wallet and not interacting with the blockchain beyond the initial wallet setup. That said, to experience all that Star Atlas has to offer—from the Galactic Marketplace to the DAO—you will need to engage with NFTs and the blockchain. Star Atlas has a mission to embrace blockchain technology and give true ownership of assets to its players. Our goal is to make the onboarding of new players as easy as possible over time.

With our Showroom experience, you can set up an in-game wallet very quickly and begin playing. You can summon a demo spaceship as well without any need to do a transaction on the blockchain.

In case you want to dive deeper, you can set up a browser-based wallet to get your own spaceships on the Galactic Marketplace.

What chain does this product use? Is the chain proof-of-work or proof-of-stake?

Star Atlas utilizes the Solana blockchain for all in-game transactions. The move to create Star Atlas on the Solana blockchain was a decision to pursue efficiency and maintain an environmentally conscious focus. Solana’s censorship-resistant proof-of-history consensus mechanism means the security of the network does not depend on high energy usage (in contrast to proof-of-work blockchains). This allows Solana transactions to use less energy than two Google searches.

Does this product have a marketplace? What can I do with the things that I earn (or purchase)?

Yes, the Star Atlas Galactic Marketplace can be found at play.staratlas.com. Players can buy and sell their assets on the marketplace that they bought or earned in-game.

At this stage of development, you can earn ATLAS by enlisting your fleet to your faction’s fleet and summon your ships in our Showroom UE5 environment. A complementary, browser-based gameplay experience will be released at a later date where players will be able to manage their fleet, cargo, mining operations, and participate in combat and territorial conquest with their fleet.

Before you use the Galactic Marketplace or any other Star Atlas service, you will need to agree to and comply with the Terms of Service (Si apre in una nuova scheda).