Banksters
A downloadable game
To win an investment run, players must correctly predict price movements for a number of coins and strategically apply the abilities of their NFT Bankster to influence the results of each Investment round (there are five rounds in one investment run). There is also an in-game mining mechanic that forms a core part of the game economics.
Playable here:
1) Website
2) Beta link
3) IOS: Available soon
4) Google Play
How to play?
Every Bankster account will be equipped with a mining room where they can mine and earn soft game tokens. Players can also access play modes ("Invest Run"), their avatar profile(s), "Banksters Academy", "Wallet" and "Leaderboards".
Each Banskter account will be equipped with a non-NFT avatar called “Hamster”, which players can use to play the game for free. The Beta version will consist of testing 3 Avatars : Hamster, Investor, Shark.
All avatars owned by players will be displayed in "My Team" section.
Real NFT avatars are divided into 7 class categories, with each class having sets of abilities the avatar can use to influence the gameplay. The higher the class, the better the sets of abilities.
The actionable gameplay is called "Invest Run" where players predict the value of certain cryptocurrencies for a specific duration. Each "Invest Run" currently lasts for 5 rounds.
Invest Runs have 3 game modes: Demo, Challenge the market, and Hard Brawl.
Demo: This mode is a free mode where players can test their skills with nothing at stake.
Challenge the Market: This mode currently requires an entry fee in in-game tokens to play, which can be mined from the in-game miner. The winner of the Invest Run in this mode receives the prize pool gathered from the entry fee in BARS token - an exchangeable in-game token used throughout the Banksters ecosystem.
Hard Brawl: Similar mode to Challenge the market but players must pay an entry fee in BARS token.
NB: In the future $BARS tokens can be earned or bought/exchanged with real crypto and is not the same as in-game tokens obtained from the miner.
Coin prediction is divided into 2 direction parameters; LONG & SHORT. Players must select a price direction for any preferred 5 out of 10 available coins.
At the moment only 3 players may compete in one Challenge the market mode. Players can reduce the lobby waiting time by directly challenging anyone in the Banksters community.
Enter the /Playgame command on the Banksters community page on Telegram & Discord and specify the Invest Run mode you wish to play.
Points are added or subtracted from each predicted coin depending on the accuracy of prediction. If the initial prediction of a coin was LONG and the asset trends higher in real time during the round, points will be added to that coin relative to the real time price data.
The price fluctuations are 100% real, since we have a direct Binance APY.
Once the round begins, players must monitor the progress of their coins relative to the opponent’s. They can strategically apply the available abilities of their NFT avatar to add more points and end each round with the most points.
Each Bankster is equipped with certain abilities depending on its class. These abilities can be used to influence real time in-game data to help your chosen coins perform better.
Abilities used on a specific coin will not only affect the user's asset, but also influence other players in the same Invest Run who have selected the same coin.
To influence the market with any special ability, players must pay the “Influence” cost for the selected ability.
Here are some examples of abilities:
CZ’s Effect: This ability boosts the value of the selected coin by 30 points and will last for 3 rounds depending on what round it is used. This implies that the affected coin will have 30 points added to it at the end of each round irrespective of its prediction points. By the end of the Invest Run, the coin will have added 90 points.
Costs 2 Influence points
Elon’s Tweet: This ability simulates a real-world scenario where Elon Musk tweets about a coin to pump or dump for a short time, maximizing your results. It adds 60 points at the end of the round to the selected coin. If another player in the same Invest Run has selected the same coin, their coin will also be impacted with -/+60, depending on their trade position relative to yours. E.g, if BTC was predicted LONG and another player predicted SHORT, 60 points will be subtracted from the other player’s position while 60 points will be added to the player who used Elon’s Tweet.
Costs 2 Influence points
Swap Coin: This is a basic ability common to all avatars including the Hamster. It allows the player to replace a selected coin with another during an Invest Run. This replacement cannot take place during the current round but will be effected in the next round. Once the Invest Run is at the final (5th) round, this ability will no longer be usable.
Costs 0 Influence points
Swap Position: This is a basic ability common to all avatars including the Hamster. It allows the player to change or reverse their initial prediction from LONG to SHORT and Vice versa. This change or reversal cannot take place during the current round but will be effected in the next round. Once the Invest Run is at the final (5th) round, this ability will no longer be usable.
Costs 0 Influence points
At the end of the 5th round, the player with the most points will be placed 1st and win the prize pool for that Invest Run mode.
In Banksters Academy you can mint new Avatar NFTs. The ‘’child’’ will get certain traits from each "parent" and form its own skills. The Player can use it in the Invest Runs or directly sell on the future marketplace.
The Banksters game uses a virtual mining system to generate in-game tokens. Mining is processed solely on Banksters’ equipment/resources and does not impact the player's gaming device in any way.
Each Bankster account is equipped with its own mining room and a basic mining rig which they can upgrade.
The player must begin the mining process themselves, and every X minutes when a Bankster is mining, in-game tokens are added to the mining pool. The pool has a limited capacity, after which tokens cannot be added further.
Players can collect the accumulated tokens from the pool anytime while the mining process continues and it will be credited to the Banksters’ account.
Players can also upgrade their mining rig by spending tokens on selected mining upgrades.
Mining has 3 parameters:
A) Time – a period of time after which currency is credited to the pool.
B) Number of tokens
C) Pool capacity
Parameters B and C, as well as the Banksters’ account capacity, are dependent on the Bankster class and will increase as the player levels up their Bankster Avatar.
Banksters is currently in its Open Beta stage and is hosting an ongoing Leaderboard contest where players can test & enjoy the game and also win rewards.
Seems complicated? Don’t worry! Click on the ‘’?’’ (question mark button) from the left low corner and check our Beginner and Advanced tutorial that will help you on the journey to become a Bankster.
Imagine – what if Banksters can actually influence the market?
What if the predictions are placed directly on the market?
Or maybe projects to list on our game?
And our community to act like market makers and become something similar to Wall Street Bets?
Play the Game, become a part of our community, and find out the answers to these questions.
Status | Released |
Author | LavaGames.io |
Genre | Card Game, Simulation |
Tags | Multiplayer, PvP, Trading |