Astar Network has announced the launch of Yoki Origins, a Web3 adventure revealed in collaboration with Astar zkEVM. The goal is to offer users a gamified onboarding process. Later, they will gain access to a variety of digital collectibles created by artists and companies. The unique digital collectibles that will be distributed and sold will represent NFTs, non-fungible tokens. In total, three elements will play a crucial role: Yoki, OMA and Lore.
Japanese illustrators have created a collection of original characters called Yoki. Players can develop Yokis by participating in the game and obtaining multiple Yokis. OMA is an in-game item and Lore are points that need to be collected. Participants will further gain access to explore the growing utility and benefits of the Astar zkEVM ecosystem.
Simply put, Yoki Origins is a journey in which players are tasked with collecting Yoki, or Yokis, and Lore. They can continue to collect as many NFTs as possible. Collecting multiple Yokis grants them the right to fuse them together to reveal an upgraded character version.
By logging in every day and completing the quests, one can earn OMA. Lores, the points in the campaign, can be collected by owning Yoki, collecting different characters, merging them and following the leaderboard for updated information about their status. Well-known Japanese companies that are already part of Yoki Origins include CASIO, CANDY GIRL, Kyushu Railway Company and Japan Airlines.
Interestingly, Yoki Origins also provides access to dApps, or decentralized applications. This currently includes Quickswap, Dew, DappRadar, XO and Rarible, with more to come soon. Players can use their Yoki property to explore dApps and their functionality. For example, it gives them access to XO, a dating application.
Astar Network has announced a limited-time campaign that will allow players to double their holdings until March 14, 2024. The promotion is intended to celebrate the launch of Yoki and double the compensation of every player in the ecosystem.
The announcement of its own token, ASTR, has been successful. At the time of writing this article, it is up 2%. ASTR is dancing around $0.1559, reflecting a decline of 1.61% over the past seven days and a decline of 10.99% over the past 30 days.
The development comes days after Astar announced the launch of the mainnet version of zkEVM. The zk-rollup was launched on Ethereum and connected to the Polygon-developed Agglayer. Making the zkEVM public has marked the beginning of a unifying state and liquidity, increasing interoperability between the chains.
It bridges Astar’s ecosystem with Ethereum and Polygon. The commitment is to grow the ecosystem in the coming years by making it easy for additional projects to implement the CDK standard. It has paved the way for easily transferring Ethereum assets to the Astar zk rollup through a unified bridge.