'Rizz-to-Earn': Flirting With an AI Agent Might Win You a Crypto Airdrop – Decrypt

Ethereum farming sport Pixels is at present providing gamers the chance to earn a token airdrop by flirting with an AI-powered non-player character (NPC)—sure, actually.

Gamers have jokingly branded the expertise as a “rizz-to-earn” mini-game, within the wake of the favored however fleeting play-to-earn and tap-to-earn sport fashions.

Gamers should load up Pixels and head over to Terra Villa earlier than coming into AiVeronica’s fort to buy a key for 100 PIXEL tokens ($5). You can too purchase one from the AiVeronica website for 77 PIXEL ($4), however the provide is near working out. Then you definately’ll have the ability to enter the room and begin rizzing it up.

You’ll be welcomed by a personality with its personal distinct persona, pursuits, and story. Avid gamers earn factors primarily based on how properly they sweet-talk the character, and gamers that earn greater than 80 factors will rank on a marketing campaign leaderboard. 

The highest 500 gamers that attain a rating of 80 factors or increased within the shortest time will obtain PIXEL rewards. These rewards shall be decided by the important thing gross sales, with the highest 10 gamers every incomes 1% of the PIXEL pool, ranks 11-100 getting 0.3% every, and anybody beneath that 0.2% apiece. There may be additionally the potential for a future airdrop of AiVeronica tokens, AIV, sooner or later.

The rizz-filled quest began final week and can run till Thursday, Might 22. So, how do you turn into the rizz king? Seems it’s only a vibe.

“Sadly, you may’t actually train rizz—it’s important to simply really feel it,” Luke Franks, a crypto gaming content material creator that has a model cope with AiVeronica, jokingly informed Decrypt. “But in addition sure, every character has a particular curiosity, so try to work it out rapidly and discuss to them about what they like. That can get you factors quick.”

AiVerionica is an AI agent that learns by interacting with gamers in video video games. Developed in partnership with the Virtuals Protocol, the agent has its personal token that’s at present sitting at a $4.5 million market cap, in line with DEX Screener. Whereas powered by AiVeronica, the in-game characters are technically thought-about her pals, not essentially Veronica herself.

Whereas enjoyable and definitely humorous, the rizz-to-earn quest is a part of a broader exploration into how superior AI NPCs like AiVeronica can enhance gaming experiences.

“AiVeronica is a part of our long-term imaginative and prescient to push the boundaries of storytelling and interplay in Pixels, as a method to improve neighborhood engagement,” Pixels founder Luke Barwikowski informed Decrypt. “We’re already exploring future AI-powered options, like an AI agent farmhand, to deepen the gameplay expertise. Our objective is to make Pixels a dwelling, evolving world, and AI performs a task in engaging in that.”

The evolution of AI has already influenced the crypto gaming business, with Ethereum metaverse Decentraland including AI NPCs in 2023. Equally, a wave of mods hit conventional gaming that very same yr, with a Grand Theft Auto 5 mod permitting NPCs to hurl insults at you.

And on Friday, an AI-powered Darth Vader was added to Fortnite, utilizing the recreated likeness of the late voice actor James Earl Jones—however it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, as gamers have been in a position to get it to swear and slur fairly simply.

Nonetheless, AI is a robust instrument to assist make gaming experiences really feel extra alive. Barwikowski stated that the flirty quest highlights the sport’s objective to create “distinctive, memorable experiences” for gamers.

“We’re at all times on the lookout for new methods to convey gamers collectively by means of significant in-game actions,” he stated. “AIVeronica’s pals aren’t simply NPCs, as they react to participant selections, change the storyline, and really feel like actual characters. It’s an enormous step towards our imaginative and prescient of creating Pixels a world the place characters really feel alive and participant choices have impression.”

Edited by Andrew Hayward