Realis Network (LIS): Connecting Game Economy with the Real World

The traditional gaming world undeniably has a huge market, but those games have thus far been disconnected from the digital world. As a result, games created on a blockchain generally have a limited audience and have not been widely adopted. Now, there is a platform that has been specifically designed to integrate these worlds and to connect game economy with real life for a truly immersive, next-level gaming experience.

What Is Realis Network?

Mobile games have been incredibly popular in recent years, but most of them have not been integrated with DeFi or blockchain. They have also not taken advantage of NFT components. Realis Network allows game developers to take full advantage of the mass market associated with traditional gaming while launching mobile games on the blockchain. More than that, it is specifically designed so that users of this network can have an ownership interest in the games that they enjoy playing. By doing so, Realis Network connects the real world to the game economy and fosters greater immersion for its users.

History of Realis Network

Before Realis Network was launched, its founder, Sergey Zasorin, founded a project called CryptoSoul back in 2017. CryptoSoul was a popular mobile game studio that launched Merge Cats in 2018 and Crypto Dragons in 2020, gaining a combined total of more than 800,000 users by 2021. After gaining more experience in the game development industry, the CryptoSoul team decided that they were finally ready to take on a much larger project — Legend of Listeria. This game was its very first idea, but as the team didn’t have enough resources back in 2017, they were unable to develop it. With an expanded team, CryptoSoul rebranded and launched Realis Network in January 2021. 

How Does Realis Network Work?

Realis Network is heavily rooted in gameplay. As users play the Realis Network games, they can acquire skills, skins and other resources. They may also earn LIS tokens and other in-game assets, have access to lootboxes and more. As tokens earned in gameplay can be staked for additional rewards and access to governance voting rights, Realis Network provides its users the ability to have a share in the ownership and development of its gaming platform. In addition, players are able to buy and sell NFTs on the network’s marketplace to elevate their gameplay in various ways. NFTs can also be moved to the user’s personal wallet.

Features of Realis Network

The primary features of the Realis Network are its play-to-earn games. However, the network offers other key features as well, including NFT game assets, an NFT Marketplace and DAO governance. A closer look at these features will reveal the impacts they have on the user experience.

Games

Several play-to-earn mobile games have already been launched on Realis Network. The multiple games each offer a different gaming experience, but they all use tokenized in-game currency and in-game assets. Depending on the game, the plot may center around history, movies, mythology and other themes. Users are encouraged to complete tasks, advance to the next level and earn more tokens.

Crypto Cats

Crypto Cats is one of the multiple games that has launched on Realis Network. Through gameplay, users can acquire different cat NFTs which can be used in the game or stored in users’ personal wallets. While the game has one specific goal for users to achieve, there are numerous minor goals that enrich the gaming experience. Users are able to earn tokens through spins, accessing capsules, achieving minor goals and more. They can also develop skills and reach a higher level through gameplay.

Crypto Dragons

Crypto Dragons is similar to Crypto Cats in its tokenization, goals, leveling up and more. Crypto Dragons uses dragon NFTs and encourages players to explore different worlds, complete challenges and more. Along with Crypto Cats, Crypto Dragons supports the entire ecosystem of Realis Network. The LIS tokens earned in this game and Crypto Cats can be used for staking, in-game purchases, DAO governance and more.

Legends of Listeria

Legends of Listeria is a dynamic multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that puts a team of three players against another three-player team or an artificial intelligence team. Each battle lasts approximately three minutes, and winners may be rewarded with additional skills, special items, skins and other in-game items. Each player on a team brings their own skills and characteristics to the battle. Legends of Listeria is regularly updated with new game modes and special events, giving users an exciting and new experience of gameplay with each passing day. There are also qualifications built into the game that enable players to enter global tournaments. For users who win tournaments, they will be rewarded with LIS tokens.

NFT Game Assets

There are multiple types of NFT game assets that a user can obtain on Realis Network — unique skins, tournament tickets, limited edition items, lootboxes and battle passes. Users can transfer their NFT assets into their personal wallet at any given moment, enabling them to truly own these in-game assets.

You can even create your own unique NFT by combining three NFTs. These NFTs can be used in the games that you play and they often have unique characteristics that boost your character’s abilities or change the visual appearance of them. 

These NFTs are categorized in terms of their rarity — Unique, Common, Rare, Epic and Legendary. If you were to combine three NFTs to create a new unique NFT, the original three NFTs will be burned and the new NFT will take on a rarity type of Common, Rare, Epic or Legendary.

NFT Marketplace

Realis Network has an in-game NFT Marketplace that allows users to buy and sell in-game assets including NFTs without incurring any transaction fees or gas. These assets are paid for with the network’s native token, LIS. With the NFT Marketplace, users will be able to trade for better NFTs for their in-game character or simply sell their existing NFT game assets for a profit. 

DAO

Realis Network is designed so that its users have an ownership interest in the network. LIS tokens earned in gameplay can be staked. These staked tokens give the user voting rights to create new proposals for improvements to the network. Those with voting rights may also be able to take on a management position and have a stronger influence on the ecosystem’s future.

Realis Network Road Map

Realis Network has evolved considerably since it was originally introduced as CryptoSoul in 2017. In April 2018, Merge Cats was launched. Two years later in September 2020, Crypto Dragons launched, and this was followed by the founding of Realis Network in January 2021. Only a month later, Legends of Listeria debuted and went through various testing steps. 

In the last quarter of 2022, the Realis Network passed an audit by CertiK, LIS became available for staking, the development of the NFT Battler game began and the testnet of the NFT Marketplace launched. 

In 2023, the team pushed forward with the official mainnet launch of the NFT Marketplace. It is currently still working on developing the NFT Battler game and starting the development of a new Merge game. 

Looking forward, Realis Network will continue to enhance its current games and introduce additional games to its users. Because of the network’s community governance, additional updates can be suggested and voted on by LIS stakers with voting rights.

LIS Tokenomics

The native token of Realis Network is LIS. There is a total and maximum supply of 3 billion LIS tokens. LIS powers the network’s economy and allows for organic interactivity within the network by the users. You can earn LIS tokens by playing Realis Network games or purchasing them on exchanges. LIS tokens are also earned through qualifying and winning in-game tournaments. In addition, if you choose to stake your LIS tokens, you will be rewarded with more LIS tokens.

LIS Price Prediction

The current price of LIS is $0.022 (as of Feb 24, 2023). Over the next several years, experts anticipate the token’s value to double several times over. By the end of 2024, PricePrediction believes that LIS price will hit $0.054. In 2025, the value may reach $0.075. By the end of 2028, the LIS price could hit $0.23 and it could double to $0.52 by 2030. Volatility is common with cryptocurrency prices. While these average anticipated prices show an overall upward projection through 2030, there likely will be day-to-day fluctuations. As such, it’s important that you do your own research before taking the plunge into investing crypto.

Where to Buy LIS

While you can earn LIS tokens in Realis Network’s play-to-earn games, you can also purchase LIS on several platforms. One of these platforms is Bybit. Specifically, LIS is available on Bybit’s Spot Trading platform. 

To celebrate the addition of LIS to Bybit, Bybit is running two special events that can reward you for depositing your LIS tokens. 

First, from now till Feb 24, 2023, 11:59 UTC, by depositing 1,000 LIS into a Bybit Spot account, you may receive 10 NEAR tokens while supplies last. 

Second, from now till Feb 27, 2023, 11:59 UTC, if you make a LIS/USDT Spot trade with a minimum of 100 USDT, you could receive 5 NEAR tokens while supplies last.

To get started, simply create a Bybit account and fund it.

Is LIS a Good Investment?

Once you have LIS tokens, you must decide whether you should hang onto them or trade them. If you hold your tokens, you could stake them to earn a regular reward of more LIS tokens and gain a percentage of the community’s governance power. You could also use your tokens in the game. This may elevate your gameplay as you acquire different skills, skins and more with your LIS tokens. 

In both cases, you may acquire more tokens by holding them or using them. In addition, the value of LIS tokens is expected to gradually trend upward on average. In fact, the value is expected to rise from a current price of $0.023 to $0.23 in the next five years. With this in mind, it may make financial sense for some users to hold at least some of the LIS tokens that they earn in the game for long-term financial gains.

Closing Thoughts

Realis Network has taken the evolution of mobile gaming to the next level with its innovative use of blockchain technology. In addition to enjoying the challenge of playing the network’s current games, you could earn tokens and participate in the continued development of this network through staking. With this in mind, consider trying your skills with one of the Realis Network games today to get started.