The hype is building up quite quickly..

Can you give an estimated launch date of the game itself?

Yea.. forum activity and participation of prominent members also on the decline. I think there is overall disappointment that the database and GUI, which were just around the corner two months ago are still not here. I guess the majority of investors are in the red, which doesn't add much to the enthusiasm..
I started developing a service based on XMR, but put it on hold until I see clear signs that things are going in the right direction.

A three week turnaround for coding all these ideas sounds pretty quick, how many people do you have working on this?

Am I right in saying there will almost be two games in this, a MMO game of civ that collectively all players play and then a meta game of managing the specific plot of land that you own?

Regarding theme, your game is called crypto kingdom, shouldn't there be more made of the the fact it is funded by a crypto currency. Because at the moment it's the equivalent of naming your game "Sid Miers Fiat World" just because of the way you buy the game.

If you want to increase the theme, you could add Millie farms into the game, or ask players to crack simple maths problems to access certain areas, or if you want to really push the envelope you could add a evil banking cartel to the game as a sort of antagonist.

Would you consider a way of tipping the owners of a house  with Millies if it is offering a good service to the community?

if this ends up incorporating civ-like features that would be awesome!

Risto giving liquidity to the market (also ask walls)

Do you have a design team working on this game already, if someone would like to join what kind of vacancies are available?

What code are you planning to use to run this bad boy? HTML5 or something like C# so it can be easily ported to app in future. The reason I say this is that I feel apps are best for social interactions as they allow players to be highly mobile and not stuck at a PC while playing.

Will it be a 2d map that allowed players to enter 3d rooms or will it be all 2d?

I fear that your plan of offering in game money for time spent playing encourages bots and multi accounts to harvest gold. Instead have you considered a way of offering the players regular tasks to earn gold in the same way Moshi Monsters offers players simple Maths and English in exchange for their ingame currency.

Have you already mocked up this game in Excel? Is it functional or did you just do the hard math in it?

What is the contingency for you being rendered unable to play the game by any means, this means that all the gold / XMR will be held by you and no one will be able to finance the development anymore.

What is your preferred method of allowing new players (who understand that the XMR invested in this game is dead money) to purchase XMR, will there be a link to a XMR exchange or will you have your own USD / XMR website nearby where players can quickly convert?

#2 is waiting for necessary improvements for XMR to be able to be used by The Drooling Masses®.  Although I am one of The Drooling Masses I have been able to mine and use XMR due to motivation.

Seriously, if it's a game, have some rules on how anyone can become a king based on game merit

The king deleted my comment, the king don't like criticism..

As as was telling you in Poloniex chat, if you need any beta testers let me know.

Crypto Kingdom


Gameworld

Crypto Kingdom is a virtual world that uses Monero(XMR) as money. The "main screen" is a map of square plots with a similar look to the main map of Civilization 1 from 1991. The whole game is a tongue-in-cheek retro style with pixelated graphics and music of the era. By clicking to one of the several buildings or attractions, the player first arrived to a pixel-art "building facade view", and then gets to "rooms" where he can perform actions.

The main action in each room is Trollbox, where players can chat, tip money, drink various beverages, give reputation, play simple games etc. Some of the rooms have special features such as dice games, links to information resources or news, advertisements, faucets, businesses. Some are private houses of wealthy citizens, meeting places of guilds, and the King's castle is there also. The facade view and room view wallpapers are different for each house and room. New features will constantly be added with the focus on playability, not on graphics. Owners of buildings can also add functional features to their buildings, even make them income generating. Only rich people will own houses, it is also possible to rent, and even that is not a requirement. Markets are free and not regulated.

The land is a limited resource, giving rise to real estate speculation. The most prestigious lots may be valued very high in the initial auction and the aftermarket. New land will be claimed for the town according to the Town Council's decisions, zoned and auctioned, when it seems profitable to do it. There is an absolute cost that the game must pay to the Monero development donation address for each metre of new city wall constructed. This sets the minimum value for new land before it can be claimed.

Economy

The ingame currency is millies (0.001 XMR), and it's possible to play with only ingame faucets and giveaways, but to get something real going, the account needs to be funded. This is possible with BTC and XMR. Due to legal reasons, winnings cannot be paid out, but the town is full of people that can exchange ingame value for real life value, just as in other similar games such as EVE Online, and p2p exchange is the way to go and part of the thrill of the gameplay.

In addition to millies, there is a known quantity of Gold, partly even the owners are known. Gold represents the votepower and "ownership" of the Town Council, the game world, the "company" itself. When the Town Council runs a surplus (by zoning land, for example), the excess millies are distributed to the Gold owners as ingame dividends. Gold/millies market exists. New gold comes to the game constantly, diluting the ownership of the previous owners. This amount of new gold is tied to the total amount of time the players collectively play the game, and is randomly awarded to the players one coin at a time. Each hour played generates $0.xx worth of Gold. With 1,000 Gold, the player is eligible to take a seat in the Town Council and decide over matters of the gameworld. With 10,000 Gold, the King has no choice but to raise the player to Baronhood.

Character

Players have a character that, after the introductory levels, can take one of 5 career paths - Servants of the King (moderators and such), Engineers (game developers, also get a cut of ingame construction), Merchants (businessmen and people who want to pay to play), Scholars (wise people having an academic profession, and knowers of Bitcoin and Monero) and Artesans (handy townspeople who spend the time in taverns and earn when there is building going on in town). Each path has several levels with increasing perks and prestige.

The most advanced players in each path may be promoted to Nobility, again of different levels. Nobility owns large palaces in the most prestigious areas, and huge stashes of Gold. They may converse with the King, and when visiting drinkhouses, they always drink wine, which is 10 times more expensive than beer, and gives the tavernkeeper a good income. Or just entertain each other in their palaces and plan new businesses for Cryptocurrency's advancement.

Although there is no avatar, the profile page of a player can be accessed by clicking his name in the chat. That lists the picture, whatever the person wants to say, and his achievements in numeral lists, Badges, Medals, Honors, and Orders. The game has numerous ways to keep track of achievement, so each player may decide to excel in something, even if he lacks the resources to attain the cream of the society.

To Whom And Why

The game is directly playable in a browser and no questions are asked, also no deposit needs to be made. It can be started with never putting money in, and in fact 90% of the players are expected to do so, working from rags to... middle class, at least. 1% of the remaining 10% is expected to pay 90% of all income to the game. They also get promoted to the highest powers.

The game is developed especially to be a way to increase popular (small holder) interest towards Monero, but it will include many bonuses for MEW members joining. The ways how Monero (and any cryptocurrency whose holders gain presence in the game) can be promoted to the players are very many: information, chat, games, forum links, ways to invite other people in the game and give them a starting stash are just some.

Schedule

Estimate for a playable version consisting of basic functionality of Main map, Player mgmt, Funding the Acct, Wallpapers, Trollbox = 3 weeks from the start of coding. Estimate comes from the developer team.

Call To Crowdfunding Action

No companies or anything will be established, this is a virtual world, with account funded only by cryptocurrencies, and no official cashout possible. The initial quantity of Gold in the game is 1,000,000 Gold, and the amount will grow only very slowly until the game has thousands of players. As King, I will retain half of the gold, and half (500,000 Gold) will be sold to finance the development. The proceeds go to Town Council, which is owned in proportion to ownership of Gold. If - what is very much possible - the whole sum is not needed until the game turns profitable, it will be distributed as dividends, such as all profits.

Price of 1 Gold is 0.1 XMR, and the minimum quantity that can be purchased is 1,000 Gold = 100 XMR. Smaller quantities can be purchased ingame. This works out as 50,000 XMR crowdfunding round and 100,000 XMR valuation for the whole game.

If you are interested in crowdfunding-like exchanging totally immaterial and virtual and ridiculous and valueless XMR crypto"currency" (ever since 2014-4-18, almost half a year!) to totally immaterial and virtual and ridiculous and valueless Kingdom game ingame "Gold" (ever since next week) at a conversion rate above, indicate your interest below. (10,000 Gold gets you into Nobility as a Baron, more for higher.) Gold is sold while supplies last, and IF it is sold out fast, I will try to distribute it wider by cutting the subscriptions, but price will not be raised. If it sells a little only, so that I need to cut the price, the discount applies to all. Every right to do whatever else is retained as well.

I am happy to answer any questions!


Disclaimer

No actual money will ever be involved in this game in any form, so we totally disclaim any responsibility to even care what anyone might wish to require concerning the use of money, anywhere. This is a totally voluntary, NO MONEY INVOLVED, venture. If you feel the XMR or BTC you fund your account have any value, DON*T DO IT. If you feel you have no right or qualification to play this game, DON*T.

Long term suggestion would be some kind of in-game crowdfunding (or economy) for new building new content, which would make the game self-sustaining and unlimited in scope.

May I suggest that the probably be changed to never.

I don't consider being able to freely vote as being equal to big holders supporting the "hobby-participation" of the smaller ones.

One man's hobby is another man's life.

To give weight to the vote, it is possible to attach a conditional resignation to the vote. If the result comes against such voter, he is automatically resigned from MEW as a result and refunded. If the vote was concerning spending and the voter was against it, his refund is calculated prior to the spending takes place. It is not possible to revert such resignation except by applying membership anew.
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The size of GF divided by the number of votes outstanding, gives the net asset value (NAV) per vote. In the event that a member's number of votes is reduced, the NAV for the votes surrendered is refunded to the member.