Dark Forest

Dark Forest is an MMO strategy game built with zkSNARKs on Ethereum and xDAI. Players explore an infinite, procedurally-generated universe, conquering planets and growing a space empire. Earn NFTs and cryptocurrency prizes for placing in contests that are held periodically.

Inspired by Liu Cixin’s Three Body Trilogy (三体), particularly the second novel Dark Forest and a thought experiment by the same name.

• Super-easy onboarding: A customized burner wallet airdropped with a few cents in xDai lets users start immediately, no MetaMask or other wallet needed.
• Auto-transactions: Burner wallet can be configured for auto-transactions, speeding gameplay.
• zksnarks: The first multi-level incomplete information game created on blockchain. ZK protocols allow users to make verifiable moves with exact details still hidden from other players.
• Fast block confirmations: xDai provides inexpensive txs and importantly fast block confirmations, so gameplay is fast and smooth