I heard about this game and though "oh cool" then I went into it and was like "umm wow ok" I don't even understand how to play. What must I even do. I just see a map and when a tap buildings it shows me the cost. Is there not a really easy noob guide ? Even with the held I read I still struggle.
It's true that now is a challenging time to enter; this is due to:
- The whole power structure is being re-written at
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.16199489 and forth
- Due to the fundamental changes in game, the game time is currently paused. The only place that really functions at the moment is the Agora market (can be found from the drop-down menu).
I've also noticed several quick visits to the IRC recently, unfortunately they've been during time zones that I am asleep and usually you need to give more than 5 minutes for somebody to answer. But two questions I happened to catch:
- Yes, game deposit and withdrawal should work. Type in IRC "/query saddam -Freenode" to inquire him about it, as saddam is responsible for this aspect.
- Unfortunately the game time is paused, and there are two factors that affect when it will be resumed but no precise time has been announced:
a) The above linked constitution, which is well in making, but is rather boring for a new player to read and is really about the 2 year players figuring out how to divide power in a feasible manner
b) A game mechanic module, basicly an "expansion" in game terms, called
Clans is on the way, but it has not yet been deployed albeit parts of it are available on the test server. Since Clans will revamp multiple important aspects of the game such as NPC consumption (vegetables/meat/wines/beer/mead/mushrooms/etc) it will be deployed only when the roughest edges have been smoothed.
I hope that helps with some questions. If Agora is enough and you got an initial deposit, it's right now interesting to speculate on following products for example: HM02B100 (gold worth definition de facto), CK (a voting right token that gives in-game political and/or economical power), STO1 and BLD once construction of buildings continues when game time resumes (as they are key ingredients), shares of companies that are ready to start taking advantage of new emerging markets (I am biased as I run couple companies, so I will not mention any). Hope this helps.
EDIT:
Something I just realized, as somebody pointed it out in the past, is that the menu system CK uses is not intuitive to all. If you only click on the "Crypto Kingdom" -logo on top left, you indeed are just taken on the main square map. You might actually miss the whole game because of it. See below where the menu is opened (it is not open by default):