Alcatraz is a small island located in the north of San Francisco. It is used to punish players that have infringed Upland’s rules (e.g. multiaccounting). Players that are being sent to Alcatraz are marked with a “J” that stands for “Jail”.

A blockchain is a continuously growing list of data blocks. All data blocks are connected with each other via cryptographic processes. The most famous blockchain is the Bitcoin blockchain.

Players can particiapte in both official and community hosted challenges to win UPX or  other rewards.

Each block explorer has an invisible discovery range that is used to reveal properties so that they can be purchased. That means in order to be able to purchase a property a player needs to bring the block explorer into the discovery range.

Upland is based on the EOS blockchain, more specifially the blockchain protocol called EOS.io. The EOS blockchain is mostly known for very fast transactions that are not charged with any fee.

The Fair State Act (FSA) was implemented to reserve a percentage of properties for new players with a net worth below 100k UPX. Players with a net worth of 100k UPX or above will not be able to directly buy FSA properties. Each city in Upland will be categorized in one of the three categories:

• High End (approx. 15% reserved for FSA)
• Middle Tier (approx. 50% reserved for FSA)
• Affordable (approx. 75% reserved for FSA)

The term fiat money describes a currency that is used as a medium of exchange and most often regulated by a goverment. The intrinsic value of fiat money needs to be managed by a goverment as it is not bound to any other store of value such as gold.

Properties that are listed for sale will be included in Upland’s integrated marketplace.

NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token and is a cryptographic token used to represent a specific, unique and not mutually interchangeable asset. NFTs are used to manage digital ownership of assets and allow the use of interoperability across various platforms.

Player status level represent the progress of a player in the Upland. Every player starts as a “visitor” and can upgrade the level by increasing the net worth to unlock special rewards.

In the current version of Upland, players receive a rent from their properties that is paid by the Community UPX Pool. Recurrent earnings is the technical term for this rental income that can be collected in the game.

Sends currently represent the fuel for travelling by foot in Upland. They can be found in form of paper planes.

Tilia Pay is a product of Tilia, inc. and is used in Upland to sell NFTs for fiat money.

The trail is a marker that shows the directional path from the last visited places of your block explorer.

UPX (pronounced UP-EX) is Upland’s digital currency. It is used for in-game purchases of goods and services.