How’s this for a unique concoction? A video game that is playable within a Discord chat server, is being built using generative AI tools, and even taps into Solana NFTs and tokens for player-owned assets and rewards.

What it adds up to is Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos, a game that’s being built using both AI and blockchain to deliver engaging, persistent experiences within the familiar, interactive chat window of a Discord server. Decrypt saw the game in action at the recent Solana PlayGG event in San Diego.

“Discord has a few advantages for building social games,” Creative Director Alex Finden told Decrypt. “One of those is that all of the game activities happen in this interactive environment that people are already very comfortable with,” he added, further explaining that the platform makes it easy for players to spectate and challenge each other.

Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos is a text and turn-based role-playing game (RPG), which holds its battles in a fantasy world via the game’s official Discord server. It also uses the Solana blockchain for its NFT-based items, including in-game characters.

“Nearly every in-game asset earned or purchased is optionally mintable as an NFT on Solana,” Finden said. “Any player can mint their assets from in-game menus with no blockchain knowledge or experience required,” he said, adding that a launch date for the assets has not yet been determined.

Image: Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos
The inaugural NFT collection for the game will be called the Alchemy: Gods collection. Players can collect one of 5,000 unique Alchemy Gods, and accrue the soon-to-be-introduced Solana-based token SPIRIT through a new faction-based gameplay mode.

Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos was among five winners of the Solana Foundation’s NFT Showdown in June. At SolanaPlayGG, Finden unveiled its Land Shard NFTs.

Solana was already a popular destination for NFTs and digital collectibles. Now, the Solana Foundation and Solana Labs aim to make it the destination for gaming, thanks to initiatives like last week’s PlayGG event in San Diego and the upcoming GameShift toolkit for developers.

Discord gaming

Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos players take on the role of a Descendant as a mage, squire, cleric, or rogue, and can play against an AI-controlled opponent or join player-vs-player (PvP) battles against other users.

Gaming via Discord servers is not a totally new concept. Other text-based games on the platform include IdleRPG, PokeMeow, and the classic game of chess. However, Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos opts for a distinctive hybrid approach, looping in crypto assets while also tapping into generative AI smarts.

Discord offers several tools for developers, Finden explained, including APIs that make creating and deploying games quickly very easy. An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other.

“We can turn around game modes and our fantasy RPG in about two weeks,” Finden said, “because of all of the tools that Discord allows us.”

Image: Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos
Finden said two types of players are most interested in Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos—the classic turn-based strategy player that wants to be competitive with the game, and the Web3 die-hard that wants to come in, have power over the world, influence the players, and see if they can capitalize on some value that the ecosystem has generated.

“We’ve designed the game modes and the tradable assets in the game in a way where the Web3 players and the Web2 players create this circular economy,” Finden said, emphasizing that no cryptocurrency needs to be spent to play on Discord.

Much of the computational work is done on a server that operates in the background, and the team leverages Discord’s scalability to circumvent any network congestion on the platform.

“The demand is minimal as the files are extremely small, especially when compared to larger 3D-model games,” Finden said. “As such, server capacity and scalability are not an issue for us.”

AI assistance

Since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot and the generative art platform Midjourney, advances in generative AI have enabled creators to generate dialogue and images for adventure games quickly with minimal skill. Finden said AI has allowed the small team to produce a volume of content that traditionally would have taken a robust squad of artists.

“We have two options. We can either hire a full art studio, which takes a lot of time and iteration to nail our vision,” he said, “or I can just get really good at using the prompts to allow AI to create the vision that I have.”

AI has become integral to the game, Finden said. Midjourney is considered a co-creator because some of the creative ideas the AI tool spits out end up finding their way into the world that the Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos team is creating.

“We’re using Midjourney prompts to create art on demand; we also pre-create a lot of the art and layer it in based on the decisions that the player makes,” Finden said. “On the chat side, we use OpenAI to power our NPCs in a way that gives them some creativity in their character.”

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Alchemy: Battle for Ankhos uses AI prompts to hone the character’s behavior and ensure the story progresses in the desired direction.

“We give them some creative control,” Finden said, “so that each time a player goes into this world, they get a slightly different experience.”

Finden said that what intrigues him about the potential of AI in gaming is the idea of having a fully generative dungeon master-type entity that takes players on quests. That’s the long-term goal, but even with a tiny team, Finden believes it’s possible using this unique development model.

“I’m really excited to see what happens when we allow for that,” he said. “I think hopefully we can see that in the future. But it’s going to be an adventure to get there.”

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Say hello to the first-ever Japanese-themed NFT cross-chain marketplace, built for NFT lovers by NFT enthusiasts.

PolkaFantasy is a holistic GameFi ecosystem integrated with metaverse and play-to-earn mechanisms and multichain solutions to create a seamless NFT gaming experience for anime lovers, collectors, and gamers across the globe to connect, interact and have fun. PolkaFantasy endeavors to bridge the divide between the conventional Web2 and the state-of-the-art Web3, not solely by providing an exceptional gaming experience but by embracing the Animation, Comic, and Games (ACG) culture. By doing so, PolkaFantasy aims to create an all-inclusive and welcoming environment that allows individuals to effortlessly immerse themselves in the exhilarating realm of blockchain gaming. Collaborating with top-tier artists, Hiroshi Kamiya, Yuki Kaji, Enako, and PolkaFantasy is setting a high standard for blockchain games to attract both crypto and non-crypto game enthusiasts.

In addition to the integration of Play-and-Earn mechanisms, PolkaFantasy targets to acquire gamers from the traditional market and bring them into the blockchain gaming world.

1. Blockchain Games: Create games that aspire all game lovers with Free-to-play mechanism

2. FantasyPad: The next-gen launchpad to bridge traditional gaming studios into web3

3. Game Marketplace: A go-to place where people share their passion for art and gaming.

4. Art NFT marketplace: A well-designed place to access premium collections and trade seamlessly on different chains
5. NFT Wallet: Supporting various ERC standards from ERC-20, ERC-21, and ERC-1155 on Ethereum and Polygon networks.

What makes PolkaFantasy become one of the hottest names in Japan❓

$4.3M revenue from Genesis NFT sales
Organic 88x pre-IDO price despite bleak market
Surpassed 2500 users for game tests
More than 8,100 NFTs sold out in an hour

🌟 24 HOURS REFUND FOR GAMEFI.ORG USERS

Instead of a 1-Hour Refund Policy, IDO participants can choose whether to Claim Purchased Tokens or Request a Refund within 24 HOURS after token listing or claiming time, whichever is later.

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Voxel artists and creators can now bring their favorite heroes and villains to life and earn SAND tokens for doing so.

Prepare to showcase your VoxEdit skills in the Heroes vs. Villains contest

The Sandbox (TSB), a leading user-generated metaverse, is back with another VoxEdit contest. This time, aspiring artists and creators are tasked to bring their favorite heroes and villains to life for a chance at a 15,000 SAND prize pool.

According to The Sandbox, participants will get to create not one, but two remarkable NFTs – an awe-inspiring hero and a wickedly intriguing villain – to be deployed in the metaverse. The 15,000 SAND will be split among the top entries. It should be noted that the top 5 winners will be able to mint their NFTs and sell them on the TSB Marketplace.

1st place: 6,000 SAND.
2nd place: 3,500 SAND.
3rd place: 2,000 SAND.
4th to 10th place: 500 SAND each.
The event is now open for submission through July 2nd, 11:59 pm (UTC), with the results to be announced between July 3rd and 22nd. Creators must submit their entry as a GIF, tweet their asset’s GIF, tag @VoxEdit and @TheSandboxGame, and include #VoxEditWeekly hashtags in their tweets. To complete their submissions, participants must also fill in this form.

Each asset will be judged based on the 5 criteria below:

Creativity: How creative was the asset based on the theme?
Usability: How well does the asset perform in other games?
Optimization: Is the asset optimized for use in The Sandbox?
Detailing: The level of detail on the asset.
Quality of Animation: Were new animations added, and how good are they?

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Infrastructure startup Thirdweb has appointed former Facebook executive Atif Khan as its new Vice President of Gaming in a bid to accelerate the growth of the Web3 gaming industry—and the firm recently built a game from scratch to demonstrate its capabilities.

The San Francisco-based startup offers a Web3 infrastructure toolkit for developers to build a suite of decentralized applications, from blockchain games to NFTs, DAOs, and more. The firm raised a $24 million Series A round at a $160 million valuation in August 2022 from investors including Haun Ventures, Polygon Labs, Coinbase Ventures, and Shopify.

Khan spent eight years at Facebook, most recently serving as Head of Mid-Market & In-App Ads for Global Gaming, before leaving in 2021 and taking the Chief Operating Officer role at Web3 gaming infrastructure firm Stardust.

Speaking exclusively to Decrypt, Khan shared that one of the major attractions in joining Thirdweb was the opportunity to “sell the full stack to a game developer.”

The mechanics of Web3 game building requires developers to access programs and tools such as RPC nodes, asset minting, wallet creation, payments processing, marketplace creation, API and game engine tools, and more. These services are often sourced from different providers, according to Khan, but Thirdweb aims to simplify the process.

“We want to build a great, one-stop shop tool that is comprehensive,” said Khan, “so that developers don’t have to go to seven or eight different places.”

But while Thirdweb will offer that full-stack option, it’s also willing to meet game developers’ needs for specific pieces of the puzzle. For example, if a studio opts to use a different RPC node or index relay provider, then Thirdweb can fill in the gaps. “We provide that flexibility,” he said.

“Game developers are starting to realize that users want modularity, they want choice,” Khan added. “You don’t need to be stuck or locked into one wallet–whether a smart, local, custodial, or non-custodial. Users have different preferences.”

As a demonstration of its toolkit’s capabilities, Thirdweb recently spent three weeks building an on-chain survival action game titled Web3 Warriors. The game, launched on the testnet for Base—am Ethereum layer-2 scaling network developed by Coinbase—attracted over 500 unique players and recorded 1,000 sessions in less than seven days, the firm said.

Akin to Reddit’s launch of digital collectibles, Thirdweb deployed a trojan horse strategy, prioritizing gameplay familiarity and user enjoyment while incorporating blockchain features such as non-custodial wallets, in-game battle tokens, and cosmetic skins as NFTs on the backend. In other words: fun first, crypto second.

In Khan’s view, some of the major pitfalls of the play-to-earn model—which skyrocketed in 2021 and then largely cratered last year—centered around the friction gamers felt navigating the complexities of the blockchain, as well as the model’s inherent focus on monetary reward via crypto tokens. More and more recently, Web3 game developers are talking about emphasizing fun and entertainment above all.

“I think over the next 18 months, we’ll start to see a lot less talk about the blockchain perspective,” he predicted, “and more about what the blockchain is actually bringing in terms of value to users and developers on both sides.”

Khan grew up playing an eclectic mix of games, from simulation games like Empire, Civilization, and The Sims to sports titles like FIFA and the first-person shooters GoldenEye 007 and Halo. Nowadays, the father of two tends to venture towards word-based games.

“When I look at mobile phones and the moment that they started to take off, a lot of that was to do with games,” he said. “What’s special about those games like Candy Crush is the community and social aspect.”

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“I think everybody’s waiting for those AAA-type games like [Deadrop] and Shrapnel to launch,” he said of the Web3 gaming space, but added that “casual, free-to-play mobile games are the type of fun games that are going to help take this industry to the next level.”

Khan believes that Web3-native casual mobile games will serve as the catalyst for mainstream adoption, surpassing traditional mobile games that incorporate the technology. But ultimately, he’s keen on bringing Thirdweb’s tools to all sorts of crypto-infused experiences.

“We want to become the best, most comprehensive dev tool,” he said, “not only in gaming, but across Web3.”

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According to Chris Watkins, the co-founder and CEO of the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Digital Arms, many of the Web3 games developed in the last bull cycle were not only seemingly rushed but “lacked the essential element of fun,” hence they ultimately failed. Watkins also argued that the few games which did gain traction “relied on the allure of making money” which is not a sustainable model.

Web3 Gaming Not a Passing Fad

However, in his written answers sent to Bitcoin.com News, the Digital Arms CEO insisted that the industry’s focus has shifted back to making games with experiences and benefits which cannot be matched by traditional gaming. This shift in turn means Web3 gaming “is really just getting started” and may not be a passing fad as claimed by some critics, Watkins added.

Concerning his platform’s reported collaboration with the firearms industry, the CEO disclosed that this was made possible by the fact that some of Digital Arms’ founding members, including himself, are veterans of the gun industry. Watkins also shared his thoughts on Apple’s augmented reality headset and how this is likely to be a game changer for the Web3 gaming industry.

Below are Watkins’ answers to the questions sent to him via Telegram.

Bitcoin.com News (BCN): What benefits do gamers have when they buy in-game non-fungible tokens (NFTs) versus traditional in-game assets?

Chris Watkins (CW): The main advantage here is the true ownership and traceability of the assets. As Esports and the fanbase of popular leagues grow, the potential to buy and trade firearms used by your favorite Pro gamer is just one of the many exciting use cases.

BCN: According to a recent report by Polaris Market Research, the worldwide blockchain gaming market size is expected to reach over $1 trillion by 2032, up from an estimated $5.4 billion in 2022. What key emerging trends do you see that will shape the future of Web3 gaming?

CW: A prominent trend is the blending of real-world brands with the gaming scene, through either advertising rights or branded playable assets. Blockchain technology serves as the crucial link, unlocking new revenue streams for game developers via NFT licensing rights. As this trend progresses, I predict a surge in games integrating NFTs so seamlessly that players may not even realize they’re purchasing and trading these unique digital assets.

BCN: Over the last few years, the Web3 gaming industry has experimented with play-to-earn, play-and-earn and a bunch of other models to attract players. Even though some Web3 games have gained traction, we have not yet landed upon a sustainable model that appeals to both players and game developers. What makes you believe that Web3 gaming is more than just a fad?

CW: Games developed during the last bull run cycle often appeared rushed and lacked the essential element of fun. Those that did gain traction primarily relied on the allure of making money. This model is not sustainable in the long run as it depends on a continuous flow of players willing to spend. However, I’m seeing many emerging game developers creating high-quality, entertaining games with incorporated play-to-earn aspects. The focus is shifting back to making games that are fun to play and offer unique experiences and benefits that traditional gaming can’t match. In my opinion, Web3 gaming is really just getting started – exciting times ahead!

BCN: Your company Digital Arms is reportedly the only NFT marketplace where gamers can buy, sell, and customize licensed digital firearms from the world’s leading brands. Can you explain why the firearms industry chose Digital Arms and why they can or can’t sell their IP on other NFT marketplaces?

CW: The founding members of Digital Arms and I have over 25 years of experience in the firearms industry. We’ve built trust with leading brands and they’ve chosen us to guide them into the blockchain and digital collectable arena. We uphold their brand with high respect and ensure it’s delivered in a manner that aligns with their company image. No other marketplace or platform has our unique understanding of the firearms industry. Hence, the need for a unique marketplace like Digital Arms. You wouldn’t go to eBay or Amazon to buy a firearm, right?

BCN: Self-expression through customization has been a part of video games for as long as we can remember. It would seem like there is an attractive opportunity for the firearm and hunting industries in the Web3 gaming realm. What challenges, in your opinion, do such brands face in bringing digital firearms to Web3 games, especially considering the firearms industry is heavily regulated in most parts of the world?

CW: Maintaining a positive public image is very important to the firearms industry. The challenge is to ensure their products and branding are portrayed respectfully by game developers. As for firearm regulations, this is the exciting part. We are dealing with digital assets, not the actual firearm. Gamers in restricted regions now can own a piece of the brand. Digital Arms is producing limited edition, authentic IP-licensed NFT digital collectibles crafted from the original 3D CAD files used in the actual manufacturing of the firearm.

BCN: Do you think Web3 gaming could become an attractive revenue stream for firearms manufacturers — or physical goods brands, in general — in the near future?

CW: Yes, 100%! It’s already happening and is not limited to just firearms but many other in-game items and equipment.

BCN: Apple has just launched an innovative augmented reality headset called Apple Vision Pro. What role could such devices, assuming they become popular among gamers, play in the evolution of the Web3 gaming industry?

CW: Apple is leading the way, that’s for sure! This development is going to change the way we interact and play games in the future. Augmented reality can create immersive gaming experiences, combining digital items, such as our firearm NFTs, opens up a new world of possibilities.

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My Neighbor Alice, the web3 farming and building game reminiscent of Stardew Valley, prepares to launch into season 3 of their alpha. And this season brings a number of big updates, including crafting, connection to the Chromia appnet, and a free trial system for players who don’t own any land plots for the game!

Customization is the theme of season 3. After already introducing resource gathering through activities such as fishing and farming, My Neighbor Alice is now ready to open up crafting in their game. Players will have access to a new crafting system, allowing them to create wearable items for their avatars and decorations for their land plots.

At the end of Alpha Season 3, all reward items and items that players crafted using ALICE tokens will migrate to Season 4 with no action required by the player. However, all other items will be wiped for the next phase.

This season also brings a partnership with the real life brand Elle. Players will be able to engage in special quests and earn Elle branded, decorative item NFTs from the “MOTS D’AMOUR” collection.

Participants can play for free in season 3 via a borrowing system. This system lets players make use of a free, though limited, parcel of land from the Alice Foundation. Players will need a WalletConnect compatible wallet for authentication. If this is something that you are interested in, you may want to fill out the pre-registration form. It seems like they may have limited slots available for this playtest.

Season 3 of My Neighbor Alice begins on June 27th and runs through August 8th.

customize your land plot in My Neighbor Alice

Chromia

For this season, My Neighbor Alice is moving to their own appnet on Chromia. This means if you want to use ALICE tokens in-game (such as for crafting exclusive items), they will need to be bridged over from Binance Smart Chain. We’re still waiting on details about this bridge feature. Keep an eye on the Chromia Twitter feed and the social channels for My Neighbor Alice for further into.

Chromia offers several benefits, including free transactions, fast and efficient storage of data, and decentralized game logic. In addition, player sign in and progress are handled entirely on-chain, removing reliance on centralized services such as AWS. Every action performed in the game, such as fishing, farming, crafting, questing, is recorded and validated on the blockchain.

What is My Neighbor Alice?

My Neighbor Alice is a multiplayer blockchain-based building and farming game. Players can own and buy virtual islands and meet friends while building and collecting items. The game is sort of a multiplayer, Stardew Valley. Players grow crops, fish, craft, decorate, and trade. But My Neighbor Alice has quite a bit of complexity to it. For example, each body of water has a different selection of fish in it — with different fish preferring different types of bait!

My Neighbor Alice includes a companion mobile app called Alice’s Wardrobe. Players can decorate their avatar in this app and then save their appearance to the blockchain for use in the main game. They also have their own marketplace, with item transactions using the game’s ALICE token.

My Neighbor Alice is currently in alpha testing.

To learn more about My Neighbor Alice, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord.

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Yuga Labs’ Dookey Dash took flak from some gamers and Web3 skeptics over its pricey NFTs and toilet humor—but hype around the web game led still to $110 million worth of NFT trades, and the winning player sold his reward NFT for $1.63 million worth of Ethereum. Now, Yuga has revealed the next game to spin out of that experience.

Launching on June 29, HV-MTL Forge is a workshop-building game that revolves around the Bored Ape Yacht Club creator’s HV-MTL robot NFTs. Owners of the Sewer Pass NFTs—which were needed to play Dookey Dash—could swap the pass for a HV-MTL mech suit NFT back in March.

Soon, those HV-MTL NFTs can be used to access the Forge game, which challenges players to build up and customize a workshop and try to earn community votes for having the best space. Users can apparently earn customization features along the way, per a teaser video tweeted today.

An NFT is a blockchain token that can represent ownership in an item, including digital goods like artwork, avatars, and in-game items. HV-MTL NFTs are minted on Ethereum, the most popular and most valuable blockchain network for NFT collectibles and artwork.

“Stoked to crack open Forge next week,” tweeted Yuga Labs co-founder Greg “Garga” Solano today. “Bunch more content coming between now and then to prep you for the experience, but like Dookey Dash, it will just make sense once you’ve played for a bit.”

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Yuga Labs revealed the artwork for the HV-MTL mech characters last month. Currently, the NFTs start at a price of 0.88 ETH ($1,570) on the OpenSea secondary marketplace. To date, the HV-MTL NFTs have generated about $38 million worth of secondary trades, per data from CryptoSlam.

Dookey Dash launched in January, with Yuga Labs promising a mysterious reward to players who guided a cartoonish character on a rocket bike through a sewer. Ultimately, professional Fortnite player Kyle “Mongraal” Jackson posted the top score and won a 1-of-1 reward NFT, which he quickly sold for 1,000 ETH—$1.63 million worth at the time.

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Like Dookey Dash, HV-MTL Forge looks relatively compact in design. However, Yuga Labs is also designing the significantly larger Otherside metaverse game, which is built around Bored Ape Yacht Club lore and will support avatars from other NFT projects.

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Heroes of Mavia announces plans for a new beta to start at the end on June. This beta will run in two phases, building up to an official game launch at the end of the year!

Mavia, a mobile, base-building, PvP game prepares to launch the first phase of their beta at the end of this month (June 2023). Mavia plans to roll out their beta in two phases, with an official, global launch happening soon afterwards!

More about the Beta

These betas will limit players to a maximum Headquarters level of 5, so not all units and buildings will be available.

The first phase will be exclusively for land owners, with only a few being given first access on June 30th. The team will continue to roll out the release to the other landowners during the course of phase 1, which they expect to last two months. You will need to register in Discord and verify land ownership to be eligible for this phase. Unfortunately for those of us who don’t already own lands, they are not cheap — current floor price is nearly $600! But if you’re in the market, you can find plots for sale on Open Sea.

Phase 2 of the beta will open up to a wider audience, including those who do not own any land NFTs. There will be a waitlist signup page, with priority given to community members. Progress from phase 1 will be wiped, and phase 2 should see all of the core game features in place, including alliances and cosmetics and decorations. Phase 2 is expected to run from September 1st through October 31st.

And then, finally, the launch will happen at the end of the year, with a gradual, worldwide rollout of the game. For the global launch, progress will be reset again for the final time.

All phases of beta and launch will be available for both Android and iOS.

the Armory in Heroes of Mavia

What is Heroes of Mavia?

Heroes of Mavia is a mobile, base building, RTS game built on the Ethereum blockchain. Players construct and improve bases, and fight with other players to earn RUBY, the main game currency. The game features upgradeable NFTs in the form of Bases, Heroes, and Statues. Bases are the core game component, and each player needs one in order to play. Heroes and Statues are optional, but both provide substantial benefits to your team. Heroes assist your army with attack and defense, while Statues boost base production. Players can upgrade these NFTs by spending RUBY tokens.

The game also includes Gold and Oil resources. These are in-game only and used for certain base upgrades. These resources are produced by bases and can be stolen from other players in raids. There will be some sort of MMR / power rating system to try and keep players matched up to other players of equal strength.

Heroes of Mavia joins the growing stable of games that are incorporating rental mechanics from the very beginning. Base owners can choose to rent out their bases to other players for passive income. This can be a fixed price rental system, or a ‘partnership’. Partnerships function as a built-in scholarship system. The base owner lets the partner run and upgrade their base in exchange for a percentage of the RUBY income.

To learn more about Heroes of Mavia, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord.

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Blast Royale kicks off the summer months with a three week event referred to as Multi-Blast. This free to play event offers a number of ways to plan and earn with this mobile-based, battle royale game!

Blast Royale introduces a three week, ‘Multi-Blast’ event, offering players numerous rewards for placing in the top leaderboard positions, and for simply playing the game! This event started on June 8th and runs through June 30th.

The Multi-Blast event features two leaderboards, and two additional prizes to everyone who meets certain gameplay goals. First up we have the standard leaderboard with players ranked based on the number of trophies they have earned. Anyone in the top 100 spots by the end of the event earns 1000 Coins. In addition, first place, and everyone who finishes in a multiple of 10 spot (ie, 10th, 20th, 30th, etc — up through 100), earns CS tokens based on their rank.

On top of that, everyone who wins 100 ranked games earns 50 BLST tokens, and everyone who gets at least 500 total kills will receive one, random piece of in-game Equipment.

Blast Royale screenshot
Blast Royale utilizes a three token system. Coins are an in-game only currency and are used to upgrade and repair non-NFT equipment. BLST, or Blast Token, is an ERC-20 token used for purchases, upgrades, repairs, and crafting. There may also be a staking system for BLST tokens in the future.

CS tokens (Craft Spice) is the secondary token for the game and is only created via the in-game systems. Players use CS tokens for repair, crafting, and upgrades. Players earn CS tokens when playing from their own personal token pool. When the pool runs dry, players can keep playing, but they won’t earn tokens until the pool replenishes. The more trophies and NFTs that a player has, the larger their token pool. Rarer NFTs also count more than common ones.

It seems that the utility for CS tokens overlaps completely with BLST, which makes the economics of the game system more complex than it needs to be. But I’m sure there are some tokenomics decisions behind this token system design.

Blast Royale is free to download and play, and available on both Android and iOS devices.

Mukt-Blast event info

What is Blast Royale?

Blast Royale is a free to play, mobile, battle royale style game with an integrated web3 market and plans for character customizations via NFTs. Players choose three items to equip, then jump into a hot zone where they try to stay alive, gather supplies, and defeat the opposing players! Blast Royale is a top-down shooter, with various special abilities provided by equipped items.

To keep matches interesting, rounds will sometimes have Mutators, or special rules that change the gameplay for that session. For example, a Mutator could provide everyone with extra speed or healing abilities.

Blast Royale will offer play and own features through a battle pass, crafting and event system. But to earn by playing Battle Royale, players will need to be competitive on leaderboards and in tournaments.

Players can already download and play Blast Royale now. The team plans to continue to build out the NFT integration, and eventually incorporate a player-run DAO system as well.

To learn more about Blast Royale, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord server.

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Music and NFTs are still trying to find ways to merge gracefully, with varied success. Pixelynx, another contender in the web3 music scene, brings us a mint for mau5trap NFTs. These NFTs will hold unique, musical content, provide holders with ongoing airdrops, and allow holders to create and monetize music tracks with the help of an AI assistant!

Let’s start with the basics. The mint for these mau5trap NFTs is happening in three stages. Public mint on June 7th. Priority allowlist for those who hold Droplet NFTs or are considered Community OGs will happen on June 6th. And for those who land on the pre-mint list (through giveaways and competitions), the mint window opens on June 5th. The start time is 1pm PST on all three days. Mint cost is $99 worth of MATIC (the native token of the Polygon blockchain). Only 1000 copies of this NFT will be minted. Once opened, minting for all three stages will be available at https://drops.korus.co/

You can join the wait list for this mint on the Pixelynx website. And, as usual, keep an eye the Pixelynx Twitter feed and join their Discord for opportunities to earn or win a whitelist spot. Also check your favorite NFT communities for potential partnership giveaways (I know there are whitelist spots available through for Mocaverse)

mau5trapDNA NFT

What is a mau5trap NFT??

A special collaboration between Pixelynx and the mau5trap music label, this upcoming mint is for a digital collectible called a ‘Codex’. Each Codex will contain musical content and also open up future airdrops. Part of the content and airdrops will be exclusive, music stems, to use with the Korus AI, and artist ‘DNA”, which will apparently also provide some sort of unique customization or tweaking of Korus.
The music stems come in Cartridges, and are associated with a specific artist. The three artists included with this release are Lamorn, SpeakerHoney, and Volaris. Cartridges come in five rarities, with rarer Cartridges providing more music stems to use.

mau5trap promises ongoing, weekly airdrops including exclusive tracks, lyrics, videos, digital cosmetics, and digital stickers and posters. These NFTs may also provide VIP access to community events and special merchandise deals.

Players can not only create musical tracks using these stems, but in the future they will also be able to publish and monetize them as well. Even those using stems associated with the mau5trap label artists!

                         
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What is Korus?

Pixelynx brings music and AI together with Korus. Korus is an app that allows users to set music samples, or stems, for different tracks. Then, once they have the stems selected, they pass control over to Korus, an AI helper who puts together an original track based on those musical stems!
To learn more about Pixelynx and Korus, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord.

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