Addressing Pay to Win in Our Games
Games that are labeled as Free to Play, usually cater to one particular type of Audience.
Whales.
Whales are great for Game Companies! They bring in a bunch of money for the Developers. The also hurt Gamers who aren’t able to spend $10,000 on a Game. To incentivize these Whales, Developers create pay-gates or time-gates that the average Mobile Gamer simply can’t afford. They’ll use the Advantage they get In Game to wreak havoc on normal Gamers, which can be extremely frustrating.
Play Styles
Now, I mentioned that our Games are 100% Free to Play. That will always be true. You don’t have to spend ANY money to play our Games. In fact, you’ll probable earn money, if you’re diligent enough. You see, we firmly believe in EARNING what you have.
If you’re a speed runner and you’re able to set a world record run in one of our Dungeons, you’ll be rewarded with a Unique Legendary Item (a Unique). This Item is the ONLY copy that will EVER exist. And since all Items are NFTs, you can definitely post it on our Marketplace (and probably sell it for a TON of GRAV-C Tokens).
If you love finding Easter Eggs, wonderful! Our games are going to be stuffed with them. Those will also be Unique Items. And since all items are NFTs, you’re free to do with them as you wish.
We are designing our Games around EVERY type of play style. You won’t be forced into a play style you don’t like. Play the game the way YOU want to, and find those Uniques!
So, Whales
Since there is no way to stop someone from purchasing all of their Items, we will use our Matchmaking Algorithm instead. Our Matchmaking Algorithm will rate each Item your Character is currently Equipped with, automatically. This is a combination of many things, but will mainly be weighted for:
· Item Power (how powerful an Item is, compared to all others in that Item Type)
· Total Power (the total Power of all of your currently Equipped Items)
· Item Ownership History (the History of your Items, and whether or not you earn it yourself, or bought it off the Marketplace)
Together, they create a Player Rating, that targets Whales. If you’re labeled as a Whale, you’ll only be matched with other Whales. This allows Whales to still be Whales, but not pick on Players who aren’t able to spend $10,000 on a Game.
We are excited to start Development. Our Game Design Document is near-complete. The passion that we have to Develop the Games you want and deserve, is only growing.
Now that we are in July, our 1st Public Crowdsale is a mere 25 Days away! We can’t bring you these experiences, without funding from the most important people, The Players.
See you tomorrow!
