Sui development company Mysten Labs recently announced that starting from May 15, the games of its 11 game partners will be launched on the Sui blockchain.
Different from some established Web3 game networks, Sui, which was only launched on the mainnet on May 3 this year, is not compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine EVM. Based on its ability to process transactions in parallel and scale out by adding more nodes to meet demand, Mysten Labs believes the Sui network’s inherent gaming appeal will enable it to appeal to mainstream gamers.
PANews has reviewed the relevant information of the 13 games that will be launched. Overall, in the first month of the Sui mainnet launch, the first batch of games launched in the ecosystem are quite focused on speed rather than quality. Good suspicion. Most of the 13 games mentioned in this article are very niche. There are only a handful of game communities with more than 10,000 people. The status of some development teams is also unknown, so their appeal to players is relatively limited. Games with a certain player base, such as Project Eluune and Panzerdogs, have already been launched on Solana.
Orange Comet：Final Stardust、The Walking Dead和Degens & Dragons
In February this year, NFT startup Orange Comet raised approximately $7.2 million in equity financing by selling equity and securities, as disclosed in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. Orange Comet was founded in 2021, and its team includes Hollywood TV and film producer Dave Broome, as well as Dante Ferrarini, who has more than 20 years of experience in interactive 3D design, animation, VFX and rendering technology. According to reports, Orange Comet will launch three chain games on the Sui network, namely Final Stardust, The Walking Dead and Degens & Dragons.
Final Stardust is a Japanese animation-style game IP. This series plans to create 3 games, 1 comic and 1 animation. Its developer is Comet Labs, which is supported by Orange Comet. Cosmic Nexus is a 2D turn-based anime card game. It is the first game launched by Final Stardust and will be launched on Sui from May 15th to 21st. Comet Labs will also launch the PVP-style mobile game Astral Link and the open-world role-playing game Deviant Destiny in the future.
The Walking Dead will be available from June 5th to June 11th. Orange Comet has built an open metaverse called TWDL (The Walking Dead Lands) based on the world view of the TV series "The Walking Dead" of the same name. Players can build and upgrade lands, buildings and communities while receiving rewards. The TWDL universe requires 4 NFT components to activate the game: vehicles, avatars, tools, and weapon NFTs, in addition to a total of 50,000 plots with different characteristics for players to own. According to information disclosed by Orange Comet, The Walking Dead's project progress has lagged behind the road map, and many tasks on the road map have not been delivered. So what version will be launched on Sui from June 5 to June 11? Still unknown.
Degens & Dragons has the same name as a well-known board game owned by game developer Wizards of the Coast. In mid-January this year, the latter banned NFT and other derivative Web3 content due to opposition from fans and the community. However, things turned around at the end of that month. Community members After voting overwhelmingly against the ban, Wizards of the Coast gave up on restricting derivative NFT projects. Currently, Orange Comet has not disclosed information about Degens & Dragons, and no relevant content has been found on social media.
Coming: Project Eluune
The game studio Arrivant is headquartered in Los Angeles. It completed a US$5 million seed round of financing at a valuation of US$35 million in August last year. C2 Ventures led the investment, with participation from Polygon, 6th Man, Lightspeed, etc. Arrivant was founded in early 2020 by Gamelin, Meghan McWilliams, and Ramin Shokiradze, with a team composed of industry veterans from well-known games such as Call of Duty, Dota 2, Doom, and more.
Project Eluune: StarGarden is a sci-fi/fantasy combat game based on Solana, with innovative RPG mechanics. Game features include community building, third-person perspective, multiplayer automation, etc. When players enter the game, they will land on the floating island StarGardens and earn raw materials, game currency and materials by fighting enemies or other teams. At present, the game has launched Founding StarGarden, The Eye of Eleriah, Aurahma and other NFT series, which will be launched on Sui from May 15th to 21st.
Talofa Games: Run Legends
Run Legends is a social fitness battle game developed by Talofa Games that allows players to fight a series of monsters while walking and running. According to the instructions of a virtual announcer named Operator, players release attacks and trigger special skills through different walking speeds. After defeating monsters and clearing tasks, they can obtain coins for upgrading equipment. Run Legend not only has a single-player mode, but can also be played simultaneously with friends. A single task takes 5 to 15 minutes to complete. The game plans to launch an infinite mode in the future. The game will be released on iOS and Android on May 18th and will be available on Sui by May 21st.
Aether Games：Cards of Ethernity
Chain game studio Aether Games has just announced the completion of US$4.5 million in token and equity financing, with participation from Mysten Labs, Polygon, Magic Eden, Polkastarter, Cogitent, Ultra, GSR, EMURGO, Master Ventures and Eclipse.
Cards of Ethernity (CoE) developed by it is a card-playing and earning game launched on the Sui and Polygon blockchains. The game currently features 150 collectible cards, and players can build and explore their card collections through the in-game collection browser, with the ability to freely trade and sell their cards. New cards can be obtained by purchasing NFT drop packs, using the in-game currency $AEG tokens, or crafting. CoE will be launched on Sui from May 22nd to May 28th.
Lucky Kat：Cosmocadia、Panzerdogs
Lucky Kat is a game studio from the Netherlands whose games have been downloaded more than 200 million times in the app store. The team's first Web3 game was Panzerdogs, a play & earn PVP tank fighting game. In the game, players will engage in PVE or PVP battles with their tanks and avatars, and in the process earn Battle Pass progress (PanzerPass), account experience points, and additional rewards for winning or completing missions. By playing against each other in PanzerPass, players will earn tokens or other prizes.
Panzerdogs uses a two-token model: the first token ( $BOLT ) is earned primarily through game play, and this currency is used to obtain low-rarity tank parts and tanks through crafting and unboxing. The second token ($LUCKY) is used to purchase special in-game items and equipment, and is necessary to make higher rarity tank parts and tanks. $LUCKY can also be used to obtain income through staking and other mechanisms. It is expected to launch in the second quarter of this year. Panzerdogs will be available on Sui from June 5th to June 11th.
Cosmocadia is a community farm-themed game where players build on their own land, plant crops, trees, and decorate their land or characters in the game. The game will only support Cosmocadian NFT holders, and its upcoming Genesis series will contain 11,111 NFTs. The free game for all players is expected to launch in 2024. The game is also a dual-token model: in-game currencies $CADIA and $LUCKY, and Cosmocadian holders will receive airdrops of both tokens. Cosmocadia will be launched on Sui from May 22nd to May 28th.
Worlds Beyond
Worlds Beyond is a community-focused creator platform equipped with virtual world editing tools, auto-generation technology, and a digital asset library that enable creators to quickly build unique virtual experiences. When entering the Worlds Beyond ecosystem, all players need to participate in the platform experience through an avatar/virtual character. Participants can claim a virtual character in the Beyonders Avatar Collection. The Worlds Beyond ecosystem has also integrated some Web3 PFP avatars. Related NFT holders can enter the game through this form of avatars. These avatars will provide special functions and services in the ecosystem. As an added bonus, players who don't want to spend money can play the base incarnation for free.
WBITS (World Bits) is an ERC-20 token built on the Ethereum blockchain. It is the main utility token that drives the entire economy of the Worlds Beyond platform, with a maximum supply of 10 billion. Players will be able to use WBITS tokens to gain access to exclusive experiences, items, perks, content, and more within the Worlds Beyond ecosystem. A portion of the total supply of WBITS tokens will be awarded to early adopters and investors. In February this year, Worlds Beyond completed a $300,000 seed round of token financing within 24 hours by selling 100 million WBITS. Worlds Beyond will be available on Sui from May 22nd to May 28th.
Seascape: Mini Miners
Seascape is a Web3 game platform based on NFT and DeFi. It develops small games around the DeFi mechanism to provide users with a playable experience. According to the official introduction, it has received investment from Binance, JRR Crypto, Spark Capital, LD Capital and other institutions. Seascape’s core value token is Crowns, which is the core pillar of its series of planned DeFi and NFT games. CWS is applied to the Ethereum main network, and pCWS is the official bridging token on the BSC Binance Smart Chain through PolyNetwork.
Mini Miners is a free strategy game based on BNB Chain. In this fictional world, players take charge of a mining company, issuing mining orders to miners to extract the valuable materials needed to sustain and expand your enterprise. Players can enhance the game experience by purchasing resource packs and miners, hiring managers, unlocking pets, etc. The gold harvested can be exchanged for CWS once a week. Mini Miners will be available on Sui from May 29th to June 4th.
Ghost Ivy: Haven's Compass
Haven's Compass is a first-person tactical shooter developed by Swiss game studio Ghost Ivy. The game will initially only support PC. Haven's Compass incorporates NFTs into its gameplay, with in-game NFTs including primary weapons and their attachments, characters, secondary weapons, and armory items as NFTs that players can extract within the game and then trade on the marketplace. In extraction mode games, if a player is eliminated before extracting NFT props, the relevant NFT will be sent to the destruction address or the address of other players. Haven's Compass said it will be launched on Sui from May 29 to June 4, but according to its roadmap, the official game will be launched in 2025. It is unclear what version and features will be launched on Sui.
BlueJay: Arcade Champion
Arcade Champion is a mobile arcade game with crypto gaming features and the ability to own element- and hero-based NFTs. Arcade Champion features more than 23 unique arcade games, and players earn trophies through mini-arcade games that can be used to unlock more games and heroes, among other rewards. Players can use dozens of different props to upgrade the game and recruit and train a team of heroes to earn gold coins. Arcade Champion will be available on Sui from May 29th to June 4th. Judging from the public information and game picture quality, the quality of the game is relatively average.
Onenet: Bushi
Onenet is a game distribution platform based on the privacy public chain Secret Network. It has developed Bushi Breakdown, a fast-paced third-person arena battle game. In the development of Bushi, Onenet used the Unreal Engine 5 development kit launched by Epic Games, and its game mechanics were inspired by games such as Fortnite. The game supports integration with multiple blockchains, but can also be played as a pure Web2 game. Through integration with Secret Network, NFT holders of in-game hero characters Catyclops and Anons can access unique character skins. Onenet plans to launch additional in-game cosmetics in the form of NFTs in the future, as well as ONET, an in-game currency that will be used in Bushi and other Onenet games. Bushi will be available on Sui from June 5th to June 11th.
These games launched in the short term may not contribute to Sui's expansion of the number of users. From the expansion of the Sui ecosystem to the entire crypto industry, if you want to truly break through the circle, you have to be a 3A-level chain game like Abyss World, which can attract a lot of attention from the outside world before it is released. Abyss World will officially launch open beta in the third quarter of this year, and most of the games that players are looking forward to such as Grand Cross: Metaworld will not be launched until later this year. After this round of "warm-up", Sui still needs to have games that can really attract a large number of users to prove its strength.
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