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Axie is a Catalyst for the Development of Crypto GamesEncrypted games and NFT》、《Encrypted games and NFT》。
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The difference between DeFi and GameFi start-up force
From the development path, we can see the important difference between DeFi and encrypted games (GameFi). Last year, DeFi was launched using the liquidity mining and farming model. Due to its high yield, it attracted early users to invest funds to support the development of the protocol, providing liquidity for the development of DEX, lending, and derivatives.
The attraction of encrypted games lies in the Play-to-earn (playing games to make money) model. Through play-to-earn, it has brought a living income for some players.
From the perspective of protocol revenue alone, although the value contributed by a single GameFi user may not be as good as DeFi, but if the user scale of encrypted games is large, its protocol revenue may reach a level that most DeFi protocols cannot match. Judging from the Axie protocol fee below, except for Ethereum, the entire encryption field (including Bitcoin) is currently unable to achieve this level of income. (Of course, the sustainability of a single game and the length of its life cycle are still uncertain. Relatively speaking, the sustainability of DeFi protocols will be stronger)
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In view of the importance of encryption games in the future encryption field, Blue Fox Notes will introduce some encryption games to explore the development model of encryption games. Today I will introduce an RPG (role-playing) battle game illuvium. It is still in development and is planned to launch a beta version by the end of 2021.
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To put it simply, illuvium is an Ethereum-based RPG battle game that combines elements of traditional RPG collection games with Auto Battler-type combat mechanics. The background of the game takes place in a mysterious alien world.
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(The illuvium game takes place on an alien world, illuvium)
A spaceship crashed on an alien world, that alien world has a vast and diverse landscape, a vast ocean, swallowing most of the land, and in this land, a large number of illuvials of alien creatures live, this article will describe these Alien creatures are called mythical beasts.
illuvium's game soundtrack was completed by illuvium's composer Tamás Borbély. In order to match the adventure experience, Tamás Borbély hoped that the music he designed could evoke people's emotions and empathy, and have a fantasy color.
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what illuvium gamers mainly play
The core of illuvium lies in the capture of mythical beasts and battles with them.
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*Capturing mythical beasts
Capturing mythical beasts is one of the important scenes of the illuvium game. After encountering the illuvials, players need to defeat them and then capture the illuvials through "shards". In order to capture successfully, the ability to capture needs to be considered, because illuvials also have power, and to increase the chances of catching rare illuvials, some "shards" that are strong enough are needed to capture them successfully.
Items in the illuvium game mainly include fragments, weapons, armor, infusion items, etc. Among them, "shards" are mainly used to capture mythical beasts in alien worlds. There are two ways to obtain these "fragments": one is to obtain them during game play; the other is to purchase them with ETH from illuvium's DEX exchange. "Shards" themselves also have a degree of scarcity, and scarce "shards" are easier to capture scarce beasts.
In addition, players use weapons to fight mythical beasts. Weapons also have levels, which can be upgraded by adding different gems. High-level gems will increase weapon aura. Weapons can also be purchased on illuvium's DEX exchange.
"Infused Items" can enhance the scarcity of items in a player's collection, and can also be used to customize characters and weapons.
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*Battle of mythical beasts
In addition to exploring and capturing illuvials in the alien world, players can also use the illuvials they capture to engage in automatic battles. The results of these matches are displayed on the leaderboard. With battles, mythical beasts have utility value. Unlike other RPG games, illuvium is not turn-based, each of its battles is an automatic battle, and players battle against other opponents by strategically selecting and combining their beasts.
According to illuvium's current disclosure, after the battle starts, each mythical beast will find an enemy target to attack. By attacking and injuring the opponent, the mythical beast will gain energy. If they hit a certain threshold, they unleash special abilities that empower themselves and deal damage to enemies. When the opponent is completely defeated, the battle ends.
Every battle will increase the experience of the illuvial, which is good for leveling up. As the level increases, the power of the beast will also increase. Therefore, it is best to place the mythical beast in battle to increase its experience and increase its level. However, if defeated in battle, the mythical beast returns to its "shards" and takes a certain amount of time to recover. In addition, there are also paid methods to achieve quick repairs.
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*Player battles
From the above, we can see that the mythical beast is the core character of the illuvium game, and understanding the mythical beast is the key to playing this game. So, what exactly is illuvium's illuvial?
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mythical beast of illuvium
At the beginning, Blue Fox Notes translated the alien creature lluvial into beasts, but according to the official description of illuvium, these beasts from the alien world have certain magical alien characteristics. Therefore, Blue Fox Notes translated it as "Sacred Beast", or "Warcraft", of course, there may be a better name. This article uniformly refers to alien creatures like illuvial as "beasts", to give everyone more room for imagination.
Illuvial has two basic attributes: affinity and occupation. Affinities are divided into: Water, Earth, Fire, Nature and Air. The damage received by the beast depends on the affinity between itself and the enemy. There will be a unique check and balance relationship between them, such as "fire illuvial" can cause extra damage to "natural illuvial", but "water illuvial" will cause more damage to it. Therefore, in the process of fighting, strategy is very important. According to different opponents, different fighting strategies should be adjusted appropriately.
On the basis of affinity and occupation, mythical beasts will be born with different scarcity. The rarer the beast, the stronger the fighting power. In addition, more than 100 mythical beasts are not modularly assembled, each is fully designed with individual characteristics. Divine beasts can be upgraded from cubs in the first stage to gods in the third stage. The images of several mythical beasts disclosed by illuvium are as follows:
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Ryppers live in inland waters and can be hugely aggressive. It can enter land for combat, has two rows of four spider legs, is 3 feet tall by 8 feet long, can double its size if threatened, and has a 2 foot barb on its tail surrounded by spikes that can Inflict additional wounds....
(Rypper mythical beast, illuvium)
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Rhamphyre has glowing wings, 20 feet across, and skin like flames. Its ultimate skill is to use a fire storm to pour down on the enemy, causing burns to the enemy, and then it will use its beak to cause physical damage like a fire bomb to the enemy.
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(Dash mythical beast, illuvium)
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*Atlas mythical beast
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(Atlas mythical beast, illuvium)
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Archeleon's shell looks like a speckled red mushroom cap with a slight bump in the middle. It glows green as a whole, leaking from various crevices, and purple seaweed-like tendrils grow from all corners. It can sense danger, and can also transmit healing or nourishing energy when activated. Its ultimate ability is Rejuvenation, which emits a shimmering green aura, tendrils of plant life emanating from the ground beneath its feet, and it also channels this natural energy upwards through its flippers, translating it through its mystical body into external The elemental energy field, whose transformation is primarily related to its shell, has a primary energy store and converter. Its halo spreads around, healing allies and striking enemies.
(Acheleon mythical beast, illuvium)
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If illuvium is based on Ethereum layer1, its user experience will be very bad. In order to increase speed and reduce costs, illuvium currently adopts Immutalbe X's Layer 2 scalability solution.
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illuvium is also a DAO game
The introduction of DAO governance into encrypted games is also a reference to the DeFi model. With the deepening of DAO governance, a completely different game form may be born, and players or the community will eventually lead the direction of game iteration. Of course, there is still a long way to go before the DAO’s game governance, and there will be various discomforts in the process, but if it goes well, this may be an important trend in the development of encrypted games in the future.
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illuvium is also a play-to-earn game
Players can invest time and energy in capturing mythical beasts. Of course, game guilds can also help players lower entry barriers and improve their ability to capture. And the captured beasts can be sold in the secondary market to make a profit. Whether illuvium can successfully achieve a cold start in the future, the game guild may be the key.
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Can illuvium succeed?
Only time will tell the answer to this question.
The founders of illuvium are Kieran Warwick and Aaron Warwick. One of the most important reasons why the two founders have attracted attention in the encryption circle is that they are the brothers of Synthetix founder Kain Warwick. The success of Synthetix for illuvium could raise eyebrows when the game launches.
