Original | Odaily Planet Daily
Author | Azuma
On the evening of June 10th Beijing time, Uniswap Labs officially announced the acquisition of the interactive encrypted survival game Crypto: The Game (CTG) based on the Base blockchain. The specific amount was not disclosed. The three co-founders of CTG, Dylan Abruscato, Tyler Cagle, and Bryan Lee, will all join Uniswap to jointly promote the development of CTG Season 3.
In terms of positioning, CTG is a blockchain-based “real-life battle royale” type of game, which can be simply understood as a blockchain version of “The Hunger Games” or “Squid Game”.
In CTG, players need to purchase tickets to obtain limited game participation qualifications (410 people in the first season, 800 people in the second season, and undetermined for the third season). The tickets are in the form of NFTs, with an initial sale price of 0.1 ETH, and subsequent free trading is allowed. This means that players can indirectly obtain participation qualifications through the secondary market, including those players who have been eliminated and hope to “make a comeback”.
After the game starts, players holding NFT tickets will be randomly assigned to 10 different tribes, and then the battle royale officially begins.
During the game (with a maximum time limit of 10 days to ensure timely completion of the game), all players will participate in daily “immunity challenges” as tribes. The challenges come in various forms (such as arcade games or treasure hunts), and the tribe with the highest daily challenge score will have a “peaceful night” (meaning all members are safe), while other tribes must vote to eliminate one player internally.
When discussing the criteria for voting, a player who has actually participated in the game once told UnChained that:
After being eliminated, the NFT ticket held by the player will change from a player identity to a jury identity, to vote for the final winner on the last day of the longest game period, who will ultimately enjoy all the amount in the prize pool alone.
In the past few months, CTG has successfully held two seasons of games. In the first season, 410 players participated, with a total prize pool of 41 ETH, and ultimately an anonymous player named MFL won; in the second season, 800 players participated, with a total prize pool of 80 ETH, and ultimately player number 733 won.
When talking about his winning experience, MFL once told Decrypt that he believed most other players were smarter than him. Since he did not form private alliances, he initially expected to be eliminated early. Therefore, his attitude towards this game was to “enjoy the competition,” such as making some interesting emojis for other players or writing poems to express his views on the game.
However, the reality was that MFL never received an elimination ticket from start to finish, and eventually won the grand prize. CTG co-founder Dylan Abruscato stated that MFL’s behavior won the favor of other players in the game, proving that this is also a successful strategy.
In conclusion, the charm of CTG lies in its successful combination of competitiveness and human psychological games. Another very important point is that CTG will explain the real-time game situation daily through official podcasts to fully mobilize external audience emotions, amplify the discussion on social media, and promote the game.
As for Uniswap, as the absolute leader in the DeFi field, Uniswap has also expanded its business in other non-DeFi fields in the past, such as acquiring the NFT aggregation trading platform Genie and developing mobile wallet services. However, directly entering the gaming field is a first for them (there have been some indirect cooperation cases before).
Regarding the transaction, Uniswap described it as follows:
“This year has been very busy for Uniswap. We released UniswapX, submitted v4, launched Uniswap wallet, added support for more chains, and we have more plans. Uniswap’s goal has always been simple—to build products that provide the best on-chain experience for users. That’s why we are very excited to welcome CTG. ”
As for whether Uniswap’s entry will affect the game mechanism of CTG, Uniswap also explained that fans don’t need to worry, the game mechanism will not change, but there will be some new designs. The specific content cannot be revealed too much, but it is believed that the third season will be the best season so far.
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