On the evening of June 10th Beijing time, Uniswap Labs officially announced the acquisition of Crypto:The Game (CTG), an interactive encryption survival game based on the Base blockchain. The specific amount was not disclosed. Dylan Abruscato, Tyler Cagle, and Bryan Lee, the three co-founders of CTG, will join Uniswap to jointly promote the development of the third season of CTG game.
From a positioning perspective, CTG is a blockchain-based "real-life escape" game, which can be simply understood as an on-chain version of "Hunger Games" or "Squid Game".
In CTG, players need to obtain limited game participation qualifications by purchasing admission tickets (410 people for the first season, 800 people for the second season, and undetermined for the third season). The admission ticket is in the form of NFT, with an initial sale price of 0.1 ETH, and subsequently allows free trading - this means that players can indirectly obtain participation qualifications through the secondary market, including those players who hope to 'make a comeback' after being eliminated.
After the game starts, players holding NFT admission tickets will be randomly assigned to one of 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 the daily "immunity challenge" as a tribe. The challenges come in various forms (such as arcade games or treasure hunts, etc.), and the tribe with the highest daily challenge score will enjoy a "peaceful night" (i.e. all members are safe), while other tribes must vote internally to eliminate a player.
When talking about the selection criteria for voting, a player who has actually participated in the game once told UnChained: "We consider longest factors when deciding to auto-invest to eliminate someone, such as whether the player's linked X account looks like a bot, or how active the player is in the team chat, or even whether the player's chosen NFT avatar is pleasing — in my tribe, a certain Moonbird NFT holder is ticketed when they come up." ”
When eliminated, the NFT tickets held by players will also undergo changes, transforming from player identity to jury identity, in order to vote for the final winner on the last day of the longest game time, who will ultimately enjoy all the amounts in the prize pool alone.
In the past few months, CTG has successfully held two seasons of games. In the first season, a total of 410 players participated, with a total prize pool of 41 ETH. In the end, an anonymous player named MFL won. In the second season, a total of 800 players participated, with a total prize pool of 80 ETH. In the end, player number 733 won.
When talking about his winning experience, MFL told Decrypt that he believed that most other players were smarter than him. Since he did not form alliances privately, he initially expected to be eliminated early. Therefore, his attitude towards this game was to "enjoy the game," for example, making some interesting internet memes for other players or writing poems to express his views on the game.
However, the reality is that MFL never received an elimination ticket and eventually won the grand prize. Dylan Abruscato, co-founder of CTG, said that MFL's behavior has won the favor of other players in the game, proving that it is also a successful strategy.
In conclusion, the fun of **CTG lies in its successful combination of competitiveness and human interaction. Additionally, it is crucial that CTG provides daily real-time match analysis through official podcasts to fully engage external audience emotions, amplify social media discussions, and build momentum for the competition.
Speaking of Uniswap, as the absolute leader in the DeFi field, Uniswap has also expanded its business in other non-DeFi fields, such as acquiring the NFT aggregation trading platform Genie, and developing its own mobile wallet service. However, this is the first time they have directly entered the gaming field (there have been some indirect cooperation cases before).
When it comes to this transaction, Uniswap describes it as follows: 'It has been a busy year for Uniswap. We have released UniswapX, submitted v4, launched the Uniswap Wallet, added support for more chains, and we have more plans. Uniswap's goal has always been simple - to create products that provide users with the best on-chain experience. That's why we are delighted to welcome CTG.'
As for whether the entry of Uniswap will affect CTG's game mechanism, 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 disclosed too much, but believe that the third season will be the best season so far.
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On-chain version of "The Hunger Games", an analysis of Uniswap's new acquisition Crypto:The Game
Original | Odaily Star Daily
Author | Azuma
On the evening of June 10th Beijing time, Uniswap Labs officially announced the acquisition of Crypto:The Game (CTG), an interactive encryption survival game based on the Base blockchain. The specific amount was not disclosed. Dylan Abruscato, Tyler Cagle, and Bryan Lee, the three co-founders of CTG, will join Uniswap to jointly promote the development of the third season of CTG game.
From a positioning perspective, CTG is a blockchain-based "real-life escape" game, which can be simply understood as an on-chain version of "Hunger Games" or "Squid Game".
In CTG, players need to obtain limited game participation qualifications by purchasing admission tickets (410 people for the first season, 800 people for the second season, and undetermined for the third season). The admission ticket is in the form of NFT, with an initial sale price of 0.1 ETH, and subsequently allows free trading - this means that players can indirectly obtain participation qualifications through the secondary market, including those players who hope to 'make a comeback' after being eliminated.
After the game starts, players holding NFT admission tickets will be randomly assigned to one of 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 the daily "immunity challenge" as a tribe. The challenges come in various forms (such as arcade games or treasure hunts, etc.), and the tribe with the highest daily challenge score will enjoy a "peaceful night" (i.e. all members are safe), while other tribes must vote internally to eliminate a player.
When talking about the selection criteria for voting, a player who has actually participated in the game once told UnChained: "We consider longest factors when deciding to auto-invest to eliminate someone, such as whether the player's linked X account looks like a bot, or how active the player is in the team chat, or even whether the player's chosen NFT avatar is pleasing — in my tribe, a certain Moonbird NFT holder is ticketed when they come up." ”
When eliminated, the NFT tickets held by players will also undergo changes, transforming from player identity to jury identity, in order to vote for the final winner on the last day of the longest game time, who will ultimately enjoy all the amounts in the prize pool alone.
In the past few months, CTG has successfully held two seasons of games. In the first season, a total of 410 players participated, with a total prize pool of 41 ETH. In the end, an anonymous player named MFL won. In the second season, a total of 800 players participated, with a total prize pool of 80 ETH. In the end, player number 733 won.
When talking about his winning experience, MFL told Decrypt that he believed that most other players were smarter than him. Since he did not form alliances privately, he initially expected to be eliminated early. Therefore, his attitude towards this game was to "enjoy the game," for example, making some interesting internet memes for other players or writing poems to express his views on the game.
However, the reality is that MFL never received an elimination ticket and eventually won the grand prize. Dylan Abruscato, co-founder of CTG, said that MFL's behavior has won the favor of other players in the game, proving that it is also a successful strategy.
In conclusion, the fun of **CTG lies in its successful combination of competitiveness and human interaction. Additionally, it is crucial that CTG provides daily real-time match analysis through official podcasts to fully engage external audience emotions, amplify social media discussions, and build momentum for the competition.
Speaking of Uniswap, as the absolute leader in the DeFi field, Uniswap has also expanded its business in other non-DeFi fields, such as acquiring the NFT aggregation trading platform Genie, and developing its own mobile wallet service. However, this is the first time they have directly entered the gaming field (there have been some indirect cooperation cases before).
When it comes to this transaction, Uniswap describes it as follows: 'It has been a busy year for Uniswap. We have released UniswapX, submitted v4, launched the Uniswap Wallet, added support for more chains, and we have more plans. Uniswap's goal has always been simple - to create products that provide users with the best on-chain experience. That's why we are delighted to welcome CTG.'
As for whether the entry of Uniswap will affect CTG's game mechanism, 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 disclosed too much, but believe that the third season will be the best season so far.