Playable Public Alpha

We are currently preparing for the upcoming Season 2.

Season 1 Lessons Learned

Another World has been evolving as a miniature version of a multichain 3D virtual place. We have been engaging digital collectible holders and casual gamers through community events. We have been iterating in-game airdrops as well as expanding our toolsets. We bootstrapped Another World Season 1 (Q3 2023) for laying down community-driven game infrastructure such as:

• 10-minute battles were efficient. We hosted battle tournaments for players to collect and hunt crystals within a 10-minute timeframe. Crystals can be acquired by players picking up items in the game to trigger real-time on-chain token airdrops or by players hunting down other players to take their crystals. We hosted timed battles with the ApeCoinDAO community, Optimism Growth Experiments, AltLayer, and SAGA. This format works well, but the downside is that players have to be there on time and will play under stress.

• A 2-day treasure hunt could capture players who intended to attend. We hosted a two-day event with SAGA and deployed a score token on the SAGA chainlet. Score tokens are distributed based on a variety of in-game activities. After the deadline, no more score tokens can be minted. All scores are on-chain and final.

• In-game airdrop mechanism was pleasant and very web3. Players can receive passive real-time airdrops during the gameplay without initiating transactions from their crypto wallets. We are maintaining a GitHub repo that jumpstarts Unreal Engine developers to integrate in-game on-chain token airdrops.

• In-game token gating mechanism was impressive for players and their +1s. We built the first in-game token gates that allow players to bring +1s like the way they attend IRL crypto events. The gate unlocks globally when one player in the party meets the token requirement. This design enables fun social dynamics, especially in a multiplayer game.

• Automated Play-to-Airdrop and prize recharge mechanism made it easy for game admins. Our game bots verified player activities to distribute token airdrops. Any ERC-20 prize or score tokens can be deposited through public GamePrize contract addresses permissionlessly. Currently, our in-game prize tokens include $APE, $OP, $ONE, and several testnet tokens.

Why Season 2

Based on Season 1 infrastructure and lessons learned, we are gearing up for the Season 2 treasure hunt to establish a critical mass (i.e., 100k UAW, 1k DAU) for core players involving a regular community engagement cadence. To accomplish this, we plan to execute the following:

• Epic Games Store launch: Another World completed Epic Games Store's blockchain game review as a key-only download. We are finalizing the UX, marketing materials, and public launch requirements. Another World will support smart accounts in addition to ENS and native wallet addresses. Smart accounts are social sign-ins with EIP-4337 Account Abstraction infrastructure to make onboarding and cross-chain transactions easier and much end-user friendly.

• Play-to-Airdrop with community brands and partners: We bring virtual goods from community brands and turn them into prizes and rewards to maximize engagement and exposure. Our partners include MadeByApes (license #218) from Yuga Labs, ApeCoinDAO & Ape Foundation (ApeCoin digital goods license, ThankApe community grants recipient), Optimism (multiple grants recipient), SKALE (grants recipient), Harmony (grants recipient), SAGA (hackathon grants recipient), ENS (hackathon grants recipient), OnChainMonkey (DAO grants recipient), OTHERspace, SkullLegion, Mutant Cartel, and several OG NFT communities.

• District 9 opening: District 9 is a playable battle zone procedurally built with Bitcoin assets such as OnChainMonkey, Bitmap, and popular inscriptions. District 9 connects BTC Ordinals communities to the Ethererum NFT communities in Another World.