Avast matey! It’s time to start earning nautical themed character and weapon skins with Pirate Booty, the latest seasonal content for Mini-Royale! You can jump right into Mini-Royale, the browser-based FPS, and start playing, no NFTs required. Though there are certain perks that come with owning items from the latest season.

Mini-Royale is free to play — no purchase required. But advancing through the battle pass is helped tremendously by owning and staking an NFT hero from the current season. Also, there are a number of missions that require owning a hero or weapon skin from the latest season.

Seasons in Mini-Royale revolve around owning and minting character and weapon skins from the latest release. These are created from Shards, which can be acquired in-game from battle pass and mission rewards, or purchased via a ‘Pirate Booty Drop‘. In this drop, players buy boxes which contain a random selection and rarity of Shards. Gather enough Shards of the same rarity and same hero and you can combine them into a usable game item that can also be minted into an NFT! For those who want to skip the assembly part, Heroes are available for purchase from other players on Magic Eden.

What else is new in Season 5?

Mini-Royale has also added a PvE, Campaign mode, as a way to introduce new players to the game. The Campaign mode gives players certain objectives to achieve when playing. Completing these objectives earns Star points, which unlock new objectives and chapters. Along the way players also earn Orbs and Shards.

In addition, a new map hits the game servers. Called Paradisa, this is the first map that was designed by someone outside of the Faraway team. Expect to see more maps in the near future as Mini-Royale plans to open up map-making to everyone!

Recently, Mini-Royale announced their creator program. This program allows players to create custom, 3D skins for the game and sell them to other players. A few weeks ago they made another creator based announcement. This time about maps. Partnering with a company called Hiber, Mini-Royale wants users to create their own maps with the Hiber 3D Editory and import them into the game. The Hiber3D editor already comes loaded with hundreds of objects and textures. It features a drag and drop building system, with the goal of making map creation accessible for everyone.

Faraway is working with Hiber to create a seamless import system that will allow players to create maps specifically for Mini Royale. Expect this functionality to become available sometime soon!

What is Mini-Royale?

Mini-Royale is a web-based FPS running on the Solana blockchain created by a company called Faraway. It is free to play, though owners of Premium NFTs receive bonus points towards their Battle Pass ranking with every match. The game runs in a web browser and supports both random, and public games, as well as private matches.

Mini-Royale offers a few different game modes such as Team Deathmatch, Battle Royale, and Capture the Flag. Team size maxes out at five players, though you can also play with fewer. PvP matches are generally quick and action-packed. Mini-Royale includes leaderboards and clan (guild) competitions.

Players earn character experience, gain battle pass points, and level up their items by playing the game. Along the way, they also earn special weapons and avatar skins. Some of these can be minted to the blockchain as NFTs once they’ve been leveled up. Mini-Royale currently only accepts the Phantom wallet for wallet connections. The team continually works on improving the gameplay as well as expanding and upgrading the game visuals and maps.

Mini-Royale recently added the ability for users to create and monetize their own avatar skins, and plans to add map creation to their set of user tools as well.

To learn more about Mini-Royale, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord.

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Customization is the theme of season 3. After already introducing resource gathering through activities such as fishing and farming, My Neighbor Alice is now ready to open up crafting in their game. Players will have access to a new crafting system, allowing them to create wearable items for their avatars and decorations for their land plots.

At the end of Alpha Season 3, all reward items and items that players crafted using ALICE tokens will migrate to Season 4 with no action required by the player. However, all other items will be wiped for the next phase.

This season also brings a partnership with the real life brand Elle. Players will be able to engage in special quests and earn Elle branded, decorative item NFTs from the “MOTS D’AMOUR” collection.

Participants can play for free in season 3 via a borrowing system. This system lets players make use of a free, though limited, parcel of land from the Alice Foundation. Players will need a WalletConnect compatible wallet for authentication. If this is something that you are interested in, you may want to fill out the pre-registration form. It seems like they may have limited slots available for this playtest.

Season 3 of My Neighbor Alice begins on June 27th and runs through August 8th.

Chromia

For this season, My Neighbor Alice is moving to their own appnet on Chromia. This means if you want to use ALICE tokens in-game (such as for crafting exclusive items), they will need to be bridged over from Binance Smart Chain. We’re still waiting on details about this bridge feature. Keep an eye on the Chromia Twitter feed and the social channels for My Neighbor Alice for further into.

Chromia offers several benefits, including free transactions, fast and efficient storage of data, and decentralized game logic. In addition, player sign in and progress are handled entirely on-chain, removing reliance on centralized services such as AWS. Every action performed in the game, such as fishing, farming, crafting, questing, is recorded and validated on the blockchain.

What is My Neighbor Alice?

My Neighbor Alice is a multiplayer blockchain-based building and farming game. Players can own and buy virtual islands and meet friends while building and collecting items. The game is sort of a multiplayer, Stardew Valley. Players grow crops, fish, craft, decorate, and trade. But My Neighbor Alice has quite a bit of complexity to it. For example, each body of water has a different selection of fish in it — with different fish preferring different types of bait!

My Neighbor Alice includes a companion mobile app called Alice’s Wardrobe. Players can decorate their avatar in this app and then save their appearance to the blockchain for use in the main game. They also have their own marketplace, with item transactions using the game’s ALICE token.

My Neighbor Alice is currently in alpha testing.

To learn more about My Neighbor Alice, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord.

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This new update for Illuvium Zero officially brings us to Alpha 2.0, and Season One of the gameplay. This season is special because it’s the first to allow players to find and mint blueprints!

All previous game data has been wiped, so all players will have to start their base building from scratch.

To get to the point where they can mint blueprints, players will need to build and grow their base. They will need a Singularity Scanner to track down Illuvial biodata, a Data Bank to store their finds, and a Materials Lab to try and manufacture the blueprints. These are all advanced buildings and will require players to spend some time playing the game.

There will be a minting window opened towards the end of Season One, allowing players to mint up to 15 blueprints per land plot. These Blueprints will be used at a later point to craft items for use in Illuvium Overworld.

Illuvium Zero is still only open to land owners. Players can purchase land plots on the IlluviDex, with the current floor being just over $500 USD.

Illuvium Zero Gameplay

Illuvium Zero is a game about base building, resource extraction, and blueprint creation. Players choose between producing Fuel (which will be used to power players in Illuvium Overworld), resources to expand and craft with, or blueprints, used for creating NFT skins for Overworld and Arena.

There are three types of Elements and three types of Fuel resources. Plots have varying numbers of resources sites based on their rarity. Some plots also have Landmarks, which affect production of the associated Elements or Fuel. And while owning a plot focused on one type of resource production may be an advantage in some ways, owning different types of Sites can help with converting resources. Players use Elements and Fuel for item production, building upgrades and research. Research opens opportunities to create blueprint NFTs. Blueprint NFTs will be used to create skins for the other Illuvium games.

Illuvium Zero provides many strategic options and decisions for the players. Everything from placement of buildings (some work better together, others don’t) to resource management to working the markets to researching Illuvials for blueprints is an important decision point.

Illuvium Zero will offer a free to play option at launch. But players without land can never extract any tokens or NFTs from the game. They also say that land can be managed with just a few minutes a day. But I imagine that those who spend more time micro-managing will see much better results.

To learn more about Illuvium Zero, visit the official site at https://play.illuvium.io/zero.

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Mojo Melee is currently in open beta, and just recently completed their special Chest mint as a reward to their players / testers. Now they’re ready to begin the launch of their seasonal content and have given us a roadmap for their plans over the next three months!

What’s in the Roadmap?

Unlike some other roadmaps, the one released by Mojo Melee includes a timeline! It all starts in June, when Mojo Melee plans to release Season 0 of their game. This season will last for 30 days and includes some new features such as the Premium Battle Pass (available when your NFT collection score is high enough), and a mobile version of the game. This will be a test of the full version of the game.

And after that, in July, we will have the official launch of season one! Season one will bring a new Champion to the game and two new Spellstones! We’ll also see skins for the Champions, and the ability to claim 3D, collectible versions of Champions that you own! Season one will include leaderboard rewards at the end as well. The live game still won’t be available on mobile at this point, but the mobile version should be in open beta testing. Players should also be able to claim their digital collectible Champions, and see them in battle.

Season one lasts for one month, followed immediately by Season Two in August. With the second season comes a new Premium Battlepass, and another new Champion and two Spellstones as well. Players will also be able to see their 3D Mojos in-game, including any customizations added. There will also be new arenas, a spectator mode, and, of course, end of season prizes!

The game is free to play and runs in a browser. You can read the official blog post for more details about what to expect this Summer from Mojo Melee!

How to Play Mojo Melee

Mojo Melee, is a fantasy themed, auto-battler, running on the Polygon blockchain. Players build teams consisting of 1 Mojo unit, 4 Champion units, and 2 SpellStones and fight for dominance in the arena!

Each team can bring up to two SpellStones to a match. Every Spellstone has a special ability. Spellstones fall into three groups — Attachments, which are put with a unit to provide it with the Spellstone’s ability, Offensive Spellstones which are placed on the opponents side and affect enemy units in their range, and Team Spellstones, which provide team bonuses.

Mojos have access to different Spellstones based on their subclass. Mojos are automatically deployed at the start of the battle and can be upgraded during a match like the other units. Players receive ten gold at the start of every round. Any gold not spent carries over to the next round. During the preparation phase, players use their gold to place units and Spellstones onto the battlefield. Players can upgrade units and Spellstones by purchasing additional copies and placing them on the same tile. Players can upgrade each unit and spellstone as many as three times.

Once both players are done preparing, the game enters auto-battle mode and the teams fight it out until only one is left or time runs out. Each unit type has a number of different stats including health, armor, attack damage, and even targeting priority. These all factor into the team’s behavior and results during a match.

Units have special abilities that can trigger when they gain enough Energy. Some Champions even start the match with full Energy! Spellstones activate once at the start of a round and immediately provide their buff or effect.

To learn more about Mojo Melee, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord chat.

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The focus of season 4 of Axie Origins seems to be new player experience. With new starter runes and charms, quicker progression at lower ranks, and the ability to upgrader starter Axies!

Axie Origins is still one of the most played games in the web3 gaming space. And their ongoing dedication to enhancing and improving the experience is a great sign for a game that has gone through a number of growing pains!

Season 4 Info

This season brings a new set of leaderboards and rewards, with over 111 thousand AXS token to be distributed as rewards. As with previous seasons, this season is divided up into three Eras, Rare, Epic, and Mystic. During each Era, the top 20,00 players receive a payout in mAXS tokens, with bonus, in-game prizes to the top million players.

Season 4 sees the introduction of a new mechanic. When playing a match, unused Energy will convert to Energy Fragments. Players can then use these Fragments to hold onto unplayed cards between rounds.

We also have a number of balancing updates with this season. You can read the full changelog here.

To enhance the overall user experience, the animation speed in Axie Origins the team has increased. They have also amped up Blitz mode, making the game run at 1.75x normal speed for those who like fast-paced contests!

Progression at lower ranks has been increased to encourage lower-ranked players. Meanwhile, higher ranked players will need to battle more often to maintain their position.

This season also brings a new feature for free to play players – the ability to level up the starter Axies! Players level up their starter Axies with Class Badges and Honor Medals, earned by completing daily and weekly missions. On top of that, players will also begin the season with a selection of starter Runes and Charms, allowing for more play customization right from the beginning.

Another added feature is a eSports mode. When toggled, all Runes and Charms are unlocked for the players, but any matches played in this mode won’t affect the player’s ranking.

What is Axie Origins?

Axie Origins is a creature battler and breeding game. Originally on the Ethereum network, Axie Infinity moved to the Ronin sidechain in 2021, and launched a staking system for their AXS governance token. In the game players use a team of three Axie NFTs to battle opponents in Adventure mode (PvE) and the Arena (PvP). Axies can be upgrade with Runes and Charms.

Rewards from the Arena include Smooth Love Potions (SLP) and AXS, the governance token for Axie Infinity.

Players use SLP to breed new Axies. Parent Axies can only produce offspring a limited number of times. Also, players can attach Runes and Charms found in PvE mode to provide boosts to Axies. Axie Infinity rebooted their main game in late 2022 with the launch of Axie Origins. They have also added a new growing and decorating mini-game for landowners.

For help playing Axie Origins, check out our game guide and review.

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Dark Country recently released their roadmap for 2023. The bulk of which revolves around a planned mobile release. Dark Country hopes to attract a larger playerbase by making their game more accessible. Mobile gaming continues to grow, and the web3 gaming developers don’t want to miss out on that market! Dark Country hopes to release both an Android and iOS version of the game within the first half of 2023.

And to make it more seamless for players unfamiliar with web3 technology, and to also help maintain the game economy, the team is looking into implementing an in-game only token called GOLD.

In addition, 2023 will see the implementation of leagues and seasons, allowing players to compete with (hopefully) equally skilled competitors. There will be 3-4 leagues to begin with, and seasons will run for two weeks. The top players of each league win packs at the end of each season. This feature should arrive in Q1 of 2023.

To help boost the game’s free to play opportunities and not discourage new players on the mobile app, Dark Country will also include a Beginner League where players can only play with a free, standard deck. Each season the top finishers will be awarded with card packs they can use to begin building their own decks.

Expansion in 2023

In addition to the hopeful expansion of the playerbase, Dark Country has other expansions planned as well.

In 2023, Dark Country plans to release four new card expansion sets, each with 40 new cards. This will bring the total number of cards available for the game to over 500.

But that’s just the start. Dark Country has much bolder plans. This includes expansion to no less than four additional blockchains, as well as releasing on additional distribution platforms. This seems like a big project, and I’m not entirely sure how the players will interact between blockchains. Will there be a central, seamless market for trading NFTs? Will players have to move all the cards to the same chain in order to play them in the same deck? The Dark Country team said that they planned to ‘unify’ their SDM token across the chains.

What all this means to the average player remains to be seen. Hopefully we will have more details on the functionality behind these expansions in the near future!

What is Dark Country?

At its core, Dark Country is a collectible, trading card game built on the WAX blockchain. It features a gothic horror /western theme with cowboys, guns, demons, magic, and undead minions!

Dark Country plays like other TCGs you might be familiar with such as MTG, Hearthstone, and Gods Unchained. Players spend mana, play cards from their hand, and try to reduce the opponent’s health to zero.

Dark Country is free to play. The game provides a set of starter cards for everyone to play with. Players can also use their own NFT cards to build decks. Dark Country features play-to-earn options via regular tournaments, special Play the Pros events, and by engaging in the land gameplay.

Dark Country includes their own token, used in the land game, known as Shadow Dimes (SDM). Land owners use Shadow Dimes to upgrade their buildings and as pay for players. Shadow Dimes exist on both the WAX and FLOW blockchains. The map layer for the game includes land ownership, guild PvP, quests, and more!

To learn more about Dark Country, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord.

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The NFT-based game offered more than 1.5M USD worth of AXS rewards during Season 1, also introducing new gameplay systems. On the 11th of January, Axie announced the arrival of Origins Season 2. Season 2 comes with even more modified gameplay and features.

Some new additions or modifications are upgraded crafting progression, daily login rewards, Eras, and many more. This article discusses key features mentioned by Axie and hints on how to make the most of the event.

Axie Infinity Origins 2: Key Features

Axie Infinity Origins Season 2 will last 42 days, about the same duration as Season one, although shorter. However, there are huge differences this time, and the users who get the hang of it first will have better chances at rewards.

There are several updates to Charms, Runes, cards, and a new leaderboard. The leaderboard system is called style and will reward users with more than 110,000 AXS throughout the season.

The leaderboard, Eras, will also facilitate progressive rarity unlocks through the event. Additionally, there is a daily login reward for all users, meaning players can get lucky by logging in. The leaderboard system is also different in terms of the award of rewards, as users will be rewarded four times in the season. Level-ups will also happen more frequently. All of these changes come from user feedback.

Eras: The New Leaderboard System

Eras are like stages of the leaderboard that will reward players throughout the season. There are four eras, and players will be rewarded at the end of each one The eras are the rare era, the epic era, the mystic era, and the final era.

The Rare Era

The Rare Era will last the first seven days of the 42-day season, after which players will get rewarded. The reward payout is 11,200 AXS; only common and rare runes are offered for crafting. Users can only use basic crafting, and there are no open utility slots.

The Epic Era

The Epic Era will last longer than the Rare Era, from day 7 to day 21 of the season. All utility slots are open, and intermediate crafting is unlocked here. Common, rare, and epic runes and charms are available for crafting.

The Mystic Era

The Mystic Era will last from day 21 to day 28 of the season, and the total reward payout is 16,800 AXS.

The Final Era

The final era is the last leaderboard stage and will last from day 28 to day 42 of the season. The reward payout in this era is 50,400 AXS, and all runes and charms can be crafted or traded.

You can read in more detail about the Season 2 mechanics here.

Launch Contest: Origins Season 2

Axie Infinity: Origins Season 2 started with a Bugapalooza launch contest from January 11th to January 18th, 2022. The contest is bug-themed, and players can earn contest points and unlock other rewards.

When the season ends, Lunacians will receive avatar rewards and avatars commemorating their hard work. In addition, there are new card effects, and the game’s physics has been improved tremendously.

All of these features make Origins Season 2 very different from season 1.

What is Axie Infinity?

Axie Infinity is an NFT-based game that aims to create a global economy of Lunacians (Axie Infinity users) on the web3. In the last five years, the blockchain has been in use more than ever, and Axie Infinity is one of the most played games established on it.

The game’s concept features playings fighting in arenas using teams of creatures called Axies. The term used to describe Axies is “adorable monsters”, and no other is more suited for a character that fights to earn you money.

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Mini-Royale launched their latest season in early December, and now bring us a new gear system for Hero skins. Equipping Gear adds permanent bonuses to that Hero NFT!

Players can attach Gear items to a Hero Skin, as long as the Hero exists as an NFT. Players can mint Hero Skins they acquire in-game if they are at least level 20, and the item is level 10 or higher. Then the player pays a fee of 0.8 SOL (plus transaction costs) to mint the item.

Gear in Mini-Royale

Players have six Gear types available — Rings, Necklaces, Watches, Bracelets, Perfume, and Belts. Each Hero has one open slot per Gear type.

Players can either buy Gear from Magic Eden, or create it through Fusion contracts. Fusion contracts require a player level of 44, and a Hero who was minted through the Fusion Lab. Players use the Fusion Lab to burn specific NFTs to create a new, limited edition item that usually offers a bonus in the current Clan War event.

Gear must be minted before it can be equipped,and can be minted as an NFT from level 1. Gear comes with Alignment and Allegiance stats. If the Gear has an alignment, it can only be worn by a Hero with the same alignment, or one who is flagged as ‘Morally Flexible’. Gear that matches the Allegiance of the Hero receives a stat bonus. Gear also comes in sets. Equip multiple items from the same set for extra bonuses.

If players wish to remove Gear from a Hero, they must pay a fee in Butter tokens. The fee ranges from 25 Butter for an uncommon gear item, all the way up to 250 Butter for a legendary item. Players can acquire Butter in-game by completing quests, gaining levels, and advancing their battle pass rank.

Equipping Gear also increases the Power Level of the Hero, which will have an effect when PvE mode is added.

Season 4

Mini-Royale is currently in Season 4, called Season of the Samurai. In addition to a new set of NFTs, a new Battle Pass, and a new map, season 4 also brought Character Shards to the game. Now, instead of giving away a whole character or weapon skin at once, Mini-Royale can dole it out to the players in little pieces at a time. This is an understandable decision to control NFT inflation in their game economy, but it still feels kind of crappy as a casual player that is going to end up with just a few shards of dozens of different items.

Season 4 also brings the addition of SOL rewards for the individual and Clan leaderboards. A portion of the funds spent buying special, limited edition Character Shard boxes will help boost the size of the reward pools. These new SOL rewards are in addition to the standard BUTTER and NFT rewards for Clan events.

Thoughts about Mini-Royale

Mini-Royale has built a complex and rather confusing series of boosts, staking, forging, fusing, enriching, battle passes, quests, contracts, levels, and some sort of psuedo-strategic guild war functionality that I still don’t completely understand.

And while technically, Mini-Royale is free to play and play to earn, actually reaching the earning point as a free to play player requires significant grind. Otherwise, you can invest some money, earn and mint new NFTs, and hopefully sell those to other players. Mini-Royale does have an NFT staking system, encouraging players to hold their NFTs off the markets, but as the number of NFTs in the game grows, this either becomes unsustainable, or they are forced to continue to diminish the value of the older weapon and character skins.

All of that being said, Mini-Royale is still a decent choice if you just want to hop on and start shooting. The game runs in a web browser and matches are generally pretty short. I love the ease of being able to jump into a quick game.

What is Mini-Royale?

Mini-Royale is a web-based FPS running on the Solana blockchain. It is free to play, though owners of Premium NFTs receive bonus points towards their Battle Pass ranking with every match. The game runs in a web browser and supports both random, and public games, as well as private matches.

Mini-Royale offers a couple of different game modes such as Team Deathmatch, Battle Royale, and Capture the Flag. Team size maxes out at five players, though you can also play with fewer. PvP matches are generally very quick and action-packed.

Players earn character experience, gain battle pass points, and level up their items by playing the game. Along the way, they also earn special weapons and avatar skins. Some of these can be minted to the blockchain as NFTs. Mini-Royale just celebrated their one year anniversary!

To learn more about Mini-Royale, visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord.

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Season 1 of Blankos Block Party was released on September 28, 2022, introducing features such as Party Passes, new Blanko characters and several game modes. The 2.0 updates went live on December 12, 2022, and players can now head over to the game to access the new features.

New features and updates

Blankos Block Party now allows players to search for friends and send friend requests. Each user has a unique ID that can be used for sending and receiving friend requests. This feature is accessible through Social option in the game menu. When in the lobby, a pop-up comes on the screen of players for better communication. These pop-ups will show whether the Party Leader is selecting a Brawl or a Party Bus. There is also an update in the chat window to fit all messages inside the window.

Target Mode

This update also comes with a new game mode – Target Mode. Players have to destroy the target dummies using a gun in this mode. The player who hits the most number of dummies wins the game. This timed, PvE game is available both in Party Bus and Brawl.

New Brawl Maps

In the new update, 9 new parties are available in the Brawl Map rotation. Players have created these parties and they offer a wide variety of environments to play in. The new parties include N.O.O.B Town 2022, Cold Shot, Race Parties, Fantasy Fort V2, Vibe Parties, SOS Vibes, Blankos Daycare, Prezzie Adventure, and Topfrogger.

Other Updates

Some UI-specific updates include the “Game Objective”, which will now be displayed at the center of the screen for accessibility. A number of other bugfixes and changes have been made, such as a fixes for several animations and some build mode issues. Also, players can no longer take damage when the party is over, in the pre-match lobby or in the party-start countdown. In addition, a brand new Inventory page has been added, which displays a player’s accessories and emotes.

Read the official update post for the full list of changes.

What is Blankos Block Party game?

Blankos Block Party is an NFT-powered open-world multiplayer action game that allows players to equip character NFTs, personalize and upgrade characters and use them to earn rewards by completing daily combat challenges. The Blankos NFTs are the digital assets on EOSIO blockchain that players can own to play the game.

Players can sell the Blankos within the in-game Mythical Marketplace and customize them with loot and clothing. Blankos has two currencies – Blankos Bucks and Moola. By purchasing items from the in-game store, players can acquire Blanos Bucks, and by completing challenges and participating in giveaways, players can acquire Moola.

To learn more about the project check out our video review below and read our Blankos Block Party review and guide.

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After recently adding equippable wearables to their game about racing Chickens with special powers, Chicken Derby looks to revamp their leaderboard calculations with the addition of Seasons, starting on December 19th.

Chicken Derby features five distinct groups of races — Chick, as well as Pecking Orders D, C, B, A, and S, with S boasting the toughest competition. Chick is also a special Pecking Order. available only to Chickens who have raced less than five times ever.

In the current ranking method, chickens move freely between the Pecking Orders based on their finishing position in races. This has led to a number of players gaming the system and purposefully de-ranking their Chickens with cheaper cost races so they can enter higher cost races at lower ranks.

Seasons in Chicken Derby

And so, to combat this behavior, Chicken Derby is implementing seasons. At the start of each Season, every Chicken has their POP (Pecking Order Points) set to 100. After each race, Chickens gain or lose POP based on their finishing position. This ranges from +5 to -5 points.

Then, at the end of the season, the top 20% from each Pecking Order receive a special season badge and move up a Pecking Order,. The bottom 20% move down a Pecking Order. Then all of the Chickens have their POP reset to 100 and the next season begins. Chickens must run at least one race during a season to be eligible to change Pecking Order.

As additional incentive, Chicken Derby will weight the payouts for free races so that higher ranked Pecking Orders have larger payouts.

The first five seasons will be only two weeks long, giving the team a chance to make changes and adjustments as needed. After that, starting in March 2023, seasons will run for a month.

In addition, Chicken Derby plans to launch a new ‘Christmas Cracker’ tournament. This tournament begins on December 19th, 6pm CST, and runs for two weeks. Chickens earn points based on placement for each race run during the tournament. After the two weeks, Chickens with the top 10 number of points in each Pecking Order receive special prizes including Santa costumes and Fusion Serums (Serums will be used in an upcoming Chicken Fusion feature).

What is Chicken Derby?

Chicken Derby is a chicken racing simulation built on the Polygon network. Each Chicken is a unique NFT that can be entered into races for paid prizes.

Chickens come in four Heritages — Serama, Sultan, Lakenvelder, and Dorkling, in order of rarity. In addition, there are a number of random cosmetic traits for each Chicken. Ranging from standard white feathers to tiger patterns to robot chickens! Every Chicken also has a special Talent that can trigger during races. This can be something as simple as a short flight, or as extreme as creating a black hole!

Chickens have Perfection ratings, which affect their race performances. All of the original Spicy breed Chickens have a Perfection Rating of at least 90%. But it’s not always the 100% Perfection Chicken who wins the race. Each Chicken also has hidden preferences for track distance and type as well as a Consistency rating. Players must discover these hidden preferences on their own.

With seven different terrain types, six different track lengths, and twelve Chickens per race, each with their own preferences, abilities, and racing styles, Chicken Derby features enough variation to ensure that the race outcomes won’t be predetermined. There are also a number of ‘Easter Egg’ type bonuses that the team adds to the official documentation once the community figures it out. For example, Chickens with Alien Eyes get a boost to their Teleport ability (if they have it).

To learn more about Chicken Derby visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord server.

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