Yuga Labs joint creation: Some thoughts on the eve of the launch of the new game

Author: Garga.eth (Greg Solano), Source: Author Twitter @CryptoGarga; Compilation: Daily Planet

On June 21, the Bored Ape Yacht Club official Twitter released a promotional video about the new game "HV-MTL Forge", and revealed that the game will be officially launched on June 29.

"HV-MTL Forge" It is a space construction game centered around Yuga Labs' latest mecha NFT series HV-MTL. Players who hold HV-MTL can visit and participate, build or customize an exclusive special space in the game, and use the game to Upgrade your own HV-MTL to a new form.

On the evening of June 28th, the eve before the launch of "HV-MTL Forge", Garge.eth, the co-founder of Yuga Labs, posted a long article on his personal Twitter, talking about the game and the earlier "Dookey Dash" , and some thoughts on Yuga Labs game development plan.

The following is the full text of Garge.eth, compiled by Odaily Planet Daily.

"HV-MTL Forge" will be released tomorrow. Before that, I want to do some in-depth thinking about HV-MTL.

Two years ago, the summer after the release of BAYC, GordonGoner.eth (another co-founder of Yuga Labs) and I had an idea for an old school arcade game that we had planned to be psychedelic and dark wind. We were pretty excited about it.

Today, although we did not implement it in the end, we still hope that some of the original ideas will become reality someday. However, even if the original idea was put on hold, some design concepts of the game have always been with us: for example, it is possible to make a game that is almost impossible to pass; for example, players only have a limited number of games; for example, each player will Earn a unique NFT character reward based on their position on the final leaderboard.

We want it to give the player the feeling that it's only running on a single old-school arcade machine that might die in a week, so players only have a week or so to challenge.

However, if you do well, you'll have a chance to earn a unique character through the game. This character can be brought out from the game, and it will serve as proof that you have participated in the game, showing that you have been in the game (for example, rare features can prove that you have got a good ranking), and it will be your participation in the game. The key to the next timed game.

This idea intrigues us because it demonstrates the potential of NFTs in games in a very simple way, such as confirmation of ownership, verifiable scarcity, new e-sports models, and more.

And most importantly, the idea highlights a unique potential of **NFTs - as the game ends, parts of it (such as on-chain characters) can continue to exist, instead of being destroyed when the game server is shut down. disappear. **

So, how to better demonstrate this potential of NFT? Our answer is to use a new game to bridge the previous game, and players can use these characters again in the new game. Through different designs, players can start again where they left off, or they can invest in a new and different experience.

The continuation of these "mini-games" will eventually gradually escalate into a series of blockbuster-like experiences, and this experience will also be enriched by the emotions players pay during the journey.

The earlier "Dookey Dash" was born from this idea. Based on popular runner games like Temple Run, players compete in the sewers to be the first to reach the end of the tunnel, where a magic key stuck in a monkey's ass awaits. out.

"Dookey Dash" has only been open for a few weeks. In the end, our champion was Mongraal, a professional Fortnite player with super reflexes. Mongraal and all other users who participated in "Dookey Dash" were given a small mech NFT, our HV-MTL. There are 8 different types of HV-MTL, corresponding to different leaderboard positions.

These HV-MTLs are currently in the Evlo1 form, and, simply put, they are all puppies.

"HV-MTL Forge" will be our way to upgrade HV-MTL from Evlo1 form to the next form. In this new game, you don't need to have the extremely fast reaction ability like in "Dookey Dash". The space of "HV-MTL Forge" is full of creativity, sociality and fun. This is the design direction of the new game , you can relax while competing.

"HV-MTL Forge" will start out as a hybrid of a pet game and a casual world-building game, but will later develop into a dungeon crawler. Unlike "Dookey Dash", "HV-MTL Forge" will be open for a few months, but will eventually close.

I am looking forward to seeing what you can build in "HV-MTL Forge". Let's escape into the space-time crack together.

For those who can't wait, Yuga Labs has put together a game guide (and FAQ homepage (and some video content will be released before tomorrow's release.