Upcoming blockchain-enabled gaming expertise Taurion launches its Treasure Hunt III occasion on Aug 28.Individuals will likely be competing for ove
Upcoming blockchain-enabled gaming expertise Taurion launches its Treasure Hunt III occasion on Aug 28.
Individuals will likely be competing for over $10,000 in prizes, together with main cryptocurrencies, in-game currencies and uncommon nonfungible tokens (NFTs) from a complete host of different video games and builders within the blockchain area.
Cointelegraph spoke to Taurion inventive lead, Andrew Colosimo concerning the occasion.
The vast majority of prizes will likely be found by way of prospecting, or looking the assorted areas of the map, a bit just like the digital equal of scouring the countryside with a metallic detector. Something discovered should then be taken to the proper constructing as a way to money it in, however the path could also be harmful.
Different prizes can be found for player-versus-player abilities (high fame and kills), together with development, crafting and upgrades. All prizes are provably honest, and even Colosimo doesn’t know the place the prospecting prizes are hidden.
The prizes, nonetheless, are actually simply an incentive for gamers to come back and cargo take a look at the sport and options in alpha-stage, as he explains:
“With out them, testing a doubtlessly buggy recreation while beneath early growth wouldn’t be as a lot enjoyable, because the world will likely be reset for the total recreation launch.”
The earlier two treasure hunts have been labelled as “tech demos” as there wasn’t a lot to do, aside from transfer round, fundamental fight and prospecting. The brand new model contains much more options, though there are nonetheless much more to be added earlier than the total recreation is prepared for launch.
What could be shocking to some is the variety of prizes which have been donated from different huge identify video games and recreation builders. In what is definitely a aggressive business, it’s optimistic to see such collaboration and cross-promotion.
“Personally I believe because the area is presently fairly small, it’s positively complementary to assist construct a powerful blockchain gaming group and expose everybody to the completely different tasks.”
Colosimo describes Taurion as a completely autonomous recreation universe and cryptocurrency, the place gamers can earn crypto and belongings in a provably honest decentralized manner. He mentioned, “Cash are distributed in an analogous option to mining Bitcoin, besides the work just isn’t finished by {hardware} miners however by Human Miners (utilizing ability, intelligence and teamwork.)”
Sounds intriguing… Cointelegraph will likely be getting concerned in Treasure Hunt III to discover the sport thus far and produce you a work-in-progress on Taurion’s growth… and maybe additionally win some prizes (ahem).
The occasion runs from Aug 28 to Oct. 12.