As both traditional venture capitalists as well as digital-facing investors have been big fans of NFTs, the recent wave in cryptocurrency-related gaming projects has drawn significant investment. It’s not just financiers either: gaming studio Ubisoft, the company behind Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry, just led a $60 million investment in White Start Capital’s new Digital Asset Fund, much of which is certain to flow into the burgeoning gamefi space.
Blockchain games deployed on mobile and desktop are increasingly viewed as an accessible gateway to crypto, a means by which the industry can onboard mainstream users who’ve never owned a Web3 wallet. Alt Shift Games is releasing a title called Wonderman Nation. It promises a compelling experience, which combines game mechanics with endless earning potential. Little wonder this particular project has already won interest from some of the industry’s best-known investors…
Tokens Galore
Wonderman Nation received support from several prominent VCs, including Jump Capital, Shima Capital and Chainboost.
Fomocraft Ventures (Fomocraft Ventures), Formless Capital and Bitfrost Ventures have all supported the venture and have endorsed Axie Infinity’s P2E dual token ecosystem. Axie, a NFT-game that players love for its unique breed-and-battle gameplay, earned $1.3 billion last year.
As crypto is, gamefi can be described as a numbers-based game. But not all players necessarily expect a ‘return on investment’: those entering the space from the traditional gaming world ultimately want to be entertained. Nevertheless, blockchain-based gaming ventures like Wonderman Nation You are required It is to seek capital in order to create a community of passionate people and to ensure that the ecosystem remains stable. The project has already raised $1.6million from the aforementioned VCs. A second private round is planned for Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and other strategic partners. The retail users raised $308k in a brief but effective marketing campaign that ran late last year.
April 21 is the next significant date on the calendar. Investors via ChainBoost will have access to an allocation of tokens for WNDR governance. In total, some $200,000 will be raised via the protocol’s so-called Boostpad. Another sale, worth $800k, will be held on Polkastarter a week later. On April 28th, a third sale on Blockius will take place. This is the IDO launchpad, formerly known as BlockPad. Wonderman Nation, which raised $287k in the final public round of this round, will now raise $1.287m.
These are all indications that Wonderman Nation has the potential to have an impact in this coming year’s launch.
Wonderman, why?
So, what’s all the fuss about? Wonderman Nation, a cartoon-style game that is powered by an economy owned and controlled by players, can be described as a playful, animated, fun game. Said to combine elements of CryptoKitties, Final Fantasy and Axie Infinity, the project leverages the collective expertise of a developer team whose resumé includes works on popular releases like Zelda, Far Cry, Star Wars, LA Noire, Warhammer and Dungeons and Dragons.
Garth Midgley, Creative Director, is the one at the helm. Having worked with the world’s biggest publishers (Nintendo, Ubisoft, Atari), Midgley is quietly confident that the game will bring a freshness to the fast-growing gamefi industry.
Wonderman Nation gives players the opportunity to turn their skilful gameplay into rich rewards, whether they’re exploring, battling or breeding colourful creatures (Arcadians) that can be traded on the open market. Interestingly, Arcadians aren’t the only creatures that players can bring into the world: by venturing to new planets and moons, they can unearth mystical new species which can be cross-bred with Arcadians to create highly rare critter NFTs. Gamers have the ability to trade and find food products, as well as earn them.
Wonderman Nation, with its preponderance in token utility uses cases and a talented developer team and an abundance of investors who are experienced, is one of many promising blockchain games that point to a bright future for cryptocurrency. Let’s see where the future takes us.