Civitas, Shrapnel, Blast Royale | Hidden Gems – Gaming and Metaverse
Review Date: April 19th, 2022
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We scored over 50 projects this week, and these are the 4 we think you should know about:
- Civitas
- Shrapnel
- BreederDAO
- Blast Royale
Please keep in mind that some of these projects have not yet been subjected to our code review process, but we want to call them out here for preliminarily catching our eye based on our fundamental analysis process.
Civitas (80%)
Website – Documentation
Civitas is a play & earn community-governed city building game where every citizen can own their own plot and customize it with their own distinct structures. To create a dynamic gameplay experience, players will need to work together within their own subDAOS to construct more advanced buildings, accumulate power, and progress the platform to new heights.
Why we like it:
The up-and-coming p2e game will be accessible on smartphones and PC and will feature augmented reality experiences. While it is possible to play the game on one device only the platform has been geared to reward those who contribute time on both devices. Utilizing VR/AR and a smartphone, players can enjoy mini-games that are generated through real-world geolocation technology.
Investors:
20 million raised from Delphi Digital, Three Arrows Capital, Framework, BitKraft, Defiance Capital, and Sfermion.
Team:
Currently 30 + employees working for Directive Games, notable experience includes Penn State University and Ubisoft Gaming.
Token Utility:
TBA
Where can you buy the token?:
TBA
Shrapnel (77%) – Updated
Website – Documentation
Developed by a triple AAA gaming studio based out of Seattle, Washington – Shrapnel is an up-and-coming blockchain-based FPS that was developed by a world-class team of designers, producers, artists, and programmers. Neon is authentically leveraging some of the most exciting pillars of utility that blockchain has to offer to the game — its core game design innovates on competitive game modes, and its digital economy will directly reward and empower the community
Why we like it:
Shrapnel’s parent company Neon Media, is a spin-off from its parent company HBO. The team behind this project also partnered up with one of the most prominent blockchain gaming infrastructure projects, Forte, to bring some of the most innovative pillars of utility that blockchain gaming has to offer.
Investors:
Neon Media has already received approximately 11 million in funding from Griffin Gaming Partners, Polychain Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Three Arrows Capital, DeFiance Capital, Mechanism Capital, and gaming guild Merit Circle.
Team:
Shrapnel currently has 14 active employees, their backgrounds come from fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, HBO, Sega, and Electronic Arts.
Token Utility:
$SHRAP – both governance and utility-based token used for in-game add-ons, staking, and gas.
Where can you buy the token?:
Token launch is expected for some time this quarter, see the full roadmap on the website for more information
BreederDAO (77%)
Website – Documentation
Aiming to become the leading NFT asset creation protocol for the metaverse, BreederDao is already partnered with the biggest P2E games and gaming guilds. With game assets already deployed in Axie Infinity, Sipher, Cyball, and Crabada – BreederDao is quickly becoming the go-to creator of the metaverse.
Why we like it:
With play-to-earn sectors’ exponential growth this year, many P2E games have become burdened with maintaining and creating NFTs for their ecosystem. Devoting developer talent to the creation of assets ultimately seemed to be an inefficient use of their time so BreederDAO is becoming the outsourcing hub for these games to sustain in-game asset creation.
Investors:
$10 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Delphi Digital, #Hashed, Mechanism Capital, and Yield Guild Games.
Team:
A total of 21 employees, BreederDao’s talent and experience come from a wide variety of gaming companies.
Token Utility:
$BREED utilities:
- Governance
- In-game asset production for partnered games
Where can you buy the token:
Token Sale is expected to go live on the April 26-29
Blast Royale (75%)
Website – Documentation
Blast royale is an up and coming p2e FPS where gamers can hop on and enjoy a strategy-based battle royale in hopes of becoming the sole victor. Taking a similar approach to already successful battle royale games like Fortnite and Apex legends, Blast royale hopes to become one of the first blockchain-based games to introduce the masses to crypto by providing riveting gameplay.
Why we like it:
To motivate the masses to join the play-to-earn revolution, Blast royale has created a familiar title to existing popular games which are still the subject of attention for traditional gamers. Unlike other battle royales, Blast is rewarding users who play matches, complete events and create new equipment for sale on secondary markets.
Investors:
$5 million raised from Mechanism Capital, Animoca Brands, DragonFly Capital, Polygon, Ancient8, and Merit Circle.
The Team:
Currently a 13-person team, notable experience comes from Tomb Raider, Sony Games, GSN Games, and usTwo Games.
Token Utility:
TBA
Where can you buy the token:
TBA- Q2 of this year is the expected launch.
