ArchLoot x Fight of the Ages AMA Recap
On August 22, ArchLoot was invited to an AMA hosted by our partner, a top-tier GameFi project Fight of the Ages, in their inclusive community. Here is an entire recap:
Session 1 — INTRODUCTION QUESTIONS
Q1: Can you give us an introduction of yourself and of the project?
Jonathan
Hi, I’m Jonathan, the CEO of ArchLoot, I am from Belgium, and have been a member of the game industry for a long time. I worked in game studios such as TapTap, Mars Game, Yostar, Aoshitang
Dirk
Hi, everyone! I’m Dirk, CMO of ArchLoot. I was from the traditional finance industry. Directed one of the first fully-compliant crypto hedge funds in Asia, and co-founded an FoF.
Jonathan
I’ll introduce our project now. ArchLoot is an NFT-based UGC game built on BNB Chain, we can also say it’s an RPG game based on user-generated content, and for this reason, we want to place our users at the center of the project. Too many game companies have forgotten that they are making games because they liked games in the first place and you can feel it. We are creating the project for the user base, we want ArchLoot to be a fair and balanced project for all users.
Links: https://linktr.ee/archloot
Welcome to our next CBT: https://forms.gle/fis5uMbk2o2r7RQZA
Q2: How do you differentiate ArchLoot from other GameFi projects?
Dirk
This is indeed an excellent and important question. The first difference would be our technology and UGC elements. As explained, ArchLoot provides the first interactive gameplay in the industry, which fully enables on-chain implementation of upgradeable characters/props NFTs.
UGC elements in ArchLoot come from user-designed avatars, and user-oriented community strategy and also come about from mainstream media outlets facilitating amateurs to publish content. Our technology ensures that all these parts are highly editable and renderable anytime.
We’d like to breeze some fresh air into the industry, by enabling the gamers to achieve what they want in the way they feel good.
Jonathan
I can add that Web3 gaming is a space where everyone should be a winner. I do hope we achieve levels like Axie infinity, and in every spectrum of our project vision & design, I even hope more that with joint efforts of GameFi, we can make play-to-earn a better play-and-earn place.
Host
Ohh Let me Share the Archloot Social Links https://linktr.ee/archloot
Q3: What are the highlights of ArchLoot gameplay?
Jonathan
As explained, we provide a highly completed product in which you can expect good gaming qualities in line with the mature traditional gaming industry. Have you heard of Spore? It is our dream to build a Spore-like crypto game and we might have done it! ArchLoot pursuits playability and it has always been our top priority to build a good game.
In the second phase of the CBT, we have introduced the community to a full version of the game, with better compatibility, graphics, and more diverse features. You can assemble a monster avatar with NFT body parts, build your tribe on the master island, acquire resources and gadgets during battle, and unlock new challenges when hit new levels.
You can explore the general gameplay experience in this preview video https://youtu.be/0W8LRSArALI
There are also many user-made clips on our Twitter, made by CBT testers: https://twitter.com/archlootOS
Host
Thanks mate, for the valuable information
Q4: Can you please explain the utility or use cases of NFTs offered by ArchLoot, and what are the benefits of holding one?
Dirk
We have just finished the 2nd wave of NFT sales on Binance. It is now a good time to further elaborate on our value.
The game itself is free-to-play. So why should people invest in and hold NFTs? Because the NFTs are significant for your playability and profitability.
Avatars in ArchLoot are assembled and designed freely by gamers with NFT body parts. These parts are divided into four levels according to their rarity — common, rare, epic, and legendary — corresponding to 1, 2, 3, and 4 attributes respectively. Some of these parts also have separate special skills.
Rare NFTs will have better durability, longer lifespan, lower cost of repairing, and higher rewards in each mode of gameplay.
And as explained, what makes our NFTs irreplaceable is our unique protocol: EIP 4985 and BEP 129. All the metadata will log user-generated updates & upgrades. This innovation also provides more potential for cross-game interoperability.
So to sum up the reasons, 1. The NFT technology is like nothing else. 2. The NFT looks badass and has superior attributes. 3. increased playability. 4. collectability value.
Q5: Can you tell us more about your ongoing Close Beta Test?
Jonathan
It is an invite-only event that opens 300 seats for trusted testers, including those experienced gamers referred by our guilds partners. We have received around 3000 applicants around the world and it’s really great.
Host
Great, you are working hard to deliver a good product
Jonathan
Our major goal at this stage would fully test how our PVE & PVP system function under heavy traffic flows and with on-chain mechanisms. We also opened up new features like 3v3 PVP mode and hidden maps for gamers to get a more comprehensive idea about Planet ALT3, the biomes, and the challenges accordingly.
We will follow up with our iOS testing pretty soon.
Host
Wow on IOS. Thanks for your information mate
Session 2 — COMMUNITY QUESTIONS
Q1: The UGC game mode looks interesting and I saw you making the alpha-beta version. What is the current development and point of your Archloot Team? When exactly will we be able to play?
Jonathan
As of now, there are no major technical flaws have been spotted during 2 phases of tests done by 400 gamers. It is OK for us to say that building on stable product quality, we are finalizing the details of the game, in terms of the following aspects
- The ratio of in-game materials consumption and acquisition, which is substantial for economic balance
- iOS version. Due to an unexpected delay in the ‘paperwork’ process, we provide iOS CBT test installation several days after the Android version, and we will try to push out an official launch that is compatible across these 2 systems whenever ready.
- The minor bugs relating to language support & graphics and more.
Q2: What type of payment do you apply to make it easier for players in the game? will there be an option to connect to Metamask & Wallet Connect while playing? And Can you describe your “expectations” of the gaming experience you would like to improve with meta run.
Dirk
We support basically any wallet that can be connected to the BNB Chain, no matter whether you prefer matamask or wallet connect.
Besides what was just said, during CBT, our gamers have already tried the official dashboard and marketplace on the testnet. The feedbacks are positive and they seem to be very smooth.
Q3: I read that ArchLoot’s Gameplay has 4 genres: PVE, PVP, Create, and Squads. Can you explain these Gameplays and how players can profit from them? Which mode do you encourage players to participate in? What does ArchLoot need to start playing? Do we need to buy characters or NFTs?
Jonathan
The game is free-to-play, with no entry capital requirement. Everyone will get a resource pack on their first launch to kick off. A great difference between mysterybox holders who have rare NFT body parts and other players would be their earning rates. So my explanation of profits actually varies from case to case.
Generally, in PVE mode, you’ll about to earn various rewards that include a considerable amount of in-game gold ($ALG). We now provide 1v1 and 3v3 PVP with respective Leaderboards, and maybe other modes will occur after the game launch. Occupying the seasonal leaderboard will get you higher token prizes as well.
Q4: We can see many different cooperations that are going in now. What are the Advantages of this cooperation? What are the Goals for the two Projects? Since I have played fota and archloot in Beta, I am pretty much looking forward to these nice but very different game concepts.
Jonathan
ArchLoot is an adventurous RPG that features bizarre little monsters and rich challenges for them to interact with or simply conquer. We are in a very different world from FOTA but share the same ‘playability before financialization’ concept. We hope there will be more areas for us to explore together.
Q5: Are there any Daily Mission Rewards for Gamers on ArchLoot? Can you please explain as I am new to Crypto Gaming?
Dirk
You’ll have different quests when reaching different levels. Generally, your everyday quest contains 4 chances in PVE map explorations and 3 chances in PVP mode. Furthermore, we have a daily quest system (need to purchase a monthly pass first) where you can get rewards for finishing up to 5 guests.
Session 3 — LIVE QUESTIONS
Here you all can drop your questions FOTA’ers, Archloot Team glad to reply to your questions
Q1: My question for team ARCHLOOT: I see on your website there are several features, and one of them is Protocol BEP 129 + — 4985. Can you explain what is EIP-4985 + BEP 129? So what is the use of the EIP-4985 + BEP 129 ARCHLOOT?
Jonathan
As mentioned in our whitepaper https://docs.archloot.com/ and on our website, EIP-4985 and BEP-129 are used as well as some enhanced features of LOOT to store active metadata on-chain. It allows the users to directly modify (upgrade in this instance) the gears in the game and allows them to be saved on-chain to not lose any data. When we talk about interoperability across ecosystems, it does not only mean that you can interact with it only within the game but also on the marketplace and eventually on other games (from us in a certain future, or from our partners if agreed upon hereafter would be seen as an IP).
Q2: NFTs, tokens are definitely an important part of Archloot, aside from the ability to customize our “roles” and characters in our Archloot game, what are the benefits of holding Archloot these NFTs?
First of all, the ability to customize roles or in-game characters is not a benefit of the NFT, but one of the highlights of the game. Rare NFTs in ArchLoot can provide significant in-game advantages, from efficiency to power, to durability. Furthermore, there are additional rewards waiting for our mystery box holders.
Q3: If you look at the PvE game of archloot, you will eventually have a problem with the bot. I would like to know if you are prepared for the inflation of assets caused by the bot.
We have counter-measures for bots such as pattern tracking and we are working with our engineers to place that on serverside so the client cannot be corrupted. In simple terms, botting is not allowed and the bots will be banned. Currently, this feature is no longer in testing as we tested it with a multitude of pattern behaviour in our alpha testing. The anti-bot feature will obviously adapt to the market and will be constantly evolving after the project is released officially.
Q4: Smart contracts are vulnerable to bugs, and even recently many DeFi projects were victims of this, costing users funds. How efficient and secured is your smart contract, and did you ever audit it via any external party?
First of all, our team is composed of season smart contract engineers. In fact, we have been spotting bugs and doing advisories for many renowned Gamefi projects in the field. Also, our smart contracts will be audited by third-party auditor. Our assets are also secured by a dual authorization withdrawing process (2FA).
Q5: As the popularity of streaming services such as YouTube and Twitch increases, there are many cases in the game industry where collaboration with streamers leads to the popularity of games. Is #ArchLoot planning to collaborate with these popular streamers as part of marketing?
We have already and we will after the game release, it does offer leads into the industry. I have collaborated with numerous streamers and YouTubers during my career in the traditional game industry and I keep in touch with them. We will start to collaborate with them once the full release date is out. (nice question, it was not asked by anybody else)
Host
Oh, it will be a great move. Welcome & Thanks for valuable time & interesting replies to the all users who asked amazing questions.
Jonathan
Thank you very much and have a nice one everybody
