Eladrea: the Land of the Ancients — A unique project intended to connect different gamers.
Ukrainian game development resource just published a new article about Eladrea. We offer you to check the English version and learn about the origins of our project.
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Eladrea: the Land of the Ancients is not just another online fantasy game based on DeFi. This is an ambitious project with a special mission to raise online gaming to a new level. The project’s primary goal is to create a popular game and establish a strong community of gamers, engaging the Free-to-Play players in the world of web 3.0.
How did the concept of the project come about?
It can be stated that Eladrea was born as a result of the synergy of experience and knowledge between three people — Artem Polchenko, Vadim Sadkovsky, and Maxim Duzhev. All of them have a solid background in different fields: Maxim has 12 years of experience in Gamedev, Artem is an experienced expert in successful investments and trading, and Vadym is a specialist in DeFi and Blockchain games. The aggregate of their knowledge in their industries has created the main concept: to team up and create their own new game project. And not just some casual game, or a primitive clicker that will be completely forgotten after a few months of being on the market, but a game of such high quality and scale that blockchain and Web 3.0 developers have never created before.
But, as in the cases of every project that aims for success, the game’s idea and the future of its development have started with a detailed review of the market. We were concerned with the overall global video games market, mobile and blockchain segments, and forecasts for their potential development and growth forecasts.
And the results of the analysis were quite impressive. We would like to share some of the most impressive figures with you.
According to Newzoo research, there are about 3.24 billion gamers in the world at the present time, and the forecasted revenue by the end of 2022 is about $ 197 billion.
Of this whole mass of players — the majority, precisely 2.7 billion — mostly play on mobile devices, and the revenue from the distribution of mobile games is $ 103.5 billion.
The most profitable game genres are 4x Strategy ($10 billion), MMORPG ($8.5 billion), and Team Battle RPG ($8 billion).
And these figures will only grow. According to the latest research and forecasts of PwC’s Global Entertainment and Media Outlook, the global gaming market will reach a value of $321.1 billion by 2027, increasing by an average of 8.94% per year. And the value of the mobile games market, in general, will be about $338 billion in 2030, with a growth rate of 12.3% per year.
On the other hand, the market of Web 3.0 games, although it is relatively young, is increasing at a rapid pace and this is what it looks like:
The estimated number of Blockchain/Crypto users is about 320 million people, and the market itself is evaluated at $3 billion. Compared to the global gaming market, it is not so impressive, but let’s look further.
According to DappRadar’s annual report, there are 398 active blockchain games in 2022, which is 93% (!!!!) higher than last year, and investments in this industry have grown from $80 million in 2020 to $4 billion in 2021 and are projected to be around $10 billion by the end of 2022.
Overall, the blockchain gaming industry has grown by 2000% in the last year (just imagine those numbers!). It is projected that by 2028 its value will grow from 4.93 billion to almost $228 billion with an unbelievable 72.9% annual growth rate! (according to insight Partners research and forecasts). This is greatly facilitated by the fact that major global brands such as Gucci, Nike, Coca-Cola, Balenciaga, Hyundai Motors, and even Disney have now begun to invest heavily in their own Metaverse and NFT collections, which will eventually bring their user audience to Web 3.0.
How do we aim to achieve this goal?
It is no secret that “ conventional gamers” are skeptical and sometimes even outright contemptuous of blockchain/crypto games. And, let’s be clear, their attitude is completely justified by the fact that the vast majority of these games are not even games in the full sense of this term. Usually, these are rudimentary clickers with the complete absence of any gameplay, graphics, or plot, the only purpose of which is to try to earn money. In addition, many of them have a high entry threshold and quite considerable investments at the beginning. In other words, they offer potential players the to invest money in a product that does not satisfy their needs, but only provides an opportunity to theoretically earn anything there.
And to overcome the distrust of gamers and prove that Web 3.0 games can be not only a simple clickers but actually high-quality and exciting solutions, we came up with the concept of Eladrea. Fantasy Metaverse, or FantasyVerse, will be primarily a free-to-play game of high quality to meet the needs of the most demanding players, and only then a game that operates on the blockchain and has its own token and NFT collection.
To create such a large-scale project and its further success, it was necessary to assemble a strong team, and we can confidently say that we have succeeded. In total, more than 35 specialists joined the creation of Eladrea, many of them have successful experience in working with such game development studios as Wargaming and Crytek, and working on such projects as CLUB, Virtual Building, World of Tanks, The Day Before, Rainbow Six, Halo, Atomic Heart, Megapolis. We also have several external consultants, one of them with Remedy Entertainment.
The goals that the team was primarily facing were to develop a game concept that will be appealing to as many players as possible, will have replayable and diverse gameplay, and high-quality graphics, and, at the same time, will meet the expectations of the market.
That’s why we chose the leading Unreal 5 as the core game graphics engine and invited professional writers to create the game lore and the game world’s background. And now, one year after the project launch, we can surely say that Eladrea: The Land of the Ancients really has every chance to make a breakthrough in Web 3.0 games.
So what is so special to expect from our game?
- First, we made a mix of RPG and 4X Strategy and added the combat model used in Team Battler games. From role-playing games we have taken the system of level progression, skills and abilities of heroes and units, and a capacious and diverse inventory, The strategic element is about the exploration of the game world, seizing of new regions, gathering resources, developing your capital and army management. The Team Battler mechanic is needed for fast and intense battles in which players will have to make instant decisions to defeat numerous foes.
- We have created 12 completely unique and different game fractions, each with its own history, units, and gameplay features.
- We have significantly reduced the entering threshold and rejected the necessity of purchasing some expensive boosters or NFTs at the game’s start.
- We have worked out the plot and quests that will gradually reveal the full picture of the Eladrea world to the player.
- We have designed a system of Multiplayer Guilds and special cooperative events. Joining communities will not only increase players’ chances of success but will also allow them to take part in global battles for control of the most valuable game resources.
- We have implemented the most flexible army management and character development model we could.
- Since Eladrea is planned to be only the first of five games united by one FantasyVerse, we will give players the opportunity to transfer their favorite heroes between these projects.
- And thanks to the capabilities of the Unreal Engine, all this will be done with the highest quality graphics.
- But the most important thing is probably that the game will be available both on mobile devices running Android and iOS and on PC, which will allow anyone to choose the most comfortable way to play the game.
What are the nearest plans and when is the release planned?
In the nearest future, we are considering collaborations with game guilds, opinion leaders, and other interesting features. We advise you to follow all the news on our social networks because we plan to arrange many events for the audience even before the official game release. We are also planning activities that will allow players to influence some of the game’s events. In addition, you can get a lot of interesting information about game development, as well as useful and unique prizes as a result of giveaways and raffles. And most importantly — don’t skip the Alpha version launch, which will be announced very soon!
