A summary of my learnings from My Crypto Heroes and fellow blockchain game developers — I just returned from ETH Denver and NFT.NYC where I had lots of discussions about why we, as an industry, decided to build a game on the blockchain. In short: There are a few things that blockchain games can do, which “normal” games simply can’t do. This post is highly…

Purpose of this post This community update should add transparency to our decision making processes and involve the asset holder community to share feedback and ideas before making a final decision. Background In the MCH Discord, there was a larger discussion of the current MCH ecosystem, the asset values, and in general the future of…

We added MCH+ auth, MCH+ referral, and upgraded the NFT Explorer into the beta. — We upgraded the underlying technology of our Blockchain Game engine MCH+. The new version includes an authentication for all our partner games, a referral marketing mechanism, and we upgraded our NFT Explorer. The new features are implemented in Brave Frontier Heroes, which was released today on Thursday, January 30, 2020.

An attempt to categorize blockchain game ecosystems by NFT supply and barriers to entry — It’s been over one year since My Crypto Heroes has been launched, which made me reflect on what’s needed in 2020 to push blockchain gaming adoption. When I talked with other promising blockchain games about game economies, most being different from the MCH economy, I realized: We don’t have mental…

A behind-the-scenes look into one of the most played blockchain games in the world. A written format of a presentation I gave at Blockchain Game Portal in Taipei this year. — Building good games is hard. Building games with an open economy is even more difficult. This multi-part series will explain how we managed to build one of the leading blockchain games out there: My Crypto Heroes. We will explain how we achieved a weekly trading volume of ~650 ETH, why…

A behind-the-scenes look into one of the most played blockchain games in the world. A written format of a presentation I gave at Blockchain Game Portal in Taipei this year. — Building good games is hard. Building games with an open economy is even more difficult. This multi-part series will explain how we managed to build one of the leading blockchain games out there: My Crypto Heroes. We will explain how we achieved a weekly trading volume of ~650 ETH, why…

A behind-the-scenes look into one of the most played blockchain games in the world. A written format of a presentation I gave at Blockchain Game Portal in Taipei this year. — Building good games is hard. Building games with an open economy is even more difficult. This multi-part series will explain how we managed to build one of the leading blockchain games out there: My Crypto Heroes. We will explain how we achieved a weekly trading volume of ~650 ETH, why…

Let’s explore which attributes affect the outcome of a battle. — Your Hero’s Base Values Each hero gets born with four attributes: HP, PHY, INT, and AGI. The values increase as the hero levels up. As in most games, each hero possesses strengths and weaknesses in his/her attributes which makes for different strategies for each hero. Let’s talk about the four attributes: HP — Hit Points HP means how…

The basics of turn based Active Skills Action Points (AP) decide when a hero attacks with an Active Skill. They are affected by the hero’s AGI (Agility): Every turn, the Action Points grow by 100 plus the AGI of the respective hero. Action Points gain per round = 100 + AGI Once a hero’s Action Points reach…