January 2023
This first Insider of the year we’ll be scratching the surface of the development plan we made for the course of 2023! We have a lot planned and today, we’ll begin to take a closer look at this future. But first, let’s start off with a brief glance back at where we’ve come from, what we’re working on right now, and then jump into our planned future of the Mintoverse!
Where It All Began
The Simulator:
Back when the project of Mintopoly began, it was just the simulator, containing only a portion of what it does today. This blockchain simulator was seen as a tool to kickstart the ecosystem. A unique way to distribute tokens, to give a utility to some NFTs, and provide a way for the player base to have a direct impact on their progress within the world of Mintopoly. While the project grew, it continued to be developed, consistently improved, and over time more has been added to it.
Planning Ahead:
While development had been ongoing with the project, it had always been in the back of our minds that this is not the complete vision of the Mintopoly ecosystem. Even though the details of it were not ironed out just yet, it was clear that the next step would become the base to which everything would be centered around. The vision of where we needed to go had eventually been realized, the plans laid out, and the development begun on the central hub of the Mintopoly Universe, the moon!
The Moon:
Mintopoly’s moon was now ready and was launched just around the time of the last rounds in the Mintopolist era. It was an exciting new stage of the world, and it opened the door to endless opportunities! These first six or so months of the moon have certainly been interesting, and like the simulator, has had changes and additions throughout. It’s been good though, we’ve been digging into and setting a proper foundation of what the rest of the Mintopoly Universe (the Mintoverse) will revolve around.
Where We’re At — Creating a Unified Ecosystem
Due to the nature of the simulator, and also what we plan to do with the moon, it made the most sense to operate them as two separate projects. The moon was built apart from the simulator for this reason, so as to keep them from causing conflicts with one another. This works great as an operational standpoint but it is largely lacking in terms of making it feel like they are one united ecosystem, working together.
Our immediate goal has been to work toward tying the projects together, to increase interoperability and add reliance upon one another. They are still separated, but are going to be connected by a single Mintoverse account, and we’re working towards cross-resource utilization, and so forth. To accomplish this both the moon and sim will be seeing changes in the near future that will create a direct need for each other in order to thrive. Additionally, changes to the front-end / user experience are being implemented to flow smoother from one section of the Mintoverse to another without having to “break out” of the ecosystem to make your way to that other area.
Where We’re Going
Onto the fun stuff! We have created an outline to share a visual overview of what we’re going to be aiming to accomplish this year. Even though this is the plan for development in 2023, it is simply a loose guideline and we will likely end up making adjustments or modifications along the way. Take a look below at the plan for 2023!
Q1 2023:
Here in the first quarter of the year, most of the development is foundational groundwork, which is already well underway! If I had to estimate the progress, we’re currently halfway done with the new account system, and work on a fresh new account page is just about to begin. At the same time, both the simulator AND the website are receiving massive styling changes to further align them with the moon being the center of the Mintoverse.
The simulator will always hold a special place in the heart of Mintopoly, and will always play a part in the Mintoverse. However, as we expand and shift toward the next chapter of the project, it will no longer be the primary focus. It has served its purpose well, and will continue to do so, as the unique way for token distribution, reward opportunities, card utility and so forth. That said, out plan is to repurpose the simulator to better align with the moon, and be less of a standalone relic.
The current idea (subject to change) is that we will be working together in the Mintoverse Blockchain Simulator to generate enough energy to power the moon. It will continue to be competitive in nature and rewards given to players for performing better and contributing more than others. As well as the potential for various other rewards along the way. It will be a group effort and we’ll need to contribute as a team in order for the moon to survive! The reward system and structure that we have in place now will also be seeing a big change to align with this new purpose.
All of this will take up a large part of Q1, but we also want to try and focus on a few other areas like the current balance of the cards minted. Right now there is an uneven count of cards having been minted in each category. Like for example, overall there are fewer Mining Rig cards in existence than there are Dapp cards. We’ll be taking a close look at the total minted within each category. Using those numbers we’ll create a better and more even spread across the board. We’ll mint another set of cards taking that distribution in account so that it is pretty much equal numbers in each card category.
Speaking of cards, the MM Mintobot will be receiving its long waited Lunar Utility in the near future. Most likely it will help us with our base restocking, so that we don’t have to stay on top of keeping them ready for harvesting.
Insider Rewards:
I think that’s enough rambling for right now, we’ll spend time digging into the other quarter’s plans in the upcoming Insiders! BUT, we’ll leave you with an Insider only event! Anyone who ends this round (#75) with the number ‘75’ in their stats in some manner will get an extra bit of MM sent their way, try and include is as much as possible! It can be anything from ensuring it’s in your net worth or active fork (10,753,275) to the number of investments you have (875 rigs, 675 nodes, 575 oracles). Be creative and have fun with it! Post a screenshot after the round ends in #event-submissions in order to qualify for the prize! Keep it a secret though, so that it stays with us Insiders! ;)
- The Mintopoly Team
