Chapter 1: The Discovery
Ape Island Lore will be published periodically, providing you with the backstory leading up to the official launch of Island Hopper.
Yield Team 6 set sail to the mystic island that Captain Nape had been hunting, to claim the fabled treasures. Even though the waters were rough and the journey was tiring, the ape crew knew they had nothing to fear with Captain Nape at the helm. For six weeks, they suffered the monotonous view of open blue waters and started questioning if what their captain had been hunting didn’t exist. As bananas and ale began running low, Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt began to rise, but Captain Nape knew they were close, almost as if he was being called to the island.
When day broke and fog cleared, something was spotted floating in the water. The crew began pulling out small flakes of metal with unseen properties. These had to be the flakes Nape was obsessing over. “LAND HO! LAND HO!”, the ape crew began to scream. They finally made it; to everyone’s surprise the island did exist. Nape and his crew dropped anchor and rowed to shore. As they landed on the sand, it was apparent that the island was once inhabited. Structures could be seen scattered around the island, and catacombs gleamed with promise.
Yield Team 6 entered the catacombs and found what Nape had been looking for: Chadium-12. After all his time searching, it was finally his. Nape instructed the crew to take it all, they were going to be rich.
While the crew was collecting the Chadium ore, Captain Nape would go deeper into the catacomb. As he descended lower, the atmosphere shifted and something began to awake. Nape had trouble making out the shapes in the dark, but he knew it was time to leave.
With the location of the island discovered and as much Chadium-12 ore the ship could hold, Captain Nape and his crew left the island with the promise to return. On the journey back, Nape inspected his treasure. The metal was a dark grey, with an iridescent shine to it. The longer one looked at it, the harder it was to look away. Physically Chadium-12 was light, but somehow holding it felt heavy. Captain Nape was obsessed with the Chadium-12, and could hardly remain still on the sail home.
About Ape In
Ape In is an NFT-driven experience that features a series of mini-games that are designed to offer a consumer-friendly approach to decentralized finance (DeFi). These games function to introduce crypto-centric concepts such as farming and vaulting to a broader audience while forwarding the industry’s thinking around the utility of NFTs.
