Battle Racers update (January-March 2021)
In this update: competitive races and 2021 roadmap!
Welcome to our Battle Racers Update! In these updates, we’ll share with you the status of the game and how development is going. For this joint update covering January to March, you’ll also get the latest details on the ongoing tournament, the recent $SCRAP release, and our latest project roadmap featuring the upcoming competitive racing feature.
The update is divided into the following sections:
- Tournament Update
- Build Update
- Website Update
- Press and Events Roundup
- What’s Next
Tournament Update:
Tournament season began last February as we announced the Battle Racers Winter Event!
We welcomed new racers to our community through the Weekly Time Trials, a leaderboard-based competition on Track 2 of the Battle Racers arena. In this free-for-all event, the Top 30 players who submitted their fastest race time each won the special edition Guerilla DaiHard car part of the week, sponsored by MakerDAO. Only ten (10) racers were able to assemble a complete Guerilla DaiHard car by joining all four weeks of the event, so be on the lookout for these super rare parts on the market!
Meanwhile, the Weekly Duels made its return with some new rules! In this 1v1 best-of-3 tournament on Track 1, the Top 2 winners each week win Battle Racers Season 1 Crates and top-seeded spots in the upcoming Duel Cup Open tournament. As of today, the tournament proper of Week 3 is currently ongoing, and we will announce registration for Week 4 soon.
Build Update:
While the Winter Event was taking place, we added some updates to the Battle Racers build on both our website and on Decentraland. Here is a list of the changes since last time:
- Added event billboards and UI popups
- Added links to our social media channels and Discord server
- Added several improvements to race timing implementation and multiplayer latency management
- Improved wallet connect UI for https://play.battleracers.io
Coming next this April is our Competitive Races feature! Players will be able to earn our new $SCRAP currency in-game by competing against other players. Races with more competitors will bring in bigger rewards. And to shake things up a bit, new race tracks are also being constructed and will be ready in the next quarter! More details to be announced soon.
Website Update:
Our biggest release in the past quarter is the launch of $SCRAP, an ERC-20 token which serves as our progression currency. Over 14,000 $SCRAP were minted on the Matic Chain during the initial airdrop last March 24th, and the Inventory page has been updated with a counter that displays how much $SCRAP a wallet contains.
More UI improvements will be made this April as we work on the Garage feature on the website. In addition to indicators for Queued and Ready-to-Claim for network-transferred parts, we will be implementing a Filter feature to the Inventory page, making it easier to assemble loadouts with your favorite parts and builds.
Press and Events Roundup:
Here are some of the highlights for Battle Racers during Q1 2021:
January:
- January 20: We released a sneak peak article about our new play-to-earn token, $SCRAP!
- January 29: Our company Altitude Games was mentioned by Cointelegraph as a local leader in blockchain gaming in the Philippines.
- January 29: We participated in Megacube, Decentraland’s biggest multiplayer game experience. Explorers were able to mine the cube for crypto rewards including Battle Racers car part NFTs.
February:
- February 2: Trading car parts within the Matic Chain was made possible through the launch of Arkane Market, the first NFT marketplace powered by Polygon (previously Matic Network). A special edition Arkane Hyperion car was released to commemorate the launch, and our first batch of 20 parts sold out instantly on the first day. This momentous event was featured on the Arkane Network blog and on eGamers.io.
- February 8: Altitude Games Creative Director and Co-Founder Luna talked about the challenges and advantages of creating a game remotely during Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5.
- February 12: Details were announced for the Winter Event, which consisted of the Weekly Time Trials and the Winter Weekly Duels. It was also featured on eGamers.io and NFT Plazas.
- February 22: We partnered with NFT World for a special event in NFT City! Visitors were able to drive around using Battle Racers car avatars and race in avatar-sized tracks.
March:
- March 17: We conducted an NFT snapshot in preparation for the $SCRAP airdrop.
- March 18: The first ever $SCRAP giveaway was held on the newly-verified Altitude Games Discord server to celebrate reaching 1,500+ members.
- March 19: A Robo Kitty MK-II Rear was sold for 0.5 ETH on OpenSea!
- March 24: $SCRAP was distributed to all Battle Racers NFT owners. The airdrop was also featured on eGamers.io.
What’s Next:
Now that we have introduced $SCRAP, the team is ready to share the latest development roadmap for Battle Racers! Check out all the upcoming features planned for the game:
Q2 2021:
- Competitive races: Players can race against other players to earn $SCRAP rewards
- Garage: Introduce car assembly functionality on the website, allowing players to save loadouts that can be easily selected in-game
- Parts upgrading: Each part can be upgraded using $SCRAP, which increases all the stats of that part by a percentage until it reaches its max level
- Parts salvaging: Players can burn excess or duplicate parts and receive $SCRAP in return
Q3 2021:
- Car tokenization and recorded history: Your token cars can record race history and earn buffs the more you play
We’ll have more details about the upcoming features very soon! If you have any questions about the update or suggestions for Battle Racers, let us know on our official channels below.
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