Battle Racers update (July - September 2021)
Welcome to our Battle Racers Update for July to September 2021, where we’ll share with you the status of our $SCRAP-related features and our project roadmap until 2022.
This update is divided it into the following sections:
- Tournament Update
- Build Update
- Website Update
- What’s Next
- Press and Events Roundup
Tournament Update:
At the beginning of July we launched the Summer Time Trials, a series of weekly leaderboard-based racing competitions. More than a hundred racers clocked in their fastest time on The Aquarium (Track 4) to win parts from the exclusive Zeta GXs and a weekly commemorative POAP token.
As new racers joined our community, we launched the Maker ShowDAOn, a 1v1 best-of-3 tournament which took place from August to September on Starry Speedway (Track 3). The prize pool included $SCRAP, limited edition Zeta MKR Part NFTs, commemorative POAP tokens, and DAI sponsored by our event partners MakerGrowth from MakerDAO and CommunityGaming.io.
Congratulations to our Top 4 Finalists!
- Champion: Sabinpro
- Runner-up: Opaaq0
- 3rd Place: Napoleon
- 4th Place: Shaneearm
Build Update:
As we close our latest tournament cycle and prepare for the next one, it’s time to rotate our race tracks again and bring back Track 1: Woodland Forest and Track 2: Fossefall Freeway.
Other under the hood updates were also implemented in our Web and Decentraland versions:
- Added event graphics and other UI updates
- Added support for new Special Edition cars
- Applied profanity filter for usernames
- Fixed issue with race times being displayed differently (by milliseconds)
- Addressed timeout issues when switching browser tabs
- Other bug fixes and optimizations
We are also currently addressing an issue that was caused by a mistaken deployment of a test car that some people were able to race with on the live server. It was available during a short window from August 15th to 20th and caused several fast times to be registered in the all-time leaderboard. As such, we have taken down the erroneous test car which should not and would not be released given its overpowered stats. We ask for patience as we try and sanitize our records, particularly on our Track 3 leaderboard.
One of the major things we are also focusing on until the end of the year is the mobile version of Battle Racers! Soon you will be able to race your NFT cars in a recharged version with brand new gameplay designed especially for your phones. More details will be revealed soon, but in the meantime, you can sign up to be a beta tester on the Playcheck Games website: playcheck.games/betatesting
Website Update:
In the past several months we have continued API development for our play-to-earn features, and now we have deployed a new $SCRAP contract with meta transaction implementation optimization and other minor fixes, such as for the incorrect display of decimal places. This contract also uses the new upgradable convention from OpenZeppelin. All of these are part of the groundwork needed for upcoming $SCRAP-related gameplay and $SCRAP token listing in exchanges.
Old contract:
- Token name: BRSCRAP
- Address: 0x0189ea51371eeb94858058944346c452a940e58a
- Deployed on Polygon/Matic Chain
New contract:
- Token name: $SCRAP
- Address: 0xB55ae5537cfc6A7eCfa91f5a47199A692b477bCC
- Deployed on Polygon/Matic Chain
The correct $SCRAP amount should automatically reflect on the Battle Racers website. You can also view your balance on MetaMask by setting up a Custom RPC for Polygon (Matic Network) and simply adding the token via its contract address.
However, some extra steps will be needed for the correct balance to appear on scanning sites such as Polygon Explorer because of how they cache values. Since they reference transfer events, your $SCRAP balance on these sites will only be updated once there are new $SCRAP transactions done on your wallet.
There is no need to transfer or convert your tokens between the two contracts. Kindly disregard any remaining BRSCRAP balance in your wallets. Rest assured that your $SCRAP balance will already include your previously owned tokens.
What’s Next:
With SCRAP implementation and mobile development both underway, we are ready to present our updated project roadmap and completed milestones for Battle Racers!
We will keep you posted about the release of these features on our community pages.
Press and Events Roundup:
Here’s a more detailed recap of the past quarter:
July
- July 2: We launched the Summer Time Trials, which ran for four weeks and was featured on CryptoRail.
- July 14: Our Co-Founder and CEO Nielsen Caruncho talked about “Playing With Platform-agnostic NFTs on Mobile” during Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7.
- July 16: Our blockchain team spinned out of Altitude Games and started a separate game studio called Playcheck Games, which will continue to develop Battle Racers, Mushroom Mania, and more play-to-earn games in the future. Thank you to eGamers.io, NFT Plazas, SmartLiquidity, and more for the coverage!
- July 29: Our Co-Founder and CEO Nielsen Caruncho took part in the Expanding Play2Earn in Mobile panel during Diffusion Digital 2021, the ultimate Open Metaverse conference hosted by Outlier Ventures.
August
- August 2: We opened beta testing sign-ups for the mobile version of Battle Racers!
- August 2: Battle Racers was included in Gaming.net’s Top 5 NFT Games.
- August 11: CoinMarketCap named Battle Racers as one of the Top NFT Games in 2021!
- August 12: TechTimes also included Battle Racers in their list of Top 10 NFT Games.
- August 18: We launched the Maker ShowDAOn, which was also featured on eGamers.io.
September
- September 14: Yenome created a walkthrough video of Battle Racers on Decentraland.
- September 15: EarnNFT published a thorough review about Battle Racers, including helpful details about our Part NFTs and the SCRAP tokenomics.
- September 19: Battle Racers was listed as one of the top 10 NFT games in the UK and Indonesia!
- September 20: We officially concluded the Maker ShowDAOn! Watch some of the tournament matches on this playlist by Opaaq0.
- September 21: Gaming Hybrid included Battle Racers in their list of top 5 NFT games.
- September 28: Battle Racers was named as “one of the Top NFT Games that 2021 has to offer” by ArtHaus.
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About Playcheck Games:
Playcheck Games is a blockchain studio led by veteran game developers with over 30 years of combined experience in desktop, mobile, and online games. Their vision is to infuse mobile games with blockchain technology and the Play-to-Earn business model. They are the creators of the Decentraland-based arcade racing game Battle Racers, which has raised over 700 ETH through its presales and minted 11,000+ NFTs for its 700+ user wallets. Their second game, Mushroom Mania, will be a launch title for voxel-based gaming platform The Sandbox under its Game Maker Fund. Learn more about Playcheck at www.playcheck.games.
