After months of hard work, we are proud to announce that the demo of the Interlude game is out and playable!
First a disclaimer, and an answer to a question we’ve been asked many times: we will start by focusing exclusively on desktop/PC. The web interface is optimized for use on desktop, and most of the keys in the demo are on our PC-based app, that is available on Steam. MacOS support might come in the next few weeks if it is sufficiently requested; however a mobile version of Interlude is much farther away.
Note that even though we call this a demo, in terms of gameplay it is very similar to the final version. The only difference is the reward function (that determines the number of Shell earned), that is fixed in the demo and will be more dynamic in the final version. On a gameplay viewpoint this demo is basically the Interlude game with only a few keys, that we hid ourselves in our own games/apps/website.
The demo is quite short and can be completed in half an hour. It features a random reward that is received once it is completed. We have put a limited amount of ISH on the Scavenger Hunt contract. This means the first players to complete the demo will receive a nice reward. For this reason in the first days the demo will have restricted access — only whitelisted players will be able to try it. Once all the tokens are distributed we will lower the reward to a very small amount and remove the whitelist, so that anyone is able to play directly.
Note: For simplicity we have gathered most of the games in the demo in a single Steam app. You may download it ahead of playing to avoid waiting for it during gameplay: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1189430/Interlude/
A quick tutorial
Without further ado, here are the detailed steps to play Interlude:
- Download Metamask and connect it to the Binance Smart Chain.
- Get some BNB (you can buy some easily on Binance or on Binance DEX). This video explains how to do it in details.
- Head to the Interlude dashboard.
- The Interlude interface is very simple: to start a scavenger hunt session just click the aptly named “Start scavenger hunt” button, and validate the transaction in the Metamask interface. Gas costs are negligible.
- Starting a scavenger hunt will select a key at random that you will have to find. Once the transaction is successful the dashboard will display the key information:
The message is provided by the developer: it’s an indication to help find the key. It can contains specific game instruction, but it can also be just an URL. The ticket is a concatenation of your wallet address along with some information on the current key to find. We might replace it with just the address later.
7. Follow the instructions of the message to find the key. “Finding a key” is determined by the developer. It can be an actual key to find, or just triggered by an event (eg killing a boss). In the demo you will have to reach actual, in-game keys. Once you found the key it will be displayed to you in a more or less standard UI:
8. Copy-paste the key in the text box in the dashboard, and validate. If the key is valid the transaction will succeed, and the next key to find will be revealed.
Note: the keys are dynamically generated for each player! You can’t just watch someone play and copy-paste their keys in your own session, that’s not going to work!
9. Repeat the process with the next key. In the real Interlude game there is no limit to the number of keys: you have to find as many as possible in the imparted time. For the demo there is a fixed number of keys. Once you find all of them the reward function will be triggered automatically, and will draw a random amount of ISH and transfer them to your wallet!
Take away:
- The Scavenger Hunt contract currently has a limited amount of ISH. Only the fastest players will be able to get the reward. Contact us with your wallet address to get on the whitelist.
- The whitelisting/opening date will be announced in the coming days, depending on the number of players
- Our presale is still running. Don’t forget to invest if you believe in the project!
- Follow us to stay up to date! You can find us on Twitter, Telegram or on our website.
Thanks for reading!
