Genesis Season NFT: The Black Meta Character Build — A Use Case For Smart NFTs In Crypto Gaming
The most satisfying part about playing a good FPS, RPG or MMO is the part that happens before the game even begins…
It’s the part where you immerse yourself into the game and strategy to create your in-game character… and it’s also the role the Black Meta Character Build NFT is designed to play in the Black Meta Ecosystem.
The Black Meta Character Build is more than just an avatar or PFP, its your personal terminal, designed to work with your Black Meta Smart NFTs collected along the way, and it’s true purpose is to simulate the experience of building, tracking and ranking your in-game character.
We believe the most immersive games that stand the test of time give gamers the ability to create and customize their own characters compared to games that force you to play with a pre-designed perspective.
Good Character Creation = Good Game Mechanics
Allowing players to truly express themselves is the first step to creating a personalized and immersive gaming experience.
The strongest games with the most devoted fans will give gamers permission to exist and evolve in their game universe. By giving players the ability to design their own characters, everything from appearance to class stats, game makers are building the groundwork of a game that can stand the test of time.
Look at some of the top examples of good character creation games…
Example 1: The Elder Scrolls Character Creation
Skyrim V, perhaps one of the best and most immersive starts to a game, allows you to choose between a number of in-game races which changes your character class. These races come with distinguishing physical features, but they also come with varying abilities, traits and in-game benefits.
What’s more, the class you choose will change the way you play the game altogether. A different race can change the way you interact with in-game assets, your reputation with in-game environments, and even your story arc.
The potential for countless possible game play experiences, is perhaps the biggest reason why Elder Scrolls continues to stand the test of time and attract new and old players.
After determining your character’s race, gender, and class, you’re able to go in and modify their body and facial appearance using a wealth of options.
This includes things like face shape, hairstyle, and color, in addition to more specialized sections like torso size, body markings, and adornments.
Example 2: Fallout 4 Character Creation
Fallout 4 takes another approach… it allows users to customize their SPECIAL class by distributing points across different characteristics (or traits) creating the possibility for countless character class builds.
For example, you can create a stealthy sniper by stacking your “perception” and “agility” characteristics. Or you can stack the “intelligence” characteristic, allowing you to create a scientist like character who can build energy weapons and power armor. The choice is up to to you which is the beauty of building a game with personalized character classes… it just makes the game that much more immersive. More fun! More memorable!
After distributing your SPECIAL characteristic points, Fallout 4’s character creator is disgustingly good at making realistic-looking humans to the point of entering uncanny territory.
You get the option to design both a male and female character before picking between the two, with the one unselected becoming your spouse.
Example 3: Destiny 2 Character Creation
Destiny 2 being an FPS with both Story and PVP modes is unique in the sense that it also allows the player to choose a character class and subclass with a an expanding range of abilities…
These abilities get added/enhanced through the process of grinding the regular Story mode and enhance the user’s capabilities when playing PVP. This is an interesting scenario because the strongest most developed character classes have the highest probability to succeed in the PVP mode.
This means the game makers are rewarding players who balance gameplay between PVP and Story… the most devoted characters being the most powerful in game classes (including weapons and armor).
After choosing a class and subclass, Destiny 2’s character customizations let you choose between genders, races, and plethora of features that help you design your unique character.
At the end of the day, part of a strong game loop (gaming mechanics) is strong immersion or role playing. And character creation and class paths support this notion… it supports the game loop… the game mechanics.
That’s why at Black Meta we’re building use cases around this same methodology… decentralizing in-game asset ownership, while giving the users the permission to create and customize their Black Meta Character.
THE BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD NFT:
This is a use case for building a functional character creation system using smart NFT technology.
The road to the BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD requires six (6) different NFTs that work together to create ONE (1) UNIQUE BUILD from the combination of different properties and attributes inherited from the individual pieces.
If we tried to do all this with one NFT, it wouldn’t work… or at the least it will cost 10 to 100 times more… Instead, by breaking the tech up over SIX (6) NFT PARTS that combine to create ONE (1) BUILD, we’re able to expand the code, the storage capacity, the functionality, while reducing the cost of operating it.
NFT PART 1: BLACK META MULTIPASS
SYMBOL: BMPASS
DESCRIPTION: The BLACK META MULTIPASS is your multi-utility ticket into the BLACK META METAVERSE and the first piece of your BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD. Your MULTIPASS gives you access to future NFT claims with similar rarity tiers, as well as, multiple functions in-and-out of the game.
MINT REQUIREMENTS:
- WHITELIST (By Application Only)
- MINT COST (By Rarity Tier)
- COMMON — 0 $BYTES
- UNCOMMON — 0 $BYTES
- RARE — 50 $BYTES
- EPIC — 100 $BYTES
- LEGENDARY — 200 $BYTES
- GMAN — 400 $BYTES
NFT PART 2: BLACK META IDENTITY
SYMBOL: BMID
DESCRIPTION: The BLACK META IDENTITY is your unique character (or how you are recognized) in the BLACK META METAVERSE, and the second piece of your BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD. Your BLACK META IDENTITY identifies class, allegiance and appearance properties that affect how you look in and play the game.
MINT REQUIREMENTS:
- BLACK META MULTIPASS (BMPASS)
NFT PART 3: BLACK META APPAREL CRATE
SYMBOL: BMWEAR
DESCRIPTION: The BLACK META APPAREL CRATE is how you acquire BLACK META WEAR to change the appearance of your BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD (the equivalent of equipping a “skin” without affecting game play). Your BLACK META APPAREL CRATE holds up to four (4) BLACK META WEAR items that vary by rarity.
MINT REQUIREMENTS:
- BLACK META MULTIPASS (BMPASS)
- BLACK META IDENTITY (BMID)
NFT PART 4: BLACK META ARSENAL CRATE
SYMBOL: BMARMS
DESCRIPTION: The BLACK META ARSENAL CRATE is how you acquire BLACK META ARMS to equip your BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD, changing the way you engage ranged, CQC (or close quarter combat), melee, and tactical situations in game. The BLACK META ARSENAL CRATE gives you four (4) BLACK META ARMS that use different ammo, and vary in damage, velocity, control and mobility.
MINT REQUIREMENTS:
- BLACK META MULTIPASS (BMPASS)
- BLACK META IDENTITY (BMID)
NFT PART 5: BLACK META ARMOR CRATE
SYMBOL: BMGEAR
DESCRIPTION: The BLACK META ARMOR CRATE is how you acquire BLACK META GEAR to equip your BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD, changing the way you engage ranged, CQC (or close quarter combat), melee, and tactical situations in game. The BLACK META ARMOR CRATE gives you four (4) BLACK META GEAR that is resistant to different ammo, and vary in durability, energy (NRG) resistance, radiation (RAD) resistance, and mobility.
MINT REQUIREMENTS:
- BLACK META MULTIPASS (BMPASS)
- BLACK META IDENTITY (BMID)
- BLACK META ARSENAL CRATE (BMARMS)
NFT PART 6: BLACK META AUGMENTATIONS CRATE
SYMBOL: BMAUGS
DESCRIPTION: The BLACK META AUGMENTATIONS CRATE is how you acquire BLACK META AUGS to equip your BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD, changing the way you engage ranged, CQC (or close quarter combat), melee, and tactical situations in game. The BLACK META AUGMENTATIONS CRATE gives you up to four (4) BLACK META AUGS that upgrade your vision, stamina, strength and speed.
MINT REQUIREMENTS:
- BLACK META MULTIPASS (BMPASS)
- BLACK META IDENTITY (BMID)
- BLACK META ARSENAL CRATE (BMARMS)
- BLACK META ARMOR CRATE (BMGEAR)
NFT FINAL PART: BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD
SYMBOL: BMBLD
DESCRIPTION: The BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD is a smart NFT and primary game piece you mint by combining all the NFTs you collect along the way. By creating a BLACK META BUILD, you are eligible to level up, earn resources, rank up and claim rewards. It’s designed to serve a dual purpose by giving you a unique PFP, as well as, a personal terminal that tracks your resources, performance stats and evolving badges.
MINT REQUIREMENTS:
- BLACK META MULTIPASS (BMPASS)
- BLACK META IDENTITY (BMID)
- BLACK META APPAREL CRATE (BMWEAR)
- BLACK META ARSENAL CRATE (BMARMS)
- BLACK META ARMOR CRATE (BMGEAR)
- BLACK META AUGMENTATION CRATE (BMAUGS)
Like I said, the BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD is a use case into character creation, and it’s also a use case into NFT technology. We’re exploring some very unique features that allow you to do more than just own your assets. We want your assets to be useful so we’re building the tracking and ranking system right into the NFT. And adding little touches like being able to expand your avatar to get close up PFP style view.
FEATURE 1: AVATAR EXPANDED VIEW
DESCRIPTION: You can expand your Avatar to get a close up PFP view.
FEATURE 2: RESOURCE TRACKER
DESCRIPTION: One of the features of your BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD is the Resource Tracker which tracks the related wallets supply of various essential resources required for crafting weapons, armor and augmentations.
TRACKING:
- EXOTIC MATERIALS
- WEAPON CRAFTING MATERIALS
- ARMOR CRAFTING MATERIALS
- AUGMENTATION CRAFTING MATERIALS
FEATURE 3: RANK STAT TRACKER
DESCRIPTION: The Rank Stat Tracker is a feature of your BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD that tracks various rank progressions with “evolving badges” or badges that change their appearance as your rank progresses.
TRACKING:
- WARRIOR (Personal Overall)
- CHAMPION SERIES (Personal Ranked)
- CHAMPION SERIES TEAM (Team Ranked)
- CHAMPION SERIES FACTION (Faction Ranked)
FEATURE 4: BUILD STAT TRACKER
DESCRIPTION: The Build Stat Tracker is a feature of your BLACK META CHARACTER BUILD that tracks various rank progressions in respect to your build using “evolving badges” or badges that change their appearance as your rank progresses.
TRACKING:
- RANGED PERFORMANCE
- CQC PERFORMANCE
- MELEE PERFORMANCE
- TACTICAL PERFORMANCE
