09/22 - Back To School update
Like a majority of projects, we have worked in “Stealth mode” for approximately seven months. It is now time to communicate very openly about our vision, our work, and how we position ourselves within this frightening world.
You may ask yourself the following questions:
- What the heck is Starchain Gazer?
- Who is behind this web3 game studio company?
- What are they building, and when will it be released?
- What is the difference between all the other million web3 gaming startups and us?
Let’s jump right into it.
What is Starchain Gazer?
We are a group of industry veterans in strategic fields (Game Design, Game production, blockchain, tech & financial engineering) marching toward the same goal: “Creating rich gaming experiences for gamers with a seamless blockchain backbone architecture logic”. Indeed, in today’s market, we address gamers or users by a segregation “Web2 or Web3”. It is essential to remember that they are both gamers, and if there’s segregation, it means the product itself was built to differentiate between the two. Our belief is they should have the same experience with a specific ONBOARDING User Experience. Only a very small percentage of gamers have asked themselves what’s the tech stack behind League of Legends, Fortnite, Apex, or else. The only question they seek to answer is, “Will this game provides me with enough thrill, enough excitement to disconnect from the outside world and truly enjoy a gaming session. Starchain Gazer’s essence is to create games focusing on providing such a feeling to gamers.
Who is behind this web3 game studio company?
We will create a series of short articles presenting each team member every week. Brace yourself, this is going to be legend-wait-for-it… 😉 If you can’t wait, you can always check our LinkedIn company page and “Voila”!
What are we building?
Time Breachers is an hybridation of several game genres. It is, however, a Massively Multiplayer Action RPG game. With a cross-platform logic, our game is both mobile & desktop. The onboarding pillars are threefold:
- No entry fees and a true free-to-play title.
- Fair in-game economics & tokenomics, meaning no pay-to-win mechanics.
- No blockchain knowledge is required.
Game plot: Players embrace a “Time Runner” career in a “uchronic” Multiverse composed of an infinite number of versions of planet Earth. Each alternate Earth possesses its own history, geography, and inhabitants. Time Runners explore sectors of the Multiverse and scout planets to find and exploit valuable Time resources for powerful factions & corporations. In this quest, they are helped by mighty inhabitants of the Multiverse called “Uchronians”. Uchronians live in various parts of the Multiverse, and each one has followed a different course of history. For example, a Roman empire mastering energy fields, Prehistoric tribes having developed firearms, or a Medieval Cyber World War, etc. All are potential historic outcomes occurring in their own world. Being powerful units, Uchronians are the only characters who can explore alternate eras to collect rare and desirable Artifacts. Whether discovering uncharted alternate Earths, exploiting and scavenging unstable temporal resources, or conquering territories from rival factions, the journey of a Time Runner is not an easy ride.
Want to know more? The only way for you to discover more about the game is by checking our Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/timebreachers
When will we release the game?
Those are our targets:
June 2023 - Private alpha: The private alpha will be restricted to a specific number of players. The goal is to build qualitative user data with a pool of 100 to 150 gamers selected to answer our four persona user types. A Test & Learn with in-depth discussions with the private alpha testers will enable us to balance the game precisely and alter or improve a few in-game features. A number of testers will be selected from our community of followers.
August 2023 - Public Demo & Testnet Deployment: It will serve multiple purposes. First, we want to confirm hypotheses built on qualitative data with quantitative data analysis. We will leverage the public demo to officially launch our first NFT collection instantly usable within the demo. This testnet deployment will help us build momentum for the official launch.
November 2023 - Official game launch:
What is the difference between all the other million web3 gaming startups and us?
Our DNA is to be as user-centric as possible at every stage of the production process. Even before the creation of Starchain Gazer, we have interviewed more than 150 gamers around the world. We wanted to understand a few things such as:
- Why blockchain is interesting or the opposite?
- How do they read a white paper? What is important to them?
- What are the essentials elements they could flag as Red or Green flags in a token economy?
- What are the main pain points with web3 games?
- What games genre would they have liked to play and why?
- What is the most seamless DeFi features integrated within a game they experienced?
- What is the “trigger” to start playing and farming a game?
Our core strategy is to always challenge our work with key strategic stakeholders. Confronting our work with our targeted users will always maximize our chances of having a successful market fit when launching the game.
In our next article, we will reveal the first user playtest we did (and is currently ongoing) in collaboration with MVP. The data we have accumulated during this playtest will serve as a leveling up prior to a 10-month production cycle.
What’s next?
Following this user playtest, we will improve a few systems and create a few new ones. In addition, we have a more accurate knowledge of how to balance specific combat systems to provide more excitement and fun. Our next big milestone is to sharpen and strengthen the MMO game logic and the eSports scene of the game. A panel of eSports champions, team owners, and ex-professional players are participating in this specific work scope. The production roadmap will be adapted, adjusted, and publicly communicated to all of you soon.
