At the beginning of 2024, a blockchain game called Blocklords attracted widespread attention. Data shows that as of January 16, its downloads have exceeded 40,000 times, and the retention rate has remained between 50% and 38%. Players have spent more than 1 million hours on the Blocklords game within a week, and NFT assets in the game have become more popular.
On May 25, 2022, MetaKing Studios, the development studio behind Blocklords, announced the completion of a $15 million seed round of financing. This round of financing was led by Makers Fund and Bitkraft Ventures, with participation from Delphi Digital, Animoca Brands, Shima Capital, WW Ventures, and Spartan Group , Huobi Ventures, Funplus and YGG participated in the investment.
As a strategic management game, many users will compare it with the recently popular "Phantom Parlu". But the latter is a low-cost, small-team production after all, while the former was polished by the game team over 6 years, so it can be said that each has its own merits, but Blocklords has aroused higher expectations in the market.
Below is a comprehensive explanation of this game for readers.
Introduction to Blocklords: An immersive game experience where players grow from low-level farmers to overlords
Blocklords, developed by MetaKing Studios, is a strategy game set in a medieval universe. Players can grow from low-level farmers to overlords through silent hard work.
The game weaves an engaging in-game economy with different incentives designed for various player characters - from peasants to warriors, from lords to kings. This design approach opens up multiple avenues for players to add value and prosper in the game universe. By putting player efforts into crafting a rich, immersive, and player-driven journey, Blocklords has created its own identity in the gaming world that stands apart from the hardcore. Resonating with fans of core strategy games and casual gamers alike, it transports players into a world where their decisions and skills profoundly impact the narrative and environment, giving players opportunities to play whether they start the game as a farmer or hold a high-level character. own abilities, contribute to their own field, and pass on their achievements from generation to generation.
Here are a few aspects of what players can look forward to:
1. Player-driven experience:
In Blocklords, player choices and actions are central to the evolution of the game world and the unfolding of the narrative. This player-driven approach ensures each player has a unique experience based on their decisions and strategies.
2. Diverse game styles:
The game offers a variety of play styles to suit different preferences, including farming, combat, resource management, and domination. Players are free to shape their hero's journey according to their play style and choices.
3. Player-driven economy:
The in-game economy is player-driven, adding layers of realism and complexity to resource management and economic strategy.
4. Strategic choice:
Players face strategic choices such as cultivating the land or causing chaos, forming alliances or venturing alone, cooperating or destroying opponents. These choices profoundly affect game outcomes and player interactions.
5. Game assets:
The game is built with web3 technology. Players can access web3 elements such as NFT and tokens in the game, and use their own output to form personal assets. At the same time, traditional web2 players can also enjoy the game.
Introduction to the gameplay of Blocklords: Players gain the ultimate pleasure of becoming a hero by making full use of NFT
Players can start as a simple peasant character and gradually work their way up to ruler status by using their time and skills effectively in the game. This approach truly empowers players, giving them a platform to showcase their skills and reap the rewards. Given the game's asymmetric economic system, these heroes hold an important value role in the game world, giving players the opportunity to turn their passion into profit more efficiently.
Over time and as characters evolve through generations, these traits can become highly specialized, allowing players to create their own unique legacy in the world. These characters are programmed to have a longevity, so if they want to continue their hegemony, This can only be achieved by actively seeking specific traits in their offspring.
At the beginning of the game, each player chooses a hero, each of which is a unique character with a different style. These are NFTs owned by the players. Each hero can also be traded on the ImmutableX market. Heroes owned by players are imported into the game and then exported to the chain. This process is called Blocklords Portal, which allows users to import a hero from Polygon into the game and then export it to IMX, which is where the game is laid out on the blockchain. Let players experience asset management operations.
In the beta, there is an in-game map with 50 different areas, unique hero holders can lay claim to an area, becoming its lord or lady, while other villagers players can choose to settle in claimed or unclaimed areas . These lords and ladies were responsible for setting tax rates for settlers in their area, depending on their status, and had access to city treasury. Over time, it will become critical for players to ally themselves with lords that fit their playstyle. Eventually, with the introduction of combat zones, entire kingdoms will find themselves embroiled in epic wars that are sure to cost a lot of resources.
The main gameplay in the game is simulation experience, which is divided into 4 different business modes, including farming, fighting, domination, and conquest. These are classic traditional SLG gameplays, with the addition of web3 economic model incentives under the blessing of blockchain. , in addition to players’ hero NFTs being able to be sold, the game will also have a unique token $LRDS.
$LRDS token introduction: dual-token pass model, gradually released within 10 years
The $LRDS token provides true in-game utility within the BLOCKLORDS ecosystem, with its utility, supply and distribution as follows:
1. Practicality: The $LRDS token is more than just a digital asset, it plays an important role in the game, providing actual in-game benefits and functionality.
2. Value accumulation: The token economics of $LRDS are designed to reward active contributors and participants in the network, encouraging long-term participation and investment in the ecosystem.
3. Vesting cycle and release plan: To ensure stability and sustainability, $LRDS tokens have a long-term vesting cycle and follow a 10-year release plan, which is consistent with the goal of rewarding continued and long-term contributors to the network.
4. $LRDS supply: The maximum total supply of $LRDS tokens will be limited to 100 million. More information on supply allocation and vesting plans will be announced closer to launch.
In addition to the $LRD token, there is also a game token $ALE in the game. This token will be produced and used in the game. For example, the reproduction of characters requires the use of this game token $ALE.
Introduction to MetaKing Studios and its creators: The core members of the team come from the world’s top game development companies
MetaKing Studios, the game studio behind Blocklords, is a team of artists, designers, and game developers. These team members have worked at or with some of the world's most creative and innovative companies, including EA, Ubisoft, Paradox, Creative Assembly, Lucasfilm, Disney, Universal Pictures, Netflix and Apple. Their expertise and experience provide a solid foundation for the development of Blocklords.
CEO and co-founder David Johansson grew up in Sweden and France. He later attended San Diego State University in the United States and received a degree in film, television and new media production. After graduating from college, he moved to Los Angeles and subsequently worked in Phoenix and Palomar. The company served as the development director, and in 2013 he made a major choice, moving to China and participating in the game industry as a creative director. Previously, he worked for large game companies such as Youzu Shanghai UUZU Info Technology Co, Forgame Holdings Ltd and Shinezone. The famous projects he participated in include "Liberators", which was rated as the best game of 2016 by Facebook, and "Goddess". Alliance" series and "Flower City" etc.
Before the Metaking team, he was also the CEO of Seascape Network/Jizai Information Technology Co., Ltd. He also has several other blockchain games and was often involved in discussions on blockchain development in the early days.
And "BLOCKLORDS" (early version, Chinese translation: Blockchain Lords) won the grand prize in the "First NEO Blockchain Game Development Competition". It followed six years of game development and successfully attracted investors from major projects. Investment and attention.
COO and co-founder Nicky Li Li Xihao graduated from the University of Canberra and was a project manager at Youzu.com, responsible for the project "League of Angels". This game won the Facebook Game of the Year in 2014; he also worked as a game manager at Forgame Holdings Ltd. Designer and operations team leader, responsible for the project "Liberators", which was named the best game of 2016 by Facebook as mentioned above; former Moonton ID project manager and game designer. Like David Johansson, he is also the co-founder and COO of Seascape Network. It can be said that they created BLOCKLORDS together and have very rich experience in game development.
