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This Month in Game Development

January 16th, 2017

Hi, Maxence here. This week, I’ve been fighting bugs (and winning, for the most part). I coded the Event card functionality in the game, and I am working now on the Event card selection menu from the game draft, shown here.

 

I also finished adding all the units and satellites from the Tier 1. In game development, Tier 1 refers to the units (e.g., motherships, fighters) and buildings (e.g., satellites) you can unlock at the beginning of the game without having to unlock previous buildings.

Rémi is working on the game design to adjust the balance of the units’ skills.

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Cross gaming and shared assets

Cross gaming: When a player’s experience in one game have an impact when he plays another game. For example, when a player can use shared assets (characters, quests, etc.) in several different games.

Game assets (e.g., characters, weapons, or skills) based on blockchain technology can be made portable to other games that use blockchain technology; they are no longer limited to existing within a single game. This emerging phenomenon, called cross-gaming, makes blockchain-based games and assets more fun and valuable to players. As a result, many independent game developers are moving towards developing blockchain-based games and forming cross-gaming partnerships with each other.

Cross-gaming in Beyond the Void

Beyond the Void (BtV) is partnering with Spells of Genesis (SoG, www.spellsofgenesis.com ) to enable cross gaming. Initially, BtV and SoG will make some of their assets playable in both games. Over time, we add this capability to more assets. Also, as adoption of the blockchain grows, we will form partnerships with other developers.

How is this good for me?

Cross gaming means that you only have to earn an asset once, but can enjoy its benefits in multiple places. In the past, when you left a game, you had to leave your assets behind. Now, you can take your blockchain-based assets with you. Using exchanges, you can trade or sell them as you please. And now, increasingly, you can use them in other games. That’s a big step toward the true ownership of game assets.

Any plans for the future?

We will expand our partnership with SoG by releasing more common assets over time. We are open to new cross gaming proposals, and are actively seeking out partnerships with other blockchain projects.

Because blockchain technology is so powerful, a project could come along that uses our game assets in unexpected ways! This is new territory, and we are exploring many possibilities. We are excited about the transformation that the blockchain is bringing to the world of game development!

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Cross gaming

Our first common asset with Spells of Genesis. In Beyond the Void, “Aline the Red” will be an event card.

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What does ‘Free to Play’ really mean?

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Hi, I’m Rolfe, guest blogger for Beyond the Void, the game.

Beyond the Void (BtV) is funded by in-game microtransactions. Like League of Legends, it uses a freemium model that does not give paying customers an advantage over non-paying customers.

Here’s the TLDR: In BtV, “free” means:

  • Free to play: As in, download, start playing, and keep playing, no payment.
  • Free to win: As in, BtV doesn’t sell items that give one opponent in a match an advantage over their opponent.
  • Free to sell: You can sell or trade any tradeable game asset inside or outside the game.

You say, “Hmm…sounds good. Tell me more.”

Free to play: Pretty straightforward. You can always play without paying. BtV will never charge to play.
Free to win: Okay, pay attention because this is a little more involved:  

  • Game Points: At the end of every match, you earn game points (GP) that you can use to buy items such as skills and motherships. If you win, you gain more GP. If you lose, you get fewer GP. You can use GP to purchase items that have a material effect on the gameplay.
  • Nexium: BtV has in-game tokens called Nexium, which are based on the Ethereum cryptocurrency. Players can buy Nexium using Ethers, which can be purchased using currency. You can use Nexium purchase items that change your character’s or mothership’s appearance, such as skins, avatars, holotags, titles, or Event cards that change the map properties. (See my blog post about Event Cards)

Free to sell: BtV is introducing the concept of “true ownership” to tradable game assets. That means that you can buy, sell, and trade these assets inside or outside the game. The Nexium will be available to trade on exchange platforms such as Open ledger. It means you have freedom of choice, which always a good thing.

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Welcome everybody !

We created this blog to keep you posted on the development and the news about Beyond the Void.

It gathers all the information about the game and its development: videos, artworks, infos about the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) and tutorials.

About Beyond the Void

Beyond the Void is a real-time strategy video game. It is One vs One and competitive so it can be played in E-sport tournaments.

Command your Mothership through an epic space war as you conquer planets and fight against your opponent’s fleet ! Choose wisely your skills and event cards beforehand to fit your own gameplay and strategies. Build harvesters and manage your resources in real time to achieve one goal: defeat the enemy.

A first step towards the future

Beyond The Void is powered by the blockchain technology.

What does that mean ?

All the items you buy in the shop – like new event cards or skins – reside in the blockchain and have a unique signature. They exist outside of the game’s context. You can give, send, sell them whenever you want exactly like you would with a physical item.

Want more info ? Visit our website http://beyond-the-void.net and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter or Facebook !

Cheers !