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Cardano Warriors - Litepaper - en
Cardano Warriors - Litepaper - en
2021
Summary
1. Introduction............................................................................3
3. Why Cardano?......................................................................6
3.2 The Beginning.......................................................................7
3.4 Gameplay.................................................................................14
4.2 Gameplay Features............................................................20
4.3 Elements...................................................................................21
4.6 Recipes (BLUEPRINTS)...................................................22
4.7 Islands........................................................................................26
6.3 Market - Store.......................................................................35
6.4 Interoperability.....................................................................36
7. Roadmap.................................................................................40
8. Challenges..............................................................................42
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1. Introduction
In 1958, the North-American physicist The game Cardano Warriors was born
William Higinbothan created one of the from our love of video games, our
first video games in history (1). A ball technology enthusiasm and the idea of
swung back and forth in a horizontal making a real difference in the Non-
path creating a gaming experience on fungible Token (NFT) projects scenery
an Oscilloscope screen. The game was during the early Cardano Network stages.
called Tennis for Two, and it reached a We focused on bringing an unique and
small group of people in the annual exclusive art collection during the first
Brookhaven National Laboratory, stage, celebrating the Golden Era console
Uptown New York.
RPG video games that were made in eight
The arcade-style games only reached and sixteen bits.
the masses after Ralph Baer's invention Our collection brought value to its
and the clairvoyance of Nolan Bushnell.
parties, moving an entire buying and
Little by little, many characteristically selling NFTs economy. We are now working
different games were brought to life, on bringing even more value to our initial
captivating people's attention due to its collection. The Cardano Warriors goal is to
challenges and entertainment. Among become an exploring and adventure game
these, a new electronic game style that that has RPG elements, running on the
has as its foundation the characters Cardano blockchain technology. We are a
development: RPG (Role-playing Game) team full of experienced developers and
became a popular type where the player we are confident that we are building an
controls a fictional character that's excellent project to deliver to the
supposed to complete missions which are community.
In this historical context, we are able to To all of our followers and future players
experience many different adventures who are thrilled with the first phase
through video games, going from release: the game is only starting!
connect ourselves to the distinct video Welcome, everyone and, please, enjoy!
games universe.
² https://superjumpmagazine.com/exploring-video-game-genres-role-playing-games-5dd55221d16d
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2. Video Games and DApps³
Since video games were launched in the 50s, technology has come a
long way. What before was subdivided in computer, arcade and console
games, now has new categories, for example mobile and social games.
Noticeably, all of these transformations walked side-by-side and were
updated because of the new technological innovations (including the
high increase in smartphones' and tablets' computing power) and the new
social approaches (for example: app stores) during time.
Video games and blockchain technology have a long story that was
born from a shared synergy: both industries explore a demographic
group that consists of a young audience which deeply knows technology
and that is more open-minded towards new ideas. It is no coincidence
that one of the first industries to be "tokenized" and having its assets put
on the network is the video games industry.
This combination can be mapped since the first Bitcoin days when
websites like Satoshi Dice provided a way of investing in the chain. This
was one of the first use-cases shown to the public and it remains deeply
rooted with video games in all of its layers. Going from simple puzzles to
RPGs, battle and complex fantasy games, blockchain video games were
developed to take many shapes.
After observing the trends that are affecting the segment and will
determine the next few years (new distribution environments, Cloud
hosting and the introduction of the blockchain technology) on the
redefinition of the industry's business, it is necessary to emphasise the
opportunities that can be explored and add value to the interested
parties (producers, distributors and players).
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A report signed by Breno Bonani, investment analyst at Avenue Securities, shows
that the sector is now worth more than the movie and music industries put together
and will have even more technological 'growth waves' - not only in the video games
developing sector, but also in the whole distribution chain. It can be said that the
video games marketplace is one of the fastest growing technology segments in the
world, reaching US$170 billion in global revenue in 2020. According to the
Global Games Market Report, this market is on its way to surpass US$200 billion
revenue in 2023, since 2.9 billion players will be 'online' by the end of this year. 46% of
the revenue comes from Smartphones and Tablet users - which are dominating
devices when it comes to the free to play business model; 24% comes from personal
computers and 30% comes from video games console users.
Smartphones have become essential in our daily life, being used from simple
messaging to whiling away the time in simple games that can be executed in different
hardwares and cross-platforms that guarantee a bigger adaptability, allowing the
players to interact no matter the platform. Located within the development and
distribution chains group, two business models gain prominence in the industry as a
whole: play to earn (all players get a reward incentive when playing the game) and
free to play (all players have the freedom of playing free of charge and are able to
interact with the game's items store for different purposes).
Both models deserve important debates on how they can interact in one single
game environment. Truth is that both have a strong presence in the blockchain games
industry, bringing security and versatility as the main adoption elements for
developers. It is widely known that the concerned parties, no matter who they are,
need a safe and protected environment to run the procedures that involve the
delivery of a game and its monetization. In that sense, the blockchain technology has
been able to fulfill all of their needs.
These games ensure the concept of ownership that the user has over their
characters and respective items, since they are all "tokenizable", becoming real value
assets. This immediately re-signifies the trait of mere services that many digital
games present today.
This technology allows interoperable player profiles, allowing the user to make
transactions with their digital coins at the same public address between different
games in addition to offering security in the storage of game assets, creating value in
intangible assets within the architecture - including determining rarity levels -, using
the community's ideas to develop the game itself, among other advantages.
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To combine blockchain technology with business models that are acceding to its users
and that generate value to producers and distributors in the fastest growing technology
segment in the world, is to be at the industry's leading edge.
This is our quest. Cardano Warriors understands some of the powers that shape this
market and is confident to have adopted an appropriate and strategic market
positioning that is crucial for the success of the products that will be delivered to the
community. It will be possible to deeply understand our strategic orientation throughout
this paper.
3. Why Cardano?
Blockchain is a technology that deals with three major points: security, speed
and cost. A harmonious co-existence of these areas depends on the architecture
in which a project is designed and developed.
Cardano guides its development on solid values since its creation. It is a project
that uses scientific methods based on peer reviewed papers, which seeks to solve
problems with experts from different areas. This design ensures that Cardano’s
architecture is designed to handle thousands of transactions per second at a low
cost while maintaining blockchain security, reliability and verification.
These traits guarantee a privileged spot for Cardano in the innovation and
technological development fields.
What would be the importance of the internet without its users? Here is
another great advantage of Cardano: its community is extremely active and is
fast-growing over time. This movement is the desirable "network effect", which is
relevant to the success and new users' adoption, as it allows incoming projects to
enjoy the prestige of an actual active community.
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Average daily activities on Github
The narrative content of Cardano Warriors focuses its plot on its floating islands
(originated from the collision of a meteor with the planet). This is a literary
production written by the founders of the project in contribution of all team members.
The plot consists of an entire set of scenarios, characters, and actions taken by the
player throughout their journey within the game.
The main plot, noted for its literary style, was designed to allow developers to
introduce new episodes, improving the continuation of the game and the player’s
interaction, broadening their experience, especially for more entertainment, far
beyond the proposal of rewards (commonly found in blockchain games), and adding
business value to the community.
The plot presents the dynamics of the events that gave rise to Cardânia in Cardano
Warriors, and the movements and actions required for the game characters to conquer
and defend the title of Legendary Warrior of Cardânia.
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atrai-atencao-dos-bancos/
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A long time ago, in the vastness of space, a meteor wandered aimlessly...
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Until it collided with the planet Cardania causing a huge
explosion...
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With the exp
But it wasn't just any meteor. Its interior housed crystals, whic
the prison of something organic and formless... adapt, explo
weak similar
Not satisfied, the creature set out in search of new sources of primal energ
finally be freed from his prison.
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plosion parts of the creature broke free. His prison was formed by energetic
ch drained his life force. The creature's insatiable hunger for energy made it
ring the local flora and fauna. But the ambient light caused the creature to be
to its prison.
ies, which would be sufficient to fully restore its strength. And so he can
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Even after what was called a great catastrophe by the natives,
there was an adaptation of the local civilization.
In the
That began to explore the environment, looking for resources for cryst
its evolution. and survival. uniq
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To their wielder, the crystals imparted a
eir searches, fragments of fantastic ability that had been called magic
tals from the meteor with by civilization. But for the creature, the
que properties were found. energy of the crystals meant its complete
freedom.
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3.3 Placement in the
Gaming World
The NFT collection Cardano Warriors enforces in this narrative the opportunity to
connect the Role-Playing Games (RPGs), also known as character role-playing games,
as it gathers individual and unique traits that were purposely developed that allow
each one's performance within a gameplay script. The characters are placed into a
set of rules in the game environment, guiding an organic sequence in procedural
programming.
Games with RPG traits are typically more socially-collaborative than competitive,
and offer the players a space for interpretation, representation and beyond creation.
They also open space for the systematic improvement of the Cardano Warriors' script,
expanding the story's scope with new characters and features.
3.4 Gameplay
"In order for calmness to be maintained in Cardania's Islands,
adventurers must look for rare resources, forge items, and explore
dark places to become the legendary warrior, who, according to
the prophecy, will have the power to maintain peace in Cardania."
Players collect resources from each one of the fragmented islands, exploring
themed dungeons, fighting monsters, and overcoming challenges for unique elements.
This enables them to manufacture and trade weapons, armor and different items with
each other.
As the game advances, players go after the keys that grant them access to the
Tower of Destiny and its challenges. In order to keep the creature of chaos sealed
while defending the Legendary Warrior Title.
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Following the tradition of their ancestors, the warriors of cardania set out in search of energetic
crystals. To do this, they explore the challenges of dungeons and face dark creatures.
By overcoming the challenges, the warrior Fragmented islands have resources that
becomes the legendary protector: the Cardano are exploited and traded among them.
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After a certain time preparing, players will be able to enter the
Tower of Destiny to face challenges and other players for the
honorable Legendary Warrior title.
• Rewards;
(6) Launched in February 2018, initially to track real-time transactions of Decentraland, with the purpose of creating
the link between the different communities of the ecosystem, and to provide support and service to both project
NFT projects have drawn and continue to draw more and more people from
outside this economy by sharing common interests of delivering different niche
projects.
Some individual sectors enjoyed success during this period. Art, Games and
Digital Assets gained remarkable traction, allowing this especially unique and
experimental production niche to consolidate different business models,
gaining its deserved recognition.
This information storage and trend indexes gave the Cardano Warriors'
(CW) team enough fuel to better understand how to design an appropriate
and safe strategy for a market capitalization initiative, capable of bringing
value to their concept, to the Cardano ecosystem as a whole, and financial
resources to the game design. From then on, the strategy of launching the
NFTs collection was defined.
Not only did we deliver value to the pre-sale participants by securing their
ownership of the purchased asset, but we created a beautiful collection of
character tokens for an adventure game with role-playing game (RPG)
elements. We were also able to perform the initial funds gathering to work in
the next steps of the project. And, more importantly, we have earned the
enthusiasm of the great
Cardano community.
Then Cardano Warriors was born: a retro NFT collection for an adventure
and exploration game, created in the Cardano network under the slogan "The
battle for crypto-land is about to begin".
The pre-sale collection includes the first Cardano Warriors' season called
Warrior NFT. Throughout the game’s development, new seasons may be
released, bringing more value to the community and the game.
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4.1 CHARACTER ANATOMY
The Warrior NFT puts the character in the first place, without any
landscapes, only a colored background: an idea that aims to value the
Warrior itself, highlighting the details of pixel art technique and
aesthetic and costume features.
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4.2 GAMEPLAY FEATURES
• OFFCHAIN Items: resources are not featured as NFTs. They are
common items that deteriorate, break and get lost during game
dynamics.
20 Note: the ONCHAIN items are game NFTs, but they are not equal as a Warrior NFT.
4.3 ELEMENTS
They consist of the raw materials in the game: gathered resources (Mining,
Farming, etc...). Each character has the power to collect specific elements in the
game and it gives the user the ability to manufacture products.
Element examples: The gold ore is an element mined by the Dwarf; a string is an
element mined by the Villager; a pigment is an element mined by the cook, etc.
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4.5 TREASURES AND HEIRLOOMS
They consist of the accessories that are minted (new NFTs conquered
by the players) and are purchased only through OFFCHAIN
manufactured products that can be freely and spontaneously minted by
the player becoming an ONCHAIN item. NFT's items can also be
purchased through trading between players on in-game markets.
They are among the essential features for game dynamics and are
characterized as Ntfs. The Recipes are linked to the character's
professions and some can be free in general.
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A recipe is the ticket for the character to start his production. The game will
feature two types of recipes: Common Recipes and Exclusive Recipes.
During the game, Common Recipes will be made available according to the
level of each profession (they are assigned to the characters), and Exclusive
Recipes will be made available through special events and missions. Some
recipes will be available in temporary periods through special events.
The players who get recipes will be able to produce items for themselves or
other players. When the player opts for the second alternative, he may set a
fee to be paid by the player who will receive the products - in this case, for the
labor that the holder is offering to the buyer. Recipes are in the category of
NFTs items that, by exception, do not deteriorate.
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FORGING ITEMS WITH YOUR RECIPES:
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nly Villager can
The Villager provides the
produce wood.
wood for the Dwarf.
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4.7 ISLANDS
They consist of the lands where the player will be able to establish their
properties and are characterized as NFTs. All participants who have 01
Warrior NFT will receive 01 Island NFT and the distribution will be
performed through Airdrop whitin conditions and deadlines that are to be
defined in a near future.
The Island is the player's virtual property within the game. Its main utility
is to serve as a base to customize its presence, setting up a shop, an
achievements museum, storage chests, among other things.
The island can be customized and expanded, as well as sold by its owner.
New islands can be purchased by all players who own Warriors NFTs.
Within the gameplay dynamics, the players will be able to visit each
other’s islands. For this to happen, the game will put at the search system's
disposal to simplify the location of products (items) and services that the
player is interested in at all islands.
Additional Info:
• Players will have limited slots to load items. The excess items can be
stored on their islands, which will also have larger limits.
• The Players who do not have Warrior NFTs will not have islands; they will
only have slots.
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6.0 GAME ECONOMY
The initial deliveries are placed within the Play to Win (Play to Earn)
model without losing sight of the fun and entertainment traits that the
game will offer its users, aligning exploration and adventure concepts with
RPG elements and pixel art aesthetics.
In the initial game version, the players who have at least 01 Warrior
NFT will be honored with unique benefits and features compared to
players who do not. This was established to privilege those who have one
or more pre-sale NFTs.
The Warrior NFT is an unique game feature. Each NFT will give access
to 01 character (avatar) within the game, 01 Island (game NFT), 01 skin
which is identical to the NFT creature, the accessories that the NFT
creature carries (e.g., weapon, shield, helmet) and each creature’s
profession and powers.
Although the NFT itself is not used in the game dynamics, it determines
the amount of accessories and powers (rarity) the character has.
Once opened, the NFT still preserves its value as an intangible asset
linked to the Cardano Warriors game, and can be traded freely in time
and at the discretion of its owner, without, however, storing the previously
collected rewards.
To guide the economy, the "open" NFT’s will have different identifying
features to protect the buyers and sellers who are trading freely (this will
be better documented by the team).
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The Cardano Warriors Economy consists of the
following resources:
• Character Accessories (weapons and other items) inherited from the Warrior
NFT;
• The Recipes that dictate the Powers (rarity) inherited from the Warrior NFT;
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If the player has an NFT of an
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All the game resources are likely to be traded freely between playe
relationship and interaction between players.
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the player will receive ORC skills, which can be
equipped and used.
Professions
= ORC SKIN
+ +
Combat Skills
+ +
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rs at their time and discretion. This is a proposal that seeks to streamline the
s: some within the network (on-chain) and others outside the network (off-chain).
nses.
nch versions. This, once again, sought to privilege, in the initial version, those who
oject's idea to add value to the ecosystem with those who want to experience the
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6.1 SUPPLY CHAIN
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6.2 TOKENOMICS
Aspects of Active Community Participation (Governance)
The Warrior token itself (primary NFT) will be used by the community
to actively participate in discussions that seek to improve the game’s
economy in the future. This model was chosen because a NFT alone is a
type of asset that represents the right of its holder to have or do
something.
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Warriors NFTs will be linked to many types of other game assets developed
by the project keeper. Each new game asset will define whether the
participation of Cardano Warriors NFTs will also take place in the form of
active participation or utility.
Treasures and Heirlooms, although minted in the form of a NFT within the
game, do not make up assets for future active participation within the
project, they have their own values.
• Trade all types of NFTs and the Supply Chain's resources (Elements/Raw
Material/Manufactured Resources and Accessories/NFTs.
• Buy and sell Manufactured Resources, following the rules of the production
chain.
• Negotiate all inputs from the Supply Chain according to the user's interests.
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6.4 INTEROPERABILITY
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6.5 UTILITY TOKEN
The game will feature an utility token with the exclusive purpose of boosting its
internal economy, allowing for buy-and-sell trading, Play to Earn modeling rewards,
Treasures and Heirlooms minting payments, other game NFTs, and similar services.
The monetary trait of this token will be deflationary with burning mechanisms
linked to mining processes within the Supply Chain, going from the minting of
secondary NFTs to in-Stake token redemptions and the amplification of the mining
power, as well as other elements eventually being evaluated as important to add
value to the active and economic gameplay dynamics.
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7. ROADMAP
Q3 2021
Warriors NFT and
Litepaper
Q3 2022
Warriors game release
candidate version on
Main net
Q4 2022
Warriors game version
1.0 on Main net
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Q1 2022
Warriors game alpha
version on Test net
(Private)
Q2 2022
Warriors game beta
version on Test net
(Public)
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8. CHALLENGES
"We don't know what lies ahead, but we can anticipate and begin to
draw the path where our feet would like to walk."
Still, technology and culture are not enough when we do not know
the impact of the market's size and how to make it reach all players.
Here’s another important aspect of the gaming industry: the
distribution process and the dynamics of delivering the product to a
player are essential components for those who are just arriving.
ANNEX
How do I know my NFT is unique?
Each native token type on the Cardano platform is associated with a policy
ID that can be used to distinguish a genuine token from a counterfeit one, as it
is not to use someone else’s minting policy without having access to their
wallet's seed phrase.
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