Dev Blog #47
Dev Blog Summary
a) Game and Web3 Development
- BYOPill cooldown has been implemented and will be rolled out in the upcoming build
- UI overhaul (internal testing): complete redesign to create a visually appealing and user-friendly interface
- Fully playable PC build with cross-play (internal testing): seamless integration between mobile and PC platforms for an improved gaming experience
- Active bots introduced to Battle Royale Mode (internal testing): increased challenge and excitement for players
- New GFC Companions available for selection and play (internal testing): more customization options for users to personalize their gaming experience
- Enhanced Spectator Mode for each map and game mode (internal testing): improved viewing experience for users
- Ongoing bug fixes and improvements: addressing known issues to provide a smoother gameplay experience
- Battle Royale mode nearing completion: bringing more fun moments and expanded gameplay options to players
- Custom Input System: allowing players to assign buttons according to their habits and adjust the position of buttons on the phone screen
- New “Ultra mode” graphics: high-quality visuals, realistic lighting, HDR support, and additional effects for players with powerful devices
- Language Manager: enabling players to choose their preferred language for in-game content and explanations of weapons and skills
b) Business Development & Marketing
- Magic Square welcomes Galaxy Fight Club: Excited to have GFC join the Magic Square platform, connecting with 250k users in the web3 space!
- Strengthening our alliance with Magic Square: Focused on increasing game awareness and bringing new players to GFC through collaboration.
- LightTowers Twitter Space success: Had a blast sharing the stage with Magic Eden and fellow gaming projects, reaching over 1,400 eager listeners!
- Team growth continues: Welcoming two talented social media experts to help us level up our Twitter presence and community engagement.
- Twitter Impact Program returns: Empowering our community to support and amplify GFC news and updates.
- Mastering YouTube SEO: Teaming up with an SEO expert to boost our video rankings and grow our web3 gaming presence organically.
- Huge thanks to our community: Grateful for the creative ideas and valuable feedback from our OG users in the community proposal, and a special shout-out to BetrayTheWorld for organizing it all!
c) Community
- We held two events to cater to players of varying skill levels within the GFC community. One for GEN1 Holders channel and one open to all GFC asset holders.
- Congratulations to the Zillenials (William, Yami and Dennis) for winning another main event under the Zen Guild banner and KingBFusion for winning the Holder event.
- March twitter event winners announced below and prize draft will begin March 11 at 12pm EST
- April Weapons Points have been finalized, please check it before upcoming events. We will not be making many changes moving forward until new game builds dictate updates
- Hoodies have been shipped, keep an eye out for tracking numbers from Guru. If you have not received tracking please reach out to Guru for an update.
A: Game and Web 3 Development
GAME
(some of these newly ‘updated’ features have only successfully gone through internal testing and players may not see them until the next game build)
The latest update for GFC has brought numerous improvements and exciting new features to the game. The user interface (UI) has undergone a complete overhaul, resulting in a more visually appealing and user-friendly experience. PC users can now enjoy a fully playable build, and cross-play functionality with mobile devices has been seamlessly integrated. Active bots have been introduced to the Battle Royale Mode, adding a new layer of challenge and excitement. GFC Companions are now available for selection and play, allowing users to further customize their gaming experience. Finally, Spectator Mode has been polished for each map and game mode, providing an enhanced viewing experience for users.
Despite these improvements, a number of bugs have been logged for further investigation. The Broomstick weapon’s Ultimate Attack does not always activate, and bullet projectiles for the Last Wish weapon do not fire properly, shooting off at an angle instead of from the barrel. There are also issues with Companions; they can see hidden enemies in bushes and are not hidden themselves when the user’s character is in a bush. Balancing concerns are being addressed, with the Green Asteroid attack and ultimate damage being discussed for possible adjustments. Additionally, players who idle in Battle Royale Mode do not currently turn into AI.
On a positive note, several recent bugs have been resolved, including character and weapon art cleanup, custom mode cleanup, and AI not using the ultimate of certain weapons. The development team is hard at work addressing the remaining issues, and users can look forward to ongoing updates and improvements to the GFC gaming experience.
NEW FEATURES IN DEVELOPMENT
GFC Battle Royale game mode is almost here!
After a period of hard work, we have entered the final testing phase of the Battle Royale mode. The team hopes to bring players more fun moments in the game.
- Custom Input System
While the PC version of the game is under development, the game dev team took the opportunity to take things further and make the game more professional by introducing the custom input system.
In order to allow for a more personalized gaming experience, players will soon be able to assign buttons according to their habits and adjust the position of buttons on the phone screen through the custom input system. The system will act as a gateway for the GFC PvP game to enter the competitive gaming space, attracting pro-gamer to try out our game. We are also excited to see what kind of configuration our players will come up with to optimise their chance of winning.
- New Graphic Quality
We have added another level of graphic quality for players who have powerful devices and like to enjoy high level graphics.
The new “Ultra mode” comes with:
- Better graphics quality
- More realistic lighting
- Supports HDR
- 4x anti-aliasing
- Render Scale
- Additional lighting effects
- Shadowing
- High dynamic range post-processing
Players can find the option to switch to “Ultra mode” in settings of the game, try out the new graphics mode with all the new features and enjoy the flashy new animations!
- Language Manager
In the future, weapons projectile/skills and special attack will be illustrated and explained more thoroughly within the game to let the players strategise their choice of weapon against different opponents. Because of that, we have implemented a language management system to let players choose their preferred language to use in the game, soon the game will be able to support languages other than English.
- Armour system
Our 3D artists continue to draw and perfect other in-game models of the traits corresponding to the Galaxy Fighters collection. The eyes, head, and mouth traits have been completed. We are currently working on the upper body armour, which is the most complicated trait. While creating them, we are also rendering those armour within the game to ensure their compatibility with the in-game model of the existing characters.
B: Business Development & Marketing
Galaxy Fight Club is now officially listed on Magic Square.
Magic Store is a unified, integrated, interoperable space for users to discover and experience community-vetted web3 apps, NFTs, DeFi, and games with a user base of over 250k.
We are working on collaborating with Magic Square to drive more awareness toward our game and onboard new users to GFC.
To check out our listing on Magic Square, hit the following link — https://twitter.com/MagicSquareio/status/1640662521756434433
Furthermore, we joined LightTowers for a Twitter Space alongside Magic Eden and other amazing gaming projects.
Over 1400 people joined to listen in and we had a great time on stage.
If you missed it, make sure to check out the recording here — https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vOxwMAwjyEGB
Throughout the month of April, we once again expanded our team by another 2 meaningful hires on the social media team.
Together with them, we are working on reviving our activity on our social media accounts, starting with Twitter. They started putting together some nice threads and informational posts about GFC and we will continue building out various content formats to expand our reach and get more eyeballs on GFC ultimately.
Here are some examples -
We recognize the importance of being active on Twitter not only via our company account but also our personal profiles, which is why we will continue to improve on this aspect.
Alongside it, we will be working on bringing back our Twitter Impact Program to allow you, our community, to help us blast out our Tweets.
We also started working with an expert in YouTube SEO. In the coming weeks, he will help us analyse relevant long tail keywords to our niche and support us in getting our videos ranked for those specific keywords. This aligns with our social media and over all marketing strategy to buld a footprint to organically grow and become a go-to web3 game.
Additionally, we received the community proposal and want to take this opportunity to thank our OG users for taking the time to come up with creative ideas and discuss their POVs in order to facilitate constructive feedback as to how we can improve Galaxy Fight Club.
A special thanks to BetrayTheWorld for organizing this and sharing the proposal. The team will be reviewing this carefully over the coming week.
C: Community
Upcoming Events:
Players may pick one tournament on April 16
April 16 Signup: https://forms.gle/Q9cv4fkYKktKy3ud9
Hoodies:
Hoodies have been shipped, keep an eye out for tracking numbers from Guru. If you have not received tracking please reach out to Guru for an update.
March Twitter Competition:
We used the twitter views metrics to determine this month’s winners with a combination of aggregate views across multiple tweets and top individual tweet performance. Community members will select their prize from the Prize Stash in order from 1 though 10. The draft will start March 11 at 12 pm EST. If you are not able to be present at this time, message guru in advance for preferred prize choices or we can delay until you are present.
Top 10 Prize Stash Draft Order
- WenHammertime
- Vegeta
- kevxss
- Kylobayd
- NowhereMan
- crosscrossx27
- Buck
- Zfusion
- KingPeque
- JoeBoernecks
Honorable Mention, Gold Key Open
- Donzz
- YeahPrettyRuby
Stay tuned for the next competition details in the coming weeks.
Prize Stash:
March 29 Events
No P2E Weapon 9 Point Event: Twitch File Corrupted download
Past Events: shorturl.at/tyORS
Another great showing from the unstoppable trio of William, Yami and Dennis with a solid runner up from the Comfy squad The Benningging. There were no P2E weapons allowed in this one so we saw a nice mix of Genesis Weapons and GEN1 attached weapons including the echo chamber, retribution, guzzy and favorites the whip and doctore crossbow.
Holder Only Event
The KingBFusion of King Peque, Fusion and Bekas continue to establish themselves as the top team for the Holders Events with OG Holders side of BetrayTheWorld, PMDawn, and Pandemic established as the clear number 2. We strongly encourage GEN1 holders of all skills to come out and participate in these events. If there are particular days of the week and times you prefer for tournaments please reach out to guru for discussion and scheduling.
Weapons Points Table
April Points table will be locked as if for the foreseeable future so players and guilds can properly allocate assets. Changes will be made if there are game balances made from the dev team. There are some slight updates from last form so please make sure to check before creating your tournament comps.
