Dev Blog #48

Dev Blog Summary

a) Game and Web3 Development

• Unveiling “Project T”, a thrilling new feature that includes a unique NFT collection and the introduction of GCOIN as the in-game currency, with further information and updates to come soon
• Enhancing Battle Royale mode with superior graphics, detailed maps, and new round border effects, while rigorously testing the game mode for 8–10 players on both PC and mobile platforms to optimize performance
• Implementing and thoroughly testing the BYOPill system, which features a cooldown mechanism, with plans to launch this system in the next game update
• Progressing on the armor system to bring additional galaxy fighter traits into the game, increasing their value and furthering customization options
• Creating and updating an extensive range of in-game 3D models for various character traits, such as head, mouth, eyes, and clothes
• Reworking skills, visual effects (VFX), and 3D models for numerous weapons to ensure proper balance, enjoyment, and enhanced visuals during gameplay
• Giving the UI a fresh look by updating icons for skills, abilities, and weapons, providing players with a more aesthetically appealing experience
• Collaborating with Fractal API to seamlessly integrate the tournament mode into the game and develop a robust tournament back-end system
• Expanding the social system and in-game chat, including the completion of the private chat system and ongoing work on public channels like global, guild, and tournament channels
• Producing beginner tutorials to cover various game mechanics such as movements, basic attacks, skills, and special attacks, aiming to expand the community and onboard new players
• Continuously developing the PC client to synchronize with mobile platforms, reducing latency and improving image quality on the PC platform with advanced graphics effects and smooth motion
• Several bugs have been logged and resolved in the game, including issues with ultimate attacks, manual aim, UI responsiveness, and weapon visibility

b) Business Development & Marketing

• Successfully publishing our first SEO-ranked YouTube video based on the longtail keyword ‘Cyberkongz Play To Earn Video’, with plans to produce and rank 1–2 additional videos per month based on community feedback
• Actively scouting top-tier streamers with high energy and conviction to improve the quality of GFC tournament streams, as well as repurpose the generated content for our organic content strategy across various platforms, starting with YouTube
• Engaging in a Twitter Space event with SuperChamps, discussing the future of web3 and sharing insights with the community. A replay is available for those who missed it
• Working on a visual revamp of Gen 1 NFTs, giving holders the option to upgrade their Gen 1 visuals to better resemble in-game fighters, and integrating traits and armor into the in-game characters
• Preparing a major announcement related to the Galaxy Fight Club project, set to be shared with the community next weekend. Stay tuned for this exciting news!

c) Community

• The team has reviewed the community proposal, and will be speaking to individual members from the community to discuss further on what features they would like to see in the game
• Action packed two weeks with three cash events and two pop up tournaments handing out lots of keys, weapons and about $2600 worth of ETH!
• Congratulations to Hello Good Day and Makima for a triumphant return to the area in our 7 Point Event and a familiar group topped the leaderboard in the 13 point event, congratulations ZIlennials!
• Held the March twitter prize draft with several high powered GEN2 and rare weapons sent to our most active community members
• May Twitter Competition is now active with #GalaxyCup to submit
• Introducing the Galaxy Cup, an ongoing points system to reward top performers in tournaments over a 2 month period. The first event is April 28 — stay tuned for the full slate of events coming soon
• Hoodies are all en route, shipping is very slow do not worry they will be arriving soon

A: Game and Web 3 Development

Project T

With the development of Battle Royale game mode coming to an end, we are going to start on our new big feature soon.

We are calling it “Project T”, can’t share much information about it yet but it involves a brand new collection of NFTs and GCOIN as the in-game currency.

Currently, the project is at its starting phase but some of the ideas have already been tested out, even some of the smart contracts controlling the core logic have been written and in testing.

We will reveal more details on the project in the coming weeks and hopefully you guys are as excited as we are for this new feature! LFG

Battle Royale

The Battle Royale mode has just been upgraded with graphics: more details in the map, new round border effects. Currently the number of players we have been testing is 8 players but we are testing with the 10 players version at the same time, in parallel between PC and mobile to test the performance and optimise the system in the game play.

BYOPills

The BYOPill system with the cooldown system has been thoroughly integrated and tested, everything works smoothly. We will launch BYOPill in the next update and continue to monitor the system to ensure that the features work perfectly.

Armour System

We have continued to work on the armour system in which we bring the other traits of the galaxy fighters into the game and provide value to them.

Here are the list of in-game 3D-model that we have created since the last update:

• Head: Crazy Hair, Angel Halo, Antlers, Army Helmet, Bunny Ears, Devil Respirator, Fox on Head, GFC Black Cap, Gladiator Helmet, Headphone, Horns, Hovering Galaxy, King Crown, Laurel Wreath, Mohawk, Nezzy Helmet, Plasma Helmet, Racing Helmet, Roman Helmet, Snake on Head, Spartan Helmet, Spiky Helmet, Tiera, WW2 Pilot Helmet
• Mouth: All traits completed
• Eyes: All traits completed
• Clothes: Navy Striped Tee, Sailor Shirt
• Reskin Base model:GFC Human Cyborg, Mutated, Gold, Trippy, Yakuza, Zombie

Preview:

Weapons Updates

We have done some rework on various weapons. Some have new 3d models so that it looks better. Some have new skills so that it is more balanced and fun to use. Some have their VFX (visual effects) reworked so that it looks cooler while attacking.

Reworked Skills:

Hammer of Gods, The Cube, Broomstick, Dagger, Double Voulge, Monkey Paw Staff, Needle, Death Scythe

• Wakizashi: ultimate now will be to dash up a short distance and launch a very wide slash forward, dealing dmg to all enemies in that area
• SlingShot: basic attack now have a bouncing effect to 1 additional nearby target, dealing less damage than the first target

Rework Skill VFX:

• Exotic Weapons: Divine Blade, Bruna Plasma Blaster
• Mythic Weapons: Slingshot, Bruna Plasma Shotty, Split Frost Blade
• Legendary Weapons: Special Delivery, Tenderizer
• Epic Weapons: Echo Chamber, Flare Gun, Guzzy, Ion Cannon, Retribution, Lion’s Roar, Megalo Maniac, Lightning Blade
• Rare Weapons: Electrode Carbine, Last Wish, Dragon Scimitar, Staff of Light, Pump and Dump, Golden Child, The Barber, Gnawing Hunger, Katana, Plasma Sword,Plasma Orbs, Heels, Bitcoin, Double Voulge
• Uncommon Weapons: Ice Spear, Boxing Gloves, Shuriken, Galil, FAL, M4, Rubber Chicken, Machine Gun, Broomstick, Banana
• Basic Weapons: Flower Bouquet

UI Updates

We have updated the icons used in the game to provide a fresh new look. Skill icon, ability icon and weapon icons have all been updated.

• Tournament Mode

We worked with Fractal to bring their API into our system. The integration with Fractal has gone smoothly, currently we are developing the tournament back-end system and integrating that into the game client.

• Social System

Alongside the tournament system, we are working to improve the Social System and in-game chat system to make it easier to chat and invite parties right in the game. The private chat system is complete and we are working on the public chat channel like global channel, guild channel, tournament channel etc…

• Beginner Tutorial

In order to expand the community and on-board new players, in addition to the bot battle mode for beginners, we have written tutorials for beginners, on different elements and mechanics of the game, such as: movements, basic attacks, skills and special attacks etc…

• PC Client

We continue to develop the PC version to sync the multiplayer mode with mobile platforms to reduce latency and increase image quality on the PC platform with graphics effects, smooth motion.

Other updates:

• Updated Visual/Graphic effects for some Weapon projectiles
• Battle Royale AI Bot decision making improvements
• New Battle Royale Closing Ring visuals
• Weapon Balancing of Bubble Gun and the Pink, Green and Brown Asteroids as per request of GFC Community

New Bugs Logged:

• Pink Asteroid Ultimate Attack takes too long to complete
• Manual Aim is currently dictating Auto Aim logic as a toggle of MA is needed to reset AA
• Updated in-game UI buttons (Movement, Attack, etc) currently delayed and need to be more responsive
• Weapons with spread manual aimer such as Sawed Off Shotgun, Crossbow is invisible and blends all map types

Bugs Resolved:

• Issue involved Broomstick weapon Ultimate Attack not always activating
• Spectator Mode for all game modes has been updated. Camera movement was not fluent
• Battle Royale closing ring visual border was not matching damage border
• Companions now properly prioritizing enemy distances

B: Business Development & Marketing

As mentioned within our previous biweekly update, we started working on new YouTube content together with a YouTube SEO expert.

Since then, we published our first SEO ranked video which we have ranked for the longtail keyword ‘Cyberkongz Play To Earn Video’, to validate our strategy.

We have received some feedback from the community, which we will take into consideration moving forward:

• Less ‘scripted’ approach
• More interpretation / opinions on individual points
• Opinionated assumptions to ‘hints’ found in the documents covered
• More engaging editing
• Higher energy

With this feedback in mind, we will be aiming for publishing 1–2 additional videos each month and rank them for individual longtail keywords revolving around our industry.

Alongside the improvements to our YouTube video content, we also took the community feedback into consideration regarding our current GFC tournament streams. We decided to scout for new high quality streamers with high energy and conviction to help us stream our upcoming tournaments.

The goal will not only be to stream our tournaments in the highest quality possible but also repurpose the content generated by those for our organic content strategy across various platforms — starting with YouTube.

Furthermore, we joined SuperChamps for an interesting Twitter Space about the future of web3. To listen back to the replay, feel free to use the following link — https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1jMJgLEndNqxL?s=20

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We are also working on Gen 1 visual revamp, once all the traits have been completed we will be giving holders the option to upgrade their Gen 1 visuals, this new style is aimed to better resemble the actual fighters in the game. We believe his is a good time to offer this upgrade as we are close to integrating traits and armour into the in-game characters

Races

Armour

We are also working on something exciting that we will share next weekend! Stay tuned…

Deep within the murky abyss of Bruna8, the war wages on, shrouded in secrecy and shadow.

While the world above remains blissfully unaware, the team toils tirelessly, delving ever deeper into the unknown. To us, Galaxy Fight Club represents the very pinnacle of web3 gaming, a realm where NFT avatars become living weapons, and battles transcend the boundaries of reality itself.

But our mission extends far beyond mere entertainment.

We are the trailblazers of a new era, pushing the boundaries of innovation to their very limits. Our past successes only serve to fuel our insatiable thirst for more.

And now, on the cusp of greatness, we can feel it — something monumental is about to unfold.

So join us, dear adventurer, and be a part of history in the making.

Ready yourselves … For in the Galaxy Fight Club, anything is possible…

C: Community

Upcoming Events:

Players may pick one tournament on April 28. May Tournament slate

April 28 Signup: https://forms.gle/3AiHTHL8hqqBVwpx8

Hoodies:

Hoodies have been shipped, shipping is very slow do not worry. Ping guru for any questions or concerns.

May Twitter Competition:

May twitter comp is officially live, the event will run through the end of May. Since it’s running for a long time we may be rewarding some community members along the way. Weekly prizes will be smaller and do not disqualify that tweet from the final prize stash. Use #GalaxyCup to enter the competition. As in the past, game highlights and threads are looked upon favorably!

Current Prize Stash:

April 16–7 + 13 Point Event:

Link to Footage: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HmbaI8_DBRrSV0awhQ62mSRSdCpv1B5o?usp=sharing

13 Point Event

ZIllenials continue to dominate the arena taking down another event with AFT hanging tough but ultimately not able to get the job done. We saw the Cube dominate the arena as it was featured by both finalist teams. Shout out Zen Pogi for rounding out the top 3 with Degen and Comfy close behind in 4th and 5th.

7 Point Event

Link to Footage: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j0d43FFy9xYgGMVaewW5FifDF5N74_S5/view?usp=sharing

Makima made a triumphant return to the arena and took down first place with another strong showing from Zen and Degen Guilds. Strong showing from Dusk2Dawn who is scratching at the top 3 looking to break though to the podium. This was a very fun event with lots of different weapon combinations. Ultimately it was a flashback to Makima and also to the glory days of the candy gun that held opponents in check.

Holder Event 8 Points

Footage: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cLVitfslCLpKPfzjHVII3y_DjYnZ-zcM?usp=sharing

The Anson Graduates went from scholar to holder and won their first holder channel event. We saw the same packing order behind the new leader of the pack in a hotly contested set of matches. Stay tuned for more holders events to reward our long time supporters.

Galaxy Cup

April 28 — June 30, 2023

Prizes for Individual Teams Places 1–10

Prizes for Top 5 Guilds

We will be testing out a new longer form tournament points system. Individual Teams will be rewarded points towards the Galaxy Cup standings based on their placement in official Galaxy Cup Events per the points table below. Guilds will also be able to compete for top placements, only the top 2 teams from each guild will have their point totals counted towards the points total for Guild championship — the top 2 teams will be determined after the final event. If you are not part of a guild you can submit a partner to compete for this portion of the Galaxy Cup. Top individual teams and top guilds will be rewarded, stay tuned for prize pools coming soon. Please note

Teams must lock their team names starting with the April 28 events. Any team who updates their name will start from 0 Galaxy Cup Points. You can change team members but must keep the team name the same.