The ICO wasn't particularly successful so right now i'm raising funds through a different project. I'm talking with the CEO of a crypto gaming platform and should be able to get a deal for an exchange listing and marketing campaign once everything is ironed out. It's unfortunate that we couldn't build the momentum during the ICO but we're close to a finished project and it would be a shame to drop it now.

Yes - I'm working hard to add in the features that will make it engaging. Unfortunately I couldn't finish everything before alpha started but anyone who is whitelisted will see a continual improvement each day.

We have also asked several 3D artists to improve the world map so the finished product will look much better.

I want the game to be fun even without the monetary rewards attached and with over a month before scheduled public release i'm sure we will be able to fine-tune everything.

Placeholder art - Here is how the settlements are looking at the moment:

https://imgur.com/a/Yijzl

And I'm a solo developer - I don't want to share my background at the moment. If that's a red flag for you then just wait until the alpha starts next week.

Current price is 1300CRS : 1ETH - This will get lowered to 1000:1 on the 24th April

And with regards to coinmarketcap we need at least $100k in daily volume to be listed there. We will try and contact them during the alpha and see if they can relax this rule

Yes - alpha starts in 2 weeks 

Yes we have discord and telegram:

http://t.me/crystalreign
https://discord.gg/B3bcZRx

And as it is a erc20 token you can trade it on forkdelta/etherdelta now. We will look towards adding the coin to other exchanges after the alpha gets going.

https://forkdelta.github.io/#0x65302d3a313cf7b0bc7badbf0b9b07a4f176ed10-ETH

And the whitepaper is out!

http://www.crystalreign.io/CRWhitepaper.pdf

Alongside the telegram there is also the discord channel: https://discord.gg/B3bcZRx

Interesting post in the french thread:

Looking at Shadow Token it seems to be an investment vehicle, giving investors small rewards and merchandise.

Crystal Reign differs in that the token is essential to the in-game economy. The tokens are spent by guilds and individuals to service their armies and have a better chance of gaining the shard drops.

You might ask why people would spend shards just to earn more shards in the drops. This is where the bonus ETH plays a part. Some perks and items can be bought with ETH as well as CRS and 80% of the purchase is released in shard drops alongside the standard 1000CRS. This means that there is an Ether incentive for spending shards and conquering the shard drop tiles.

So if you want a very rough estimate of the value of the shard then you could say:

1000CRS is equal to the ETH bonus for that tile (assuming that the user does not want a lower CRS balance after winning the drop).

What could the ETH bonus potentially be? Browser games like Evony were generating revenue of around $64k per day – this was without any in-game monetary incentives and without the ease of payment available to eth users. If we use this figure, then each individual drop has a bonus of around $5,600 ($64k/64 Tiles * 7 Days * 80%).

So with this very rough estimate and with all the assumptions we get a token value of $5.60

 

A couple of things I havent taken into account:

Probability: It may take more or less shards to have a good chance of winning the tile and this depends on the game ecosystem.

Speculation: Hoarding by guilds or speculators may influence gameplay as each shard has the potential to earn Eth. If you predict Eth will go up in value by 20% before the next shard drop then the current Eth bonus for that week is worth 20% more to you. This will increase demand for CRS as guilds will spend more to win the drop that week.

Scarcity: If there are 100,000 users, then on average each user should have around 50 shards if evenly distributed. This means that shards will be relatively scarce even with 10,000 players. Further still, around 20% of shards spent on purchases is taken out of circulation. Depending on the velocity of purchases this will provide a steady increase in the value of the coin.

Ultimately it is a balancing act. We want an in-game economy where players can take part and earn tangible rewards but at the same time there are many factors which could be unhealthy for the economy. We have allocated 3.28m shards each year for events which will help balance the economy.

With regards to release date, we have the alpha planned for the end of this month and the public beta set for May. Things are moving quickly though so these dates are more like deadlines. In 2 weeks we should have artwork ready to present screenshots publicly. Buildings are complete and we are just waiting on 3D models and UI redesign.

Around 128,000 is the limit at the moment due to gameplay constraints.

The map is 640,000 tiles and loads chunks of 50x50. In terms of performance, having each tile filled shouldn't be an issue. In terms of gameplay, we need a good amount of the map empty as the randomness of shard drops will be affected in a cluttered map. As each player can have 3 armies we have to assume each player counts for 4 tiles as armies can be camped on free tiles. 10% of the map is occupied by huntable animals and we want to leave 10% for shard drops. So around 20% of the map should be inhabitable, 128,000 players.

Expanding the map can be done fairly easily but we would rather do this after mobile release which is planned for December.


Yep, thanks. Send your eth address to OP once its done

Our forums are live! Check out http://forum.crystalreign.io -  we look forward to giving more to talk about in the coming weeks.

Looking at it as an investor I think 100% covers the risk associated with the project given the information displayed. The whitepaper will be released after the 100% bonus ends and the resulting 30% bonus will reflect the risk better then. We do have a preliminary whitepaper ready but I think it has less impact without in-game screenshots. A large chunk of the whitepaper is about in-game mechanics and many of the points made are intangible without any visualization of the game.

Our token has been available for nearly a week now and as our signature campaign is set to begin today we thought it would be a good time to assess and re-calibrate our current strategy.

We have received a lot of positive feedback over the past week with many people being very hopeful and enthusiastic about the potential of the project. CR is a far cry from the cookie-cutter pyramid schemes that we've all become accustomed to in the crypto community and we feel that current investors see the same opportunity that we do to attract the wider gaming community into the cryptosphere.

Alongside these sentiments, however, we have also come to realize that there is a level of uncertainty about the project that we have not been able to offset with our presale offering. Given that we have yet to release the white paper and have another 2 weeks before artwork is released, we think it’s fair to say that the current 30% bonus does not compensate investors for the risk they are taking in these early stages.

We've decided instead to increase the bonus to 100% until 14th March and then return back to the initial 30%. To do so we have had to migrate to a new contract which has been updated in the original post. All those who have purchased tokens will receive the additional 70% bonus automatically and we will transfer all token balances by the end of the day. We hope this will attract more attention to the project in the days before we reveal the game.

Yes, so the token will be released each week on random tiles that players fight for. While many things can be bought with both ETH and CRS, the real game changing perks can only be obtained with CRS. In-game payments are generally frowned upon in MMOs but we think that by redistributing 80% of revenue back to the players it will create an environment where players are more engaged in the gameplay and more willing to funnel back the rewards they earn into the game.

With regards to sharing profile information: We welcome the highest level of scrutiny to our project... to our personal lives and achievements - not so much. Perhaps when the alpha is in full swing we will reconsider this stance. Personally, I'm an advocate of privacy and feel that developers shouldn't have to commodify their personalities in order to run a successful project. This will likely lower our revenue in the short-run but I'm confident that once the initial gameplay is shown it wont be an issue.

Main developer here - fire any questions my way and also check out crystalreign.io