[ANN] Spells of Genesis - Innovating Trading Card Games with the Blockchain

[yodark]

Spells of Genesis (SoG) is an upcoming trading card/arcade game, from Swiss-based company EverdreamSoft, which will integrate bitcoin and blockchain technology in its game economy as well as its storyline. It is targeted for release in late 2015 for iOS and Android devices. A Game For The Community Our motivation in developing SoG stems from our desire to create a game in strong cooperation with the community. With Moonga, our main trading card game, we were among the first to have a free-to-play game on the AppStore in 2009. Since then, the genre has evolved in unexpected ways. We saw some of our players trading rare cards for more than 1000 USD, even if it was not allowed by the terms of service. A whole economy emerged in the game. This inspired us to conceptualise how we could go beyond that and leverage digital goods ownership.

Innovative In-Game Economy While working as a core of the whole game economy and background story, cryptocurrency will be used as an in-game means of exchange. Counterparty tokens will be assigned to cards in SoG which means you can trade cards freely within and outside the game app. Players will own their game items and cards not only in the game world but also on the bitcoin blockchain. Other functions on Counterparty such as the lock feature will also give players the possibility to lock a specific amount of rare cards in a public and transparent manner.

Token System

BitCrystals BitCrystals are Counterparty assets acting as both the game-fuel and the premium in-game currency. There is a limited supply of BitCrystals which can be used (burned) to create new card packs or traded with other players in Spells of Genesis. Token System You will be able to trade cards and game items easily within and outside the SoG game app. This is made possible through Counterparty, a platform which can be used for creating custom tokens which act as their own cryptocurrency, while still running on the Bitcoin blockchain. Game assets in SoG will all be assigned a unique Counterparty token. The picture below shows an example of how the Counterparty tokens for cards may look like in the typical Counterparty wallet. Assigning Counterparty tokens to game assets allows them to be traded freely outside the game. Players will own their game items and cards not only in the game world but also on the blockchain. Game Items on Counterwallet The use of Counterparty's functions such as the lock feature opens up the possibility for players to lock a certain amount of rare cards in a public and transparent manner. How It Works SoG is being developed by EDS. The production costs of SoG will be funded by Gutenberg, the project code name for our platform which burns BitCrystals in order to issue new digital game items to players and backers. The proceeds from the BitCrystals Token Sale will go to Gutenberg. An Example You can purchase game items through Google Play/AppStore using your own country's currency. When a player buys a card pack in the AppStore or on Google Play, we buy back 50% of the price in BitCrystals from our backers. Backers of SoG can use BitCrystals to purchase new cards and game items. When a player buys a pack of cards from the AppStore         When a backer buys a pack of cards from the Secondary Market

The Game

Spells of Genesis will combine the collection and social aspects of Trading Card games with the addictiveness of Arcade games. In the game you embark on an epic fantasy adventure in the world of Moonga while constantly collecting and trading orbs(cards) to upgrade your deck. On your adventure, you will face hundreds of opponents. To defeat them, you have to battle them using the unique battle system featured in Spells of Genesis. The following screenshots are from the alpha version, the background is missing and visuals are not final, but will illustrate how you will have to battle your enemies. In each level, there are some enemies you have to destroy. You do that by shooting your own orbs at them. Each orb has different strengths, weaknesses and special abilities. When your orb has zero speed left, it will grow until it reaches an obstacle. Placing your orbs strategically is crucial to achieve victory, because if you cross the red line, you will lose. Beside from what the screenshots above show you, the game will take place in a fantasy world. You will travel through mountains, deserts, waters and will meet the most amazing creatures there. There will also be a Player versus Player and other social features. As the game is very easy to learn instead of traditional trading card games, we try to reach a wide audience of casual gamers. But, the deck making and skill which is required in the later levels and online will make the game very interesting for hardcore and competitive players. Spells of Genesis will be developed by Everdreamsoft, the creators of the successful trading card game Moonga (250.000+ downloads).

Askian - The Quest to the Genesis Block
Spells of Genesis: Backstory

The Grand Story of Moonga For over 700 years, the different kingdoms in the world of Moonga lived under the dominance of the terrible empire of Sayosia. Then, in a small town, a boy named Kallan was born. His father, a blacksmith, had no place for him so he decided to take him elsewhere. After it seemed that nobody wanted the clumsy child, he decided to bring him to a small forest where the Wizard of the Four Valleys was known to live. Raised by the Wizard, Kallan learned to understand nature and the world around him. When the time came for him to leave the Wizard, he went to a city called Cartaam, where he made a discovery that would change the world of Moonga forever. He found a way to confine the essence of creatures and humans into small parchment pieces. These small cards – commonly known as Spells - enclosed the essence of what had been imprinted in them. It was a difficult, meticulous task and it took Kallan several years to master the right formula. With these powerful spells, the people of Moonga were able to defy their   rulers, and a new age began… The Jewel Valley The new chapter that we are introducing with Spells of Genesis is an allegory of the cryptocurrency. Askian is a place in the Moonga realm surrounded by high mountains inhabited by humans, dwarves and dragons. People living in Askian are rich as the mountains contain a lot of precious materials. These precious materials which are mined in the mountains possess magical properties, allowing them to be transferred in the air easily. Different regions of the valley are fighting for its dominance. Some groups rise from time to time, creating and mining varieties of precious material while trying to rally most of the miners to their cause. In fact, the group who can impose their precious jewel will gain significant wealth. The rulers of Sayosia feel threatened by these new currencies over which no taxes are being paid and send their armies to destroy this new source of wealth. The different clans of Askian will have to join forces against this common foe to survive, but there is another threat. Rumours have been spread that Sayosia is sending expeditions to find and destroy the mysterious Genesis Block, which gives the materials of Askian their magical powers. If they succeed, Askian will fall in decay. The rulers of Askian decide to form an expedition of their own, consisting of their clans' strongest warriors and wizards. Together, they will embark on a quest to find and protect the Genesis Block, before the Hordes of Sayosia find it. And thus begins the Quest to the Genesis Block...

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Token Sale FAQ

What is the Token Sale? The BitCrystals Token Sale is a bit similar to a Crowdfunding. When you buy BitCrystals, you become a backer of SoG and you can use your BitCrystals to acquire game items. What are BitCrystals? BitCrystals are tradable assets acting as both the game-fuel and the premium in-game currency. They can be used to enhance your gaming experience (like buying card packs) and traded with other players. We need to buy back BitCrystals and burn them in order to issue new card packs. When did the BitCrystals Token Sale start/end? The BitCrystals Token Sale started on August 4th, and ended on September 3rd, 2015. How did the Token Sale go? How can I get BitCrystals? As an early supporter, you get BitCrystals when you sign up on our website before our Token Sale begins. During the Token Sale phase, you can get BitCrystals by buying them on our website or by contributing to SoG. After the Token Sale, you can only buy BitCrystals from other BitCrystals owners or on exchanges. Who are backers? Anyone who owns BitCrystals!

Partner Projects Since we believe that players should own their assets not only in the game world but also outside, we are integrating some other cryptocurrencies into the game and thus creating an unique link between the Moonga and Spells of Genesis games world and other blockchain-based projects. Together with our collaborators, we have launched limited editions of blockchain-based trading cards. These cards are tradable on Counterparty, using a specific crypto-coin, and playable within both Moonga and Spells of Genesis.

FoldingCoin FoldingCoin is a token you earn by helping scientist cure diseases like Cancer. Exclusively for FoldingCoin we have designed the FDCARD, which can be obtained by folding or by trading on Counterparty.

Storj Together with Storj, who’s developing a revolutionary, decentralized (peer-to-peer) and secure cloud storage, we have launched the SJCXCARD, which can only be obtained by using Storjcoin X

GetGems For GetGems, who’s developing an innovative Messaging App with a built-in Bitcoin wallet, Everdreamsoft has designed the GEMZCARD. This card can only be obtained by using Gemz.

Counterparty For Counterparty, a platform for free and open financial tools on the Bitcoin network, we have created the XCPCARD, which can be obtained only with XCP tokens.

Swarm SWARMCD has been designed exclusively for Swarm, a platform which facilitate the creation of Distributed Collaborative Organizations (DCO) empowering ownership and abundance for everyone. Swarm is also where we will host our BitCrystals Token Sale, starting on July 29th, 2015.

Ethereum In collaboration with Ethereum, we have launched the ETHEREUMCARD, which can be purchased with BTC or XCP tokens.

Clef For Clef, who is providing a secure two-factor authentification system, we have created CLEFCARD, playable as "Clef, Warden of Wonders". CLEFCARD can be purchased with BTC or XCP.

Team

		SHABAN SHAAME - CEO & Founder He created the trading card game Moonga in 2009 and founded EverdreamSoft in 2010.
		KOJI HIGASHI - Business Development, Japan
		BESA SAQIPI - Executive Assistant
		CHRISTOPHER REJAS - Programmer
		HNIN PWINT LWIN - Marketing & Communication
		JASPER DAMMAN - Game Designer
		ELODIE BASTIDE - Community Manager

Spells of Genesis in the Press

Videos

First Teaser


First Pre-Alpha Gameplay video


Hangout: Innovating The Game Economy With Bitcoin

Get in touch

Ideopass

EverdreamSoft is also working on another project called Ideopass. Ideopass has the ambition to make Bitcoin payments simple for mainstream users. The integration of the Ideopass payment system in our games will consolidate its adoption and ultimately Bitcoin adoption for mainstream users. Find out more about Ideopass: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=586615.0?ref=bctpd

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[Jadaman]

Hello All!

I am Jasper, the game designer for Spells of Orbital! I am very excited to work this unique game concept and the way cryptocurrency is implemented! I will be updating this forumpost with more news about the game, screenshots and video's. And here will be the first one, the first teaser for Spells of Orbital just went online!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fmgP0pL7t4&feature=youtu.be

If you have any questions about the project, feel free to ask them here! I will answer them as quick as possible!

[SirLolicon]

Wow. This must have been just the most detailed Game announcement in the BitcoinTalk community I've seen just yet.

And it looks great too. Good luck guys!
When will the crowdsale happen?

[Jadaman]

Wow. This must have been just the most detailed Game announcement in the BitcoinTalk community I've seen just yet.

And it looks great too. Good luck guys!
When will the crowdsale happen?

Thank you!

Yeah it sure might be! We thought it was getting about time to combine gaming and Bitcoin.

For the crowdsale we are targeting early November. At the moment, we are gathering a comunity, when it is big enough we will come up with an exact date!

[Frangomel]

Hi,

wanted to offer something what we are doing for a 2 months with all economy system in it and have API, first games on 15th of OCtober. We have investor fund and 200k freshcoins in it. We could use your game with freshcoins, we have lots of interest into it. I am looking for games. we could talk over skype if you want more about that!

here is link of our thread

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=670939.0

and marketing plan and feasibility study:

http://www.docdroid.net/hms3/freshcoin-marketing-plan-and-feasibility-study.pdf.html

everything you can find on www.freshcoin.net

We are looking for dedicated freshcoin games, I think that you can implement freshcoins and also have earnings into it. 1Freshcoin per 1$, everything is explained in marketing plan.

Why not bitcoins? BIG volatility and inability to controll its price, we have coin with greatest mining ratio and unique business strategy!

[yodark]

The fact that you have a game API is interesting. Do you have more information on this particular point ?

[Frangomel]

The fact that you have a game API is interesting. Do you have more information on this particular point ?

About API, our dev is making it right now, it will be finished soon and implemented into games for using freshcoins deep into games as in-games feature. I can send you diagram if you are interested?

Yes of course as I said to you into PM we have whole economy around it with all benefits as for gamers/game developers/investors. It is called Proof of market which means usability of the coins into real markets. We mapped freshcoin as property which has wholesale and retail price.
Wholesale price is its price on exchange. We want uptrend stable price. Retail is 1$ for 1 freshcoin and it is just for invested freshcoins which are dedicated for using into games.

Engine of whole process if freshonline system (which is distribution and promotion system beside payments) and our motto is FreshTheGame which means lots of for gamers. As I said our plan is unique in terms of usability with win/win/win system for all three sides which are connected with freshcoins.

On 15th of OCtober is first ann of games on 18th of October is investment second batch. Now we have more than 200k freshcoins which are same ammount in $ for gamers. I think that you need to get in the train

We are available whole time so you can contact us, or me if you like idea

[SirLolicon]

Mind if I interview one of the devs for a while?

[Jadaman]

Mind if I interview one of the devs for a while?

Sure! We are happy to tell more about our development. Could you send me a personal message with some more details? Then we can discuss further.

Also, we are announcing that we will post the first gameplay video here next week!

[mistercoin]

Very nice. Watching. If you need beta testers and a review, lemme know :3

[Jadaman]

Very nice. Watching. If you need beta testers and a review, lemme know :3

We will certainly be needing that! We'll update you later!

[Jadaman]

As I announced last week, here is the first pre-alpha gameplay video of Spells of Orbital!

Note that this is a pre-alpha gameplay video. The visuals, backgrounds and interfaces will be improved! here's a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA1Vm8cRYn0

The original post has also been updated!

[yodark]

Today from 16:00-17:00 CEST we will be doing our first Google Hangout, so if you have questions or want to know more about the game, join!:

https://plus.google.com/events/c3rk3frqpp979sg4co7u03donbs

[statdude]

this looks cool

[crux]

This is an exciting development in so many ways. Really looking forward to watching it unfold.

[Bisha]

any date on when the crowdsale starts?

[yodark]

any date on when the crowdsale starts?

To answer your question we will start when the game has enough popularity.
We use popularity point as an indicator

The popularity is counted this way

1 Twitter follower = 1 point
1 FB like = 1 point
1 email subscriber = 5 points

We start when we have 5000 points

We are working now on presenting the points in real time

[hnins]

Hi, I'm Hnin! I'm glad to be working on Spells of Orbital and will be here to keep everyone updated on the latest developments. I’m anticipating the start of the crowdsale but for it to begin, we need your help! The more subscribers/followers/fans we have, the sooner the crowdsale can start. At the moment, each subscriber to our mailing list will get one free mine. So don't wait, sign up here: https://www.facebook.com/spellsoforbital/app_100265896690345.

Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/spellsoforbital
Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/spellsoforbital

[yodark]

Mine value projection

What is the value of a mine and what is the projective value

To determine the value of mine we worked on a business plan. This plan is a projection on what could be the value of a mine. We do it the same way we would have done for an investor in the game. The main difference is instead of raising funds we are pre selling game assets. The decentralised nature of the assets allow them to be traded freely. This way people who participate to the crowdsale will have an idea of the future value of the items they will receive in game for participating.
We are also allowing people to vote on important game decision according to their mine holding.

The assumptions are based on our experience on the mobile game market as well of insight data we got from the industry.

Constants

100’000 mines will be produced in total

They will be given as gift, sold or shared to people helping the game production
The first mines will be sold with the higest discount. Then the price will increase until all mines are sold.

We will start the crowdsale as soon as the mines reach a 3.5 $ value per unit. Before the crowdsale we determine the value of a mine by the project popularity


The popularity is counted this way

1 Twitter follower = 1 point
1 FB like = 1 point
1 email subscriber = 5 points


We will start the crowdsale as soon as the mines reach a 3.5 $ value per unit. Before the crowdsale we determine the value of a mine by the project popularity.
We are offering free mines for people who are getting interested early in the project. We will stop giving away mines when we reach 5000 popularity points and the mines will start to be sold. The earlier you subscribe for free mines the most you get for free. The first to register receives 2 mines and le last 0.1



Assumptions

We based our assumptions as the following

Disclaimer : These are pure assumptions and the success of the game will depend from a lot of factors. Such as our ability to deliver the product, our ability to give visibility. The success of the decentralised stakeholder model as an amazing vector to create traction and buzz around the game.
Risk management : We have 4 years of experience running a gaming community and producing game with Moonga. The game production is handled by EverdreamSoft, a serious startup who already won several prices for innovation and business plans.


1. Pessimistic scenario

The pessimistic scenario states that for the first year of running the game

Monthly active users : 40’000
Average revenue per active user ARPU : 1.3 $  

Monthly generated revenue in stores (iOS android) : 52’000 $
Estimated value of gems generated by a mine Monthly : $0.52
Estimated value of a mine 6.50 $ (12x the monthly generated value)

In the pessimistic scenario we estimate to have created a game with an honorable success without reaching anything significant in the game market.

2. Realistic scenario

The realistic scenario states that for the first year of running the game

Monthly active users : 800'000
Average revenue per active user ARPU : 1.6 $  

Monthly generated revenue in stores (iOS android) : 1’280’000 $
Estimated value of gems generated by a mine Monthly : $14.22
Estimated value of a mine 170.67 $ (12x the monthly generated value)

In the realistic scenario we estimate to have created a game with a good success in the market 1 million monthly users is a good success for a free to play game. The average revenue per active user is correct better that the pessimistic scenario.


2. Optimistic scenario

The optimistic scenario states that for the first year of running the game

Monthly active users : 30’000'000
Average revenue per active user ARPU : 1.6 $  

Monthly generated revenue in stores (iOS android) : 1’280’000 $
Estimated value of gems generated by a mine Monthly : $375.00
Estimated value of a mine 170.67 $ (12x the monthly generated value)

In the optimistic scenario we state that spells of genesis is a game created and owned by the player community. This model bring the game into the top games. The game is comparible to Heartstone or the most grossing games such as Puzzle&Dragon



Either ways you will probably agree that now is the best time to get mines for free without taking any risk. You get a chance to be at the beginning of a very big thing !

Here is the projection table if you register for mines :

[Vortex20000]

WOW. Cool stuff.

I registered! Looking forward to it.