Saturday’s MetaLaunch IGO sold out faster than we could write up this AMA, but there are plenty of interesting new insights and updates from Team Wizardia inside. Questions were opened to MetaLaunch’s Telegram channel for 30 seconds and we received 4000+ questions in that time! We couldn’t answer them all this time, but stay tuned for our next AMA coming very soon.
Round 1 — Questions From Our Friends at MetaLaunch
🚀 MetaLaunch Question 1: We would love to listen to a little bit about yourself, your journey so far as a founder of Wizardia, and also Eligijus as a Director of Partnerships (DOP), and a short summary of Wizardia in your words.
🧙♂️ Mindaugas: I’m Mindaugas or Mind in short, the CEO of Wizardia. Firstly, I love games in general. Sports games, computer games, board games, etc. Everything is a game when you think about it, isn’t it?
But on a more professional side, I’m an entrepreneur, team leader, crypto investor. I’ve been gaming/working on games all my life and Wizardia is the passion project I’ve been looking for for a long time.
The journey with Wizardia has been an amazing experience so far and it is getting more intense as we dive deeper into the game development. It is exciting to build this imaginary world and innovate at the same time. To sum up — crypto enthusiasm has risen to an even higher level while working on Wizardia and it is a great fueling power that helps me and the team move forward.
️️🧙♂️ Eligijus: I’m Eligijus, the director of partnerships in Wizardia. I have over 7 years of experience in SaaS development, game development, and project management. I’m responsible for growing Wizardia’s global presence by identifying and securing new working partnerships.
🧙♂️ Mindaugas: Wizardia is a Play-to-Earn game rich with deep lore, captivating combat mechanics, a focus on immersive spell discovery, and a highly rewarding crafting system. Set in a futuristic world enhanced by magic, Wizardia’s cutting-edge art style is a unique mix of Dark Fantasy and Sci-fi. Combat is an ever-evolving part of Wizardia where players have to constantly adapt to the changes in the battlefield. There could only be one victor so the stakes are high.
🚀 MetaLaunch Question 2: Wizardia is a Play to Earn Game so how can people generate income by playing as well as without playing? Can you please explain in-depth?
🧙♂️ Mindaugas: There are many ways to earn in Wizardia.
The first one is our Arena Genesis NFT! If you have the arena Genesis NFT, you earn passive income based on how many players there are in Wizardia. The more active players the more revenue.
Others will be able to earn by playing in the arena, completing daily tasks and quests, fighting in PVE battles, crafting artifacts, discovering new spells, and selling or renting them.
Players and investors can earn from Wizardia. Investors mainly resort to passive income from Genesis NFTs or holding valuable in-game NFTs and selling them to other players or investors.
On top of the investor income sources, players can earn from in-game interactions and mechanisms. There are 2 distinct types of transactions in the game:
1. Player to player
- Battle other players in the Arena and win wagers as well as acquire resources (needed for Wizard upgrades and other game interactions) that can be sold to other players
- Craft valuable consumables/Artifacts/Abilities in the form of NFTs and sell them to other players
- Players who invest effort into upgrading their Wizards and are lucky enough to roll powerful stats, abilities, and rarity can later sell them to other players or use them for more efficient resource grind and/or winning PvP battles and/or rent to other players if unused
- Other NFT items (including Genesis NFTs) found in the game or purchased as a limited time offer gain value (because of their in-game uses, unique art, passive income, or rarity) and can be sold to other players
2. Player to vault to player
- Arena Genesis NFTs — earn passive income from an in-game Arena that collects small fees for facilitating PvP battles and any other transactions taking place
- Other in-game institution genesis NFTs as the game develops (e.g. in-game bank) — passive income from institutions/NPCs providing in-game utility and collecting fees
- Participate in Tournaments to win in-game currency and/or $WZRD and/or valuable NFTs
🚀 MetaLaunch Question 3: Can you please tell our community about the development and when can we expect the game to release on Mainnet? Any Road Map to 2022 ahead?
🧙♂️ Mindaugas: Let us give you the full roadmap of our game:
- Alpha version (Testnet) will be released in around 4 weeks. We are currently working with a couple of production houses currently under NDA. When the NDA period ends we will share some gameplay footage and then release the demo for all to try.
- A beta version (Mainnet) with NFT integration will be ready within 2–3 months from now. You will be able to use your NFT and finally battle in the arena of Wizardia. PVP and PVE battle modes will be available!
- The full game with glorious integration of AR will be ready by the end of the year! People often ask us — what is AR going to be like? We like to imagine it like Pokemon go on STEROIDS just with wizards, magic, and the next-level artwork :)
Round 2: The Audience Questions
🙌 Question 1: Opportunities for new users & gamers are huge to earn in this gaming market, but one main problem they all have is that with so many options of games, they don’t know what to choose and play. What quality & features they should look for in a game before playing it?
🧙♂️ Wizardia: That’s a good question! First of all, I think what distinguishes good games from bad ones is the community. With a good community, all games can be really enjoyable and addicting.
Secondly, I think people should be looking for a game with a great story, and more importantly — gameplay. The game should be unsolvable, unpredictable, and based on skill.
Finally, as we are in the P2E area, I think people should look for games that are PLAY to earn, not just CLICK to earn. The game should be enjoyable, immersive, and involving.
And that’s what Wizardias’ team is striving for!
🙌 Question 2: There are many AR games on the market that integrate with existing mobile games with a tactical RPG that incorporates augmented reality and has a strong emphasis on exploration. Why is Wizardia NFT so special?
🧙♂️ Wizardia: AR is quite fresh in our minds and we are constantly researching what is the best way to go about It, but one thing we know for sure — Wizardia will be PokemonGo on steroids. :)
We see AR as an equal part to other game modes we are introducing but these would be the main goals that we are working on with AR. In our plans we have:
- Interaction with a real-world map.
- AR map-based quests with AR unique rewards.
- Interaction with real-world objects and buildings.
- AR PVP battles
- Integration with fitness apps - once you achieve goals, you get rewards in Wizardia.
🙌 Question 3: I read that the NFT collectibles in Wizardia would be the Wizards, Protospells, and Realm Wonders. Can you further explain to us about each of these NFTs, the roles they play in the game, and the benefits of owning them?
🧙♂️ Wizardia: I think it is good the separate the initial NFT economy from the one that is coming together with and after the game launch.
Initial NFTs
Wizardia’s economy is based on NFTs, having both passive and active aspects.
The passive aspect is the Arena Genesis NFT(formerly introduced as Realm Wonder):
- Like tickets at a sporting event — Entry fees are collected with every battle and tournament.
- With most of the proceeds going to Arena Genesis NFT holders.
And the active aspect — Wizard NFT which is the foundation of gameplay. Wizards have rarities, affinities, and attributes that set them apart and provide the base for our gameplay logic.
Future NFTs
Protospells — they will be introduced with the “base building” game mode. Protospells are the original magic of Wizardia, and are the core of the whole game concept. They are like a blueprint of all things magical, and allow you to craft magic with abilities like:
- controlling elements
- manipulating reality
- summoning allies
Many other in-game mechanics will be available in the form of Protospell NFT.
This NFT can be minted within the game and kept to yourself for the power they provide or can be shared with other players for passive income. It’s a dilemma between Power and Wealth.
Also, they can be sold to other players for instant profit.
🙌 Question 4: I read that each Wizardia player will have their own special magic, which will help them define their own personal playstyle as they progress through the game. So how can the game accommodate this custom special magic? What do you mean by this?
🧙♂️ Wizardia: Each player’s special magic comes with the Wizards they choose to be using in the Arena. These unique combinations chosen by each player and how the player is able to synergize their wizards together is the interesting part.
Also, the players will be able to add to the uniqueness by using their discovered Protospell NFTs and add to the unique build/setup of each wizard team component even more. A Protospell can be very rare. The player that discovers it can use it to unlock different new game mechanics for them to use. There might be a time when there is only 1 unique Protospell, so that will give a lot of different opportunities for very different builds and strategies in the Arena.
🙌 Question 5: Having a good marketing plan is very important so I would like to know your strategies to attract new people to Wizardia? Do you plan to have alliances with several KOLs? How global will Wizardia be?
🧙♂️ Wizardia: Let’s answer one by one.
The first one is about marketing: Our market plan is quite simple. We are partnering up with the best games, best influencers to help grow Wizardia. Currently, we have partners like Illuvium, SolChicks, UFOGaming, and more!
Secondly, KOLs: We have made partnerships with a dozen of really good KOLs who are as excited about Wizardia as we are. They are introducing Wizardia in really creative ways we did not imagine and their communities are joining Wizardia too!
How global will Wizardia be? It’s already global. We have people joining us from all around the world already. When the game launches there will definitely be some stronger local communities, but the global factor is there and we strive to connect the GameFi space through Wizardia and make room for smaller communities also.
William Smith
Weaving together blockchains and threads of fantasy lore, William identifies as a chaotic-good copywriter. His abilities include battling bad grammar and upholding a consistent tone of voice.
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