Arrivant unveils Project: Iluune — StarGarden as blockchain gaming franchise
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Arrivant is unveiling its blockchain gaming franchise Project: Eluüne: StarGarden. The science-fiction title is a tribe-based, socially focused creature crafting and battling game.
The game project has gathered a 15,000-strong community on its Discord channel (which has been gamified and designed to promote collaboration between the players and creators).
The project involves non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and is currently being built with Unity on the Solana blockchain. It will also have a free-to-play element in addition to its play-to-own multiplayer online game. The first project is a Tribes-based Auto Battle Chess game with smart NFTs. It has role-playing game mechanics and will debut on PC and mobile.
Arrivant wants to be part of the next wave of blockchain games that do not seek novelty from such features but use emerging tools to meaningfully drive new types of player ownership and engagement.
For example, the project has launched a number of evolving smart NFTs offering players opportunities to “lock in” their NFT or choose to allow it to continue to cycle into new expressions. This has led to social conversations and new communities based on preferences for specific characters or item ownership.
The company minted its first set of NFTs and raised $2.5 million from its community in just under four hours. Arrivant is also raising a round of venture investment with an early commitment from Lightspeed Ventures Scout Fund. The Los Angeles-based team includes Craig Allen, a former Call of Duty developer and Arrivant’s chief strategy officer.
And Arrivant is working on launching in-game avatars with Fractal, an NFT
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