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Article title: Entering the Web3 version of DreamStar, PuffGo leads the party to a new chapter

Difficulty: Beginer

Hashtags: Metaverse, GameFi、NFTs

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Discover PuffGo - an innovative online game combining unique gameplay, economic model and upcoming UGC features.

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Introduction

What is PuffGo?

PuffGo Gameplay

PuffGo economic model

Pointing to the future, PuffGo is about to launch UGC gameplay

How does PuffGo ensure sustainability?

PuffGo game background

Conclusion

Introduction:

PuffGo is an online game that combines innovative gameplay and a unique economic model. It not only provides a rich gaming experience, but will also soon launch user-generated content (UGC) to create unlimited possibilities for players. The game has a rich background and focuses on sustainable development, aiming to build an active virtual community.

Introduction

At the end of 2023, with the high-profile launch of Tencent’s “DreamStar (中文：元梦之星)”, the competition in the party game market has become increasingly fierce. At the same time, the original party game “Fall Guy” and NetEase’s “Egg Party” continue to develop steadily, further confirming the hot trend of party games.

The party game focuses on the concept of “fun for all”, providing a way to release pressure and emphasizing the social element. It supports multiplayer competition, confrontation, and cooperation. Players love it because of its diverse gameplay and the way it downplays the concept of victory and defeat.

Data undoubtedly reflects the market trends and vitality. At the end of 2023, “DreamStar” immediately topped the iOS free game chart upon its launch and has remained at the top ever since. According to the mobile app intelligent platform DianDianData , as of the time of writing, “DreamStar” has been downloaded over 6.6 million times on the App Store since its mid-December release, with estimated revenue approaching 140 million yuan, and this is without considering the Android platform data. During the same period, “Egg Party” and “DreamStar”, both enjoying the advantage of being early releases, had similar download volumes with an estimated revenue of ¥112 million yuan. It is worth mentioning that last month, “Egg Party” announced that it had accumulated 500 million players after 560 days since its launch.

So, can party games claim a place in Web3 games? I believe they definitely can, as games and social interactions are the areas most likely to drive widespread adoption of Web3, and party games perfectly blend these two aspects. Just imagine, in a game where you have full ownership of assets like skins and can engage in transactions and leasing, creators and players can earn real incentives and rewards, which is novel and unprecedented for Web2 players. What’s more, if Web3 party games support blue-chip NFTs or identities like domain names for roles, it will further enhance the social attributes and value of the game.

Today, Foresight News wants to introduce a Web3 party game called PuffGo, which is backed by many high-quality partners. PuffGo is building a vibrant, collaborative, and sustainable platform model through a series of strategies and measures.

What is PuffGo?

PuffGo is a creative party game launched by Puffverse that integrates leisure, competition and blockchain. It adopts a unique Skill to Earn mode, allowing players to obtain on-chain asset rewards through the game. The PuffGo game contains rich level themes and gameplay, providing players with a variety of game mode choices, and focuses on game fun, challenge, and the incentive economy that Web3 users are most concerned about.

PuffGo told Foresight News that its founding team includes members of the original DreamStar team, and it established and maintained a cooperative relationship with Xiaomi in the early stages of the project. This cooperation will undoubtedly inject strong technical support and resource network into PuffGo, giving it more advantages in game development and operation, and is expected to attract a large number of loyal players. Perhaps, as PuffGo said, PuffGo hopes to bring users a more open and free Web3 experience in the Xiaomi ecosystem.

In PuffGo’s public list of partners, in addition to Xiaomi, there are also leading interactive entertainment creation platforms such as YAHAHA andWeiling Times, game engine Unity, BNB Chain and other partners. These partners have leading technical capabilities and infrastructure in their respective fields and can provide PuffGo with support for metaverse engines, game engines, 3D interactive experiences, etc. In addition, Puffverse also received a grant from the BNB Chain Builder Grant in October 2022.

PuffGo Gameplay

In terms of gameplay, the PuffGo game contains rich level themes and gameplay, providing players with a variety of game mode choices.

PuffGo’s level setting takes into account whether players own NFT character assets. For players who do not have NFT characters, they can experience the junior and intermediate levels of casual mode, story mode and elimination mode. The winner can obtain game props and in-game gold coins. Players with NFT characters can experience advanced levels of elimination mode on this basis. In these advanced levels, players can receive on-chain asset rewards.

In the world of PuffGo, players can collect a variety of unique characters, each with a unique image, personality and skills. They can also change the characters into different outfits according to their own preferences to make the characters more personalized. In addition, players can use a variety of character skills and strategies to compete with each other to obtain higher rankings and better resource rewards.

It is worth emphasizing that PuffGo is not only targeting Web3 users, but also values the inclusion of Web2 players to cover a broader user base and bring more diverse market opportunities and growth potential to PuffGo. Additionally, PuffGo will use a portion of its Web2 income to repurchase tokens as a value proposition.

Based on my experience, aside from occasional connection delays, the PuffGo game provides a relatively smooth experience with beautiful graphics. It offers a feel that is on par with AAA games and provides periodic rewards, making it relatively easy to get addicted.

PuffGo tokenomic model

For Web3 games, beyond game settings and mechanics, the tokenomic model is crucial. According to official documents, there are two tokens, PUFF and vePUFF, in the Puffverse ecosystem. PUFF is used for payment scenarios, such as Passcard, PuffGo Passes, PuffLand land resources, etc., while vePUFF is output.

In addition, vePUFF, as a governance token, has voting rights and can be obtained by staking PUFF (at a certain percentage) or earned through game rewards. vePUFF is not transferable, but it can be exchanged for PUFF, and you can also share in-game dividends and other rights, including a certain proportion of PuffTown application token exchange transaction fees, NFT market transaction fees, and Pass sales revenue.

As shown in the figure below, Puffverse has also designed a closed-loop tokenomic model of output, stake, destruction, and repurchase to ensure the long-term sustainable development of Puffverse.

Pointing to the future, PuffGo is about to launch UGC gameplay

In this era where content is king, the game industry is also promoting the co-creation of game content and entering the era of player creation.

When “DreamStar” was launched, Tencent officially announced that it would invest ¥1.4 billion yuan in the ecosystem incentive fund in the first phase, of which up to ¥1 billion yuan will be used to provide comprehensive support to UGC (user-generated content) map creators. In addition, the number of in-game UGC maps of “Egg Party” in August 2023 has also exceeded 100 million.

It can be seen that for party games, a steady stream of UGC maps can build a diverse game experience and maintain long enough game vitality.

Given this, PuffGo will soon launch UGC gameplay at the end of this month. Players will be able to create their own game levels and challenge user-created levels, thus creating possibilities for more gameplay variations and enhancing interactivity and user engagement. The UGC feature in PuffGo will also be integrated into PuffLand in the future, leading to the development of even more gameplay options.

Complementing the UGC function is an efficient, convenient, and user-friendly map creation tool. PuffGo will introduce the AIGC mode in PuffLand by the end of 2024, allowing users to create their own levels by inputting commands.

How does PuffGo ensure sustainability?

When talking about PuffGo’s sustainable development plan, we have to expand the Puffverse product matrix. In addition to PuffGo, Puffverse products also include:

1. Asset control panel PuffTown: built-in Puff NFT market, displays in-game and on-chain data, and tracks your game records. It is worth mentioning that PuffTown supports the direct creation of MPC (multi-party computation) wallet addresses using email addresses. This private key-free and wordless experience is the key to seamlessly importing Web2 users.

2. PuffWorld: allows users to immerse themselves in the 3D metaverse and serves as a social bridge between game players. PuffWorld can currently accommodate up to 40 adventurers in a channel, and plans to allow more than 10,000 players to join a channel at the same time. The part of ten thousand players on the same screen is being promoted in cooperation with Weiling Times.

3. PuffLand: It is a convenient creator tool that combines AIGC and UGC.

According to the Puffverse roadmap, PuffGo will launch a creator program this quarter and launch a token points IGO activity in the second quarter, allowing users to participate and obtain points for the initial issuance of tokens. The token launch is expected to be in the third quarter.

From the PuffGo product, roadmap, and the aforementioned tokenomic model, we can see that PuffGo is empowering creators through tangible incentive programs. This helps to stimulate the enthusiasm and creativity of creators, resulting in more high-quality game content and achieving true diversity. In addition, by utilizing UGC gameplay and AIGC tools, PuffGo is able to help creators contribute game content more efficiently and conveniently, thereby stimulating both quantitative and qualitative changes in game content and maintaining a collaborative gaming ecosystem.

In addition, PuffGo aims to achieve a closed-loop tokenomic model of staking, burning, and repurchasing through PUFF, as well as distribute platform profits and grant governance rights through the governance token vePUFF. At the same time, combined with PuffWorld’s social and communication platform, players can meet like-minded friends, discover, share, and participate in game-related content, deepen connections and interactions, further promote the vitality and diversification of the ecosystem, and achieve a snowball effect in social engagement.

PuffGo game background

Well-designed story background and character design are key elements of a game, playing a pivotal role in the development of the plot. In the Puffverse, this is a story primarily about the princess, Patty the dinosaur, and Mr. B. After the magic power was exhausted hundreds of years ago, the monsters became gentle and established a prosperous and peaceful kingdom under the leadership of the Demon King.

However, the Demon King suddenly disappears and the Demon King’s Castle is invaded by Moru’s evil gang, whose target is the princess and the Demon King’s crown. When the princess and Patty who rescued her escaped from the castle, they accidentally discovered that the crown had been smashed into countless magic fragments by the little fish Pop, and these fragments formed a “magic field” around the world. In order to retake the castle, they embark on a journey to collect magical fragments, followed by Mr. B, whose motives are unknown. The disappearance of the demon king, the exhaustion of magic power, the magic power of the crown, many mysteries are waiting to be revealed. Can the princess and her party uncover these mysteries and clear all obstacles?

In addition to the cute Patty and the little fish Pop, the characters in the Puffverse also include the righteous Claude and the light-chasing Bill Duck.

Conclusion

To sum up, PuffGo is building a dynamic, co-creative and sustainable platform model through a series of strategies and measures. The platform, creators, players and token holders are all interconnected, each playing a unique role in the PuffGo ecosystem, and will jointly promote the virtuous cycle of development of the game. This co-creation and win-win mechanism will become one of PuffGo’s core strengths.

In the midst of the bustling and ever-changing real world, what kind of visual feast will PuffGo, this gathering of countless creative UGC gameplay, bring? Can PuffGo become a shining star in the Web3 gaming field? Let us look forward to it together.

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