Following on from the information that Laguna Video games and the Crypto Unicorns DAO are sunsetting its Unicorn Celebration recreation, the US developer has now additionally shut down Crypto Unicorns‘s core land recreation.
By way of the sensible impression for gamers, they’re not capable of breed or evolve their unicorn NFTs, a essential a part of the Crypto Unicorns gameplay.
In an official assertion following a latest group assembly with CEO Aron Beierschmitt, the rationale given for ending land gameplay is that “our present construction has turn out to be unsustainable after the latest liquidation occasion.”
It continues, “To make sure the longevity and success of the Crypto Unicorns ecosystem, we’re (…)
- Decreasing crew dimension from 80 to fifteen,
- Pivoting the core recreation: The core Crypto Unicorns recreation will transition into a completely on-chain expertise”.
Precisely what pivoting to a completely onchain expertise entails isn’t but determined, however the assertion says that “we will expose all knowledge to the group, permitting them to construct out instruments, tasks, and interfaces as desired.” Moreover, Crypto Unicorns will open-source its good contracts, within the hope of offering a better course of for creators constructing inside its ecosystem.
The crew additionally hopes to launch a struggle occasion that can see current NFTs destroyed to scale back the provision and spotlight the worth of probably the most uncommon gadgets.
Persevering with the mission on this scaled down format is barely attainable as a result of evolving web3 expertise, and notably the migration from Polygon to Xai earlier in 2024.
Shifting ahead, the crew appears to be like to contain the group and DAO extra. It additionally affirms that Rainbow Rumble is already maintained by a second-party studio and the title will proceed to discover future alternatives in esports.
Backed by Delphi, Bitkraft, TCG, BACKED, Polygon Ventures, and extra, Laguna Video games has raised a complete of $31 million for Crypto Unicorns. The final public funding spherical was introduced in March 2022.
For these wanting to offer suggestions and interact in the way forward for the Crypto Unicorns ecosystem, they’ll submit their concepts by way of this Google type.