News today came from the Splinterlands development team that they were looking to expand the Splinterlands Universe. They are looking at adding some more casual, play 2 earn games to the platform in an arcade style format.
They have offered some initial guidance as the following:
- The idea must be a simple arcade game.
- Bonus points if you can articulate a good way to integrate our existing NFTs
- Bonus points for fantasy themed arcade games
- Bonus points for keeping a similar play structure (2 players competing with NFTs)
- It can be single player (high score) or even co-op
- Ideally these should be short play sessions (3 to 5 minutes)
- The game must be fun
- No ideas are bad
With that being said I will offer some of my basic ideas and concepts which I think will be enjoyable.
1. VS Tower Defence
The Game: Both players choose from a predetermined list of monster cards and face waves of enemies that increase in difficulty. Each monster that they kill generates some gold to buy more friendly monsters to add to the field or level up their existing monsters.
To Win: The player that lasts the longest wins. Doesn't have to be complete rounds. You can use a Hitpoints based system.
2. Splinterlands Frogger
The Game: Two player Frogger Style game where the players jump through the lands of Splinterlands: ANUMÜN, AZMARÉ, DRAYKH-NAHKA, THE BURNING LANDS, KHYMERIA and MORTIS. Played with Summoner or Monster cards where there are benefits and negatives for choosing the right card to align with the land that you are on.
To Win: The player with the most tiles crossed wins.
3. Splinterswap
The Game: A singleplayer game very similar to that of Bejeweled or Gems of War. Where each Splinter is a token on a 10 x 10 board. You have to match 3 of the same token together to earn points. You can also do 4 of a kind, 5 of a kind etc. There is a timer of three minutes to score.
To Win: The highest from correct splinter matches at the end of the three minutes. Can either pay out DEC at certain thresholds or a daily pool.