It has been about a month since I updated on my progress in Neon Strike. You can read about my earlier posts:
#1 - Neon Strike - New Click To Earn Game?
#2 - Neon Strike - Progressed To Level 4!
#3 - Neon Strike - The Shop Is Up And Running!
As always, it's good to review and take stock of projects that I am involved once in a while and a monthly frequency seems to be a good timeframe. Of course, before I begin, special thanks to 
To recap, I was given a complimentary NFT to try out this game, I have been playing this almost everyday! And after a few weeks, here's my early review. Initially, I think this was going to be a complicated game that required a lot of thinking (think Splinterlands) but I quickly realised that it's a very chill game. With my sole NFT, most of the effort can be done with a few clicks.
Before I go further, here's some screenshots from the game site - https://neonstrike.up.railway.app/
The Welcome Page
The Mission Page
The Shop Page
While browsing the shop page today, I noticed something interesting among the listings. As with all the cards, I believe the most important is the Power because it allows one to earn more NEON tokens per mission.
If I were to look compare all the 8 cards, I realised the Legendary NFT Centinel looks extremely worth it - with just 25 SWAP.HIVE, I get a NFT with 30 Power, and it's a Legendary one!
| NFT | Power | Cost | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programmed Friendship | 18 | 60 | Rare |
| S.Poral | 31 | 80 | Rare |
| Programmed Friendship | 15 | 35 | Rare |
| Pyro & Frostbyte | 22 | 40 | Epic |
| White Wolf | 22 | 30 | Epic |
| Centinel | 30 | 25 | Legendary |
| Iron Lady | 27 | 45 | Rare |
| Astr.ID | 10 | 18 | Common |
Without any hesitation, I clicked to buy!
Interestingly, for those who are wondering, the 25 SWAP.HIVE is split 23.75 SWAP.HIVE to the seller and 1.25 SWAP.HIVE to 
With that, I now have two NFTs to do missions! The first one is the Rare NFT Kyle, who I have been sending to missions daily, and is now up to Level 9 already. The second one is the newly bought Legendary NFT Centinel, lots of potential with 30 Power even though it is only at Level 1 (compared to Kyle, who only has 31 Power at Level 9).
And now I have 2 NFTs doing missions to earn NEON tokens now! The next month should be exciting!
My Journey So Far
The first month saw me being restricted to doing Mission 1 because it's the only mission that is complimentary and the rest of the missions cost NEON tokens to unlock, but they give better rewards. Each mission takes 8 hours, and the NEON token rewards depend on the mission and the NFT Power. At the start, I was getting 19 NEON tokens each mission, and it slowly increased when my NFT levelled up.
The second month was better because I managed to save up 700 NEON tokens to purchase Mission 2. This reinvestment allowed me to earn experience reward faster, level my NFT faster, which in turn generates more NEON token rewards.
The third month, I reaped the benefits from my efforts in my first two months and it was fun to see the rate at which I was earning NEON tokens because my NFT was up to Level 6. During this period, I also noticed there were improvements to the game, major ones such as the Shop, minor ones such as the timer countdown in the missions, which were good for the user experience. So thumbs up to the team.
The fourth month, the grinding continued. My first NFT Kyle was up to Level 9 and I made my first purchase in the NFT market, buying a Legendary NFT at 25 SWAP.Hive. Hopefully I will be earning NEON tokens at a faster rate.
Click To Earn?
So the question is, how much can one earn through this click to earn game? Let's look at the current prices on Tribaldex. Since one month ago, the price of NEON have decreased. One month ago, 100 NEON was trading at 0.75 to 1.49 Hive. Today, the same 100 NEON is trading at 0.40 to 0.61 Hive. I guess it could be because there weren't many big developments lately.
After about 4 months of playing, I have earned 3,420 NEON tokens, of which 700 NEON tokens went into the purchase of Mission 2, to collect NEON at a faster rate in the future. That's about 2,720 NEON tokens left. I have converted most of them into SWAP.HIVE and that has partially funded today's purchase of the Legendary NFT.
For record purposes, I have accumulated about 18 Hive from the divestment of NEON tokens, which is less than the cost of 25 Hive for the Legendary NFT. But of course, these NFTs do have their values if I were to sell them on the market next time. Anyway, there's plenty of catch up to do in the coming weeks! :P
As you could probably see, this is not a get rich quick game (no games are like that), but the little NEON tokens stack up over time and it gives me flexibility to do things on Hive, be it buying missions in the game, or even converting and powering up my Hive Power. And I like that as the level of the NFT goes up, the rate of earning NEON is much faster too!
With that, I hope that gives a rough idea of how the game works, and what to expect from a returns perspective. That said, am still pretty new to this game so I am still learning and exploring. Do note that the game is still in Alpha phase so perhaps more stuff will appear too. Will share more if I find anything interesting later on. If you have any tips, let me know too!