Foxies, a P2E idle-staking game that includes adorable animal collectibles/NFTs, has officially announced that the project has successfully entered Aleph Zero's EFP (Ecosystem Funding Program) this week. This article will go through what Foxies is, how Foxies work what's their future plans, and what the EFP can offer to them for their future success.
What is Foxies?
To put it simply, Foxies is a decentralized, P2E idle-staking game that perfectly blends and utilizes NFTs & smart contracts to incentivize players while still having a fun gaming experience. The team at Foxies has stated in their GitHub account that the game's concept is based on the original "Wolf Game" and has estimated that the game's first release will be in Q1 of 2024.
In terms of what kind of unique collectibles/NFTs Foxies will have, the game revolves around two primary character types: adorable foxes and fluffy chickens. What makes these NFTs so unique is that each fox and chicken NFT comes with distinct attributes, abilities, and rarity levels, therefore making these NFTs valuable assets within the game. If a player wants to acquire one of these animal NFTs since they'll need one to play and enter the game, they can acquire them via purchases in the secondary market (more on this soon), farming, or by participating in various activities.
The Foxies game will also have its own token, which is designed to be the primary form of reward in the game, called $EGGS. The way the player can accumulate the $EGGS token is that the Chickens and Foxes NFTs will generate $EGGS over time by staking, and the players can collect these tokens to use within the game. The $EGGS token will serve as the primary currency in the game, and it plays a pivotal role within the Foxies ecosystem, as it empowers players to engage in various activities, including purchasing the chicken and foxes NFTs as well as other valuable in-game assets.
However, the team has also designed the Foxies token, $EGGS, to be even more versatile than it looks. Players will have the option to convert their $EGGS tokens into different cryptocurrencies on secondary markets (in this case, it'll be $AZERO, the native token on Aleph Zero), therefore opening up opportunities for monetizing their earnings.
How does Foxies work?
As stated earlier, for the player to enter into the game and start playing, they must mint an NFT. The 2 types of playable characters in Foxies and their rarities of minting are:
Chickens - 80% chance of minting
Foxes - 20% chance of minting
For chickens, they are described as 'The Heart of the Economy', which means that they lay the foundational groundwork of the in-game economy of Foxies. What chickens offer is that they are the only animal/NFT in the game to generate $EGGS via staking, which allows players to collect it and use it as an in-game currency. Not only that but chickens can also come in various breeds, each with unique attributes and rarity attached to them on-chain, making rarer chickens more valuable due to their increased $EGGS generation. If a player were to sell their $EGGS tokens from staking their chicken NFTs, there'd be a 50% chance that the accumulated $EGGS will get stolen by a Fox.
On the other hand, Foxes are described as 'The Charming Antagonists', and these pleasant characters can steal $EGGS from other players’ chickens or even kidnap chickens themselves. However, your fox’s effectiveness in these actions depends on its attributes and rarity, thus adding a strategic element to the game. To add more utility to the foxes NFTs, whenever a player sells their $EGGS tokens from their staked chicken NFTs, a 20% tax is implemented and will be distributed back to the players that hold a fox NFT.
Foxies will have separate generations that will be issued, starting with gen1 and, later, gen2 and gen3. This will, in turn, change how users play the game with all the new features and complexities that will be added to it. In Foxies GitHub, they have outlined that gen1 will have a max supply of 15,000 NFTs, and when connecting this to the rarity of mining either a chicken or fox NFT, as stated earlier, there'll be 13,500 chicken NFTs and 1,500 fox NFTs in total.
The team has stated that their plans for Foxies will include the introduction of the 2nd and 3rd generations of the game, which will introduce new game mechanics and goes as follows:
Breeding - This feature will allow players to create offspring of their chicken and fox NFTs, which will come with unique attributes and potentially higher rarity, adding depth and strategy to character management.
Territory Ownership - A new NFT collection, which is land, will be added to the game, and this offers players the ability to house their characters and gain access to additional in-game features and resources.
An Expanded $EGGS economy - The $EGGS token remains central in serving as the primary in-game currency of Foxies, enabling players to purchase assets and participate in various activities.
On top of this, there'll also be plans to introduce on-chain/off-chain governance to the community via a DAO, which gives players the ability to vote and proposed changes to the development of Foxies, like new features and updates. The secondary market, as described before in this article, will be added into the game to give players the power to buy, sell, and trade their in-game assets, including chickens, foxes, land, and $EGGS, which will, in turn, add further monetization opportunities to the game and its in-game economy.
Finally, for players to maximize their experience, they can group with friends and allies to form packs, replicating the social dynamics of actual packs in real life and helping them feel more united. To secure one's position in the hierarchy of the virtual wilderness, players must cooperate, which means that strategy is crucial.
Foxies acceptance into Aleph Zero's EFP:
On November 26th, 2023, the Foxies Twitter/X account announced that they were able to form a partnership with Aleph Zero and be accepted into the EFP. However, the team says that this goes beyond just the financial backing of the project - this will also give the Foxies team the ability to get access to code audits from third parties, infrastructure resources, workshops for research and development, and so on.
Foxies will be embracing and utilizing the ink! Programming language for the game, its smart contracts, and the NFTs, which will grant the team the ability to incorporate special features and functionalities into the Foxies gameplay experience.
The Aleph Zero network is expected to gain a lot from Foxies, which includes:
Raised awareness and adoption by providing a well-liked play-to-earn game.
Encouraging long-term retention by rewarding players for their participation.
Promoting integration and cooperation among projects, assisting the Aleph Zero ecosystem.
Encouraging the expansion and widespread use of blockchain gaming will change the face of the market.
The team at Foxies chose to build on the Aleph Zero blockchain because of its unparalleled commitment to providing the greatest possible security, speed, and scalability. Aleph Zero's layer 1 blockchain architecture provides a strong foundation that easily satisfies the needs of their innovative gaming concept. In addition to typical functions, the network's flexible architecture enables it to add unique elements like decentralized governance, a sophisticated in-game economy, and dynamic gameplay.
The conclusion:
In conclusion, Foxies is a P2E, idle-staking game that utilizes adorable animal NFTs & smart contracts to create a fun and rewarding gaming experience. The project being added to Aleph Zero's EFP opens the doors to many opportunities to make the game the best it can be, as well as giving it the ability to form many partnerships with other EFP-accepted ecosystem projects building on Aleph Zero that will hopefully add new features and functionality towards the game now and in the future.
References:
Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/foxiesgame
Medium - https://medium.com/@foxiesgame
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