Dear Community,
Thank you so much for your trust in our project and your support for our game Eloywn: Quest of Time. We're happy to share with you a quick update here.
After testing the POC gameplay model of the Elowyn matches with our dedicated test-players from our community (March-April 2024), we decided to shift our strategy by first creating and launching a web-based online card game (CCG) for playing against the Moloch AI. We want to make sure that our game is accessible to everyone, and not limited to people with a PC or gaming computer only.
Furthermore, we felt that starting with a card game, rather than a huge multiplayer roleplaying game (MMORPG), would make it possible for our community to enjoy our characters much sooner (and also less costly).
We're planning to launch a free online teaser of this web-based card game in September, where you'll also be able to earn some of our EWA tokens that will launch around the same period. We're happy to let you know also that we've hired a new game development platform to help us with the card game, CG Hero, who selected their game studio Frag Games based on their extensive expertise in CCG development.
We also like to let you know that we'll soon start a free monthly online community call via Zoom where you can join us to meet with our team. We're committed to building and evolving Elowyn with your input and by our EARTHwise values. This call will take place every first Tuesday of the month and starts on the 2nd of July. You'll receive an email about this soon.
Thanks again for being part of our community.
Warmest wishes, Anneloes and the EARTHwise Team
We are delighted to let you know that thanks to your generous donations we have been able to complete the design for the first set of 2D NFT cards for 10 playable characters of the game:
- The 5 Future Arcs of Team New Time: Aleph the Cosmic Coder, Kairos the Future Wizard, Shakti the Evolutionary Alchemist, Gebo the Pattern Weaver, and Eureka the Story Speller.
- The 5 Shadow Arcs of Team Moloch: Arcon the Shadow Coder, Nyx the Shadow Wizard, Loki the Shadow Trickster, Vendra the Shadow Weaver, and Dolos the Shadow Storyteller.
We've also completed the development of the necessary game documents with our partner VMO for the basic prototype development, which unfolds over four phases: 1. Proof of Concept (POC), 2. Minimal Viable Product (MVP), 3. Alpha version, and 4. Beta version. We are currently working on the POC phase of development, which we aim to complete by the end of January.
The POC phase of the prototype development includes 3D models for 3 characters, the World Tree of Life, and the Moloch Operating Systems. As well as the 3D game design for the Moloch battleground of the approximately 7-min game-loop. During the MVP phase we will start to develop the open-world features.
To continue the prototype development, we are currently fundraising for the MVP phase. We hope you can continue to support this innovative project. Everyone who has made a donation, will be invited for a special private online celebration mid-December, where we'll share with you all the progress to date, including the 2D designs of the 10 playable characters.
To give a first impression of the progress made, here below you can see 2 of the 5 Future Arcs, as well as 2 of the 5 Shadow Arcs.
Thank you so much for all your support on behalf of all of us who are working on the game development!
With gratitude, Anneloes Smitsman and the EARTHwise Team