Key Points

Being Part of The Game

The game uses Ethereum technology to provide unique mechanics that allow players to be part of the game beyond the traditional and flawed playing models existing in the gaming industry. Players can have real ownership and full control of in-game digital assets, such as Goon Characters, Goon Cards, and items used for customization purposes. Player empowerment doesn’t stop here, as players can also take direct ownership of the game through a revenue-sharing model facilitated by token staking with an automated rewards system. A sustainable economic environment is created by flipping the power structure, taking control away from the publishers, and allowing players to drive and dictate the game’s direction. This model promotes interaction and engagement and ultimately incentivizes users to participate actively in the gameplay and economy.

Integrating Functional NFTs into Gameplay

Digital assets such as Goon Characters, Goon Cards, and customization items are an essential and integral part of the game itself. Although such assets are not a prerequisite to playing the game and being part of the community, players can evolve and grow with the game using the NFT enhancements that increase their engagement and advance their playing level.

Goon Characters

The GOB universe is controlled by characters called Goons. Owning a Goon differentiates the player during battles, guarantees superior play-to-earn rewards, and gives access to add-ons such as Goon Bods.

Goon Bods

The Goon Characters, also known as Goon Avatars, are only visually presented as a headpiece. Players can exude their ideal style in the game by customizing the body of their avatar through a second NFT called Goon Bods. Each body enhancement also carries a unique in-game animation, such as a finishing move or dance. The winning player’s character triggers the animation at the end of the battle.

Goon Cards

All players get access to a free base card pool that is not considered a digital asset. It allows players to play the game, understand it, and decide if they wish to enhance their card deck to be more competitive. NFT-based Goon Cards are more desirable and powerful, enhance battle strategies, and add the important functional aspect of ownership into the gameplay.

Enabling User Growth

The ownership of Goon NFTs unlocks full economic access to the game, but there are alternatives for potential players to enter the game world more affordably. New players can opt to either lease a Goon NFT or even play the game without any NFTs. For the latter, a user can launch the game and access a pool of default, free non-NFT playing cards. They can now battle any player and become eligible to claim $GOB for in-game upgrades or new cards. Although this free path to the game is there to be used, the $GOB rewards earned from battles will be a fraction of what Goon NFT owners generate.

An alternative is thus offered to players to lease Goons from other players and, in turn, satisfy that requirement and earn the maximum token rewards. These alternative access paths enable user growth while protecting the benefits that Goons NFT holders get.

Scaling the System with Immutable X

Immutable X (IMX) is a scaling solution that allows players to grow within the GOB ecosystem by significantly decreasing transactional fees incurred during the buying and selling of NFTs. Deploying GOB assets onto IMX ensures that it is affordable for any user to engage in a digital transaction without worrying about high transactional costs associated with the Ethereum blockchain. This move to a gasless, or free-trade system, will create higher activity levels on the buying and selling markets for deck building and buying cards. User engagement is highly valuable to create a sustainable ecosystem. Using this solution will create a foundation through which high participation rates on the market can be created and bring more economic opportunities for new players and traders. Combined with speed and affordability, this model solves a layered solution for deployment at a mass level to facilitate mass adoption of the GOB ecosystem.