January has been an incredibly busy month for Blowfish! Between the release of Blackwind and our largest announcement for Phantom Galaxies to date, the Community team have been bustling with energy and excitement for what is to come!
Again, make sure you jump into our Blowfish Server to keep up to date with all the latest development news for Blowfish Studios! If youāre interested in Crypto and NFTs, leap into our Phantom Galaxies server to learn more, or even hop in our Telegram!
Our recently launched Alpha version of Phantom Galaxies has been an incredible success! Over the short span of a few weeks, we have achieved over š 100,000 players that have downloaded and played Episode 1. š Out of the 100,000 players, over 78,000 have completed the entire Episode, and are poised to claim their Completion Badge NFT for Episode 1!
We are so incredibly proud and humbled by the community and their support. This is an incredible milestone for us, and we have complete faith that the future will herald even more excitement and growth!
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We're thrilled to share that we're headed to Times Square for the much-awaited @NFT_NYC event! Join us for an out-oā¦ https://t.co/AbWqYgARol -
Pilots, the stars have aligned!š Thanks to our partnership with @MEXC_Global, you can now immerse yourself in the tā¦ https://t.co/GRMl8BIvQ4
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A rendezvous with a Junker pirate ā ļø Thousands of credits within the Rangerās reach š° But it is perilous to trustā¦ https://t.co/sXpgCPESBZ
More recently, we dropped a huge, very exciting announcement exploring Planets & Utility for the Origin Collection NFTs! To briefly explainā¦
Planets šŖ
What are Planets?
Planets are special generative NFTs that players can purchase and trade. Each of them will have randomised traits that make them unique. They also have designated coordinates within the Phantom Galaxies universe.
What do they do?
Planets function as a kind of hub or base for players. Each planet will be able to physically accommodate a certain number of simultaneous players. A small asteroid might hold 4 players, where thousands of players will coexist on a large planet. The planetās utility will increase once the Phantom Galaxies governance token launches. These planets will each receive a set amount of PGToken.
Each Planet is allocated a set amount of Phantom Galaxies Governance token and will award the owner an amount of āPGTokenā directly. Once staking is enabled, Planets will emit a āMinimum Token Emissionā of PGToken.
How the Planet will function is dependent on the Planetās Owner ā they get to make the executive decisions extending from governance to construction and marketplaces. The owners are able to earn a multiplier on their emission of PGToken up to a set maximum. Earning a higher emission rate will depend on the level of engagement on a Planet. Engagement increases with visits to the planet, the amount of buildings constructed (starfighter hangars, anyone?) and the owner/organisation completing missions.
Want more Planet-Related information? Here is the PG Planet Genesis Public Sale Plan.
The Phantom Galaxies Origin Collection Utility
(Including The long-awaited Hopeful!)
The Phantom Galaxies āOrigin Collectionā is composed of 4 total Poster NFTs for the Alpha Release of Phantom Galaxies. You can obtain them in the 4 Alpha Episodes being released:
Episode 1: Halberd-001
Episode 2: Shining Star (Worth 5x Halberd-001)
Episode 3: To Be Released (Worth 0.1 ETH, Compensation Victims can claim)
Episode 4: To Be Released (Worth 0.1 ETH)
Collecting all of these will lead to a complete Phantom Galaxies Origin Collection! However, there is a difference between whether you redeem your NFT or leave it unredeemed.
Holding on to these and keeping them Unredeemed will grant you:
Pristine Fleet Mintpass
Pristine Fleet Mintpass
You can burn this for a Pristine Fleet Generative Starfighter!
Redeeming these NFTs can be achieved by completing an Episode and receiving an Achievement Badge. This appears in the form of a tiny, silver shield on the top right of the NFT itself.
A Redeemed Halberd-001 with a Completion Badge
By redeeming the Complete Origin Collection, you will will receive:
Veteran Fleet Mintpass:
Veteran Fleet Mintpass
You can burn this for a Veteran Fleet Generative Starfighter!
These will grant you NFTs as part of our Collector Series!
The Collector Series
Our Collector series do not have any stat-based advantages within the game. However, they will have unique generative designs of varying rarity that will not be seen anywhere else.
Pristine Fleet Mintpass: Burn for a Pristine Fleet Generative Starfighter
Veteran Fleet Mintpass: Burn for a Veteran Fleet Generative Starfighter
Zveta Gene Generative Avatar: Burn for a Zveta Gene Generative Avatar
Elpsi Gene Generative Avatar: Burn for an Elpis Gene Generative Avatar
Which brings us into the long-awaited Hopeful NFT Utilityā¦!
Drumrollā¦
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The Hopeful Utilityā¦
The Hopeful are able to burn their NFT for an Elpis Gene Generative Avatar!
These will have greater utility upon the release of Phantom Galaxies! More information will also be released about what these avatars and starfighters constitute.
All of that is very exciting, but even more exciting is toward the futureā¦
Compensation claim on the official website is on track for release in February.
Episode 2 with Mac support is on track for release in February.
Poster 2 conversion smart contract is currently in audit.
Episode 1 Completion Badge smart contract is currently in audit.
Clearly lots more to come, and the fun is just getting started!
The 20th of January saw the launch of Blackwind, our twin-stick, Sci-Fi, platformer shooter! You can pick Blackwind up here!
Switch NA: https://bit.ly/BlackwindSwitch
Switch EU: https://bit.ly/BlackwindSwitchEU
PS4/PS5 EU/AU: https://bit.ly/BlackwindPSEU
PS4/PS5 NA: https://bit.ly/BlackwindPSNA
In celebration of the Launch, the Community Managers Luke and Chan (thatās me!) conducted a live playthrough of the first two hours of Blackwind! Those that attended were able to watch Luke smash an obnoxious amount of barrels (and ā letās face it ā everything else, too) while I commentated on his lacklustre shooting skills! Lucky them!
After release, we released a Post-Launch Patch that resolved some of the major issues the Community had encountered so far. Since, there have been significant improvements with:
āļø The camera
āļø Voice overs
āļø Maps
āļø Bugs
āļø Drone QOL
Again, thank you guys so much for such a fantastic release, and we hope that you enjoy Blackwind!
KungFu Kickball was released on ALL PLATFORMS on the 10TH OF FEBRUARY!
To celebrate, we sat down with Jonah, the brains, brawn and brilliant coder behind Whalefood Games, and hosted an Ask Me Anything on our Blowfish Studios Discord Server. There, we talked about everything from being a one-man studio to the inspiration behind KungFu Kickball.
Additionally, we are preparing everything behind the scenes for the upcoming KungFu Kickball Community Tournament, where some of the folks in our Discord Server will get the chance to face off against the Grandmaster himself ā Jonah!
You can grab KungFu Kickballā¦
Steam: https://bit.ly/KFKSteam
Switch NA: https://bit.ly/KFKSwitch
Switch EU: https://bit.ly/KFKSwitchEU
Xbox: https://bit.ly/KFKXbox
We will be making a feature at Steamās Next Fest! This will take place on February 21-28, 2022 @ 10AM Pacific! At Next Fest, youāll experience a multi-day celebration of upcoming games. There are hundreds of game demos, developer livestreams and teams available to chat ā Blowfish Studios among them!
There, we are representing two of our exciting, upcoming gamesā¦ The first of which is:
WINTER EMBER
Winter Ember has been introduced before, as Blowfishās resident immersive stealth action game. However it hasnāt been introduced quite like thisā¦ With a brand, spanking new Cinematic Trailer!
In Next Fest, youāll be able to catch up with the Devs from Sky Machine Studios as they stream the game and chat with BFS Luke about Winter Ember, itās development and the processes behind creating a stealth game.
Not only that, but youāll be able to jump into the stead of Arthur Artorias yourself with a Live Demo! Make sure you jump in, take some screenshots and tag us on our socials with how you enjoyed it!
If you canāt manage to make Next Fest, thatās alrightā¦ Because Comic #2 is planned for release on the 14th of February! Keep an eye out on our socials for more information.
Additionally, those Next Fest will get a first glimpse at our newest mystery titleā¦
Forest Grove
Forest Grove is a sci-fi crime mystery puzzlerā¦
Tears stream down the face of distraught mother Mary Kunstimatigard as she recounts the mysterious disappearance of her teenage daughter. After assessing the situation of this missing tech empire heiress, Forest Grove police call a Remote Forensic Investigator to the scene, virtually. Using revolutionary nano-technology, distantly and safely analyze the crime scene to bring answers to light, whether the family wants them or not.
There will be a Live Demo available, and a dev stream featuring our CM Forrest and the Devs! There is also an Ask Me Anything planned on our Blowfish Discord for February 14th!
We are also very excited to introduce an upcoming titleā¦
Catie in MeowmeowLand!
Created in lieu with the ARTillery Dev Team, Catie is a beautiful traditional point-and-click adventure game set in a bizarre world of cats and ludicrous characters!
As Catie follows a strange white cat in her garden she suddenly finds herself in a mysterious world of MeowmeowLand, where she has to undergo a journey to find her way back home. Your task is to help Catie get there!
More recently, the ARTillery devs made an appearance at Steamās Event āThe Big Adventure Event Showcaseā, or The BAE 2022! There, Marek Hlavaty, the Head Developer & Art Director from ARTillery, and his associate Natalia Kratochvila lead viewers through the game and explained their wacky thought processes behind creating Catie!
There is still much more to come as we delve into the MeowMeowLandā¦ And we will have more information with community activities very soon!
Thatās all for nowā¦ See you next month!
- BFS Chan