Overwiev of the DuskBreakers NFT-saga
It's not easy to find an early-stage promising project, and it's almost impossible to find such a project with a nearly completed product. But we did it: meet the DuskBreakers - a Game-project with a space-themed metaverse. It has a gameplay demo, successful NFT collections, and a solid team. Let's look closer at it?
About DuskBreakers
DuskBreakers is a game launched in December 2021 by Metatheory studio as a sci-fi metaverse that aims to provide players with a blockchain gaming experience. It offers players to explore a massive dormant alien «Dusk» spaceship in the Earth's orbit to get a valuable "Duskite" resource and fight off extraterrestrial creatures.
The team is also interested in the versatile development of the universe, so they are working on NFTs, comics, and videos that will allow players to discover the world of DuskBreakers. You can find more about DuskBreakers here.
Activities
Classic mode - the main DuskBreakers game is a third-person 3D shooter. The player needs to run through the labyrinths of an alien spaceship, collect resources, loot, and shoots off the aliens. Collected loot has no value on the game yet, but the gameplay looks really good:
Minigames - developers plan to expand the main game with minigames, focused on different mechanics and features. In particular, the team plans to launch mini-games to boost the second NFT collection. But there is no information about future minigames.
You can test the launched minigames and classic game mode on the website or via game launcher (available to download) without NFT.
Webcomic and the Lore - universe fans can scroll through 2 pieces of quality comics and read Lore, revealing the backstory and main game aspects on the website. It approves that DuskBreakers is not a typical browser shooter without soul and idea.
Tokens and tokenomics
For now, there is only one type of token:
Genesis DuskBreakers NFT collection (launched in the Ethereum network). Breaker is the main game character. These 10,000 NFT differ in attributes and characteristics and have a Rarity Rank based on the rarity of art elements (skin, hairstyle, mask, etc.).
Genesis DuskBreakers NFT holders have several benefits:
- Earning after a full-fledged P2E game launching. The main game will be free-to-play, but players can only make a profit if they have an NFT character.
- Minting NFT from the second collection. Developers also promise additional bonuses in the future.
In the future, the team plans to:
- Run a second NFT collection that is not related to breakers - it will be the in-game items, but It's unknown what it will be worth and how these tokens will affect the game.
- Introduce a native token (and whitepaper with its full description).
Also, there is Duskite - resource players collect on an alien spaceship. This resource converts into points, but neither Duskite nor Points have any external value. Maybe Duskite will become part of the in-game economy after a native token and tokenomics release.
Team and partners
DuskBreakers closed round A with $24M, raised from several investors, including a Tier 1 funds:
The team has more than 30 people who look like powerful game project developers. Some members share links to portfolios/profiles on their socials. The experience of the leading developers is huge - Twitch, Hearthstone, Pokemon, decades in the game development, and "Emmy" and "Peabody" awards. By the way, DuskBreakers co-founder - Kevin Lin is also the co-founder of Twitch.
More information about the team is available on the website.
DuskBreakers Pros and Cons
There is a gameplay demo - yes, it is not a complete game demo, but we can already see a piece of DuskBreakers, and assess the overall level of the project and gameplay. And the demo says the team is really doing something.
Vast universe - DuskBreakers plan to turn into a full-fledged universe with its Lore. Comics and an elaborate game universe can attract additional players who appreciate the atmosphere and "spirit of the universe".
Strong team and partners - Tier-1 foundations, experienced developers, writers, and designers. Regular AMA is also there. The team does not hide from the players but regularly speaks with the audience on various social networks. Besides, $24M in the seed round looks excellent.
Successful launch of first NFT collection - Genesis DuskBreakers NFT is qualitatively created and has a rating of rarity and in-game value. Breaker NFT holds several times higher prices than the mint costs, which is a good sign.
Comparatively weak social networks - 15.1K Followers on Twitter and 9K participants on Discord. These are not the most impressive results. True DuskBreakers also develop accounts on Twitch, TikTok, Instagram, and other social networks, which are highly active.
There are no utility token and tokenomics - developers promise to add it in the future. Still, it is not yet clear how P2E will work, which will be the game economy model (deflationary or inflationary) and many other details.
It is unclear what the final version of the game will look like - the demo shows just one game mode that does not cover the entire universe and backstory. We are sure the developers will add more mechanics and mini-games.
The absence of DAO and lands - may mean that the game universe will be centralized, and the community will not be able to influence its development. That may alienate many GameFi fans and investors, especially if the team receives large native token reserves, which will allow them to impact the price.
Our conclusion
DuskBreakers looks promising. It is not an AAA-level game, but it is qualitative, understandable, and accessible to a broad audience. The developers actively work on the project and strive to turn it into a full-fledged GameFi with P2E mechanics. The successful launch of the Genesis NFT collection and the growth of floor price of that NFTs also improve confidence in the DuskBreakers.
However, we still lack information about the native token, tokenomics, and the in-game economy. Existing gameplay demo do not display P2E elements, and in-game resources and items remain only in-game.
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