The second coming of CryptoKitties
The pedigree blockchain game, the godfather that started it all, Cryptokitties has been quielty chugging along for a couple of months now since it's huge bubble back in December. However, with some recent changes and exciting updates on the horizon, it looks likely that the Kittens are back and so are the big spenders.
New Regions!
With a brand new mobile app on the way for the Chinese market thanks to a partnership with Animoca, a Hong Kong based mobile game studio. Axiom Xen have begun to lead a huge promotional push in the region, and the results are already being seen in game today:
- In a single day, the floor cost for a fast Gen 0 Kitty has risen from 0.35 ETH to 1.2 ETH. This was due to some serious activity from users who seem to have newly arrived from the region. This is all 48 hours before the games' rumored launch date of 16/02 in the region.
Gems!
Alongside this huge increase in activity, the introduction of gems to your kittens profile provides value to kittens once long forgotten:
If your kitten was the first ever to have such a mutation, it will receive a spinning diamond as seen above, and if your kitten is a direct descendant of the 'first' to receive that attribute. It will be shown in it's list of Cattributes:
Gems ratings are assigned as follows:
These Cattribute 'firsts' were already known among the loyal Kitty community, however this is the first time such achievements are truly visible to the average player. This has already led to the first 'Gold' Cattribute kitten to be sold for 8.88 ETH!
For a much more informed and detailed breakdown of gems, please check out CryptoKitties411's article here.
These two major updates and more, have given the kittens a second life, and long may it continue. I'm personally re-invested into the game, and look forward to where the next few days take us.
Useful Resources
Site:
https://www.cryptokitties.co
CryptoKitties official Discord:
https://discord.gg/GDpBZ3H
For a much more informed and detailed breakdown of gems, please check out CryptoKitties411's article:
https://cryptokitties411.com/2018/02/14/how-do-family-jewels-work/
My guide on how to start playing crypto games on the blockchain:
https://steemit.com/blockchain/@ethgames/from-hard-currency-to-metamask-starting-ethereum-gaming
My Twitter:
https://twitter.com/blockchaingamer
Nice article! Some things to note:
The partnership with Animoca( http://www.animocabrands.com/cryptokitties-licence) Is bigger than you think it is - These are the guys that help the likes of Disney get their products over to China
It isn't actually out yet in China. It'll be released (hopefully) in the week following feb 16
This rise was done mainly by a few whales, one that spent over 190 eth and has 630+ gen0s (mainly fast) - This guy https://etherscan.io/address/0x1472b6ba77e40d1e17b909fe30fb12f806c0905e
I need to show this to my friends.
I have Lapis and Amethyst kitties
https://www.cryptokitties.co/kitty/455230