StarSharks
Note! All token rates and NFT values are correct on April 15, 2022.
A brief look at the game.
StarSharks is a metaverse run by developers and players. The project was launched very recently — in December 2021. The main investor in the project is Binance labs — a division of the Binance exchange that promotes blockchain startups for the development of ecosystems and communities.
The main difference between StarSharks and other metaverse is that NFT sharks will be able to move freely within the ecosystem, which means moving from one game to another. To accomplish this, five major games are planned to be released in stages until March 2023. So far, the first game, called StarSharks Warriors, has launched. StarSharks also plans to bring in outside developers to create more apps for the metaverse.
In addition, another plus is that the project is managed through the community, i.e. each token holder ( we will talk about them later) has the right to vote on any issue. This allows the player to adjust the development of the metaverse, depending directly on the opinion of its players. And this is a great opportunity for those who want to take an active part in the development of a large project without being a game developer.
So, let’s take a look at the first StarSharks Warriors game within this ecosystem.
StarSharks Warriors is a turn-based card game where the player fights using his own team of three NFT sharks. The game will be of interest to all fans of this kind of games, but especially to fans of Axie Infinity, because the mechanics of the games are very similar to each other.
Purchasing Sharks
First of all, you need to buy three NFT sharks.
There are two ways to buy sharks.
The first is to buy 3 mystical boxes from which you will get 3 random sharks. And the second is to buy them on the market, where the cost of sharks ranges from $64 to $8,150. Thus, the team’s minimum purchase price will leave $192. In the case of mystic boxes you will pay about the same price, the only difference is that in the market you have the option to choose a shark with the skills you want.
Before buying a shark, let’s understand its main characteristics, which also affect its cost.
There are 6 classes of sharks in the game: Tiger, Godzilla, Rock, Crocodile, Coryx and Whale.
And each shark has 4 stats:
- Health
- Speed — turn order and resistance to crits
- Skill — additional damage for combo hits
- Morale — the probability of a crit and near-death state
So, depending on the class, the shark has a predominant ability, and there is an additional one.
In addition, it is possible to purchase a skin for the shark. A skin is an “outfit” for the shark that improves its stats. The cost of skins on the market is between 3500 and 360000 dollars.
Another important attribute is the purity of the shark. Each shark has 6 body parts: head, mouth, neck, dorsal, ventral, and tail. A body part can be borrowed from another class, for example, you have a crocodile with a whale’s tail. But if a shark’s body part is the same class as the shark itself, it increases its stats. Accordingly, the higher the purity, the more native body parts the shark has and the stronger it is
The rank of the shark also plays an important role, it is represented as the stars from 1 to 6 above each shark. The higher the rank, the stronger the stats of the shark. In addition, it determines the amount of daily energy of the shark.
Game mechanics
The battle itself is a turn-based card battle, the goal of which is to destroy all three enemy sharks. The player begins the first turn with six random cards in his hand and three energies. Three cards and two energies are added at the beginning of each turn. To play a card you need to spend a certain amount of energy.
Combat mode in the game is presented in the form of PVE and PVP.
PVE has several levels depending on the rank. The higher the rank — the stronger the bots. There is no difficulty to win in this mode — the bots do not always take their turns and do not count the moves. For victory in PVE with sharks of the first rank we receive as a reward 2 SEA — in-game token. We’ll come back to it later.
For winning in PVP we will get rating points, for losing we will get points taken away. At the end of each season (a new season begins every first day of the month) the top 500 ranking receive awards in the form of SSS token.
In PVP, in addition to the ranking season, there is a special game mode — Grand Prix. It is designed for experienced players, so it is recommended to practice in simple PVP first.
The Grand Prix season is only a week long, and you can enter the game for 1 hour at 00:00 and 12:00 GMT daily. If you have three sharks of rank 4 or higher, the battles will be free for you. Other players will have to pay 2 SEA for each battle.
A distinctive feature of this mode is the banning of certain shark skills. Players-owners of three sharks of rank 4 or higher choose each season 3 skills that will be banned in the game by voting. This allows players to adjust the effectiveness of different builds on their own, without waiting for balance adjustments from the developers.
The reward system is similar to the normal PVP season, with the difference that honor points will be awarded for getting into the top of the rankings.
Honor points — an in-game asset that can be spent to purchase a commander for their sharks or be sold on the market.
Commander is currently available for Grand Prix mode for free.
To purchase it permanently, you must pay 1,200 points of honor and 3,000 SEA (at current exchange rates of $450). Points of Honor can be purchased on the market, but the cost is high (10 points = $220).
Сommander, like sharks, has several body parts: Body, Back, Waist, Hands. The body parts may contain accessories that give the commander random skills. Skills are played out each round of combat. (1 round — 1 skill).
Сommander complicates the game and gives a lot of opportunities to create additional strategies, for example, he can greatly boost the shark team build, which without him would never make it to the top.
Before assembling a team, we recommend choosing a shark with good health and a large shield — Tiger or Whale on the front line. As for the other two positions, the choice is yours. For big damage Godzilla or Rock would be good. But if you want to strike first and initiate the battle, Crocodile or Coryx are good choices.
Economy
Now let’s take a closer look at the tokens circulating in the game.
SEA token is a game token. It is required for in-game transactions. The first 100 million are issued by the developers, after which the token can only be obtained in-game.
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SSS token — utility token. Released on February 1, 2022. The developers plan to release tokens annually until 2033, adjusting the number downward depending on the monthly trading volume, which will ensure the stability of the token. In the game you can get a token only if you get into the top 500 at the end of the PVP battle season.
Burning SEA token in the game comes mainly through the purchase of mystic boxes from the developers, the purchase of the commander and the shark upgrade fee.
The cost of a mystical box is 500 SEA. Sometimes this is more profitable than buying a shark on the market. When buying on the market, the tokens for the sale go to the seller, i.e. another player. When buying a mystic box, 90% of the tokens received are burned by the developers.
Upgrading a shark is the process of uniting two sharks of the same rank to get one shark of the next rank. For example, you can take two sharks of rank 1 and get one shark of rank 2. The new shark will receive body parts from the previous two sharks at random.
When upgrading a shark, the player must pay a high commission in SEA and SSS:
Earlier we said that the higher the rank of the shark, the higher its parameters and the stronger it is. In PVE there are levels for each rank of shark, and the rewards for them will be bigger.
In addition, there are several advantages in the game depending on the rank of the shark. For example:
- Having three sharks of rank 3 allows you to use double the speed in combat
- Having three rank 4 sharks allows you to play Grand Prix mode for free
- Having three rank 5 sharks allows you to use Autobattle in PVE
That’s why the upgrade is attractive to players.
This system of shark upgrades allows developers not only to burn tokens through the process itself, but also to release mystic boxes, which, in turn, also lead to token burning. After all, after upgrading the sharks, you will only have two sharks left in your team and will need to add a third.
History of the SEA token rate:
Since March 2022, the rate gradually began to fall, this is due to the large growth of SEA in the game, which began to lead to its devaluation. In April 2022, the developers made some changes that should stop this process. Among them: cancellation of daily tasks, for the completion of which the player received SEA; increase of fees for shark upgrades; removal of the rental market; installation of the token withdrawal limit with an interval of 14 days between payments.
An additional measure of the economy adopted by the developers was the burning of over 90 million reserved SEA and 1.43 million SEA earned by the team itself.
History of the SSS token rate:
The slow devaluation of the SEA led to periodic fluctuations of the SSS rate from $6 to $10. The jump in the exchange rate is related to the release of several updates to the game, which were voted on by the community to improve the overall economy. The main changes: the introduction of the Grand Prix mode, the creation of the commander, the correction of the referral program and fixing a bug that allows you to invite “yourself” to the game to get a reward, a change in the system of staking, etc.
Thus, we can conclude that the developers are trying to respond to the drop in time and not allow it to collapse.
How to Earn Money in the Game
The game has several ways to earn money.
Battles. Having at the beginning of the game a team of three sharks rank 1 can earn 2 SEA per victory in PVE. Rank 1 sharks have 10 energy, so for PVE we will get 20 SEA. The time investment will be about 30 minutes. Assuming we put together the cheapest shark team costing $192 and not in the top 500 for the season, the payback at the current rate will come in 64 days. The higher the rank of your sharks, the more reward you can get.
Selling Sharks. All sharks are NFT and can be sold. In the game at the moment there is no mechanics of breeding sharks, as in some similar projects, so the sale of sharks is purely speculative in nature: buy a few sharks on the market and then resell them at a higher price.
Staking. Each user can put his or her SSS tokens into Staking and be rewarded with annual interest. The staking yield, which depends on the length of time the tokens are blocked:
- 1 month: 2%
- 6 months: 15%
- 1 year: 30%
- 2 years: 61%
- 4 years: 123%
Staking refers to a passive type of income, i.e. it is not necessary to play the game. The owner of the SSS token can make a bet on the staking page of the official StarSharks website and select the blocking time for the token. They will then receive the equivalent of the token (veSSS) in the following ratio:
In addition, the game has the possibility of staking the sharks themselves. Players who own veSSS can pawn (escrow) their sharks to earn SEA.
Players can also use their sharks in the arena and in Grand Prix. Eventually a market will be launched where veSSS owners will be able to lend their escrow sharks to other players.
Referral (affiliate) program. An owner of 10,000 veSSS (and more) can become a partner of StarSharks. Partner invites new players to the game through the invitation link and receives a reward for this. Below is the amount of reward depending on the type of transaction made by a new player (mystery box purchase or market purchase) and time (within 30 days from the date of registration of a new player and after).
Partners can also create channel advertising links, which gives them the opportunity to build relationships with advertising representatives.
Partners get rating points for recruiting new players. For getting into the Top 500 at the end of the combat season, a reward in the form of SSS is paid.
Project Status at Game Inn
Game Inn joined the project in February 2022. We continue to test various shark builds, and we’re also preparing tutorials for you to get you comfortable entering the game. Stay tuned!
Useful Links:
Official website: https://starsharks.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/TZfxJbnS3e
Telegram: https://t.me/starsharks_SSS
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarSharks_SSS
