The Sprite Report Issue 172
In this article:
- Summary of the AMA Live Stream.
- Images from the Live Stream
- TCG Website Updates
- Update to the life of the Real Estate Channel
- Daily News Feed.
- Calendar of Events.
Upcoming Events:
THIS WEEKEND: Shut down of the Real Estate Channel on Discord
October 7th: TCG World Alpha Livestream with Collect-A-Ball
October 7th to 9th: PAX AUS 2022 Jace will represent TCG World at the event
October 14th: TCG World AMA Update Stream on Youtube
October 21st: TCG World Alpha Livestream with Guest(s)
October 28th: TCG World AMA Update Stream on Youtube
** Dates and times subject to change, Times are in PST 'cause I'm PST
UPCOMING TBD
- TCG World Special Offer to the Australian Crypto Convention Attendees
- Marketplace Launch (October)
- Dragon Egg Drop (October)
For all the TCG World info you'll ever need, head over to The Sprite Index!
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The News
Live Update Highlights
- Upcoming live Alpha game play stream with TCG World Partner Collect-A-Ball, featuring Ryan the Founder. Visit their website here: https://collectaballnft.com/
October 7th on Youtube!
- 3.2.2 Build expected to drop this weekend.
- 3.2.2 Build Updates: Dragons will be faster. More roads and overpasses. Smoother roads. "My Lands" UI improvements. Teleportation fixes. Multiple stability fixes.
They showed a video of the road development.
Some pictures from the roads in TCG World (rough, development shots)
- Marketplace is on track for an October launch. It's in testing now. No exact date.
- ETH staking pool is ready to deploy.
- They will be launching a poll tonight about the ETH Staking to determine the pool staking sizes. This is because most people have BSC version of TCG2 and there aren't as many with the ETH version.
- New Website UI (https://tcg.world)
- Smart Congrats for Cars, Sprites and Dynamic NFTs are ready to go preparing for the Marketplace. Upgradable NFTs, basically.
Project Updates:
This weekend's version is 3.2.2, not the same as 4.0 what they're talking about. 4.0 Build Updates shown are:
- New Cars with improved physics, controller ability and more optimizations.
New Cars Screenshots:
- Car tuning mechanics and upgrades. APIS so all are on the blockchain. Colors, Stripes, etc.
They show a video... some screenshots:
Jon says motorcycles will likely be put in. Wraps eventually likely too.
- A new Builder - Version 2.0 - Putting down a foundation will get rid of plants, rocks, trees, etc.
Jon lists off some of the building improvements:
- Linking model by grid
- Free camera
- Staircase improvements
- new menu
- NFTs stick to walls
- Limit to the total moduals on the plot.
Another Video, UI screenshot:
- Performance enhancements for visual graphics
- Reduced RAM usage
- Cut scenes into 6 pieces which will make them faster to load.
- Biomes optimizations, updates, and they're being polished.
- Improvements to distance views.
Controllers hopefully developed soon - good for the cars, but some things you need the mouse for still.
Ram usable improvements may make you be able to set graphics higher, and/or chunk distance higher as well. All depends on your system.
NO ETA on 4.0 build.
WINNER OF PLOT GIVEAWAY
This giveaway was thanks to Chris from the community. He won this plot, but decided to give it back and asked TCG to run a giveaway for NEW People - people without a plot.
For this winner, you must not own land yet.
Winner: @svax974 gets a silver plot!
What are your plans with this silver plot of land?
Response: Get a foot in what seems to be one of the most promising metaverse to come. More precisely, it will depend on which kind of land plot is it, but I'm mostly looking forward to explore and propose a welcoming place for other adventurers.
What do you love best about TCG World?
Response: The different land type is a very interesting idea that brings directly diversity. I also like the partners already involved.
Community Question and Answer session:
When will the whitepaper for farming be available?
- December is the plan! Marketplace first, then they hope to get it ready for December!
Will we be able to buy and sell TCG Dragons on marketplace or only Opensea?
- Yes. They will be tradable on the TCG Marketplace and Opensea.
Any new partnerships to be announced? Or updates to existing partnerships?
- A huge partnership coming up, to be announced soon. Waiting for them to release their press release. "A big boy" PJ calls them. Once they release the news, TCG will be able to.
At launch, will farming be ready to go? Crystal gathering? Business licenses?
- For launch, for the first month or so they will be testing farming. Won't exactly be live. They will look at the data for a sustainable model. It won't just be TCG2 tokens
Farming: 2 Different Seeds: 1 seed will give TCG2 tokens, another for TCG assets.
Crystal Mining: TCG2 will be the reward. Will be there for launch.
Business Licenses: Ready for launch. Business licenses will be specific to each owner. Non-tradable.
Will we be able to pay-to-attend events at the convention stadium or the monster truck arena?
- There will be free events, and also premium events that you could pay for.
Will there be pre-built business available to plot holders to put on their plots to earn TCG2?
- Yes, there will be certain businesses to put on your plots, but there will be limits.
Any news on a 3rd DEX?
- Yes, might be sushiswap. No dates. For the future!
David D'Bombs:
- Sprite Capture Mechanics live on the blockchain while still in Alpha
- Rewarding Alpha Testers
- Hold in Wallet or Trade in the Marketplace (you get to keep them!)
- All this BEFORE the Public Launch
- 2000 Dev Team is in Negotiations
- They have agreed to terms
- Contract in a week or so
- They are ready to start ASAP
- They will be working on in-game assets and more!
- Forza Horizon 7 Motorsports
- TCG World is sponsoring a race event
- Time Trials in Forza using a TCG World F1 Car
- Racing Rig in Miami for users to compete qualify
- Trials will be all online.
- It'll be a TCG World skin earnable in the game.
- Wen marketing? NOW! This will be huge! This opens up TCG World to anyone playing Forza!
Dates for the Racing Events:
October 31st to November 5th: eRacing Series 1 (Qualifying / Daytona, USA)
November 7th to 12th: eRacing Series 2 (Qualifying / Barcelona, Spain)
November 14th to 19th: eRacing Series 3 (Qualifying / Le Mans, France)
November 21st to 26th: eRacing Series 4 (Qualifying / Silverstone, England)
November 28th to December 3rd: eRacing Week 5 (FINAL / Sebring, USA)
November 30th to December 4th: SEBRING REAL RACE
Pics of the Racing Rig:
Bonus questions:
When can we capture sprites in Alpha to mint to blockchain? Likely the 4.0 update.
5% Loot Bonus on Avatars - for mining crystals. Still a thing for that avatar, and all the other old avatars are still a thing.
Free Plot Giveaway for Live Viewers:
@417_Degen was the winner - that's Jason Toman on Youtube. Congrats!
See the full Live Stream here:
Website updates:
More organized menu:
Preparations for the Marketplace under your Assets in your profile!
Getting ready for those cars!
New September Updates hit the main site:
Game development :
New cars in development, modeling and unity setup (physics + controller + optimization)
Tuning mechanics development, working on upgrades for cars, api, so that every upgrade you do in the game is synced with nft on blockchain
Builder mechanics v2 (snap, much better UX, custom community models)
Database development for new builder
Party build for artists with streaming capabilities
Collecting feedback from the community, constantly adjusting and updating current builds v 3.N.N
Site frontend and backend development :
Marketplace testing phase
Eth pool development
New UI on web, profile page changes
World Generation :
Addressables (ram use improvements), cut scenes into 6 pieces for faster load, procedural generation improvements, biomes optimization updates and polishing, shader changes, 3d imposters development
New roads system with intersections between regions
Blockchain Development :
Smart contracts for cars and creatures development, dynamic nfts implementation, working on api to sync all together (web, blockchain, client build, api), preparing for marketplace release
UPDATE - RIP #RealEstate Channel
It will not close today, but rather this weekend.
Yet ANOTHER video from Kenneth!
This time about TCG2 Coin Staking!
Javier has joined the Management Team!
CryptoBull announced it on the voice chat immediately after the live stream AMA today! Congrats Javier!
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