SparkPoint and Ookeenga AMA Session: The Recap
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On April 14, 2022, the founder and CEO of Okeenga team ,Tuan Linh graced the #SparkyCommunity. OKG is a 3D NFT gaming project, which combines blockchain technology with breathtaking graphics, appealing world-building, and addictive gameplay to create a uniquely immersive play to earn experience.
Learn more about OKG as we have the recap of the past AMA with the team!
The Recap
Karan Sharma: Hey Sparkies, It's time for another AMA today. This time we have Tao Tuan Linh from Ookeenga team.
Tao Tuan Linh: Hi everyone!
Karan Sharma: Before we start with AMA. Can you please share a brief info about yourself?
Also, please tell us about the project and the rest of the team behind it
Tao Tuan Linh: I’m Tao Tuan Linh, founder, and CEO of CROS game studio. I’ve experienced 15 years in Design, Animation, and Game Development and I have been producing games with my own studio for 7 years.
Cros Game Studio (https://crosgames.com/) is a team of 30 people having 10 years of making games together and are now full-time on the OKG.
Also, we have Spores network (https://spores.app/) (our incubator) with us and they have 15 people with full experience in blockchain technology. So, on the OKG, we are quite confident that we have enough weapons to go into the battle.
About our project, OKG is a Real-time Strategy NFT game with 3D graphics developed by CROS Studios.
When starting the idea of OKG, we chose the strategy genre because we wanted to be different from the RPG genres that most of the NFT games on the market are doing today.
In addition, 3d technology is selected to help increase the value of the product as well as increase the aesthetic value and also to make a difference in the current 2d game on the gamefi market.
Further, the choice of 3d technology also promises to expand the product’s directions to VR or AR platforms in the future.
Karan Sharma: What was your source of inspiration and rationale behind writing the story of Ookeenga?
Tao Tuan Linh: My father is a biologist — did the PhD on mosquito :))
So, I grow up and taught about the animal world and used to so curious about the animal world. This boy is still inside me, i guess.
Ookeenga story reflects my childhood memory and dedicated to my father (in fact, I started writing this story in hospital when my father was sick)
Besides that, as an artist, I love the world of Shaun Tan (Australian book author and illustrator) where fulls of strange creatures represent real-life issues metaphorically. Then also as a game designer, I love the world of Amanita design(Cezch game studio), I love the way they build their game from simple things but still tell an amazing story and attract people.
So with those inspirations and as a dreamer, I myself want to have my own story, tell people about a fantasy insect world. You can explore our story on this link: https://ookeenga.io/lore
Read the lore then you can find the combination between science fact and fantasy novel style.
Karan Sharma: Who are your strategic partners/backers/advisors? How do they support your project?
Tao Tuan Linh: Our incubator is Spores Network. It is a GameFi/Metaverse launchpad and an incubator. Their founders have a very strong background and really well-connected. As an established crypto project, they helped us with raising funds, marketing, go-to-market strategy and blockchain implementation.
Some of our investors are SVC, Exnetwork, 18Ventures, ZBS Capital and Coincu. They are all experienced and crypto focused VCs and have been with us from the start of the project. We have been lucky to have their trust and support. They provide us advices, network and also marketing & community support.
We have also onboard many game guilds, namely Good Game Guild, Meta Gaming Guild, Apio Gaming Guild, PathDAO and many more are in discussion. They will help us a lot with the marketing and community. Also, they’re going to be an indispensable part of the game ecosystem in the future.
For launch pad, we have already got Trustpad confirmed for the IDO. And Spores Network launchpad, of course.
Karan Sharma: Nice. Can you let us know about the upcoming events?
Tao Tuan Linh: Sure. We will have stacked April and May coming at us with lots of upcoming events.
Let’s start with the INO. So we will have INOs on many launchpads to sell the NFT which named Genesis Cocoon. The Cocoon then can be unboxed to get the hero with random rarity.
The time of INO will be as follows:
- Babylon 18th April
- Spores 20th
- GGG metaversePad 20th
- Enjinstarter 21th
- Ookeenga community 22nd
- Acestarter 5th May
After that, on 6th of May, we will release the mini game so users can experience the heroes and also the land feature in the future.
Many more exciting events will come later in May like the alpha test, the IDO but I would like to keep them secret for now. Please follow our website and social channels to keep track with our updates and progress.
Karan Sharma: How can I join the INO?
Tao Tuan Linh: To join INO it’s quite easy. You need to go to the launch pad and fill in the whitelist/registration form. Then you stake the launchpad token to get VIP tier to join VIP round for guaranteed buying chance. Or you can wait to join the FCFS round to buy. Do remember that each launch pad has its specific rule so you need to follow its rule to make sure you’re eligible for the sale.
Karan Sharma: What can I do with the NFT from INO?
Tao Tuan Linh: It’s quite standard. If you’re a gamer and wants to play the game, you can hold it and wait for the mini game and beta test to play the game with it, after unboxing the cocoon and getting your hero, of course
If you’re a trader and want to trade it, you can put it on a secondary market to sell, whether it’s in the form of a cocoon or hero. The rarer the hero, the higher the price will be.
If you’re a game guild, you will want to buy a bag of them and use it for the scholarship later.
Karan Sharma: Will there be any further releases with new NFT or maps? (or items in game)
Tao Tuan Linh: In the future, we will add another feature called “Land”.
Each land is an NFT item. It has a position in the OKG world. Different tiers of land depend on its features: area of land, resource, hero power effect…
A Village can be built on the land, players can decorate both by constructing tools and items purchased from the marketplace. (Using construct tools to create decorative items, then trade on the market or bring on the battle to just show off)
- Player can open their village for people to visit or close of their own.
- Players can earn resources from these lands, their own
- Players can also earn more tokens and resources by conquering the mines, forests, and fields of the OKG world. (Only for landowner and renter)
- Land can be for lease. The renter has changed to go into the OKG world to earn more resource
We believe this new interesting and profitable feature will keep the player retention for a long time.
Karan Sharma: Can you tell me more about the gameplay?
Tao Tuan Linh: The gameplay of Ookeenga is a combination of 3 genres that are common in the gaming community: Real-time Strategy, Collectible Card, Tower Rush.
Players will be placed on a field, using units or spells to attack the opponent to destroy the greatest number of opponent’s towers (within three game minutes) or destroying be your opponent’s main tower.
+ Player drops troop units to attack enemy troops and enemy heroes.
+ While control 3 heroes behind to support their troops with the skills.
Players need very little time to learn how to play the game, but need time to build up heroes and try out differences strategies when they go to the combat — that is the hard part of the game.
Karan Sharma: Where can we find more about Ookeenga?
Tao Tuan Linh: Join our tribe and follow us on our social channels to update all the exciting activities in the future:
Website: https://ookeenga.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ookeenga
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ookeenga.official
Medium: https://ookeenga.medium.com/
Discord: https://dsc.gg/ookeenga
Ookeenga Telegram Channel: https://t.me/ookeenga_official
Ookeenga Global Community: https://t.me/ookeenga_global
OOkeenga Vietnam: https://t.me/ookeenga_viet
Karan Sharma: Nice. Let’s answer some preselected questions from twitter
Question from Twitter
Q: If I want to have strong characters in my team in Ookeenga, does it take a lot of money and efforts? And what are the differences between high-class characters and common characters?
Tao Tuan Linh: Everything is fair; if you want a strong character, you will have to choose to spend 1 of 2 things, time or money.
However, in OKG, there will not be a powerful character. Each NFT hero will give the player two troops and one active card to use in battle, which you and other players need to find a strategy that works for them, not just focusing on upgrading the character.
If you have a high-class character, you can use more advanced troops and active cards. But whether you can win against the opponent or not is entirely up to the strategy you choose.
But high-class heroes are not always expensive. You can have a chance to buy exclusive genesis heroes in our INO event coming next week. So DON’T MISS OUT this one and only event!!
Q: If there’s another team make a project like a clash Royale type gameplay, what will you do so that most of the investor here in Ookeenga will not move to that project.
Tao Tuan Linh: Obviously, we will not be able to avoid competition with the market.
But we believe that it is not the gameplay, but the aesthetic value of the graphics and the ability to balance and develop the OKG project that investors care about. Maybe this will make people think we are overconfident, but I believe we are doing our best.
Karan Sharma: Cool! Let’s take some live questions now. Please keep your questions ready everyone
Live Questions
Q. According to the project’s roadmap- what are your most important next priorities?
Tao Tuan Linh: Next week, we will have the INO event where the cocoons are sold at an attractive price. This is a good chance of buying NFT at a cheap price, so be ready for it. This is definitely our priority now
And here’s our roadmap for further plan.
Q: Are you aware that there are some traditional players who are not crypto oriented, but can also contribute to the growth of blockchain games? What plans do the Ookeenga team have for this set of players?Are there plans to also integrate them into the Ookeenga game?
Tao Tuan Linh: Along with our web3 version, the OKG developer team has had plan for the web2 version on IOS and Android, and there will have converting mechanic for player from web2 to web3
Karan Sharma: Would you like to share anything else with community before we leave Linh?
Tao Tuan Linh: I’m so glad having you guys today, please keep in touch with us in our community and stay tuned for our exciting event and game. Thank you so much. Wish you all the best !
Karan Sharma: Cool. Alright everyone, this was it for today’s AMA.
Thanks for joining the AMA with OKG Sparkies! We hope you got useful insights and stories from Mr. Linh. We just found another #hiddengem in this partnership.
And that’s it for the last month of the year 2022, December Sparkies. It has been a year full of ups and downs, but overall it was a great year! Because still, it’s the best year of mass adoption, collaborations, innovations, and making our bright ideas into reality, one at a time. As always, thank you Sparkies!
Hello 2023! ✨
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