A cat-based shooter with positive player reviews? Sorry, there are more cat puns to come. Hero Nyan is a Solana-game developed by the aptly named 9 interactive lives. The game saw some success after the first wave of its play-to-airdrop campaign, which saw fur-tunate players earning points for NYAN tokens.
Currently available on the Epic Games Store in pre-alpha, the game has amassed an impressive fan base. Is the game as meow-gic as it is made out to be? And what are the paw capabilities of the token? Okay, enough kittens, no more puns. Here is the scoop on Nyan Heroes and the NYAN token.
What is Nyan Heroes?
Hero Nyan is a free Overwatch-style hero shooter. But rather than being a genetically modified gorilla Or controversial cowboyIn Nyan Heroes, you are a cat piloting a mechanical suit.
Currently, in the pre-alpha demo, you can play as four heroes, from a sneaky assassin to a big tank. Each hero has four unique abilities, such as fast movement, placing a turret, or firing a barrage of artillery fire.
Regardless of which class you choose, you can choose from the same six loadouts hitting all the weapon types you'd expect – we personally recommend the shotgun.
When you take critical damage in combat, you break out of your mech, braving the world like a kitten. You are extremely vulnerable in this state, but also very difficult to touch. If you manage to survive long enough, you will then be able to respawn your guardian (the name for mechs in this game) to continue fighting as before.
As you are a cat, you are able to perform feline movements even when you are inside your guardian. This means you can climb and walk through walls, which is essential to becoming an expert at navigating your environment.
At the time of writing, the main game mode available (although other modes are being tested) is “Team Conquest”. This game mode pits two teams of six against each other to capture an objective in the middle of the map. Once a team reaches 100% dominance, it earns a point: the first team to reach two points wins the game. An average game lasts 15 to 20 minutes.
Do I need NFTs to play Nyan Heroes?
In short, no. Nyan Heroes is a free game available on the Epic Games Store.
There's no NFT integration at present, as the developers focus on gameplay first and aim to create a game that is accessible to all players. For this reason, Nyan Heroes can be played entirely without touching crypto or even having a wallet. However, more NFT and crypto features are coming.
There already exists a NFT collection associated with the game: Genesis Nyan NFT. This collection was released in 2021 before the game was even available. Holders of these NFTs have access to beta testing, merchandise, and other unique benefits.
What is NYAN token?
THE Nyan Heroes NYAN Token Launch on May 21 on the centralized exchange Bybit, accompanied by a number of other exchanges.
NYAN tokens can also be claimed by players who participated in the game. play-to-airdrop campaigns. Players were able to earn MEOW and CATNIP points by playing the game or engaging on social media, and these points now earn players an allocation of NYAN tokens.
Even with the launch of a token, you still don't need to interact with crypto to play the game. But if you want, you can use your NYAN tokens to “wake up” your assets in the game, this which will unlock an NFT-secured reward path. It will also be used to pay market transaction fees, rent in-game assets, pay competition entry fees, and serve as a governance token.
9 Lives Interactive also promises that players will be able to stake their tokens for additional rewards and privileges. It should be noted that at the time of writing, not all of these features are currently available.
The future
Nyan Heroes is in pre-alpha, so it is very early in its development. With the token launch now behind us, the game has some potentially exciting milestones ahead.
According to the project's official roadmap, the next step is to launch NYAN staking alongside a closed beta period for the game. It appears the next step would be another Guardian NFT drop, although there is very little information on this subject. Beyond these projects, 9 Lives Interactive will look to live stream the game on a permanent basis. Until now, it was only playable during limited periods of pre-alpha access.
Aside from the broad roadmap, the game itself has a lot of work to do. Currently, you can only play as one of four heroes, but the official website promises that four more characters will be making their way into the game soon.
In pre-alpha, the game has had two seasons at the time of writing. With the last season, a ranked mode that allowed players to increase their rating to reach the ideal rank of Champion. Sorry, the puns came back. It's likely that new features like this will continue to launch with new seasons.
Nyan Heroes developers have been testing other game modes and maps in pre-alpha, and this will likely continue.
Nyan Heroes has been popular since its pre-alpha launch in March, it seems. enter the top 30 titles on the Epic Games Store with over 200,000 downloads. Building on this success, the developers seized the opportunity to advance their game with a token launch and new features on the horizon. We'll see if this crypto game can break into the mainstream.
Edited by Andrew Hayward
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