Captain's Log, Apr 5th, 2020.
Our starship encounter with Planet Presale went extremely well.
We refueled for a few thousands USD so far and took many captains aboard.
There was no major incident to report.
On next major destination is now: Player Market.
Our mission:
1. To send our message of gaming hope to all Mankind. And not only to our people on HIVE.
2. To bring them to an amazing game experience.
3. And to be rewarding, in every aspect, to all our pilots.
If you don't know about EXODE, you can watch our video here:
A very smooth launch on our side
Yesterday was the very Step 1 of EXODE existence on the blockchain and it went well so far.
The back-end server did not even blink, as if it could take a 100 times that!
I was there, sleepless, in all excitation, afraid anything might blow up on EXODE Starship...
yet everything hummed calmy as pilots enrolled in. One point for Step 1 for a sweet launch day!
Another user, such as cranium, described what happened and how the big packs actually gained attention and were a favored pick for buyers.
There were some quick modifications to problems noticed and some had to wait for some short minutes, there were a few issues here and there, of course.
Other things must be done fast to increase our visitors happiness and have more backers.
I aim at HIVE account creation and keychains to improve the purchase experience, and referrals summary to help backers manage their player community.
These three features are my priority for today and tomorrow!
But first I wanted to share some news :-)
The Big Picture
The funds coming in this month will allow to continue up to Colonization gameplay, our final destination for a full game, along with a very small team, some original arts and use of stock arts too. This is guaranteed now. Step 1 scored a success in showing that even on one day, the development gains enough power.
But I don't think we should to be minimalist in what we are achieving with EXODE; quite the opposite. So we will work another angle than "just delivering". I want to recruit more artists but there is not only that.
I understand my mission and there are many challenges forward.
We have only tapped a very small part of the available presale.
Our missions does not stop with releasing a full game: we are aiming far beyond that step!
In the coming days I will reveal more plans about "increasing demand for EXODE", meaning how we plan to attract more players.
So far the roadmap has been focused about feature releases and how our supply of cards will increase in price. But price does not mean 'demand'. The best price is the one secured by high demand.
There will be demand for your cards when you will open your boosters, and find some sweet rare cards to sell. If you are the one who gained some new Origins, or the legendary Repentant Pirate, then you are in for quick bucks!
There will be demand for your cards when players will discover the strategy guides, or the game itself, and suddenly rush at some cards.
There will be demand when players will try more Evacuation scenes with different Origins, maybe look for some from your Boosters, or purchase more starters.
But we aim beyond that.
Now I believe our communication need to improve.
Of course we have players and our game model can work on low population, but we need many more of them. Of course, all that was scheduled, and we know it will be easier when the game will become playable; but let's share also what we have in mind once that happens.
Now there needs to be a "player acquisition roadmap". This player acquisition roadmap may challenge us more and maybe change or accelerate a few ideas. We'll come to you with these in the coming days.
My main focus will be : to increase "inside demand" (inside HIVE/blockchain) but even more "outside demand", bringing more people to HIVE and, of course especially to EXODE. :)
Many things to enjoy soon
I will end this post by releasing a preview of your new Assets page:
I will work to make it look close to that.
Only the planet, of course, won't be displayed there "yet"!
And as you can see, this page will be the very base of our live Player Market!
Oh, and you may have noticed this guy, one of the four community characters:
These gifts may even be sellable to players (option being studied at the moment), meaning they won't be locked to account, to allow people to find all of them if they purchase them from players. We did not announce this to avoid people exploiting the vote on our Discord.
Welcome to EXODE!