Block Babies - Cleverly designed NFC game has successful opening

For most people, blockchain gaming is one of those enigmas. Highly-sought after collectible NFTs can go for tens of thousands of dollars, with one first generation CryptoKitty going for $150k.

For months, NFT-creation platform VeriArti has been teasing the release of one of the upcoming titles coming to VeChain. On Tuesday, users finally got their hands on the opening wave of collectibles. The sale didn’t last long, with all 150 babies being claimed in around 8 minutes. Adding to that, these infants weren’t cheap, with a price tag of between $30-$150 dollars per card.

Block Babies by the numbers:

500 – Total number of cards to be sold this month
10,000 – Total cards, including items, to be minted as NFTs. These cards create a mainnet transaction every time they are used in a quest, sold, leveled up, or battled.
$1000 – Amount being offered in a bug bounty to participants from the opening round.
$2000 – Purse for the Baby Battle Royale #1, a opening tournament scheduled for late June

The Nursery builders

What started as a relatively small project has quickly blown up: in a recent article on Medium, Block Babies talked about the 8 different members working on different elements of game design, art, and production. Joining the original team are new game developers from Bamboo Labs, as well as blockchain game house ChicMic Studio, who are all helping make the actual game in Unity3D and the Photon multiplayer engine. This should come as a reassuring sign for those worried about gameplay. Unlike many NFT dApps, Block Babies has no intention of making card collecting the primary feature.

VeriArti founder shares confidence in the project. “Block Babies was the first project to approach us when they realized they wouldn’t need to engage with crypto tokens and smart contracts. They could simply add the cards they wanted, specify variables and then do that they wish, which has always been our goal in NFT adoption. We happen to have lucked out that our first project using VRA tokens happens to be an incredibly hard-working team with an idea that had enormous potential. This game alone will bring a lot of eyes to VeChain and VeriArti as an NFT platform.”

The momentum is clearly building, and the battlefield is set to open around the end of the month. That will lead up to the opening knockout-style tournament one month later, which will carry a purse of $2,000. So how can people get involved? Whether your goal is to play the game, or you are just curious and want to support an organic community project, head on over to https://blockbabies.world/ and register. And if you need any further incentive, know that Block Babies intends to sponsor all blockchain gas (VTHO) fees for the game. Rabid VeChain supporters will literally be able to sit at home burning VTHO by battling their babies.

For more info, check out the game guide, join the Discord Channel, and follow Block Babies on Twitter.