Neon District is an upcoming cyberpunk RPG running on a Loom sidechain!

It is the flagship game coming out of the indie game studio Blockade Games.

We first heard about the game in January 2018, but much has happened since then. The team has transitioned from the idea of a Trading Card based RPG into a fully featured RPG.

The waitlist

Blockade Games just released a waiting list for Early Access to the game.

Spots for the early access release are limited, so the earlier you sign up the better your chance to join. Along with early access, the people who sign up are also rewarded with a Founder’s Key. Their position in the waiting list decides how awesome rewards they will get as a thanks for signing up! Read more about the campaign further down below.

The early access is set to start on May 1st.

The last day to sign up for early access is 22nd of March.

First Neon District Teaser

On August 24th the first Neon District teaser was released to the public. It tells the story of a future where cryptocurrencies has taken over the world. A world with advanced robotics and technology. Watch it below!

First Gameplay Demo

The first ever gameplay video released about Neon District was made public to the world at ETHDENVER 2019. It shows how combat can look like in Neon District, I wonder if the last one is a boss of sorts! Check it below.

Turn up the sound, cause that music is just amazing!

Game features

Not a lot have been spoken about the game features in depth yet, so here I will briefly mention what you can expect in the upcoming game.

Images from a presentation by Ben Heidorn from approximately 5 months ago.

Character

You will be able to choose a Champion, and this character will evolve over time gaining experience, and acquiring new NFT items to wear. The idea from Blockade Games is that value should come from playing (Proof of Play), meaning that the more you use your assets/characters the more rare they should become. From the pictures we can see that a character has a leveling system a long with Health/Armor/Damage and a name. In the example above, the champion is an Architect. We can also see that it will be possible to equip items at several spots, such as Hands/Legs/Feet etc.

Crafting

In the picture above we see a “Bio Rifle”, which is a Tier 2 weapon. We see that there is a number of “ingredients” that make up this weapon. And a cryptic screen to the left that suggests that you can further enhance the weapon. I imagine you will be able to craft a vast amount of items, and considering the history of people in Blockade Games, it will probably be up to the players to find out what kind of stuff you can craft.

Combat

From the gameplay video we can see the combat system, in some ways it reminds me of how PvP works in Axie Infinity, but in Neon District the team we see to the left might actually be multiple players teaming up, it’s hard to tell at this point in time. The animations look amazing, I can’t wait to see what loot we get from these encounters. We can see that some champions might have a revive ability, which could mean that we should assemble teams like in classic RPG’s with a support, tank and damage dealers.

The upcoming Founder’s Key NFT Sale

As mentioned in the intro, a waiting list has been published and you should really go and sign up, as early as possible. The deadline to sign up for the sale is 22nd of March at midnight!

During this campaign the community is suggested to attempt to improve their position in the waiting line, to get better rewards when the sale happens!

In order to gain a better position in the waiting line, you can refer other people to sign up. They recently opened up for the oppurtunity to skip ahead by paying with paypal or eth. (But signing up early is a bigfactor too!)

Thanks for reading, I hope you are as excited as I am to play Neon District!

PS. I highly recommend checking out the video listed below for more detail!

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