We announced CryptoCuddles more than 2 months ago now and are finally launching the game itself! We dearly apologize for this delay but *insert life problems, excuses, etc. here*. Let’s get straight to the point.

We have built a new CryptoKitties game, which lets you send your precious kitties into battle!

How does CryptoKitties fit into this?

You must have CryptoKitties assigned to the Ethereum address you’re using to play the game with. Everything works directly off the blockchain and API of CryptoKitties to ensure you actually own the kitty you’re playing with. Just in case you’re wondering, Cuddles will not affect or change anything to your kitty tokens themselves.

How do I interact with the game?

If you are on Desktop, you will need Firefox/Chrome with Metamask installed.

If you are on Mobile, we are fully integrated with Toshi / TrustWallet.

How does Battling work?

Each kitty can choose up to 5 moves, in a strategic sequence, that you want to submit. Each move has a base attack damage (pets) and/or special effects. Every move costs energy based on its effectiveness and your kitty may only use 25 energies per battle, so choose wisely!

PRO TIP*: Pay attention to the order of your moves and what they are strong/weak against. With great risk brings great reward.

How are my pets calculated?

The blockchain randomly decides on an owner for the kitty to battle and calculates how many pets this sequence received. If the move is strong against an owner, it does 150% of its base pets; if it is weak against the owner, it does 50% of its base pets.

Each of your moves may also get 1 extra pet or 1 less pet randomly. If luck is on your side, your move might also crit for 200% of it’s base pets! This keeps things a bit more interesting.

Are base pets and RNG the only thing that moves do?

Nope! Some moves have effects. These can range from more pets against a certain owner, higher percentage to get crits, and more pets on the next turns if used as your first move. Some might backfire on you though, so again, it’s all about R&R.

Ok…But…How is it a battle if I’m only fighting owners?

After you’re done battling, the smart contracts will automatically pair you with the previous battle against *the same owner*. If you have more pets than the last kitty, you win! The cool part is, the next kitty who battles the same owner will battle your sequence as well. This let’s you potentially win twice from one sequence.

What do I get for winning?

Bragging rights. The Glory. But hey.. If that’s not enough for you and you want a little more, we also give 10 Cuddle Coins to the winner and 3 Cuddle Coins to the loser. You can win up to a total of 20 per sequence.

What does a Cuddle Coin do?

You can use your Cuddle Coins to learn new moves for each of your kitties. If you are happy with the moves you have, you will be able sell your Cuddle Coins to other players for cold hard ΞETH.

4 Major Updates since our last announcement:

Rebuilt and re-launched all new smart contracts. We sadly had to start fresh with data, so if you trained kitties with us before, you will have to re-train them again. Don’t worry though, we’re keeping training *free as we grow our community.

Rebuilt the entire front end to a new PHP framework for easier upgrades in the future.

Optimized the smart contract’s gas efficiency for a better and more enjoyable user experience.

Fully incorporated battling to the front end and each move now declares the base amount of pets it gives, the owners it is strong and weak against, and any effects it may have.

What we’re working hard on at the moment:

Implement learning and re-rolling of additional moves using CuddleCoins.

Implement the CuddleCoin vending machine where users can buy and sell their coins.

Continuously testing and balancing moves. This will be an on-going process. With the help of our community, we can make the most fun and fair game on the blockchain.

We really appreciate all the support and feedback we received and we hope you all love the game!