SteemQuest - A video game featuring Steem Dollars as the in-game currency
Hello Steemit!
This is not really an introduction of me, so much, as an introduction to the project I'm working on. I am a small indie game developer, currently working on a video game called SteemQuest, which will feature Steem Dollars as the in-game currency.
What is SteemQuest?
The basic premise is this: The SteemQuest world is a fully immersive 3D environment featuring hills, lakes, trees and buildings. Your character will explore this environment from a 3rd person perspective and can run, jump, climb and swim to traverse the terrain.
What is the objective?
As you explore you will find coins. Some will be obvious and out in the open. Others will be harder to find, hidden behind rocks, inside buildings, under water, etc. And the reason for collecting the coins: They will actually be worth Steem Dollars.
How will this work?
You see, to enter the SteemQuest world you will need to pay a small amount of Steem Dollars. 1% of this will be taken to fund the development of the game, but the remaining 99% of it will be split up and distributed throughout the game world.
How do I play?
Your payment will give you a certain amount of energy which will enable you to move around. As you move, you use up this energy. Some actions, for example jumping or climbing will use up more energy.
Other players payments will have also been distributed throughout the world, so the aim of the game is to try and skilfully traverse the terrain to collect more coins than you paid to enter the world. Whatever you have collected by the time your energy runs out will be instantly paid back to your Steem wallet.
What will I need?
The initial target platforms will be Windows, Mac and Linux, with a possible mobile release coming later.
Development
Development has already begun, and progress will be documented through a series of dev diaries. These will give you an insight into the development process, and the current state of the project.
Feel free to ask any questions below. I'll be happy to answer them as best I can.
I'm looking forward to sharing the game's progress with you!
Cool idea. Hope to see more. Can the coin be a little steam cloud? And would it technically be considerd gambling?
Do you travel around in real space, like Pokémon Go?
No, it's not augmented reality. You will play it like a regular 1st person / 3rd person video game. Either keyboard and mouse, or game controller.
Sounds cool, kind of like Minecraft.
As Scooby would say "Rots ruv ruck".
Well, a similar sort of viewpoint as Minecraft and similar movement, but there won't be any building or destruction, just exploring, searching and collecting. The graphics will be more organic too. It won't be block based.
Yeah, but you'll probaly have to open doors, find keys, have some kinds of tools to resolve simple quests.
What is your favorite music band?
Is this a synchronous MMOG with networking? (you can see other players moving around), or asynchronous, with the player 'alone', but the coins' existence updated in response to other players actions, or something else?
How does it work with respect to restarting? Is there a fee to play each 'round' (until your energy runs out)?
Is the world regenerated each time you play (with coins in different places)? If so, that would benefit certain players at random I suppose. If not, players who play multiple rounds will gain advantage as they survey the landscape - not necessarily a bad thing.
Interesting project anyway.
Welcome
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