Web3 sci-fi roguelite title Wanderers has entered Open Beta today, July 30.
Available to play for free via the Epic Games Store, this launch coincides with the start of their play-to-airdrop campaign, which gives players a chance to earn a share of their soon-to-launch $WANDER token.
This follows two Closed Beta playtests for the Animoca-backed game earlier this year, titled First Jump and Into the Flame.
What’s new in the Open Beta?
The Open Beta release of Wanderers introduces a range on new features, including RAM Card Fusing, which allows players to combine and boost cards mid-run. This Open Beta release will also see the introduction of Daily Challenges, improvements to Infinite Mode, and the integration of a WanderID account system.
More features will be implemented in future updates, with plans to add co-op and PvP game modes, plus a level editor that allows the community to create their own maps within Wanderers.
The $WANDER play-to-airdrop campaign will also be available to players that claim their own galaxy and complete a series of quests. This will see players gain XP, which will qualify them for a share of the forthcoming $WANDER airdrop.
For now, these quests are oriented to encourage players to connect with one another. More gameplay-based quests are expected to follow, with a recent announcement on the Wanderer Discord teasing that this airdrop campaign will “evolve across multiple phases, activations and competitions.”
What is Wanderers?
Wanderers is a web3-based sci-fi roguelite deck-building game. Developed by Blowfish Studios, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, the title is published by Wander Labs.
The game is now available to play for free via the Epic Games Store, and promises players the ability to “hack, slash, shoot and dash your way through a system dominated by a colossal artificial Wormhole and its freakish inhabitants.”
Originally an NFT collection based on Ethereum, Wanderers secured $2 million USD in funding – with the assistance of Animoca Brands – to develop a web3 gaming title for the collection and its wider brand.
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