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Will Wolf Game rekindle GameFi?

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Wolf Game NFT sales rose 2,461% in seven days.

Wolf Game is getting a full game, Will it rekindle GameFi?

原文作者：十文，odaily 星球日报

Wolf Game 曾于 2021 年 11 月席卷 GamFi 领域，其游戏内的 Sheep NFT 价格从发售价 0.069 ETH 一度飙升至 10 ETH，其Token WOOL 价格也在游戏发布后的两三日内一度翻倍，如此亮眼的成绩使其成为了当时最具话题性和关注度的链游。但是好景不长，由于其「奶王」Beanie 被曝出黑历史（Beanie 曾经连发数十条推特夸赞 Wolf Game，甚至还专门为其开了一场直播），以及合约存在无限增发的漏洞等问题，让 WOOL Token 和 Sheep NFT 的价格短时暴跌，游戏机制接近崩溃。也正因此，团队紧急叫停了第一阶段的核心活动。虽然后期也接二连三的出了一些游戏组合，但都处于不温不火的状态。

Recently, with the Wolf Game set to launch in full (officially in December), Sheep NFT has seen a significant increase in price, with Wolf Game ranking # 5 on the Opensea 24 hour chart and the highest total transaction volume in 10 months. Meanwhile, its Genesis Land NFT has also cracked the top 10, which makes us think Wolf Game is making a comeback.

Wolf Game 将推出完整版游戏，会重燃 GameFi 领域吗？

The three early stages of a Wolf Game

Before introducing the new Game mechanics, let's take a look back at the Wolf Game's evolution. According to the Wolf Game website, there have been three stages of warm-up since the launch of the initial game last year, each with slightly different gameplay and rewards:

Risky Game：该阶段体现了游戏的博弈性，狼队和羊队需要在 Yes Risk 和 No Risk 之间进行选择，如果选择 Yes Risk 选项，他们则有 50% 的机会赢得大的 WOOL 袋，里面会有大约 20 万个 WOOL Token 。但如果选择 No Risk，那么只会收到一个小的 WOOL 袋，大约包含 6.5 万个 WOOL Token 。

Cave Game：狼队和羊队需要探索 14 个不同的洞穴，以寻找宝石、WOOL Token 等资源和奖励。

Alpha Game：牧羊人将社区划分为由 Alpha 8 Wolves 领导的「王国」，以争夺 5 亿枚 WOOL Token 奖励。

Innovative mechanics for the full game

The above three stages are a prelude to the final full version of the Game, while also allowing players to become familiar with the Game mechanics and gameplay of Wolf Game. So what are some of the new Wolf Game mechanics that will be introduced in the upcoming full version?

The full Wolf Game still follows the traditional gameplay of breeding + gaming + robbery + pledge.

The difference is that Wolf Game is going to have a "hybrid Web3-Web2 architecture", that's where the gameplay will take place off the chain and the asset ownership will be on the chain, and it's introducing five "CHOPS", "GRASS", "STONE", "WATER", "WOOD" resources that were created in Genesis In the Lands.

Specifically, Wolf Game is a game played by 20, 000 Genesis Lands Made up of 101 communities (Genesis Lands Floor is currently priced at 0.5 ETH) and Community #0 is where the wolves breed and recharge. Communities #1 through #100 are farms where the main game activities take place.

Every single one of them. Lands are made up of four types of terrain, each producing a different resource, such as pasture producing GRASS; A quarry produces STONE; Forests produce WOOD; Lakes produce WATER. The daily productivity per resource depends on that type of terrain throughout. What percentage of the land. For example, a larger portion of the lake surface will produce more water (but less of other resources). CHOPS is a new resource involved in the breeding process of sheep and wolves that can be obtained from "burning" sheep at "butchers".

Wolf Game 将推出完整版游戏，会重燃 GameFi 领域吗？

In addition, these resources can also be exchanged via in-game AMMs to provide high liquidity.

Weather is another new factor introduced that can affect resource collection. There are three different types of weather (sunny, cloudy, rainy) that exist independently in the community.

In the game, sheep can start collecting all five of these resources from any land they choose, and wolves can plunder what they collect. In the process of collecting sheep, they are constantly consuming energy.

Players can also use the delegate feature, which allows others to use assets without transferring ownership.

Therefore, to win the game, players must develop their own strategies to expand their group and win as many WOOL prizes as possible.

Specific game mechanics can be explained via thewoolpaper To learn more about it.

从 Wolf Game 几个阶段的玩法和进展来看，项目方对未来已经有了较为清晰且完善的规划，毕竟链游玩家的时间精力有限，以往在短时间内爆火的项目虽然能从众多游戏项目中争夺到「游戏时长」，但又会由于种种因素（安全、 Token 经济、玩法机制）快速失去注意力。但是，从近期对 Wolf Game 的讨论度和参与情况来看，完整版的游戏推出还是能够调动起大家的热情。

However, given that Wolf Game has experienced problems with contract loopholes before, the launch of the new game suggests that players need to take a closer look to rule out other risks.