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What new features might be available in Otherside's "2nd Trip" release?

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Original Title: "What new features may appear in Otherside '2nd Trip'?"

Original Author: Shiwen, Odaily Star Daily

Last July, Yuga Labs' metaverse project Otherside completed its "First Trip" closed beta. During this test, Voyagers could participate in various activities such as free movement, sending emojis, sprinting, dancing, and completing aerial flips, or showcasing their held NFTs and experiencing new features such as private live streaming.

Although there were some issues with user concurrency and game fluency, overall players had a positive response to the first internal test from the perspective of graphics quality, game environment, and user interaction. Nearly 5000 users participated in "First Trip", and Otherside also outlined their vision of the metaverse to the players.

Less than a year after "First Trip" ended, Otherside's "2nd Trip" announced that it will be launched on March 25th. After a long development time, players can finally experience "2nd Trip" and explore the surprises brought by Otherside.

According to Yuga Labs' official news, like "First Trip", Voyagers holding Otherdeeds will have the opportunity to participate in "2nd Trip", and the official participation link will be released on the day the game is open. In addition, Voyagers can also invite guests to participate in "2nd Trip". Details about guest invitations will also be announced in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, Yuga Labs stated that when "2nd Trip" reaches its capacity limit, Voyagers will no longer be able to join the experience. Of course, Voyagers will have priority over passport visitors to enter the game.

In addition, Voyagers participating in "2nd Trip" will be eligible to receive the FIRST TRIP Obelisk fragment. If players have already received the FIRST TRIP Obelisk fragment on Otherdeed, there will be no change in metadata. The First Trip Obelisk fragment is the first of eleven stories called "Voyage of the Navigator". In subsequent travels, players will explore different storylines.

"New features that may appear in the 2nd Trip."

Although there are still two weeks until the opening of "2nd Trip" and specific details have not been disclosed, we can still predict the new features that may be launched on "2nd Trip" based on past information.

1. Enter the game with PFP

According to Yuga Labs' previous reports, they are exploring the functionality of PFP playability, such as allowing players to enter the game with their own PFP and customize game characters, rather than only using Yuga series PFP such as BAYC. This idea can be realized through the Otherside Development Kit (ODK) developed in collaboration with Improbable, enabling creators to build and customize avatars, such as changing the shape, size, face, height, accessories, and motion specifications of the characters.

However, although tool development is underway, this is still a complex technical obstacle that may not be experienced first in "2nd Trip". However, Yuga Labs also has an interesting solution for those who want to use PFP to enter the game, which can be anticipated in advance and may include a flying experience.

2. Diverse gaming interactive scenarios

Yuga Labs provides players with experiences across different game types by setting different game templates. Players can enjoy the fun of games from mini-games to deep and complex games, in small, private spaces or in communities created by Otherdeed. This puts a great demand on Otherside's development technology. However, as Yuga Labs said, unlike "First Trip", "2nd Trip" will be a big step for Otherside, with new environments, mechanisms, and higher user concurrency, focusing on how to gather thousands of people together and access the metaverse from anywhere. The introduction of these new spaces and mechanisms will bring players richer game scenes.

In March, Yuga was very busy.

Since the beginning of this year, Yuga Labs has been constantly releasing new actions, such as the casting of Sewer Pass in January, and the opening of Dookey Dash temple escape survival challenge game, which kicked off the Yuga Labs mini game. After running Dookey Dash for more than a month, about 25,000 Sewer Pass holders spent 700,000 hours and completed over 7.4 million game runs. After two adventures, some Sewer Pass holders are eligible to participate in the summoning on March 15th and have the opportunity to participate in the future mini games of BAYC. The amazing data in a short period of time has to make people feel that Dookey Dash game seems to have seized the market of NFT mini games.

As the market hotspots gradually disperse and fail to sustain players' attention, Yuga Labs has once again jumped on the Bitcoin NFT bandwagon, announcing the launch of the NFT series TwelveFold based on the Ordinal protocol. In just 24 hours of auction time, it generated over $16 million in revenue, with the highest bidder paying over 7 BTC to purchase a TwelveFold. Although the auction method of TwelveFold has been criticized by the founder and team of Ordinal, Yuga Labs has not been affected and continues to push forward with Otherside's "2nd Trip".

According to its official Twitter account, after the "2nd Trip", the Otherside "Legends of Mara" will also be launched. It is described as a 2D experience driven by APE Token.

Recently acquired by Yuga Labs, 10 KTF seems to be appearing in "2nd Trip".

Otherside「2nd Trip」即将上线，可能出现哪些新功能？

Yuga Labs is currently making gradual progress in building around its grand narrative. We can often see activity sketches and promotions that are about to go live on its official Twitter account, although they often set up suspense and leave Easter eggs, we can also discover some interesting "spoilers" from them. Let's look forward to more surprises from Yuga Labs in the coming months.