Source: Fusionist

After experiencing a deep bear market, the price of Bitcoin once reached a high point of $57,000, and the price of Ethereum also exceeded $3,200. The blockchain gaming sector in the market also began to rise, among which Fusionist hinted on Twitter that there will be a big move in March, which will further drive the new wave of the blockchain gaming industry.

Fusionist 是什么？

Fusionist is what?

Fusionist is a 3A-level Web3 blockchain turn-based strategy game, developed by a team from Tencent, a traditional Web2 game giant. Fusionist is mainly made using rendering tools such as Unity and HDRP, and has a quality that ordinary Web3 chain games cannot match, bringing a higher level of experience to game players, and receiving praise from Unity officials.

Fusionist's main storyline revolves around mech battles, with the game's background set in the 28th century where human greed has made Earth uninhabitable, leading to massive wars. People begin exploring space and searching for new homes. Players purchase mech NFTs to form their own teams, manage their planets by operating and commanding their mechs, complete challenges and tasks, engage in PVP and PVE battles, collect rare resources, and upgrade and craft mechs to build their own mech kingdoms.

Fusionist uses the game token ACE. In addition to Fusionist, the team also independently developed a MOBA game called ACE Arenas and a basic infrastructure public chain called Endurance that runs on Fusionist. Both also use ACE as their ecological token, fully empowering ACE. In Fusionist, players can also trade equipment through the trading market to obtain corresponding tokens. In addition, completing tasks, participating in team battles, and participating in competitions can also earn rewards.

In addition to high-quality game development, Fusionist has also gained the favor of institutions. In 2023, it received a $6.6 million seed round financing led by Binance Labs and FunPlus, and also launched Binance IEO and OKX's Jumpstart, causing a market sensation and becoming the focus of the chain game circle.

Endurance Chain

Endurance Chain is a high-performance sidechain based on BNB Chain BAS with a focus on digital entertainment, and is compatible with the EVM virtual machine. Endurance features fast transaction speeds and low fees, providing developers with a cost-effective Web3 gaming solution. With Endurance, users can not only enjoy the fun of gaming, but also participate in social activities and earn rewards.

BAS is a solution launched by BNB Chain for sidechain and cross-chain bridges, which can significantly improve throughput and reduce transaction fees. Compared to Ronin, the Ethereum sidechain used by Axie Infinity, which is also a blockchain game, BAS has obvious advantages.

Endurance was launched in January 2023 and within just three months, it had a trading volume of 50 million and 1.4 million active users. As of now, the on-chain trading volume has reached 125 million US dollars. The Endurance chain mainly includes storage layer, network protocol, consensus layer, execution environment, built-in application modules, client interface, and infrastructure layer.

ACE is also a native asset of the Endurance chain, managed by the Endurance sidechain. It achieves 10,000 transactions per second and a fast block time of 2 seconds through the POSA consensus, providing users with a better trading experience.

BOAT is a user-bound token on Endurance, which can store users' actions on the chain. The user's BOAT level is determined by loyalty, activity, contribution, social and value-added attributes. When the corresponding conditions are met, users can receive ACE tokens.

Alpha Prestige is a centralized reward system and a set of NFTs. The total supply of Alpha Prestige NFTs is fixed at 500. They have various rights in the Fusionist game, and their owners can receive a lot of in-game benefits, including participation in beta testing, airdrops, priority activity periods, and daily ACE token rewards. Users can purchase them on OpenSea.

ACE Token

ACE has a total supply of 147 million tokens and is currently listed on multiple exchanges such as Binance, OKX, HTX, Gateio, Kucoin, and MEXC. The distribution of tokens is mainly as follows:

ACE is mainly used for Fusionist, ACE Arenas, and Endurance. The token was first issued with a total of 1.47 million, accounting for 1% of the total supply, with a certain unlocking period. As can be seen from the following figure, the initial unlocking amount is relatively small, and there is not much market selling pressure.

ACE also has token burning rules, with 20%-40% of network revenue being burned every two weeks to maintain the stability of the token's value.

Roadmap

In the first quarter of 2024, Fusionist officially launched the Endurance L2 version OP-Endurance: Sparkle, and recently upgraded Endurance to 2.0. At the same time, it established a partnership with Redbrick, which also created the first game 0xSpin on OP-Endurance.

In the second quarter of this year, Fusionist plans to carry out the Endurance mainnet upgrade plan and integrate zero-knowledge proof (ZK) to enhance the functionality of the chain. At the same time, Fusionist game will be officially launched, allowing Web3 game players to participate and earn profits through gold farming.

The third quarter of Fusionist will plan to further expand the Endurance game ecosystem and launch multiple products to increase Endurance's market activity and user base, making Endurance a popular project for both chain game developers and gamers.

Fusionist vs Axie Infinity Comparison

Axie Infinity is a popular game in the blockchain gaming industry in 2021. As a phenomenal application, it has been favored by Web3 players for a long time. Fusionist currently has many similarities with Axie Infinity, such as having its own dedicated public chain - Ronin for Axie Infinity and Endurance for Fusionist. Both chains have their own game ecology projects, attracting many game developers to join, and both have their own token burning and application scenario strategies. However, there are also some differences. In some aspects, Fusionist has more advantages.

Fusionist's ecosystem project is based on the ACE token, while Axie Infinity's dual token model has relatively less growth momentum. The ACE token serves as the main token in the Fusionist game, supporting the development of the game's ecosystem, and has various uses in multiple scenarios, such as equipment trading. In the future, it will also become the application token for more games on the Endurance chain, and the increase in application scenarios will bring more favorable measures to ACE.

On Axie Infinity, the dual-token structure of AXS and SLP to some extent disperses the attention of funds, limiting the potential for price increases. Additionally, the blockchain Ronin used on Axie Infinity uses RON as its native token instead of AXS, which is not convenient for players.

From the perspective of gaming experience and graphics, Axie Infinity focuses more on the animation style of lines, which is also popular in previous blockchain games. However, we can compare the development experience of Web2 games, from early pixel graphics to animation style, and then to the trend of high-quality rendering and simulation of the physical world in 3D. Fusionist uses mainstream 3A tools such as Unity and HDRP to further enhance the player's experience in graphics, thereby further improving the quality and playability of the game.

Moreover, with the development and popularity of blockchain, more and more Web2 gamers are turning to Web3 games, which will also become a trend. Fusionist, which has advantages in graphics and user experience, will also be more likely to capture players' preferences.

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