Ahoy, Pirates of the Blockchain seas!

With the release today, Pirate Nation has migrated to the first chain in the Proof of Play Multichain: Apex. This move allows us to take advantage of an ultra fast constellation of blockchains built on Arbitrum Orbit and gives us control of our own destiny. This also signals clear skies as we sail towards 100m+ players. In addition to this historic event, we have managed to squeeze in a few additional game changes listed below.

Game

• The game’s HUD has been updated with a brand new User Interface. Tap on the Pirate Portrait to open up the game menu that was previously presented as static UI buttons at the bottom of the screen.

• The new HUD can be accessed while in Exploration, allowing players to do Quests, Bounties, access Inventory and anything else they can do while on Parrot’s Perch.

• PGLD is now tradable on the Marketplace - The “Stockpile of Gold” recipe has been added to the game. This recipe allows a preset amount of Pirate Gold to be transformed into an item “Stockpile of Gold”, which can then be traded on the Proof of Play Marketplace. There is a conversion tax for creating a Stockpile item (10%). This tax may change over time based on supply and demand.

• Fixed a bug in which both players saw the Defeat screen when either player fled in a PvP Preview battle.

New Bugs

• Please check the GitBook page for a list of known issues with the game at this time.

Future Work

• Extending the new look of the UI to other screens in the game.

• Continued balancing for Combat based on Player feedback.

• Gold Ante and Rewards for Winning PvP.

• Updated Lobby system that allows players to leave a lobby they have created.

• PvP validation for results.

• PvP Leaderboards.