From the dusty Wastelands of Ben Mauro’s FURY-7 comes the HUXLEY® Multiplayer Game Experience, a multi-level vertical slice built in Unreal Engine 5. The game incorporates Ben Mauro’s years of experience building game environments, vehicles and characters for legendary franchises such as Halo and Call of Duty. Now, Mauro and his team bring the characters and world of HUXLEY® to life in stunning, lifelike clarity.

So, what is a vertical slice?

A vertical slice is an early playable experience of a game that is used as a proof of concept. Essentially, this is a taste of what a full-production HUXLEY® video game could look like. Despite being a “proof of concept,” the HUXLEY® Multiplayer Game Experience is the product of countless hours of work and maintains an extremely high level of production quality. There is no ongoing development planned for this Vertical Slice, however there may be another release to fix any bugs that have escaped testing. This is a major stepping stone in the grand vision to bring a HUXLEY® Video Game to life on a full-production scale.

Who was the team behind the game?

Ben Mauro partnered with gaming studio Big Medium Small to build the HUXLEY® Multiplayer Game Experience. Led by Jama Jurabaev, one of the top creative minds behind Star Wars The Mandalorian series and Steven Spielberg’s metaverse masterpiece Ready Player One, Big Medium Small is one of the world’s top gaming outfits. Together, with Ben Mauro, the team utilized its combined gaming mastery and the latest technical tools provided by UE5 to create a very special gaming experience for HUXLEY® holders and beyond.

Who has access?

Access to the game will be available only to HUXLEY® NFT Holders. Those who are currently holding any HUXLEY® digital collectible will be able to participate in the game through a verification process in Discord. Once the Vertical Slice launches, HUXLEY® NFT holders will be able to participate by joining the Discord server and heading to a channel titled “#game-information” where they’ll find step-by-step instructions outlining how to download and play the game.

Can my friends play?

This game experience is ONLY for the HUXLEY® community.

Technical Specifications

The HUXLEY® Multiplayer Game Experience is supported on computers and laptops running Windows 10+. Additionally, the game may be able to run on some Apple Mac computers using Bootcamp or Parallels. Unreal Engine intelligently raises or lowers rendering quality to match the hardware running the game, so there should be no issues for those with medium-spec devices. Matches are hosted peer to peer with no dedicated servers.

Unreal Engine 5’s LYRA

Lyra is a multiplayer game framework made by Epic games for everyone to use in UE5. It is a great starting point that has all the functioning elements for a multiplayer experience, enabling the HUXLEY® team to build quickly and efficiently. Lyra offers a skin-able gaming blueprint that includes complex action movements and physics that can be fitted to the characters and landscapes of the HUXLEY® world.

Compete for glory

The HUXLEY® community will be able to compete for glory by participating in fun Weekly Challenges and Game Days. There will be a variety of prizes available to holders for their individual performances over the next several weeks.

The prizes

Our core intention for this vertical slice is to bring value to HUXLEY® Holders through engaging experiences in this new game environment. That being said - there is a small main prize pool for some of the most dedicated Citizens who prove themselves in the Wastelands. This pool includes:

• HUXLEY® Robot

• Gold HUXLEY® Human

• Upgraded HUXLEY® Human

• Complete Set

• 3 x Genesis Tokens for the A.I. generative art series

Along with these prizes, there will be smaller activations with HUXLEY® Humans, Comics and other surprises available.

What’s next for HUXLEY®?

The HUXLEY® Universe continues to expand. Stay tuned for more information regarding the A.I. generative art series, The Oracle, Access Passes, art from The Vault, and more. The new HUXLEY® Roadmap can be explored at huxleysaga.com.