Background

Thetan Arena is an MOBA game based on Blockchain technology like Arena of Valor, and League of Legends. You can gather your friends, form a team, battle with others and earn token rewards with just your skills. The game features an environment and characters that are minimalistic in design and have a retro touch. In each round, players will use their fighting skills and teamwork to finish with maximum rewards.

Thetan Arena team brings together members who are both prominent and experienced in the field of game development as well as blockchain technology. The game development team is founded in 2014 under the name of Wolffun, with a specialty in Online PvP games for mobile platforms.

CEO Khanh Nguyen spent 7 years in game development as part of Wolf Fun Studio, where he was working together with other members of the founding team. CTO Hoang So has over 8 years experience on PvP game. CEO fo My DeFi Pet and CEO of KardiaChain will be amongst the core team members and the advisors of Thetan Arena. Overall, Thetan has a very well-rounded team, with complementary skill sets and backgrounds, with each co-founder having a deep understanding and exposure to blockchain too. Currently, there are over 50 Thetan employees supporting the founding team.

Those background bring Thetan Arena a massive success on fundraising of over $2.1 million USD, including numerous tier-1 investment firms: Animoca Brands, Formless Capital, DFG, Spark Digital Capital, Vixen Ventures, Axia8, Clovers Ventures, Everest Ventures Group, Kardia Ventures, AU21 Capital, K300, Decom Holdings, and many more.

Overview

Game Modes

Thetan Arena’s gameplay is designed to revolve around the combination of your personal skills and teamwork with several modes: MOBA & Battle Royale. Specifically speaking, there are five modes as below:

Battle Royale (Solo / Duo)

Number of Players: 12 Players

Time Limitation: 4 minutes

12 players joining a battleground try their best to survive and to become the last man standing. After a short period, a ring-shaped borderline will appear and start closing in, trapping everyone inside. Whoever staying outside it gets eliminated. All the players have the same mission. Destroy the supply boxes to gather bonus power points and eliminate others to become the last to survive.

Tower Siege

Number of Players: 8 Players

Time Limitation: 5 minutes

In this amazing mode, players are divided into two teams. Their mission is to bring down the rival’s tower. Players have to collect items called Battery to summon the Siege Robot. The tower can only be damaged whenever the Siege Robot reaches the tower.

The game will end when either one of the towers is destroyed. If the time runs out and neither of the towers is destroyed, the team whose tower has more health will be the winner.

Super Star

Number of Players: 8 Players

Time Limitation: 4 minutes

Players join and try to own the Superstar. The “mother” Superstar produces Point Stars which give match points to the team which collects these. The team that has more match points will be the winner. In the case that a team has more than 50 match points than their rival, it will be instantly announced as victorious.

Deathmatch

Number of players: 8 players

Time Limitation: 3 minutes

In this mode, the main target of all players is “Eliminating others as many as possible”.

Whoever has the most elimination points before the time runs out will be the winner.

In the case that a single player has more than 25 elimination points, the game will end immediately and he will be announced as the winner.

Custom Battle

Number of Players: Customizable

Time Limitation: Up to the chosen game mode.

Want to create a game and play with your friends only? You can create a custom battle and invite them to play together. The host can freely choose any option among available possibilities of game modes, maps and can decide the number of in-game players.

Heroes

Heroes in Thetan Arena are categorized into 3 other groups according to their signature skills and statistics, including Tank, Assassin, and Marksman.

Tank

Tank heroes are responsible for becoming frontlines facing up to the enemies and prevent their teammates from receiving damages.

Basic Attributes:

• Health Point: High
• Attack Damage: Normal
• Speed: Slow

Assassin

Assassins are deadly and silent killers who can engage the fight, eliminate the target in a single combo, and retreat without being noticed.

Basic Attributes:

• Health Point: Low
• Attack Damage: High
• Speed: High

Marksman

Marksmans are the main damage dealers and are responsible for maintaining the DPS amount during the fight.

Basic Attributes:

• Health Point: Normal
• Attack Damage: High
• Speed: Normal

Rarity

The Rarity of a hero is determined by 2 elements: the base rarity of that hero and the rarity of its skin. Heroes with a higher rarity have more unique playstyles, abilities and will have a chance to get bonuses in battle rewards.

There are 3 different levels of rarity:

• Common Hero
• Epic Hero
• Legendary Hero

Skin Rarity: Skin rarity is determined by the frequency of the skin in the selling pool. The rarer the cosmetic is, the better it looks like, with more visual effects and bonuses in battle rewards. There are 3 different levels of skin rarity:

• Default Skin
• Rare Skin
• Mythical Skin

Trophy class

Trophy Class represents the mastery of using a hero, which means that hero has been played in thousands of matches. Besides, Trophy Class increases the power of the custom skills chosen by heroes in the game. The Trophy Class will be graded from H to SS, and the respective benefits.

Skills

Before joining the battlefield, players are requested to select 2 skills in addition to choosing a hero. Each skill belongs to a different kind of skill sets, which requires players to make decisions more carefully to use them effectively.

Skills in Thetan Arena are categorized into 3 different skill sets based on their main attributes. Each skill set is also divided into 3 different levels of rarity which are default, rare and mythical. Three skill sets include:

• Effect Skill: Inflicting status on self, allies, and enemies.
• Damage Skill: Used to greatly increase the amount of damage in a short period.
• Support Skill: Aiding you against attacks of enemies.

Every week, there are randomized 15 skills to be selected in the skill pool. Players can only choose the skills which are available. The skill pool will be refreshed weekly.

Tokenomics

Thetan Arena is using a dual-token system as economic incentives to encourage users to participate in the ecosystem activities.: Thetan Gem (THG) and Thetan Coin (THC).

$THG is a functional utility token which will be used as the medium of exchange between participants on Thetan Arena in a decentralized manner.

• Token Name: Thetan Arena Token
• Ticker: $THG
• Total Supply: 420,000,000
• Token Standard: BEP20 & ERC-20
• Token Type: Utility, Governance
• Blockchain: Binance Smart Chain & KardiaChain

Thetan Coin ($THC) is the main currency used in Thetan Arena’s operations. $THC is used in the following activities:

• Buy Thetan Box: Thetan Box is the source of Hero for the entire Thetan Arena system
• Reward to streamers: $THC can use for reward streamers when they stream games

THC basic information

• Token Name: Thetan Coin
• Ticker: $THC
• Total Supply: unlimited
• Token Standard: BEP20 & ERC-20
• Token Type: Utility, incentive
• Blockchain: Binance Smart Chain & KardiaChain

How to earn THC?

• Battle: The amount of $THC bonus in each battle depends on the trophy class and hero rarity
• Quest: When you complete the quests in the game, you will receive Quest Points. After receiving enough Quest Points, you will be able to exchange them for $THC
• Battle Pass: players can earn $THC through the Battle Pass. The Battle Pass will collect the most valuable items in a season.
• Ranking Rewards: Players can earn $THC if they rank up
• Guild War: Players can earn $THC in guild war (the function is expected to be developed in 2022)
• Tournament: Players can earn $THC in tournaments organized by the system or the players themselves for their guilds.

Play to Earn

In Thetan Arena, you can Play to Earn in many ways:

1. If you don’t want to invest money into the game, you can use Free (Normal) Hero to participate in battles so to accumulate enough in-game rewards of Thetan Coin ($THC) for playing. You may also sell $THC in a peer-to-peer manner to the market or use it to open more Premium Hero, and its take time.
2. If you can’t wait, a combination of $THC and $THG may be consumed to open Thetan Box to get Premium Heroes. With Premium Heroes, players can dedicate playing hours to level up, and possibly trade them for $THC. In addition, you can also use Premium Heroes to participate in various special events to earn more $THC and $THG in reward. If you want more, let sharpen your skills and conquer the leader-boards.
3. As a digital asset holder, you can treat Premium Heroes as digital assets that may earn rewards/income by active battling in the Arena. The owner of premium heroes can enter into private arrangements with the actual players, entering into direct peer-to-peer arrangements for rental of heroes or sharing rewards obtained cooperatively. Players who are unable to obtain these Premium heroes may also work together to earn digital tokens, because they have the time & skills to optimize your digital assets.
4. As a Player, who spends time to sharpen their skills & ability to optimize any Heroes and become partners in the ecosystem.
5. As a streamer, you can stream games to attract game players to support you and receive rewards from Thetan community.

Battle Rewards

After each match, all NFT heroes get gTHC rewards. This reward is based on the match results and the rarity of the hero and skin (win bonus).

gTHC bonus for each won battle, varies by hero and skin rarity.

Players are rewarded with Win bonus when:

• Win in team modes
• Rank 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th in Battle Royale Solo
• Rank 1st, 2nd in Battle Royale Duo

Gametaverse is trying to give reward estimation based on token price and different hero rarities and levels, you may have a check here:

Ranking

The Ranking is a system that sorts players’ ranks based on the trophies they get in matches. The goal is to create groups of players with the same standards of skills in order to get battles with great quality. The Ranking also helps others recognize top player’s achievements.

The ranking system consists of 11 ranks, and players need to achieve a certain amount of trophies to advance to the next one. Each rank will be divided into many small tiers, helping players keep track of their progress more easily. It also provides a better classification for match-matching.

Every day, top 20 Champion level players will become Super Champion. At this rank, players will get exclusive items for the Super Champion rank and be honored on the leaderboard for 24 hours.

Guide to Play

1. Registration

Head to https://thetanarena.com/ and download the APP. Currently they are only supporting iOS, Android and PC. Then open the APP and register your account with email.

2. Pick Free Hero

After login the game, you will have a chance to pick a free hero randomly. Or if you want to buy a premium hero, just need to go to marketplace and connect your wallet:

3. Battle Matching

On the homepage, you will see the basic information like hero, sill, friend, shop, in-game currencies and battle modes, etc. Choose the battle modes and click “FIND MATCH”, you will be directed to the battlefield.

Conclusion

Thetan’s Creator wants Thetan to become the first Blockchain-based MOBA game that is truly owned and governed by the community. The rise of play-to-earn game modes on the blockchain space is becoming more and more noticeable. Thetan Arena looks like a refreshing addition to the array of blockchain-based games we are enjoying today.

The user portraits in GameFi are dominated by “gold-farming” users, and the profitability is the main driving force. Given that the game is expected to be easy to play, it might not face many hurdles when it comes to attracting new players. The challenge, therefore, is how the game will be able to create an incentive model for players that will entice them to stay and keep playing the game.