Kingdom Story: Heroes War
December 15th, 2022

Redefining P2E: A New Era of P2E+

Web3 Games shot into the public consciousness with a big bang. As concepts like the blockchain and NFTs lived rent-free in people’s minds, it was a no-brainer that the ever-evolving game field would be one of the perfect industries to disrupt first. Since then, we’ve seen a massive explosion of P2E (Play-to-earn), P&E (Play & Earn), and many types of X-to-earn, X & Earn iterations. However, despite the massive number of projects, we’ve yet to see a real adoption of blockchain mechanics in mainstream video games. From what we’ve seen, there has been an intense focus on earning, resulting in a lack of user experience. With this in mind, we decided to develop Kingdom Story: Heroes War.

Kingdom Story: Heroes War is a paradigm-shifting Free-2-play Strategic Development NFT game. Possessing an intricate system built atop a rich narrative. KS: HW seeks to redefine P2E and birth a new era of P2E+.

Initially released in 2016, Kingdom Story has been an extremely successful game with over 5 million downloads. Created by a team of industry veterans with a steadfast commitment to creating player-centric games that are enjoyable, accessible, and easy to pick up and play. For over 20 years, we have been at the forefront of technological innovations, integrating blockchain mechanics to enhance gameplay and provide our players with an experience only possible through Web3.

A Battle for the Three Kingdoms
A Battle for the Three Kingdoms

A Steadfast Commitment to Game Design

At Kingdom Story: Heroes War, we believe video games are the best and most immersive storytelling medium. We’re passionate about video games, both as a technology and as an art.

We created the Gaming Maxims to be a beacon during our game development process to ensure a complete player experience. As long as we have upheld these maxims, we have created unique and unforgettable experiences.

The three maxims of gaming are:

  1. Games are a door to exploration, imagination, discovery, and, most of all, enjoyment. That’s why games should be, above all else, fun. A game that isn’t fun is just another form of digital bondage.

  2. Technology shouldn’t just be used to make a game; it should push the boundaries of gaming as a field. Be it through inventive game mechanics or monetization strategies; all technological innovations should aim to enhance every player’s experience more than that which already exists.

  3. Players should have the freedom to make their own choices. In games like these, the player isn’t just a spectator but a creator of their own. Game developers and players should ideally form an equation that allows everyone to play as they want.

P2E+ and the Player-driven Utility Economy

Following on from our Gaming Maxims, we spent a lot of time considering the best implementation of blockchain mechanics that maintain the existing framework, playing for fun. This birthed P2E+.

P2E+ combines the core components of gaming (Enjoyment, Exploration, Escapism) with the limitless potential of blockchain technology (Trading, Owning, Governing).

P2E+ = Play-2-(Enjoy| Explore| Escape) + Trade, Own, Govern

The consolidation of the two provides a fun player-focused game with greater control for the players.

It’s well-known that many Web3 games focus too much on earning often neglecting the Fun aspect of gaming. We believe that for Web3 games to succeed, they must pivot and expand. Focusing simultaneously on gaming as play and blockchain as play. At the intersection of gaming and Web3, we can create experiences that are more personal and unique.

As gaming evolves from Web2 to Web3, it’s only fitting that the Gamer identity evolves along with it. P2E+ is a gaming experience designed for the next generation of Gamer2.0.

A cornerstone of P2E+ is the Player-driven Utility Economy.

A streamer playing PC games
A streamer playing PC games

How does it work?

Holders of our Kingdom NFTs can vote on the partnerships they want. Through this decision, we aim to:

  • Give greater perks to long-term holders

  • Create holding power for our NFTs

  • Achieve greater engagement with our community

  • Create an extended reality metaverse ripe for inter-contextuality and inter-operability

  • Perks

    We identified that one of the biggest issues with NFTs is the lack of utility. Benchmarking blue-chip PFP projects, we found that a lot of success comes from the disruption caused by the utility given to their NFT holders.

    BAYC - Copyright over the apes they own, meaning holders can create their own content

    Doodle - IRL Events

    Orange DAO - Grants and Investment opportunities

    However, you find that many utilities need to be improved in gaming NFTs. The earning potential is seen as sufficient. Unfortunately, this means that games can only maintain an audience for a short period, often dying out from over-inflation or token price crashing.

    Therefore, in addition to designing a solid core game loop and a scalable economy, it's also necessary to provide long-term utility to encourage long-term holding within and outside the game. Games engage more with their communities as they constantly interact with the product. This calls for the necessity of additional utility to our NFTs.

  • Holding Power

    We've already addressed the requirement for creating extra utility, and it's common knowledge that buying pressure is necessary to maintain a healthy token price. However, this can't be done through artificial means. Artificial means, in this case, means wash-trading, planned obsolescence, and so forth.

    So, we want players to be part of the building process. People feel a greater connection to things that they helped create. Rather than simply deciding what benefits to give or who to partner with, allowing players the choice means that they will have a greater connection to their assets. This also creates an additional meta in the marketplace, as there is greater value to what's being sold outside the game.

  • Community Engagement

    Web3 is built on strong communities. And there are only so many communities someone can be a part of before becoming overwhelmed. To be considered a top community, we will ensure that our space is a worthy investment of time. We will listen to our community. We will value their input. A player-driven utility economy enables us to achieve that.

  • An Extended-Reality Metaverse

    Blurring the boundaries between physical and digital, our metaverse is not a single place. It's an ecosystem that bridges together online and offline existence. The main driver of this will be inter-operability and inter-contextuality. Using assets within other spaces and receiving benefits from outside the Kingdom Story: Heroes War universe.

    Cross-chain staking

    Inter-project NFT Breeding

    Ever-evolving Dynamic NFTs

These are a few of the potentialities that exist in an XR Metaverse Realm.

We're looking forward to shaping the future of gaming with you.

The Kingdom Story family
The Kingdom Story family

Join the Kingdom Story: Heroes War Discord as we embark on our journey. Claim a seat in the Kingdom Hall as we usher in a new era of gaming!

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