Episode 98 - DEcentralized GAming

In COPICafe Episode 98 titled "DEcentralized GAming", the hosts Josh Jones and Rob Greig reflect on their three-year journey building Cornucopias and its community.

They highlight the importance of registering nodes, the upcoming release with Avatar updates, leaderboards, and land plot selection tools, and their partnership with DEGA, a decentralized gaming platform.

The episode also features community Q&A, discussions about transportation within the game, and plans for future racing tournaments with big prizes.

00:00:00 Josh reflects on three years of Cornucopias’ development and community building. They preview upcoming content: nodes, a new release, community questions, and a partner guest.

00:05:00 Josh talks about fly fishing before transitioning to project updates. Node NFTs have been delivered, and players can now register file nodes for July rewards. Registrations must be completed by July 31st, and nodes can be linked across chains and wallets.

00:10:00 Rob shares that around 45% of nodes are registered. He stresses the importance of registering for rewards. Upcoming release includes Avatar updates, leaderboards, and land plot selection tool. Work continues on scaling infrastructure with Amazon to handle tens of thousands of players.

00:15:00 Community Q&A session. Travel within cities will use public transportation, but NFTs like GTi Javelin, Bubblejett Bonanza, and Astro 4 will allow faster zone travel. Mounts will be best for dome travel. The team considers monthly Q&A formats like Twitter Spaces or Discord AMAs.

00:20:00 Guest Carlos Rene (CEO of DEGA) explains DEGA’s mission: empowering creators to design, publish, and monetize games cheaply. DEGA specializes in 2D pixel art games for low-cost smartphones and supports Cornucopias with BASE Chain NFT integration. They are also working on racing chain data publishing.

00:25:00 Discussion on moving racing data to production. Partnership with Infinity Gaming (Latin America’s major eSports company) to broaden Web3 adoption. Plans for a collaboration strategy announcement next week.

00:30:00 Announcements and initiatives for DEGA. Community encouraged to join DEGA’s Discord and Telegram for updates.

00:35:00 Josh and Rob announce a racing tournament with qualifiers, weekly leaderboards, and a final bracket round. Influencers may join, and prizes are planned. They remind viewers that the game is still pre-alpha but encourage participation and fun. Gratitude is expressed to the community.