Wikipedia Draft:MetaShooter

Introduction MetaShooter is the first blockchain-based play-to-earn hunting and shooting video game. Players hunt a variety of animals, deriving utility from many different non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the form of shooting equipment, vehicles, hunting dogs, hunting towers and cabins, season passes, and hunting lands. Unlike traditional video games where in-game purchases lose their monetary value, these NFT assets are fully owed by the player. They can be sold, rented, eventually used in other games, and in cross marketing and promotions to intersect with non-metaverse hunting activities and businesses. These NFTs can also be used as collateral for loans. The play-to-earn aspect of the game incentivizes players to develop a business strategy to optimize their earning potential. The in-game currency, called $MHUNT tokens, is rewarded for acquiring different hunting trophies, using the trophies for utility, from winning competitions, and can be acquired from renting and selling the above listed NFT assets.

Game Play The game will encompass two main branches of play: The hunting/shooting activities, and the business development strategy.

Hunting The game will have non-animal target practice and traditional hunting. Players can purchase or rent customizable NFT weapons including guns, rifles, knives, and crossbows. Season passes will be purchased which last for a period of 2-3 months. Hunting a particular animal will be restricted to that season and players will incur fines if an animal is shot outside its designated hunting season. The animals- birds, carnivores, and herbivores- have some artificial intelligence (AI) programming that allows for more realistic movement. The players’ hunting abilities will be affected by stamina levels; these abilities will be decreased by fatigue and injury if attacked by an animal for example, or replenished by rest and/or food. To have better visibility and shot range, players can buy or rent hunting towers. Hunting houses can be used to store vehicles and equipment, and/or bought or rented to be used for rest when stamina is reduced. Examples of stamina reduction might result from walking on a long hunt, spending time away from the base camp, acquiring an injury, and trophy collection. Customizable vehicles, purchased or rented, will allow players to reach more remote areas, conserve stamina, and be used to transport trophies and equipment. Hunting dogs, which can be bred by the players, purchased, or rented, offer companionship, help with trophy location and retrieval, and a hedge against stamina reduction during trophy location and retrieval.

Business development strategy Another aspect of the game will be strategy based. Prior to the start of a hunting trip, players might plot and define their hunting strategy. Taking into account some of the previously stated variables and assessing how they might affect the likelihood of a successful hunt, a plan can be made to positively impact their ability to monetize the game experience.

Play-to-earn component and strategy There will be two ways to earn income in the Metashooter game. The first will result from income earned from exchanging hunting trophies for the in-game cryptocurrency $MHUNT token, or from winning hunting competitions. Players will make decisions on how to allocate their resources, such as trading in a hunting trophy for $MHUNT tokens as opposed to using it for bait in future hunts, or selling the skin, etc. Players will weigh the costs and benefits of many hunting options, such as of using a vehicle instead of walking, resting at a lodge or leaving empty-handed, investing in a dog, or spending more energy locating and retrieving trophies. The second way to monetize playing in the MetaShooter game will involve creating a hunting business. NFT lands, hunting towers and lodges, vehicles, weapons, and dogs (which can be bred by the owner), all offer the possibility of being sold at what the market will bear, or rented for passive income. Investment decisions about in which location to purchase land, and where to build hunting towers and lodges will affect income stream. For example, choosing to build a hunting house on a specific plot of land might scare animals away, so placing a hunting tower nearby would be a poor business decision! Both play-to-earn strategies can be used and rewarded with $MHUNT tokens. The $MHUNT token is very versatile and can be then used in-game for purchases, rentals, and services. They can also be staked to earn interest, used as collateral for loans, converted to other cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies on different centralized and decentralized exchanges. The $MHUNT token is both the project’s governance token for participating in the Metashooter DAO, the group that votes on issues relating to the project, as well as it’s utility token.

Development and Milestones Metashooter was initially planned for development on the Cardano blockchain, but was switched to the Polygon blockchain in March 2022, as the company believed that their NFT needs outpaced the development of the Cardano ecosystem. Metashooter debuted its Initial DEX offering (IDO) on April 21st; this was the same day it launched its Token General Event (TGE), which introduced the cryptocurrency token. In the game’s Alpha version, which will be released for guild members, investors, and NFT badge holders, players can win NFTs and other gifts after they complete some of the objectives and challenges. Players will be able to explore one of the hunting locations. Players can stake their MHUNT tokens through the website’s Dashboard in return for interest earned in MHUNT tokens after the specified lockup period. The MHUNT token was listed on the exchange BitMart for trading beginning April 28, 2022.