“It will eventually be replaced by a Codex that will continually evolve with Voyager input to share the most up-to-date information, announcements, and decisions that shape Otherside,” it reads. “Voyagers” are Otherside land holders and game testers.
The game will be run from Improbable’s M² (MSquared) network, which is designed to help companies create better metaverse experiences. M² supports more than 10,000 live participants with customizable avatars and advanced immersive audio, in real time, in the same space. Otherside will be one of the founding interoperable spaces on the M² network.
Yuga said that the game will include an 11-part storyline “surrounding a mysterious Obelisk that has appeared in the Otherside universe.”
It stresses that much of what happens in the Otherside will be user-generated, adding: “Voyagers will play a large role in shaping the core capabilities of the platform through exclusive events, playtesting opportunities, and as co-developers of our Otherside Development Kits (ODKs).”
It also says it will “incentivize” community members. Whether this will mean carrying out airdrops, a method Yuga Labs pioneered with its Bored Ape Yacht Club collection, remains to be seen.
On interoperability, a buzzword commonly used in the NFT landscape to signal genuine ownership or portability of a digital item, Yuga says that it will give users a chance to bring NFTs from other collections into its metaverse.
It added that the development of the platform will take an “open, transparent, and iterative approach,” which will allow it to course correct and change direction.
“The sort of experiences we’re building have never been done before in the digital space,” it said. “To ensure the best possible outcome, we will frequently playtest at huge scale with Voyagers, trying out new systems, content and mechanics, and pushing Otherside’s technology to its limits together.”
Read more: How online gaming firm Improbable is helping Yuga Labs build its metaverse
Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/157995/yuga-labs-champions-openness-collaborative-development-in-otherside-litepaper?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss