Town Hall Summary
- Speakers:
- Aggroed (CEO)
- Yabapmatt (Chief Product Officer)
- Chatter (Head of Marketing)
- Nateaguila (Creative Director)
- WeirdBeard (Tournaments/ESports)
- Atanvardo (Creative Team)
- Lary (Character Art)
- BlauDisS (Sound Engineer)
- Starlight (Human Resources)
- Nodes101 (Head of Security)
- r0nd0n (Splinterlands TV)
- Main Topics:
- Development Updates 👀
- Q&A 💥
- New Team Introductions ⚡️
- Recording:
Timestamps:
- 00:45 - General Intro
- 04:50 - Chatter Update (Marketing Updates)
- 07:50 - WeirdBeard Update (Tournaments/ESports)
- 11:20 - Nateaguila Update (Creative Director)
- 17:40 - Yabapmatt (Development)
- 35:30 - Atanvardo Intro/Update (Creative Team)
- 43:10 - Lary Intro/Update (Character Art)
- 54:00 - BlauDisS Intro/Update (Sound Engineer)
- 1:05:00 - Starlight Intro/Update (Human Resources)
- 1:12:25 - Nodes101 Intro/Update (Head of Security)
- 1:28:50 - r0nd0n (Splinterlands TV)
- 1:33:45 - Q&A
- 1:58:30 - Closing Remarks
💥 Company Updates 💥
Development Updates:
- Development teams have been releasing some very smooth updates recently
- License sale went exactly as planned without any issues
- Ranked Reward changes rolled out super smoothly as well
- Ranked Reward affects
- Primary objective was to limit the amount of reward farming without having to own any in-game assets
- Starter cards reduce the amount of Focus Points & DEC earned
- Additional goal was to reward the higher leagues
- Incentivizes players to create high level decks over spreading cards across multiple accounts
- Team plans on releasing more, new Daily Focuses in the near-future
- Primary objective was to limit the amount of reward farming without having to own any in-game assets
- Modern/Wild updates
- Modern/Wild will go hand-in-hand with the new Ranked Reward changes
- Will benefit guilds that run scholarships and allow them to bring new players into the game
Creative Updates:
- In progress items:
- Splinterfest designs
- Polishing up Ranked Rewards items
- Modern/Wild concept art
- SPS spinner (not just the monster teeth)
- Ton of other Quality of Life items
- Land!
- Phase 0 wireframes have been created and forwarded to rest of the team
- Creative team is creating on Monster Quips
- When selected to be on your team, their quip may go off
Marketing Updates:
- Byzatine Kitty and Yodin Zaku plushies go on sale today! (See Announcements)
- Splinterfest is still being planned in terms of ticket prices and travel guides
- Panels and other hosted events are still TBD for the weekend
- More partnerships still coming down the pipeline
- Big names for upcoming tournaments
Tournaments/ESports
- About to pass $6M in tournament prizes
- Looking to organize a mini townhall next week for those who want to talk about Brawls/Guilds
- There is a known bug with non-Splinterlands tokens not being distributed properly with tournaments
- Should be fixed after tomorrow's update
General Team Updates:
- Splinterlands TV is almost going to cross over the 1000 subscriber threshold
⚡️ Q&A Summary ⚡️
SPS Validator Nodes:
- Voucher rewards for License holders should begin soon (See Announcements)
- Team decided these rewards would start sooner than originally planned due to investor uncertainty
- Overall goal is to incentivize new people and players into the ecosystem
Ranked Rewards:
- New Ranked Rewards is being worked on to be compatible with the Mobile App as we speak
- Team is going to analyze the new reward changes over the next few seasons before making changes
- They are listening to community feedback as well, but aren't going to make any changes until fully analyzed
- New Daily Focus selections will be introduced soon
- Bronze rewards are ultimately down after the new changes
- Diamond & Champion rewards have drastically increased as intended
- Overall inflation is down while player owned card rewards are up
ECR Potion:
- Potential new potion that could be introduced in the Voucher store
- Potion would boost a players ECR
- Would most likely be different per league
Vouchers:
- Even with the increase in voucher distribution, price should be set by Node License sales
- Vouchers will continue to also be necessary for every single promotion going forward as well
- Splinterfest
- Rift Watchers
- New Promo Cards
- etc...
🔥 EYE CANDY 🔥
Icon/Badges Design Process
Death Battle Mage (Created by Atanvardo)
Legendary Water Summoner Colored (Created by Lary)
Recent Announcements
Validator Node License Rewards
- Voucher distribution for License holders may happen by end of the week
- SPS Rewards for License holders estimated to be around August
Plushy Sale
- Byzantine Kitty and Yodin Zaku plushies go on sale starting today at 5PM PST/ 8PM EDT
- Plushies will be limited edition so make sure you grab one before it is too late!
- 200 of each need to be purchased in order to start the production of them
- Visit the campaign links below to learn more about each one
Yodin Zaku Plushy | Byzantine Kitty Plushy
Insurrection - Tome of Chaos Story
- This tale dives into the background of the mysterious Jared Scar
Past AMA Summaries
- Monday, May 23rd, 2022
- Company Updates 👀
- Q&A 💥
- Eye Candy ⚡️
- Monday, May 16th, 2022
- Ranked Reward Changes 💥
- Roadmap V2 👀
- Company Updates ⚡️
- Monday, May 9th, 2022
- Eye Candy 👀
- Company Updates ⚡️
- Q&A Summary 💥