Cronos Ecosystem Spotlight - Loaded Lions: Mane City
Cronos Ecosystem Spotlight - Loaded Lions: Mane City
Read on to find out about Loaded Lions: Mane City, their latest launch on Cronos, and why they have chosen Cronos as their home chain to build on.
In Q2 2022, we kicked off the Cronos Ecosystem Spotlight Series — a series of interview articles covering projects that are building on the Cronos Chain.
Today, we are excited to feature Loaded Lions: Mane City, a tycoon simulation game by the popular NFT collection Loaded Lions, where players design and build their dream cities and mansions using Gold and Diamonds.
Let’s dive right in!
Summary
Dive into the captivating world of Loaded Lions: Mane City, where you get to unleash your inner tycoon by building the city of your dreams and decking out your very own virtual mansion. Plus, climb to the top of the Competitive Mode leaderboard and earn the lion’s share of an enticing prize pool.
Highlights:
Furnish and personalise your virtual mansion
Build and upgrade businesses to grow your wealth
Buy and sell spare businesses and blueprints in the in-game Marketplace
Unlock special rewards by referring your friends to the game
Rise to the top of the leaderboard in Competitive Mode, with a prize pool that starts at US$100,000
Can you share more about Loaded Lions: Mane City and the team behind the project?
Definitely! The Loaded Lions: Mane City team is composed of passionate and experienced professionals with a strong background in Web3 game development. Our diverse group of experts is dedicated to creating an immersive and enjoyable in-game experience.
We take great pride in our team’s ability to work together effectively, combining our unique skills and expertise to craft an appealing and engaging world for players to explore.
What is the core gameplay of Loaded Lions: Mane City and what can players do in the game?
Loaded Lions: Mane City is a tycoon simulation game where players design and build their dream cities and mansions using Gold and Diamonds generated from the in-game land they own, alongside businesses they build. These include gyms, banks, and record stores.
It all begins with a plot of Land, which passively generates Diamonds and allows you to build Businesses. Businesses continually generate Gold. As you accumulate Gold, you can upgrade your Businesses, which then increases the amount of Gold they produce.
With all the Gold you accumulate, you can purchase and place Furniture in your Mansion to increase your level. This unlocks new Blueprints, which grant you access to even more Businesses. These allow you to expand your empire and upgrade your Businesses at an even quicker clip.
Other unique features of the game include:
Mansion personalisation: Players can personalise their mansion in the game to express their unique character and flair. By decorating their mansion, it also influences their in-game progression, unlocking additional blueprints to build Businesses and generate more Gold.
Dynamic prize pool: The prize pool in Competitive Mode grows dynamically and is updated live throughout the season. Many participants in Competitive Mode will be able earn a piece of the prize pool, but only the best of the best will take home the lion’s share.
Building placement: Instead of predefined placements, players are free to decide where to locate their businesses. This opens up more opportunities for strategic and eagle-eyed players.
Marketplace: Integrated within the game, players can buy and sell Businesses and
Blueprints to their fellow Mane City Tycoons.
Loaded Lions: Mane City launched the Mane City Access Pass system recently, can you share more about this new feature?
The Mane City Access Pass allows Crypto.com Land NFT holders playing Loaded Lions: Mane City to refer their friends to the game and engage in the unparalleled excitement of playing this innovative tycoon simulator. The Mane City Access Pass comes in the form of an ‘Arid Plains’ land plot in the game, where referred players can build their Businesses and access Competitive Mode.
Our aim is to expand the overall player base, which in turn benefits everyone in Mane City! With every new player joining and spending in Competitive Mode, the prize pool grows and the game’s marketplace thrives. A larger prize pool means even more rewards and an enriched gaming experience for all.
For our loyal Tycoons who have provided your referral codes, your generosity will not be unrewarded. As a token of appreciation for broadening the horizons of Mane City, you will get to reap the benefits through an enticing bonus rewards system.
Head over to our Playbook to learn more about the mechanics and benefits of the Mane City Access Pass.
Pro tip: For anyone interested in unleashing your inner tycoon, check out our official Discord server to find an abundance of Mane City Access Passes from your future fellow Tycoons hanging out there.
What are the interesting upcoming features or events that Loaded Lions: Mane City will be launching?
One of our most anticipated upcoming features is Competitive Mode’s very first season! Everyone’s expertise from mastering the game’s Normal Mode comes into play here. Players will start each Competitive Mode season from scratch. That means Gold, Diamonds, Businesses, and Furniture are not carried over. What’s carried over are your hard-earned Vouchers, Arid Plains land plots, and your land plots from your Crypto.com Land NFTs. This creates as much of a level playing field as possible for all participants.
Competitive Mode features an enticing prize pool, starting at US$100,000 of CRO that is distributed to the top 1,000 players in the Leaderboard. The prize pool grows dynamically and is updated live throughout the season. An incredible 30% of player spending on Diamonds in Competitive Mode will contribute to the growth of the prize pool. Half of this will be added to the current season, and the other half to future seasons. As players climb the ranks, they’ll secure a larger portion of the prize pool, making every position gained all the more rewarding.
Players ranked on the Leaderboard will receive their prizes in the form of Vouchers, which can be spent in-game, redeemed for Diamonds at an exclusive rate or, converted to CRO on-chain.
How has the growth on Cronos been and why did you choose Cronos as the blockchain to launch the game on?
Since the Loaded Lions’s and Cyber Cubs’s migration to the Cronos blockchain in August 2022, Cronos has been the network of choice for Crypto.com’s premier NFT collection.
We are fortunate to have developed the game in collaboration with the Cronos SDK team and with Crypto.com as advisors. They have provided us with invaluable advice throughout the entire development process. Their multi-platform support, scalability, and global reach allowed for a seamless experience in creating the game.
During just the first week of its launch, Loaded Lions: Mane City became one of the top five games by volume, according to DappRadar. None of this would have been possible without our amazing CROFam community. Their dedication and support to building the Loaded Lions: Mane City game with us motivates us to keep innovating and revolutionising the Web3 gaming space.
The journey has just begun, and we are grateful to have amazing partners to continue building with.
For someone who’s interested in Loaded Lions: Mane City, how can they access the game?
There are more than a few ways to access Loaded Lions: Mane City! The first would be to own a Crypto.com Land NFT of any tier, which can be purchased from Crypto.com NFT or Minted. Owning these NFTs will give you a nifty in-game boost. For one, each NFT grants players an additional plot of in-game land to build their city on, but also passively generates more Diamonds. The rarer your Crypto.com Land NFT, the more Business sites your in-game land has, and the higher your passive Diamond generation rate.
Alternatively, link up with an existing Mane City Tycoon to receive a Mane City Access Pass.
Remember, check out our official Discord server for an abundance of Mane City Access Passes from the Tycoons hanging out there.