Mobile MiniGames: Play & Earn | News & Progress Report December 2022

I continue to play and grind my way up in the Mobile Blockchain NFT Play2Earn Game Mobile MiniGames while keeping up with the development. This is a monthly update and how things are going along with the personal progress I'm making...


Development Update

The release of the Long anticipated Crypto Land and Competitive PvP so far has not done that much for the game. The fact remains that we are in a bear market where pretty much everything is bleeding and Mobile MiniGames is not escaping this. The team continues to work on the game and make improvements while pretty much neglecting the tokenomics completely for now. They should have enough runway to keep things going but overall in the short term, things aren't looking that good I would say. This doesn't mean things can't turn around though and I still see the game as an enjoyable experience with the potential to onboard a lot more players.

Phone Upgrade = Game Runs Much Smoother

I recently ditched my old iPhone 7 for a new iPhone SE 2022 which pretty much fixed all the crashes I was constantly getting. The game is pretty heavy on phones but as time goes by this should be less of an issue since hardware always is getting better an cheaper.

Competitive PvP Revamp

So far it looks like the competitive PvP is where players are spending the most time and they are working now on a revamp to make everything much better. Already some bugs were fixed in that the weakest hero doesn't always get to attack first and also the insta- kill mage reflect damage has been nerfed. The entire Competitive PvP right now is still pretty lame as 9 out of 10 matches, you pretty much know in advance who will win. What I think they are doing is adding different leagues also making it more rewarding for those higher up. The overall rewards that go to PvP also likely are going to go up and there will be a skill tree with exclusive skins possibly getting extra use-case.

Play & Win 30-day Jackpot Wheel added

Until now this was a feature only 50% of the players had but it's been integrated permanently for all players. In an attempt to improve the 30-day retention, a jackpot wheel has been added where players that log in the first 30 days each day will be able to win some free Crypton. Once the 30-days have passed, the wheel will be gone. Verified accounts also get a multiplied amount in order to prevent bot farms and encourage players to do an initial purchase which is vital for mobile games.

After 13 days I managed to get 555 Crypton from it which I can claim along with the rest that I win after 30 days. It is possible to get lucky and earn higher rewards up to 1 Million Crypton with someone receiving 400k+ Crypton from it already!

I'm sure that something like this will improve retention getting some players over the point where they mostly understand the game and the dynamics. At the same time, it's another thing that benefits free2play players while not really giving much to those that are putting money in the game. What would be nice is to have the wheel in one way or another linked to the expenses and the weekly VIP Event. Spinning the wheel and having a small chance for a big price is quite enjoyable and it would be a shame to no longer have it after 30 days. It could act as a great way to incentivize returning spenders.

ROAS & Marketing Plan

Right now, I think they are spending only around 600$ a day on marketing in order to test things out. The big plan is to get the game to a state where money that is put into advertisement gets earned back pretty quickly with everything on top being profit that can be used to cover costs and support the tokenomics. If they succeed to reach this point, they should be able to grow rapidly but it remains a big if and a question what will be done when they never are able to really reach that point.

Personally, I'm in the camp of believing more in a slow but steady growth curve making sure the tokenomics actually work instead of needing ads to be profitable on a game with a broken economy in order to fix the economy. I still believe this can be done by making DUBI the only purchase discount token along with other things to actually get the word out in the crypto Play2Earn space.

Declining Exclusive Skin Sales

So when they came up with the concept of Exclusive skins as the main monetization, they were shilled like crazy by Athene on the stream that they over time would be worth a lot more but the overall use case has remained minimum to a point where almost nobody is buying them anymore. From the previous Hero only 210 Copies were sold.

These times are the most uncertain but also potentially by far the most profitable ones in case they manage to turn everything around and if Exclusive Skins would get more use cases which is said to be planned. The situation is a bit similar to SPS and Vouchers in Splinterlands.


PRPS & DUBI Update

I'm honestly kind of surprised that DUBI is holding up to a 3.6$ price which is 'only' -64% lower that the buy-wall which isn't set to be put in place again anytime soon. Basically, everyone that still believes in the game and is willing to grow their account using PRPS & DUBI is getting very high discounts right now

The only things that are holding up the price right now is the fact that the tokens can be used at a 13$ (PRPS) and 26$ (DUBI) price for in-game purchases while holders likely are not willing to sell as everyone is sitting at a loss right now.

Liquidity Pool Incetives Possibly Incoming
At least some of the things that I have been writing seem to be in place to be implemented and liquidity pool rewards is something that they are looking at doing somewhere in the future.


MonthPrice PRPSPrice DUBIDUBI APY
November 20216.31$8.61$+6.33%
December 20216.32$9.53$+6.33%
January 20227.65$10$+5.23%
February 20227.01$9.18$+5.70%
March 20229.53$10$+4.19%
April 20227.01$10$+5.70%
May 20226.59$10$+6.07%
June 20225.85$10$+6.84%
July 20224.81$10$+8.31%
August 20223.71$10$+10.08%
September 20222.70$7.78$+14.8% ***
October 20223.72$8.83$+10.75% ***
November 20221.70$3.48$+23.53% ***
December 20221.68$3.64$+23.81% ***

(*** Naively assuming Buy-Wall will be put up again as it has been down for 3 months now with the gap growing to a point where it's not realistic to come back anytime soon)


These are the Token Contracts

PRPS (Polygon): 0x972999c58BbcE63a2e398d4ED3Bde414b8349eB3
DUBI (Polygon): 0x950e1561B7A7dEB1A32A6419FD435410daf851B0

a full overview of on-chain activity can be found on prps.moe

  • PRPS Level 270: 1.68$ [Last Month 1.70$]
  • DUBI Price: 3.64$ [Last Month 3.48$]

I would be surprised not to see more selling pressure at this point resulting in lower prices since DUBI is only trading 64% under the buy-wall level which is still quite high given how impossible it seems for the buy-wall to return.


Personal Clash Of Streamers Game Progress

I'm still making progress in the game while growing my community and getting more assets. It is tricky though to fully go all-in mainly because free funds available are running more scarce for me. Risk right now is also quite high given the uncertain situation and there is a chance for everything to become totally worthless. More likely though I still see this as a period where future players will look back on as those that managed to get in at current prices being the lucky ones even though it's not that easy to confidently put money in now.

ProgressAug 2022Sep 2022Oct 2022Nov 2022Dec 2022
Account Level183195211217234
Account Trust303M325M353M363M395M
VIP Level77777
Strongest Heroes8x L1110x L1114x L1114x L1117x L11
Strongest Pets8x Max Level11x Max Level14x Max Level14x Max Level15x Max Level
Gems Balance1.5B1.2B845M1.3B538M
Spellbook Heroes10000% (Max)10000% (Max)10000% (Max)10000% (Max)10000% (Max)
Spellbook Pets10000% (Max)10000% (Max)10000% (Max)10000% (Max)10000% (Max)
Crypton Saved1M+1M+1M+18k154k
Sale Points Saved304318267209115
Pet Luck+745%+784%+817%+823%+871%
Campaign ProgressPrestige 70-1274Prestige 72-1312Prestige 75-1362Prestige 76-1375Prestige 77-1389
Community Members108118120183188
Export Discount6.6%7.0%7.4%7.5%8.0%
Total Money Invested1900€2250€2400€2700€3200€
Exported NFT Pets22222
Exported NFT Heroes0002294
Exclusive Skins201315430451485
Account Crypton Value---5.81M7.2M
Daily Passive Crypton----4670
Total Estimated Account Value2000€+1500€+2000€+1200€+1000€+

Conclusion

If for sure right now are not the best times for Mobile MiniGames which doesn't take away from the fact that it's still quite enjoyable for me to grow my account leveling up Heroes and making my overall team stronger while collecting more assets in anticipation for a real adoption wave at some point. I do believe it will come at some point if the devs continue to work on the game. In the meantime, it's somewhat of a waiting game and possibly a great time to actually get in. For those interested in trying it out, make sure to scan the QR code on your phone to download which will automatically get you in my community getting all the benefits that comes with that!

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