title: $CTH Functionality slug: SvfP-dollarcth-functionality createdAt: Fri Dec 10 2021 02:39:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) updatedAt: Mon Sep 16 2024 20:18:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Token Utility

$CTH Tokens have a wide range of Utility.

1. Staking:  Possible special rewards if token holder actively participates in the game's eco-system (details TBD)

   • $CTH tokens (if allowed by various governing authorities/jurisdictions)

   • $ASL tokens

   • NFT Agents are awarded directly or holders are entered into a lottery (multiple tiers, odds)

   • Other NFTs, also via a direct award or lottery/raffle*

   • In-game resources (Quantium, orbs, items, etc.)

2. Special Access/VIP Status

   • "Early Access" dev builds, new features

   • Special leaderboards

   • VIP-only Tournaments

   • Alternative revenue models? (e.g. subscriptions, TBD)

   • Non-token benefits (TBD)

3. In-game features where $CTH tokens are used

   • Entry fees for tournaments, lotteries, special events

   • Alternative currency for purchases in the shop

   • Special purchases that only the $CTH tokens can buy

     • Grab bags/combo packs

     • Mission packs

   • NFT "Crafting"

     • Multiple requirements:

       • Specific game achievements

         • Agent must reach a specific XP-based level

         • Creatures have to be captured & researched

         • Special items must be found

         • Special mission goals (bonus/secret ones) have to be achieved

         • Certain Base levels must be reached: HQ building & recruitment center

       • The spending of $CTH tokens with the exact amount fluctuating over time, based on the rarity type of the agent and a monetary algorithm

     • Crafting variations:

       • Primary option: turn a "regular" agent into an NFT agent

         • Involves some randomization of properties

         • Customize it in some way to make it visually unique, if desirable or necessary (swap out head/neck/eye ornaments, special skins, backgrounds, etc.)

       • Secondary options/other agent ideas:

         • Upgrade an NFT agent into a "deluxe" NFT agent

         • Combine 2 NFT agents into a new "super" NFT agent, original 2 NFTs are "retired"

       • Create an NFT artifact that combines 2 or more "regular" artifacts

       • Build an NFT level/mission (pays out in-game resources only as rewards, not tokens)

     • Crafting is the process of transforming "regular" agents into NFT ones

   • NFT Purchasing in a “special” part of the recruitment center in Base

Token Acquisition

Tokens are acquired in a variety of ways.

• Investment/allocation rounds (private & public rounds)

• Purchased on exchanges (date TBD)

• Play & Earn game mechanics

  • Design considerations

    • Actions that grant $CTH tokens (need to have an element of skill/effort *)

    • Categories of behaviors that will be rewarded

      • IAP (i.e. real money) *

        • Purchase of big-ticket items

        • When total dollars reach certain thresholds

      • Retention

        • As part of the daily grant/award retention system (e.g. on the 7th day of consecutive logins and beyond)

      • Virality actions (in-game, Twitter, discord)

        • Email campaign (ala mail chimp)

        • User acquisition: giving credit via referral codes

        • Tweeting to non-players

      • Community building

        • Sharing user-generated level/mission

        • Gifting

      • Multiplayer

        • Winning/placing in tournaments or other special events

        • PvP combat

      • Single-player (game progression)

        • Completing "chapters"

        • Completing bonus goals of certain missions

        • Building base to specific levels

        • Capturing creatures

    • Tracked as part of a broader achievement system (on a centralized server)

    • Actions that can be repeated need to have time-boxed caps

    • Where is the token reward collected? In-game or out-of-game