Friday Development Update: Part 136

zkRace
3 min readApr 12, 2024

Another week has come to an end with the DeRace team continuing the development process to bring new features into the ecosystem in order to elevate the gaming experience. So let’s take a closer look at this week’s achievements!

🔥 NFT burn rates

We are excited to announce the rollout of new NFT burn rates for Sugar Cubes, a key update aimed at enhancing the in-game economic environment of DeRace.

This recalibration introduces a more balanced approach to the Sugar Cube economy, ensuring that rewards are both sustainable and motivating. By adjusting the cost and rewards associated with NFT burning and Sugar Cube utilities, we aim to enhance the overall player experience, encouraging deeper engagement with the game’s economic strategies and asset management.

Our aim was to refine the utility and value of Sugar Cubes. This recalibration helps to promote an active asset management scene within DeRace, encouraging players to use their Sugar Cubes for maximum benefit.

Looking forward, we will continue to monitor the impact of these new burn rates and remain open to making further adjustments to ensure they work as intended.

🎮 Free Trial Mode

This week, we focused intensively on refining the Free Trial Mode, undertaking a complete overhaul to ensure that it delivers a flawless introduction to new users. Our goal is to make the first experience within the DeRace metaverse as welcoming and engaging as possible.

This involves refining every component of the mode, ensuring a seamless introduction to the game flow and making every interaction clear and straightforward for new players. By doing so, we aim to provide an intuitive and captivating entry into the game, instantly engaging potential players and encouraging a deeper exploration of all that DeRace has to offer.

Horse Profile introduction in demo

During this phase, our team is adjusting the visual and functional aspects of the Free Trial Mode. Improvements include speeding up load times for smoother transitions, and simplifying navigation to reduce any potential user frustration. These changes are important as they directly affect user retention and satisfaction, which are key to expanding our player base.

🍬 Sugar Cubes utility expansion

This week, we took a step forward in expanding the utility of Sugar Cubes by releasing a new feature that allows players to purchase Spin-the-Wheel spins.

Priced at 2000 Sugar Cubes, this new option provides players with more ways to use their in-game earned rewards. This expansion is part of our broader strategy to increase the depth and variety of how Sugar Cubes can be utilized.

By offering more options for players to use their Sugar Cubes, we are encouraging active participation. It’s also important to highlight that future Sugar Cubes price tweaks are possible for sustained fairness.

🏆 Equipment races

This week, we’ve finalized the logic behind equipment races, introducing additional rewards to further enrich the DeRace gameplay. This development enhances the races, offering players new opportunities to race with equipment for greater rewards.

By integrating these additional incentives, we aim to stimulate more active and strategic gameplay, encouraging players to engage more deeply with the racing mechanics and their horse’s equipment.

About DeRace

DeRace is a play-to-earn NFT horse racing metaverse where you can participate in horse races, breed NFT horses with unique characteristics, equip them, host races in your own NFT hippodrome and earn rewards while doing it.

DeRace is electrifying the current NFT market by allowing players to fully interact with their DNA-enriched NFT horses and have full control of their own hippodromes.

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