Wimbledon Stars Lead ‘Flappy Racquet’ Telegram Game Ahead of SCOR Token Launch
Scor on Candy, a Telegram mini-app ecosystem, has launched a clone of the traditional cellular sport Flappy Hen—however this time with a tennis twist, that includes stars of the real-world sport. Flappy Racquet arrives as the game’s most prestigious Grand Slam event, Wimbledon, is simply stepping into full swing.
The sport seems easy: faucet on the display screen to hit tennis balls away and keep away from drones as your character flies by way of the sky. Miss a ball, and your progress is reset.
High gamers will probably be rewarded by being airdropped their favourite professional athletes as playable characters, all with distinctive boosts, minted as NFTs on The Open Community. The gamers may even be offered within the app, though Candy didn’t verify how a lot every one will value.
By a licensing partnership with Winners Alliance, Candy stated, the sport is ready to incorporate the likes of Nick Kyrgios, Aryna Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka, and extra.
Nick Kyrgios in Flappy Racquet. Picture: Candy.
“From day one, utilizing a professional athlete offers gamers an edge. Particularly, elevated gem earnings per match,” Tom Mizzone, CEO of Candy, instructed Decrypt. “We’ll quickly reveal distinctive in-game ‘tremendous powers’ for every athlete, like momentary invincibility from birds, drones, and different in-game hazards.”
On prime of being airdropped NFTs, the highest gamers may even earn “gems” throughout the Scor on Candy ecosystem. As soon as the SCOR token era occasion takes place on TON, gamers will have the ability to convert these gems into SCOR tokens.
Scor on Candy can be house to 3 different sport-related mini-games: a basketball Doodle Bounce clone known as Sky Slam, a soccer House Invaders-like mini-game known as Glove Hero, and an ice hockey model of Snake known as Ice Snake.
The discharge of Flappy Racquet is available in the identical week as Wimbledon rallies into motion in London. Predictors on Myriad Markets consider that Carlos Alcaraz is 41.8% prone to win the boys’s singles title, down from 47% after a tense victory for the Spaniard on day one.
(Disclaimer: Myriad Markets is a product of DASTAN, the dad or mum firm of an editorially unbiased Decrypt).
Telegram gaming was all the trend final yr, with tap-to-earn titles amassing big participant bases whereas promising fruitful airdrops to their customers.
The Flappy Hen Basis, the entity that acquired the smash cellular sport’s trademark, launched a Telegram mini-game final yr, in collaboration with Notcoin—the unique crypto Telegram faucet=to-earn sport. However the sport closed down in spring, with no signal of its deliberate token launch.
However in June, the Flappy Hen Basis reconfirmed that it has plans on this planet of crypto, however didn’t provide any particulars concerning the brand new sport or a possible token.
Essentially the most profitable Telegram sport was Hamster Kombat, which amassed over 300 million gamers that furiously tapped their screens in hopes of a future airdrop. Nonetheless, many gamers had been disillusioned by the “mud” they acquired within the airdrop, following months of grinding for a token bounty.
Since then, the Telegram gaming scene has fallen when it comes to thoughts share as prime video games fail to maintain gamers engaged, and their tokens plummet in worth after launch.
“It nonetheless represents a big, energetic consumer base that’s deeply acquainted with blockchain, gaming, and token economies,” Mizzone instructed Decrypt. “Numerous early tasks might have missed the mark, whether or not because of lack of product depth, the incorrect group, or short-term considering.”
He believes that Scor on Candy received’t fall sufferer to the identical destiny, as a result of it has developed a long-term plan to reward gamers. Plus, its integration of notable tennis stars into the sport, Mizzone stated, is opening the door for a brand new means for followers of the game to have interaction with their favourite gamers.
Nonetheless, regardless of all of Telegram’s strengths, the venture is eyeing a transfer past the cellular superapp.
“Whereas Telegram is a powerful on-ramp, it’s simply the start line,” Mizzone completed. “The Scor on Candy ecosystem will lengthen throughout cellular, internet, and built-in messaging platforms, reaching players and followers wherever they’re.”
Edited by Andrew Hayward
