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Project Highlights

• Aurory is a free-to-play, tactical, turn-based Japanese RPG built on Solana. Aurory gameplay is quite similar to Pokémon. The game will revolve around catching and training fictional creatures called "Nefty" and using them to fight other Trainers through 3v3 battles.
• Aurory has a unique and ambitious plan to regularly release new content in the form of seasons. The narrative will develop across several seasons, each with new adventures that unlock new regions, bosses, and valuable rewards. This is a core part of the Aurory team’s long-term plan, and they have already planned for seven seasons.
• Aurory’s ecosystem uses an innovative main token with 2 in-game sub-currencies ($OKA and $TOKE). This strategy allows developers to tailor the game experience and balance the economy based on the engagement of both F2P and Invested players (time and money), whether they want to play casually for fun or more competitively.
• Aurory has an active community of 44k members on Discord and over 189k Twitter followers and constantly interacts with the community through product development updates, Nefties design concepts, Battle mode guides, and answering questions on social media.
• Aurory has successfully raised $108.85M during its token sale (as per Cryptorank.io) from prominent entities including Solana, Alameda Research, and Animoca Brands. Aurory also has two well-known advisors in the crypto Twitter space: Darren Lau and Tristan Yver.
• The Aurory team is composed of many talents with years of experience in both the gaming and cryptocurrency industries, with former experience in studios like Ubisoft (most of them), Gameloft, Electronic Arts, and other reputable entities.
• On August 31st, 10,000 unique Aurorian NFTs were minted sold out in 3 seconds at the price of 1 $SOL (currently trading at a floor price of around 40 $SOL on Magic Eden and Solanart as of June 24th, 2022). This indicates that Aurory is attracting significant interest from retail even before the game is released.
• By generating an effortless-to-use platform for cryptocurrency newcomers, the team intends to engage and educate newcomers in authentic, playful and rewarding methods.
• In PvE, players are taught about crypto, blockchain, NFTs, and more through the engaging adventures of Sam and Helios. In PvP, they learn how to best use their assets and compete for the leaderboard. As a result, blockchain adoption is gradually achieved through the adventures of the Aurorians.

Overview

• Aurory is a free-to-play, tactical, turn-based Japanese RPG built on the Solana blockchain. Players are invited to explore a rich and diverse universe where they will travel across the 2 worlds of Antik and Tokané as they complete quests, discover lost relics, defeat enemies, and compete against other players using collectible creatures called “Nefties"

  ANTIK: a place where prosperity is concentrated in the hands of The Barons (the wealthiest business leaders), plagued with injustice, violence, and desperation for freedom.

  TOKANÉ: a beautiful new world of decentralized power and home to the Nefties—colorful creatures that flourish, living as nature intended.

   

• Role-playing as two heroes of the game - Sam and Helios, players will adventure through seasonal releases of challenges themed around a crisis—an invading enemy wreaking havoc on Tokané, or cataclysmic world events.

  

  Figure 1: Two main heroes of Aurory: Sam and Helios

  SAM - Born in Antik and being a human, he is physically stronger than Helios. He can wield larger weapons, use various tools, and basically do all the heavy lifting. However, he cannot wield magic or teleport like Helios.

  HELIOS - Born in Tokané, he shares many of the magical powers that other Nefties have. He might not be the strongest, but he is very clever and agile. He can climb and use his sharp claws to cut trees and other organic structures. Additionally, he can teleport back to Sam at any moment, making him a key character in solving some puzzles.

???? Aurory gameplay shares some similarities with Pokémon. The game will revolve around catching and training fictional creatures called "Nefty" and using them to fight against other Trainers. Each successive game season builds on this concept by introducing new dungeons with new Nefties, items, and game concepts.

• The Nefties' abilities will also be similar to Pokémon Powers, each with unique skills and weaknesses requiring a degree of tactics and strategy from players.
• Competitive play in Aurory (PvP) is where players around the world fight against each other with their Nefties. Owning Nefties with high stats and special powers can be a popular and effective choice, but winning never reliant on a single factor. 

Gameplay

Aurory will use a turn-based combat system in which two teams fight using three Nefties per team for PvP or 3 vs many for PvE, always on a battleground grid. The goal is to knock out all the Nefties from your opponent’s team.

The game has two main modes - PvE and PvP

• In PvE, players will use Helios and Sam as the main heroes, with the primary goal of recruiting Nefties to join in the mission of fighting the evil and deceitful forces that are destroying the Antik world.

  

  Figure 2: Explore the Aurory Storyline

• In PvP, players will engage in ranked tournaments and friendly duels with other Nefty trainers worldwide. Duels are between two teams and include a draft system which enables players to predict their opponents’ next move and react on time to enhance their chances of winning.

???? Having enough content is crucial to the success of any role-playing game. Aurory has a unique and ambitious plan to regularly release new content in the form of seasons. The narrative will develop across several seasons, each with new adventures that unlock new regions, bosses, and valuable rewards. This is a core part of the Aurory team’s long-term plan, and they have already planned for seven seasons.

Figure 3: Content Development Plan

• Every season, players will receive a “Base package” for free, allowing them to get to know more about the Aurory Universe. The end of each season concludes with a World Championship Event where the best players compete for epic prizes!

Table 1: PvE and PvP mode differences in Aurory

Figure 4: Basic Quest Loop Structure

Players will perform quests given by NPCs, which will progress the storyline and immerse them in the world of Aurory. There are 3 main areas:

• HUB: An interactive “menu” area that allows players to select which dungeons or landmark they would like to visit.

• POINTS OF INTEREST: Players' personal taverns or homes. Players can pick up quests or modify their Nefties/Power Stones here.

• VILLAGES: Here's where to connect with other players, or just chill and hang out. There will also be multiple NPCs offering quests and side-quests in these areas.

  

  Figure 5: Aurorians reunited in Villages

???? By generating an effortless-to-use platform for cryptocurrency newcomers, the project aims to engage and educate newcomers in authentic, playful and rewarding methods. The game is split into a Player-vs-Environment (PvE) single-player mode and a Player-vs-Player multiplayer mode. In PvE, players are taught all about crypto, blockchain, NFTs, and more through an engaging story and educational content about the adventures of Sam and Helios. In PvP, players will learn how to best use their assets and rise to the top of the leaderboard, competing against other players.

Minimizing the impact of botting

Figure 6: Aurory anti-bot mechanism

The Nefties

Nefties are creatures of many species from the world of Tokané and are a core part of the game as they hold exceptional powers. It is up to the players to harness them.

Figure 7: The Nefties

1. How to get Nefties

Nefties can be obtained in both PvE and PvP game modes.

• In PvE, players can find eggs, hatch them using $AURY and get a new Nefty companion! Players can also acquire Nefties from special events or purchase them from the marketplace.
• In PvP, Nefty eggs can be obtained by winning fights.

2. Nefty Attributes

Table 2: Six main attributes of Nefties

SPECIAL RARITIES

GLITCHED: The lowest tier of Nefties with the lowest attribute values, will be “Glitched” and have special quirks that make them unexpectedly useful.

SHIMMERING: Conversely, the exceptionally rare Nefties with the highest ranked attribute values will be designated as “Shimmering,” and players would be wise to proceed with caution when fighting them.

Figure 8: Glitched Bitebit and Shimmering Dipking

3. Nefty Skills

Each Nefty will have three types of skills:

• A basic physical attack skill.
• Three randomly picked skills from a pool unique to its species.
• One “Ultimate” skill unique to its species.

Figure 9: Nefty Basic attack skill

???? While Nefties with top attributes might give players an edge in duels, the game design ensures that skill and strategy will be the deciding factors in winning battles. In addition, the game also contains some interesting burning mechanisms in the Heroes dungeon - the highest difficulty where the losing nefties actually get burned, as well as in the creation of new rare items.

Game Assets & NFTs

While playing the game Aurory, you will have the opportunity to acquire assets that have monetary value and can be exchanged in the market.

Figure 10: The 4 Asset Pillars of $AURY

Table 3: A summary of information regarding four types of Aurory assets.

Figure 11: Aurorian NFT

On August 31st, 10,000 unique Aurorians NFTs were minted and sold out in 3 seconds at the price of 1 $SOL (currently trading at a floor price of around 40 $SOL on Magic Eden and Solanart as of June 24th, 2022).

???? The Aurorian NFT provides a way for players to pledge and signal their early support for the game, much like a Kickstarter producer credit. In return, Aurorian owners get exclusive perks, such as access to private alphas and betas of future game modes. Aurory has a plan for these NFTs to act as 3D evolvable models in future versions of the game.

These NFTs can also be used as collateral to borrow liquidity on Serum DEX. The team also plans to have farming and staking options for the AURY token.

Game Economics & Engagement Model

• Aurory’s economic system is carefully and insightfully designed so that it connects all in-game activity. The game will take a portion of income generated by in-game activities as revenue for the development team; the rest will be put in the treasury as a reserve to reward users through gaming activities.

Figure 12: General Game Ecosystem

???? Inflation is a common issue for blockchain games, as reward tokens often face strong selling pressure after a certain period of time after release. The Aurory team understands this challenge and has come up with an innovative solution.

“Our main goal is to maximize player satisfaction through top-quality gameplay, fair rewards, and deep economic mechanics.”

“We prefer a single main token design because we trust that governance should be done by the people playing the game - i.e., those using the token in the first place. This reinforces our belief that the community is paramount and should be rewarded accordingly with the centric token of our ecosystem.”

                                                                     - *Aurory Manifesto (whitepaper)*

• Aurory’s ecosystem uses an innovative “main token with an in-game sub-currency (OKA and TOKE) balancing system” instead of the common two-token design found in other P2E games in which the token for game currency and rewards is inflationary and the limited supply token is for governance.
• In their most basic form, these sub-currencies behave as an accounting mechanism that allows the distribution of revenues generated by F2P players and invested players can only be found in-game (not as SPL tokens). At the end of each week, both are exchanged for a corresponding amount of $AURY.

Table 4: Invested players vs F2P players in Aurory

Figure 13: Aurory sub-currencies and drop system

???? This strategy allows developers to tailor the game experience to make it balanced based on the engagement of both F2P and Invested players (time and money), regardless of whether they want to play the game for fun as well as more serious players.

The more players invest in Aurory, the more they should be rewarded. But eventually, all players will become Invested Players as they interact more with the game by staking $AURY.

Figure 14: The Flow of $AURY

• Ideally, in the above model, the flow of $AURY is greater than or equal to the flow needed to create a strong economy. As shown above, $AURY has quite a few use cases and is necessary in all game operations, which may result in a balance between Inflow and Outflow as the gameplay is attractive.
• By contrast, the most inflationary assets in the game are Eggs and Nefties. It is expected that, given the initial player base, this will not be an issue anytime soon. However, an inflationary level will eventually be reached when the supply of these assets outpace their demand. This is where the Deflationary Mechanism kicks in.

Table 5: Deflationary / burning mechanisms (Left side of the above Figure)

The Burning Mechanism will play a key role in keeping the game's economy balanced. The above elements are still in beta and subject to change to best suit the game.

The $AURY Token

Figure 14: $AURY token allocation and vesting schedule

Aurory has only one Seed Round for Presale and was unlocked on June 1st with a 24 month linear vesting following the cliff. The unlocking of 100% public sales at TGE, as well as the 6 year vesting on Ecosystem and Staking / P2E awards, strongly indicate the project's long-term ambition.

Backers

• Aurory has successfully secured funding at IDO for $108.85M (Source: Cryptorank.io), and it seems that the seed round information is nowhere to be found publicly on the internet. But Aurory does have some famous backers including Solana, Alamenda Research, Animoca Brands

Figure 16: Aurory IDO Information

Figure 17: Aurory Backers

The Team

The Aurory team is composed of many talents with years of experience in both the gaming and cryptocurrency industries, with former experience in studios like Ubisoft (most of them), Gameloft, Electronic Arts, and other reputable companies. Aurory also has two very well-known KOLs in the crypto space:

• Darren Lau, Founder of the Daily Ape and famous Crypto Twitter influencer
• Tristan Yver (@jackshaftoes) Head of Strategy at FTX.us

Figure 17: Aurory Team

Community

Table 6: Social media statistics of Aurory

• The Aurorian NFT was definitely a successful marketing campaign for the project. 10,000 unique Aurorians NFTs were minted and sold out in 3 seconds. This indicates that Aurory is peaking retail interest even before the game is released. This is a huge feat for an NFT project that has been in development for such a short time, especially outside of the Ethereum ecosystem (Aurory is built on Solana).
• Among other perks, these 10,000 oldest Aurorians will allow you to unlock early game access. With over 44k people already waiting on Discord and over 189k Twitter followers as of writing, it is not hard to see these characters will become highly coveted ahead of the game's official alpha.
• Although it has been approximately 1 year since IDO and the game has just released the PvP Alpha battle mode recently, the project has not stopped updating the community on their progress, the latest images of the game, events like Nefty design contest or battle mode guide for the Alpha, and answering questions in Discord. These are all positive signs that show that they are building and promising to bring out the best quality product for their community of players.