Annual Recap

2025-01-01T07:15:21

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Bye bye

2024

TL;DR

This year was fantastic for Crypto Shots development. Our game received several big updates, including new maps like Mars and Warehouse, more weapons and skins, new game modes, and improved performance. We also added cool features such as shields, medkits, and jump pads to enhance the gameplay. Additionally, we added Metamask and Bitcoin LN support and improved both PvP and PvE experience for all players.
We introduced daily PvP tournaments and three exciting minigames (karts, poker, and chess with automated HIVE tips).
We upgraded our reward system for the PvP version of the game (still in alpha) and worked on many more NFTs that will launch in 2025.
Our community grew strong as we partnered with new sponsors, were nominated for the Blockchain Gaming Awards 2024, and held awesome daily tournaments and giveaways. Crypto Shots was proud to represent Hive at the NFTopia and Web3 Dubai conferences.
Thank you to our amazing players and community for making 2024 a great year! We’re excited to bring you even more fun and updates in 2025 😎

2 of our recent streams:

Best KDR of our last tournament

https://youtu.be/8xUPT8nVrCg

@voxton's passion for gaming

https://youtu.be/L1R3BthLZOc?si=qftqbNpFBmAUmN5L

Updates from the most recent:

_Warehouse

_{Cargo Spaceship}

_Mars

_{3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY}

_{Kill Streak Icons}

_Teleports

_{Firing Range}

_{Secret Roof}

_{Double Frame rate on Brave}

_{New AR skin}

_{Sniper skin}

_{Cargo spaceship remodeling}

_{One of our characters for the game}

_{Discord community}

_{Automated Marketing tests}

_{PvE keycards batches - WIP}

_{New minigame in alpha: HIVE CHESS}

[] Mazer Tournament - 3rd edition (do-over)

[] New format for our DAILY TOURNAMENTS
- Every single day at 3pm UTC: free-to-earn.
Mon-Thu: PvP Shooter. Fri-Sat-Sun: minigames... karts, poker, chess.
Free to join, all win HIVE tips!
- Fri-Sat-Sun at 7pm UTC: full tournament streamed on Twitch!

[] Nomination for Blockchain Gaming Awards 2024

[] Mazer Tournament - 3rd edition - announcement

[] Release of a BIG game update! - check comments for thread

More game variants = more fun! - _{Single Weapon, Single Loadout, Ground Weapons ON/OFF}
New Kill Streak notifications
Firing Range
Roof update
Upgrade to WebGPU and use Brave = double performance!
Various performance optimizations
20+ PvE weapons integrated into PvP!

[] Thread on cargo spaceship upgrades - W.I.P.

[] PvE Time Survival update, PvP UI tweaks

[] PvP Reward Pool tease

[] Our own characters tested in the game - W.I.P.
- older tease

[] Rising Star + Hive Punks giveaways

[] Long Term sponsorship @blockchaingaming / @blockchaingaming + @blockchaingaming

[] Our mission Vs OTG

[] New roles in our discord: cross-chain and minigames

[] Happy 3rd Birthday Crypto Shots team!

[] NFT prep for PvE Mintable Resources - W.I.P.

[] Don't tell anyone - Hive Chess is fully functional and public - it's still in alpha - announcement

[] Another game update!
- Bots settings
- Anti-win-trade
- Maps tweaks and lots of bug fixes

[] Game Big Update!

Pick-uppable Shields and Medkits, on-demand Jump Pads
Team adjustments in Lobby, and much more!

[] Game Big Update!

Spawn shields
Moon map update
Performance optimizations, lots of bug fixes
Lightning tests - W.I.P. -> check them out! 😍

[] Hive NFTs Sneak Peek - coming out in 2025?

[] Legacy and Modern Loadouts
& New Weapon Skins

[] Warehouse map update - improved playability

[] Ranking on our 4 supported blockchains

[] Mars map update - terrain, lights, fog, sounds, etc

[] Auto-marketing test

[] More minigames!
Karts
Poker
HIVE Chess - W.I.P.

[] Tokenomics update - $20,000 staked to generate players' rewards

[] Token Swap added to our marketplace

[] Crypto Shots listed in Hive Keychain games

[] Game Update

Map pre-load, improved teams balancer, enemy steps louder
PvE players notifications for PvP tourneys
Cargo Ship map improvements
Mars map playability improved
Mods tools improved
Various bug fixes and improvements

[] Game Update

PvP default weapons update
Various fixes/improvements: kill-cam, no change team btn, space station team bases re-balanced, sound and visual fixes
Anti-win-trade checks
Jump pads improvements
Weapon icons

[] The NFTopia conference - Crypto shots representing Hive.io
+ @crimsonclad's talk
- schedule

[] Crypto Shots @ web3Dubai ✈️
- @crimsonclad's talk
- announcement

[] Metamask support for Ethereum
- Example

[] Game Update

bots navigation, max players increase
Cargo spaceship map improvements: 26 Teleports (+ 2 secret ones)

[] Mazer Tournament #2
- announcement

[] Cargo Spaceship map launch in PvP

[] Hive 4th anniversary - total rewards issued

[] Game Update

Spawn points, lightning, enemies detection improved

[] 2nd map (warehouse) launched

[] NFTs prep in the background - 2025 launch?

[] Cybergirls design - coming back in 2026!

[] Design team behind the scenes

[] The burn events on the 15th of the month never stopped!

[] tournament announcement back when @beccss @beccss @beccss-zard and @beccss were our streamers 🤠

[] Crypto Shots representing Hive at the NFTopia conference #4

[] First use of staked HBD to generate player rewards

[] NFT prep in the background - 2025?

[] #builtonhive brag

[] Launch of Tournament Sponsors
- sold-out

[] My favorite NFT so far

[] New player bonus = 1 HIVE

_{On-demand jump pads, medkits, shields}

_{New NFT for Hive - 2025?}

_{New spiner skin}

_{Warehouse improvements for playability}

_{Improved lightning on mars}

_{Discord minigame every Friday 3pm EST UTC}

_{New skins for legacy weapons}

_{Our backdrop popup at web3 Dubai - used by strangers for pictures lol}

_{My photos in Dubai}

_{More NFTs for Hive}

_{Crypto Shots - web3 dubai website}

_{Metamask integration}

_{4 chains login: HIVE, WAX, BITCOIN LN, ETH L1 & L2's}

_{Unity Development}

_{First Mazer Tournament}

_{Warehouse map launch}

_{@mickvir having fun in his stream}

_{Cybergirls - new edition in 2026!}

_{Behind the scenes - Design}

_{We purchased space for Hive dapps at the NFTopia}

2023

TL;DR
In 2023 we added a NFT Marketplace and multiple other optimizations. In their PVP version they integrated Hive for their 2nd and 3rd levels, added secret shortcuts, rooms and bridges and in-game loot. Their PVP game had its alpha launch with Hive and Hive Engine rewards, added more game modes, token support and more. They continue to hold regular tournaments.