Approaching the one-year mark since its launch by way of cellular app shops, Nine Chronicles‘ developer Planetarium has dropped a improvement replace together with vital gameplay modifications.
Constructing on its preliminary imaginative and prescient of a “community-driven, eternal game world”, Planetarium not too long ago rolled out the Journey Boss & Customized Creation mode as a part of its open-source improvement technique. Because of this, it hopes the Nine Chronicles group will continue to grow and stay engaged within the NCG token ecosystem.
Certainly, the cellular launch of Nine Chronicles, a recreation which was beforehand solely obtainable on PC, was itself an try to extend the consumer base and engagement. And though to some degree profitable, with each the quantity of staked and used NCG tokens rising considerably for the reason that launch, the developer has recognized some essential retention points.
Regardless of efforts to seek out the fitting stability to assist new customers adapt, a majority of gamers nonetheless appear to get caught at World 5 and 6, in what the developer calls “the middle stages”. Customers then depart with out advancing any additional.
Planetarium factors out that the rationale for this sample is “necessary balance adjustments made over the past four years to protect the investments of the long-standing community that has supported Nine Chronicles.”
Now with the primary anniversary lower than a month away, Nine Chronicles is planning a number of occasions and collaborations as a strategy to onboard new gamers. Nevertheless, to retain these gamers long-term, some very important changes may also be launched. These embody letting previous and new customers actively compete with one another, in addition to permitting early gamers to maneuver up, “with the goal of tripling the number of users entering World 8”.
Moreover, amongst a number of the vital modifications are World Boss rewards and the Runes reward system. The crafting slots may also improve, with extra pets which could be summoned utilizing Soulstones additionally being launched. Because the twentieth November anniversary is drawing nearer, extra options shall be unveiled.
For a extra complete listing of updates, learn the official announcement.
