After receiving seed round financing from Binance Labs and others, what is the origin of chain game developer GOMBLE?
On April 20, Binance Labs announced that it has committed to invest in the seed round of blockchain-based Korean casual game developer GOMBLE. In addition to Binance Labs, Animoca Brands, Polygon, Aptos, Spartan, Shima capital, and Crit Ventures also participated in this round of financing for GOMBLE. Why can the chain game developer launched by this traditional game company win the favor of encrypted capital?
GOMBLE's parent company is 111 Percent, a well-known small game developer in South Korea. Its representative games include Random Dice: GO, RandomDice: Defense, BBtan series, etc. According to data from Apptopia, an application analysis platform, in the past 30 days, the download volume of 111 Percent's games exceeded 1 million. Jihoon Byun, the former COO of 111 Percent, serves as the CEO of GOMBLE, and other core members have extensive experience in companies such as Google, Kakao Brain, and SK Telecom.
According to the official introduction, Rumby Stars, a 3A-level social game launched by GOMBLE, mainly solves the following problems faced by current Web3 games: (1) Most games use NFT assets as a hard condition for participation, resulting in high entry barriers; (2) The difficulty of the game is too high, which discourages players who pursue leisure and entertainment; (3) Players with good equipment and items may bring an unfair competitive environment to new users.
In view of the above problems, Rumby Stars aims to create a casual game suitable for all ages and skill levels, while reducing the high threshold brought by paid games, while providing players with an immersive gaming experience, breaking the widespread application of Web3 obstacles. As an ultimate multiplayer strategy casual arcade game that requires teamwork in 4v4 matches, Rumby Stars consists of three aspects, namely Rumby NFT, Rumby Game and Web3 Components (components).
Rumby NFT can provide special membership. Each NFT has different attributes based on its own rarity and type (WonderLand, Spooky Land, Paradise, Treasure Planet, Restricted-X), but the basic skills are the same. Players can NFT Market to purchase or upgrade.
Rumby Game contains a variety of PVP games. After participating in the game, players who hold NFT need to win two rounds of random three types of games to get millions of possible combinations of Rumby NFT, parts and items. Of course Each game mode has a unique way to win. Rumby tournaments allow users to team up to compete and earn governance tokens $CRT in the rewards system, which can be used to purchase NFTs, tournament passes, and in-game items.
Web3 Components has no threshold requirements and allows players to participate for free without holding NFT. Players will have the opportunity to win Rumby NFT and special skins in the game in the future. The specific game type has not yet been officially announced.
In addition, according to the official roadmap, GOMBLE has completed the development of more than ten games, and this year will start the soft launch of Rumby Stars, competitions, private equity financing, white paper release, Rumby NFT casting and NFT market public beta, etc. After obtaining the seed round of financing, GOMBLE will use the funds to develop and distribute its first mobile game "Rumby Stars", which is scheduled to be released in the Southeast Asian market in the second quarter of this year, and will continue to use the Game as a Service (GaaS) model Expand its gaming platform.
"Different from existing chain games that focus on hardcore games, GOMBLE aims to target the global market with easy and fun casual games that even non-professional gamers can participate in. Starting with "RumbyStars", GOMBLE will strive to provide Provide users with an enjoyable experience and provide more diverse games in the future," said Jihoon Byun.
