In this twelfth update of our Level 1 Alpha Game Development, we have some exciting news to share. Hangry Animals has teamed up with two major tech leaders - SKALE Blockchain and Aura Exchange. Our alliance with SKALE Blockchain promises to introduce a multitude of innovative web3 features for our gaming audience, enhancing user interaction and improving gameplay experiences. SKALES gasless chains sFuel token is both impressive and doubly secure for transaction immutability. We do a deep dive on these aspects further down in this newsletter.

Similarly, joining hands with Aura Exchange marks another important milestone in broadening our horizons and intensifying community engagement. These partnerships align with our mission to offer a unique and technologically advanced platform to our users. We're extremely enthusiastic about the potential these partnerships bring to Hangry Animals' future. Expect more updates soon!

Aura will be hosting our main mint in a few weeks time. We want to support projects and experiences where the communities benefit most. $AURA, $HANGRY, $SKL it's going to be lit!

In this update, we're also excited to introduce a new addition to our team - Oliver Britland. Bringing a wealth of experience in game development, Oliver's expertise in game art will be instrumental in refining the look and feel of the demo level and overall user experience. It's already looking lit with his contribution.

Additional to our growing Hangry Fam, we're preparing for the World Blockchain Summit in Dubai, scheduled for 22-23rd April. This event offers an excellent opportunity for us to network with other industry leaders, discuss future trends, and explore potential collaborations and investment into our ecosystem.

We've got some merch to prep for the event as well as a short print run of Comics to showcase the depth of thought into all things Hangry Lore related. We say this a lot, but we truly are only now getting started!

We'll be blogging and sharing our experiences at the event on our socials and live streaming some interviews with some awesome projects such as our good friends over at OBS World and many more. Dubai has become a hotbed of talent and industry advocates over the past few years, and we can't wait to breath it all in and showcase our good work to the world and the global stage.

Last but not least, we are making significant strides towards our public mint. Our team is working tirelessly to ensure an efficient and smooth process that will enhance your gaming experience and allow plenty of time for those in early to benefit from the rarities hidden inside these early mints. That's not to say, some pretty crazy rare 1/1's will still be scattered across the entirety of the 5555, there's just an increased chance those minting earlier will have a higher opportunity to bag a super dope key character from the collection. That has a significant implication for those who posses these rarities... We are giving a one off royalty to those in possession of characters we later vote upon to utilise in our storylines for the Comics, and potentially the animated series. Stay tuned for more updates on these exciting developments!

Moving onto our Level 1 demo progress, we are proud to announce that we're entering the next stages of texturing and playtesting. The dedicated team has been adding immersive sound effects, resolving UI issues, and finalizing other critical aspects of the game such as loot, item pickups and the point system allocations to each of these food and crystal pickups. Once these phases are complete, we plan to grant access to CHET pass holders for an exclusive round of gameplay. Your feedback will be invaluable as it provides us an opportunity to spot any overlooked flaws and make necessary improvements. We anticipate this phase to commence in about a month's time. Indeed, it's an exciting time for Hangry Animals, and your continued support fuels our mission to create a phenomenal gaming experience.

Neil our resident 3D artist guru is mid way through modelling Bryland or (Brian) as we may call him in the future! Brian is a seriously chunky Grizzly Bear/Dad bod dude, and we can't wait for you to discover him in the game demo to play as the gentle beast he is. Swiping those enemies with his huge claws, he's going to bring an extra dimension to hand to claw combat for sure. Sneak peek anyone?

Let's look at L2 Blockchains and their ability to reduce strain on L1's with benefits to everyone:
The integration of Layer 2 blockchains, like SKALE, into the gaming realm brings a battery of benefits that could significantly accelerate mass adoption of web3 and blockchain games. Firstly, L2 blockchains offer scalability solutions by processing transactions off-chain, thereby freeing up space on the primary (L1) blockchain. This results in faster transaction times and lower fees, making gameplay smoother and more affordable for users. Secondly, L2 blockchains also enhance security, as they inherit the underlying security properties of the L1 chain, while adding an additional layer of protection through their own consensus mechanisms. Lastly, these blockchains facilitate interoperability - the ability to interact and exchange information between different blockchain systems. This means gamers can seamlessly move assets around various ecosystems, enhancing game playability, fostering better community engagement, and ultimately driving mass adoption of blockchain-powered games. SKALES additional layer of security and peace of mind is bolstered by it's sFuel token. Utilising this token ensures that transactions have a trusted point of origin as only those vetted and onboarded onto the blockchain can utilise sFuel for their own ecosystems transactional signatory exchanges on chain. SKALE has it all, and it's a huge reason why we have been holding our breath to share this news and communicate our gratitude for the teams continued support in what we feel is THE way to push this industry forward by putting the user experience at the heart of it.

Yes, we've been thinking long and hard about this. The misconception of lack of volume on SKALE is silly. Check out https://skale.space/stats and you'll see a different story. We will be rolling out a complimentary collection of the other 50% of our genesis mint on SKALE once we've got all of our ducks in a row. This may also mean the ability for holders to bridge their original genesis 5555 Hangry over to SKALE in the future too! I mean, who wouldn't want to have their entire collection, earnings, tokens, props and in game assets all available on a gasless chain and start earning $TARBAL for the privilege. SKALES IMA bridge has you covered here: https://skale.space/blog/skale-ima-bridge-faq

Thank you for reading and we hope you're as doubly frothy as we are for what's to come next. #stayHangry

We have a test of Merch out there on our store. This is the first batch of released items that have been co created between our resident artists and the community members themselves via Discord.

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