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Kryptomon — Bringing Crypto to the Masses

“We are thrilled to partner with Kryptomon to enable seamless and secure $KMON onramps for billions of gamers, globally”, — said Ari Last, VP Business Development at Simplex.

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August 25, 2021

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Kryptomon — Egg Lottery Winners

We saw an overwhelming amount of support from our trainers. Just under 20,000 trainers participated in the lottery.

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August 26, 2021

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Kryptomon — Staking your $KMON

Staking $KMON rewards participants with tickets. The more $KMON you stake,the more tickets you earn. the more tickets you have, higher your chances of actually winning an egg.

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September 6, 2021

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Kryptomon — The Lore Challenge

Discover the Kryptomon story… if you can 👀 Though the storyline has taken a backseat so far, all of that changes today!

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September 15, 2021

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Kryptomon — Koa’s Log #6

That pink glow is the biggest breakthrough we’ve had these 2 months since our Kryptomons hatched, and it might be my best chance in getting Embie back.

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09 DEC 2021

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Kryptomon — Koa’s Log #6

It’s the pink glow! That pink glow is the biggest breakthrough we’ve had these 2 months since our Kryptomons hatched, and it might be my best chance in getting Embie back.

I’m getting ahead of myself though. To understand it all, we’ll first have to take a trip down memory lane, back to when the lab first burnt down…

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The Aftermath

Embie is gone and it feels like a part of me went along with it. Like something is… disconnected.

We sent out search parties the night the lab burned down, looking to find all the missing Kryptomon but to no avail. Hours turned into days and our initial worry for the baby Kryptomons became overshadowed by the wider implications of what this could mean for society. They’re just babies after all, they don’t know how dangerous the world and people can be! Throw into the mix their ability to manipulate the elements and I shudder to think what havoc could be wrecked if they were to fall into the wrong hands.

Finding them before that happens is priority number one. The only question now is… how? There’s still so much we don’t know about Kryptomons, who’s to say they didn’t literally disappear into thin air?

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The Pink Serum

We had Lapis to thank for the first clue, as it was in the wreckage of the lab that I first came across the pink liquid. Without Lapis being on site to put out the fires Embie and the other Kryptomon caused, we might never have discovered what we’ve now coined as the Pink Serum.

It’s odd, this pink serum. Traces of pink light could be found on the lab equipment when we searched through the wreckage the next day. To be more precise, there was a pinkish sheen that covered some of the machines that survived the fire, but it wasn’t until I saw it dripping down the side of our faithful cryptographic supercomputer that I recognized it for what it was.

A superfluid existing in regular room-temperatures under ambient conditions. The phenomenon was not unheard of, as the researchers at CNR NANOTECH Institute of Nanotechnology in Italy and the Polytechnique Montréal in Canada recently proved. While the technology to create liquid light (as it is more commonly known as) exists, we’re still years away from this pink light that seemingly condenses naturally into liquid form and back.

This was fascinating, but not something that would help us in our search for the missing Kryptomon. Instead of wondering why the pink light could naturally display the properties of a superfluid, trying to figure out what connection it had with the fire or our Kryptomons disappearing would be a better use of our time. It wasn’t until 2 days ago that we realized just how important this pink light would be in our search, and how it might potentially prevent the past from repeating itself.

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Pink Moonlight

By all accounts it was a relatively normal day. Ever since we discovered the pink serum, the team have set up “collection basins” around the lab in hopes that more of this pink light could be collected. It never did though, and what pink light we did have from the day of the fire couldn’t fill a single test tube.

I remember first hearing a whoop of excitement from Eva. Her face flush from the cold, she burst into the lab with enough aplomb to shock all of us from our research.

“It’s the moon!” she exclaimed, holding up a phial that was glowing a distinctive pink. “The moon is the source of the pink light!”

As if rehearsed, everyone swivelled to look out the window of the lab, to catch a glimpse of the collection basins we placed outside the lab. There was a moment of silence as we took in the sight of the basin glowing pink before the lab burst into a hive of frenzied activity.

I burst out of my seat and started dragging the indoor collection basins out into the moonlight and soon everyone followed suit. In hindsight, you could say I was the cause of it all, as the Kryptomons might have been safe if they remained indoors.

Working together, the collection basins were dragged outdoors and they began to slowly turn pink as they soaked up the moonlight. Something was finally going our way! That is… until the eclipse occurred.

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The Eclipse

There we all were, gathered out in the courtyard with our Kryptomons in tow when a darkness begin to creep up. I definitively remember looking up and seeing the sun eclipse the moon, cutting off the moonlight we so desperately needed.

Then they changed. The Kryptomons began to warp and cry out, their faces and bodies draining of color. And I don’t mean this in the traditional English saying where someone turns pale when caught telling a lie. No, the Kryptomons were literally being drained of color, their bright colorful bodies slowly fading into a pale grey.

They screamed, shuddering in what seemed like great pain. They snapped at anyone who tried to come close and Spark, Professor Wang’s Electro Kryptomon even sent out tendrils of electricity that shocked away other Kryptomon. This set off a chain reaction that soon saw the beginnings of a fire, the crackling of electricity, the icy cold chill of frost…

This must have been how the lab fire started.

For a few terrible moments, I was reminded that despite their cute, cuddly exteriors, these Kryptomon were dangerous. They’re just babies for now, but who’s to say they don’t grow larger and stronger in time? That they don’t lose control of the elemental powers they wield? The damage an army of 10,000 Kryptomons could cause was astronomical.

Then as quickly as it had come, the eclipse passed and the darkness receded. The Kryptomons fell to the floor and lay unmoving as I thanked my lucky stars a full out battle didn’t break out.

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A Clue!

It’s been two days since then and the Kryptomons are back to their normal jolly selves. It’s not all sunshine and roses though. Everyone is… on edge after that night and the little flinches when a Kryptomon runs cheerfully through the lab speaks volumes to the fact that I wasn’t the only one who realized how dangerous our Kryptomons can be.

In other news, the research is back in full swing and the basins did manage to collect enough pink serum to fill 4 vials. There’s still much we don’t know about the Kryptomons, but if the events on the night of the eclipse were any indication, we can now surmise that this pink light helps prevent whatever it was that happened that night. The goal now is to figure out exactly what this pink light is.

We’ve also received reports of strange flashes occurring in the Kielder Forests. Strange flashes… and fires. My heart leaps to my throat every time I think it might be Embie. He’s lost, lonely and scared in the woods, never mind what might have happened to him because of the eclipse. I’d be on a train right now if Eva hadn’t volunteered to go in my place but she’s right. Out in the woods alone with what is potentially a wild Kryptomon is no place for a scientist.

Eva has Lapis with her for protection, and I’ve given her 3 vials of the pink serum for emergencies. It all rests on her now…

Carter Mah

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Kryptomon — Marketplace Launch

In this article however, we’ll be diving into another feature that I’m sure all of you are just as excited about— Our very own Kryptomon Marketplace!

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11 DEC 2021

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Kryptomon — Marketplace Launch

Hello trainers, welcome back to the wonderful world of Kryptomon. With the game launch right around the corner (13th of December 2021), we’re sure you’re all eager for more details and sneak peeks into what exciting adventures await you. Fortunately for you, there’ll be an AMA session on the day itself for you to throw any questions you might have Umberto’s way!

In this article however, we’ll be diving into another feature that I’m sure all of you are just as excited about— Our very own Kryptomon Marketplace!

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The Kryptomon Central Hub

A long long time ago (September 2021 seems so long ago now…), we released official word that our very own marketplace was in the works. With major kudos to our amazing CTO Chris, Version 1 of the marketplace is finally ready to be released to the general public!

Though the reasoning behind why we needed our own marketplace has not changed since then, we’ve had to adapt and re-prioritize the features we initially set out to build based on the feedback we received from the community. So! Which features made the cut for Version 1 and which are coming soon?

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Marketplace Features

Buy and Sell with KMON and BNB

The marketplace will allow trades in both KMON and BNB. In the future, we might consider rolling out support for trading in more cryptocurrencies but the main marketplace currency will always be KMON.

In an effort to make the Kryptomon Marketplace the best place (a true central hub) for all things Kryptomon, the transaction fee for trades conducted on our marketplace will be set at 4% for all trades conducted in BNB. Given that many major NFT marketplaces today charge a flat 5% fee for all trades (even our partners tofuNFT and Mochi do this), why wouldn’t you choose to buy, trade and sell your Kryptomons on the Kryptomon marketplace?

If that wasn’t enough, to encourage the use of KMON (more use cases for KMON!), trades conducted in KMON will receive a discount on transaction fees and see only 3.65% being charged! Why pay more when you don’t have to? 😉

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Search And Bid On Kryptomons 🔍

At the moment on our partner marketplaces, the only eggs you see are those that other trainers have made available for sale. But what if you’re looking for a very specific combination of physical and elemental genes and can’t find it on the market?

With the Kryptomon marketplace, we wanted to make it such that trainers could easily find any Kryptomon/Kryptomon egg, even if it wasn’t available for sale! Featuring 27 different filters and the ability to search for a Kryptomon directly with its ID, the new marketplace gives trainers the ability to do exactly that.

I… WANT… FILTERS!!!!

In addition, trainers will now be able to place a bid on the Kryptomon they have their eye on, regardless of if the owner had put it up for sale. It’ll still of course, be up to the owners to decide if they want to accept or reject your bid, but this at least means you no longer have to type in your buy message on the main Telegram channel and hope that the owner sees your message.

Note that being able to search for all Kryptomons using specific filters and see if they’re available for sale also gives the ability for interested breeders and traders to quickly determine where there might be an oversupply of a particular type of Kryptomon, or where there is low supply but high demand. 😉 This will act as a signal for breeders to determine what type of Kryptomons they should breed and sell.

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Find only Kryptomons that are for sale 💰

If you’re in a hurry and didn’t want to go through the nerve wrecking ups and downs of placing a bid on a Kryptomon, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered too! Simply hit this nifty little switch on the top right hand corner of the screen and the marketplace will now only show you Kryptomons that have been put up for sale!

Convenient isn’t it?

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Did someone say… loot boxes?

Loot boxes are now available for sale on the marketplace! Trainers looking to buy them however, should be aware of 2 key points:

1) Loot boxes will not be viewable or useable until the game launches
While your wallet has stored the information that you own loot boxes, the ability to see and unlock them for the goodies they contain will only come on the 13th of December 2021 when the game launches!

2) Loot boxes cannot be traded or sold
Trainers will always have the ability to purchase loot boxes via the Kryptomon marketplace, so there is no resell value in holding loot boxes. They are meant solely as a means of acquiring the necessary items to properly take care of your Kryptomons.

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真的吗?!?! 🚀

That’s right! Chinese and Spanish Kryptomon trainers will soon be able to view the marketplace in your native languages as the team are hard at work on a Chinese and Spanish translation for the marketplace even now.

Though this functionality won’t be available at launch, it’s definitely in the cards and will be something that comes sooner rather than later.

Coming soon!

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Transfer For Free 🎉

A large barrier to entry was the inability to transfer Kryptomons between wallets. Let’s assume that you’ve convinced a friend to give Kryptomon a go and you’d like to give him one of your Kryptomons to start him off.

Previously the only way of doing this was for you to sell him your Kryptomon on one of our partner marketplaces for a high price (so that no one else snaps it up immediately) and then return to your friend the funds used to “buy” your Kryptomon. Not only did you have to pay gas fees for 2 separate transactions, you also paid a fee to the marketplace for buying an egg.

To curb this, egg transfers between friends or people you trust will be free while using the Kryptomon market. You’ll still have to pay gas fees once (since those go to the BSC and isn’t something we can control) but it’ll be a much more streamlined process compared to what it was before.

Simply head on over to the My Assets tab to find all the Kryptomons you own. Hit the “Transfer” button on the Kryptomon you’d like to give to your friend and know that you’ve done your good deed for the day in bringing one more trainer to the Kryptomon family.

Did we also mention that we don’t charge to list your Kryptomons for sale and for cancelling those listings? You can do those for free! (besides gas fees of course)

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BSC Issues

As most of you are no doubt aware, the BSC has been congested as of late. This has in turn caused Subgraph, the blockchain indexing tool of choice for all NFT marketplaces (including us) to suffer delays of up to 50 minutes.

What does this mean for users?

Trainers can still initiate and complete transactions (eg: buy, sell, bid or transfer Kryptomons). However, the delay in indexing blockchain data means that the marketplace won’t know this has happened until much later.

To reiterate, the Kryptomon that you’ve just attempted to buy has been bought successfully! It’s sitting safe in your wallet waiting for you, though it won’t appear on your My Assets tab until some time has passed.

Unfortunately, this isn’t something that we can control and is a problem suffered by many projects across the BSC. At time of writing, the indexing delay is up to 34 minutes and we’ve included a banner on the top of the marketplace to keep trainers updated.

34 minute indexing delay!

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The Show Must Go On!

Despite the congestion issues with the BSC, we’ve decided to proceed with the launch of the Kryptomon marketplace as planned. We simply ask that trainers be aware of the indexing issues and to stay patient after initiating a transaction.

This marks an important step forward for all of us in the Kryptomon family. As detailed in this article, we’re now in control of our own fate. Not only can we focus on building out features that will best benefit our community, the funds received from the transaction fees will be put to use in order to further improve Kryptomon!

As usual, let us know your thoughts and feedback on the new marketplace on our social media channels. What is the ONE feature you think we should focus on next that would have a huge impact on the marketplace?

See you in game, fellow trainer. (Only 3 more days!)

PS: A huge shoutout to the small team of beta-testers that have been hard at work testing the different features over the past week!

Carter Mah

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KRYPTOMON VERSION 1

Kryptomon — Version 1 Begins

Hello trainers, welcome back to the wonderful world of Kryptomon.

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13 DEC 2021

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Kryptomon — Version 1 Begins

Hello trainers, welcome back to the wonderful world of Kryptomon.

As I begin penning (typing really…) down this article, I can’t help but reminisce at how far we’ve come since our humble beginnings more than 8 months ago. In the first ever Kryptomon Medium post on the 11th of April 2021, a small team of Pokemon lovers had just sat down together to dream up what would eventually become Kryptomon.

With the launch of Version 1 today, this marks the most significant milestone the Kryptomon team and community have achieved since then. There have been ups and downs in this journey, celebrations of success and more failures than we can count, but by gods we pushed past all of it to make today a reality.

For trainers who are mostly excited about the new Caring mechanism that’s been released with V1, feel free to skip past this first section and head down to “Version 1 — Caring for your Kryptomon”. For the OG trainers though, the ones who’ve been with us since the very beginning, this first section is a trip down memory lane for you.

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It all began with a simple egg

All the memories

Remember the first eggs? We were a much smaller team back then, with nothing but our passion for the Kryptomon dream keeping us going. We had no assets, no lore and no advisors to help guide us through the wild west that is the crypto space. Never mind the support of a AAA game studio, back then we didn’t even have a Telegram group!

Fast forward 8 months and it’s a wondrous feeling to see how the Kryptomon team and family have grown. 🔥 We now produce different assets and images that you see on our social media channels on a daily basis, have an entire team of people working behind the scenes to help Professor Koa uncover the mysteries of where Kryptomons came from… Heck, the team has grown so large that we now have to do separate team standups to make sure everyone’s kept in the loop!

Our board of advisors has also grown! Having seen Kryptomon’s potential to be a game changer in the crypto gaming space, we now boast of several high profile advisors who have a wealth of experience across various fields that we can draw from. Among them are the ex CTO of Sony Playstation and the ex Director of Pokerstars!

And that’s barely scratching the many achievements we’ve made in just 8 months! Our very own Kryptomon marketplace, the capability to directly buy KMON with fiat via the Simplex integration, a content partnership with IGN… the list goes on.

From the first sketches of Kryptomon to thousands of procedurally generated pets ready to battle by your side!

The biggest change however, is the Kryptomon community, the Kryptomon family. We’re now 93,000 strong on Telegram, 110k on Twitter and so much more on the various other social media channels. Many of you have done so much for Kryptomon, from offering feedback to taking the time to beta test new features before we release them to the public. Listing all the contributions would require an entire article on its own so I won’t try to do that here, but thank you. It isn’t a stretch to say that without all of you, the Kryptomon team wouldn’t be where we are today. 💓

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Version 1 — Caring for your Kryptomon

Are you ready to take your second step in becoming the greatest Kryptomon trainer of all time? In October you hatched and met your Kryptomon partners for the first time and the time has finally come to start… taking care of them! They’re just babies after all!

With great power comes great responsibility. Though your Kryptomon partners will some day grow into elemental powerhouses capable of calling down lightning to level mountains, right now they need us to bring out all of that hidden potential within them. Being a trainer is more than just calling out attacks in the heat of battle after all!

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The Care Mechanism

Every Kryptomon is unique and there are plenty of things to discover about them, just like how you would a real pet! They have likes and dislikes, varying levels of resistance to disease and will get hungry over time if you don’t feed them! It’ll be up to you to make sure they’re well taken care of and kept in the pink of health. Be warned, failure to do so will see them fall into a deep, deep sleep — frozen for the rest of time in the Kryptomon’s version of death.

We’ve previously covered the individual care mechanics in great detail in a separate article so we won’t repeat that here. For more information on how you can take care of your Kryptomons and the benefits of doing so, check out our Whitepaper 2.0 which outlines the various features that have been implemented!

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Game Launch FAQ

The game has been released, why can’t I play?

Both as a reward to our stalwart community who have supported us through thick and thin, and also as a safety measure from a technical perspective, we’ve decided to only allow trainers who hold at least 1 Kryptomon NFT by 11.59pm UTC on the 12th of December 2021 to access the game.

If you weren’t one of them, don’t worry! Each trainer allowed access to the game will also receive an additional invite pass which will allow them to invite one friend of their choice to the game. So… start some conversations on the Telegram group! Make some friends! Who knows? That person you’re chatting to might offer you both an invite to the game and also become a lifelong friend you might otherwise never have met!

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Closing Thoughts

In a mere 8 months, the Kryptomon family has grown from a team of starry eyed gaming enthusiasts to a community that now numbers in the hundred thousands. From struggling to create our own graphics, we’ve now just launched a fully functioning Version 1 of the game! And we’re just getting started!

With Version 1.1 of the game, our very own Kryptomon debit card, a Kryptomon comic, the ability to buy Kryptomon NFTs directly via your credit card and plenty more in the works, make sure you keep watching this space while you feed and train your Kryptomon partners.

The world tournaments and battles to save the world against the evil forces of darkness will come in time, but for now your cute little partners need a little love, some food and lots of training to bring out all of the hidden potential inside them. As an added bonus for being one of the first few players to ever begin training your Kryptomon, you’ll have that competitive advantage over newer players when battles do begin!

See you in game trainers.

Carter Mah

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Kryptomon — Koa’s Log #7

“FOUR… THREE…TWO…ONE!”, the crowd chanted in sync as all eyes turned towards the projection of a clock high above the night sky. “HAPPY NEW YEAR!”

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Kryptomon — Koa’s Log #7

Money Problems

“FOUR… THREE…TWO…ONE!”, the crowd chanted in sync as all eyes turned towards the projection of a clock high above the night sky.

“HAPPY NEW YEAR!”

Whoops of excitement and the clink of glasses filled the opulent ballroom, the crowd toasting the new year with bottles of champagne. But a normal crowd this was not, a difference I felt all too keenly as soon as Eva and I arrived at the Keystone Bank’s new year celebration.

Those glasses of champagne being handed out? The waiters were sure to remind everyone how all 50 bottles were sponsored by one of the guests, a generous donation at $10,000 a bottle. A Rolex or three, the collection of sports cars with names I can’t pronounce lining the driveway and it was clear that this was a party for members of society who regularly came into contact with the upper echelons of the Keystone Bank.

Eva looked amazing, dressed up in a red dress that really brought out the color of her eyes. No stranger to the trappings of high society, Eva blended in like a fish in water, fielding questions and somehow keeping me from saying anything stupid the whole night.

“Just smile and think about the grant we need. I don’t like this any more than you do but you need to find Embie and the lab could desperately use an upgrade, so suck it up!” I remember her mouthing to me without ever losing that megawatt smile that seemed permanently affixed to her face.

“Hey you’re the one that wanted to play James Bond and come tonight!” I fired back.

“It’s not like we had any better leads. The bank started pulling our funding and this was our only chance at finding out why. So smile, start mingling and maybe someone in this crowd will be able to explain why we’ve lost more than 40% of the grant.”

I sighed. She was right of course, but there was just something about the pretentiousness of it all, the dagger hiding behind every smile that made me wish I was back at the lab and working on the pink serum. But Embie’s been missing for over two months now and if this party is what it took to get me closer to solving the pink serum and finding Embie, then that’s what I’ll do.

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Three…excruciating… hours later, we had our answer.

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A Plan of Attack

“It’s just not possible!” Eva exclaimed hotly, stuffing three French fries into her mouth at the same time, all semblance of the social butterfly that brushed shoulders with society’s finest nary an hour ago completely gone. “There were no reported hatchings of Kryptomon before us, so how could they have progressed so far, so quickly?”

“It’s not impossible,” I replied, “and keep your voice down!”. The McDonalds was packed with children running amok and a few tired looking parents taking a break at nearby tables. Not that I expected any of them to be secret spies attempting to listen in on our conversation, but in the world of Kryptomon research with stakes as high as ours, one can never be too sure.

“It’s possible that they had a better team and were better equipped. We lost most of the lab when the fire happened and research has slowed because of it.” I continued.

“But man-made serum?” Eva interjected. “We don’t even understand what the pink serum is, never mind being able to reproduce it on a consistent basis!”

I paused, my retort about Diabaté’s team simply being better funded dying in my throat. Unless the Kryptomons had hatched for Diabaté before they did for us, it was… unlikely that anyone could have discovered the pink moon serum and devised a method of creating it so quickly.

“There’s only one way to find out” Eva said with finality. Crossing her arms and leaning back in her seat, “we’ve got to go see for ourselves how this Diabaté’s managed to do it.”

I sighed, knowing it would have come to this eventually. As incredulous as it sounded, corporate espionage was part of the game we played when we stepped into the role of Kryptomon researchers.

“To Africa then?” I asked, leaning back in my own seat while meeting her already grinning eyes.

“To Africa we go”.

Carter Mah

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Dev Log #8 | Behind the Creation of PvE Story Challenge

Today marks the release of the highly anticipated Krypotmon's PvE Story Challenge game mode and we are beyond excited for you to dive in and explore it.

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Dev Log #8 | Behind the Creation of PvE Story Challenge

Today marks the release of the highly anticipated Krypotmon’s PvE Story Challenge game mode and we are beyond excited for you to dive in and explore it. To gain insight into the development of this mode, we spoke with Brian, our Chief Product Officer and SVP of Game Development, who was a key player in bringing it to life. Sit back, relax and enjoy the secrets behind the creation of PvE Story Challenge.

Introduction

Hi Everyone — Brian aka Hack1ge here again! Unless you have been spending too much time at the pub drowning your sorrows in Kogaean Ale — you likely know I am the Chief Product Officer and SVP of Game Development here at Kryptomon.

The highly anticipated Story Challenge game mode has finally been released to the public. How did it feel to deliver the product to our community after so many months of planning and development?

We really do care a lot about delivering on our promises and producing high quality game play so it’s really amazing to see where Kryptomon has come from its initial conception to what this first gameplay mode brings. It has been a ton of work and lots of long hours but I think the final product has really been well received in the closed beta.

Although players haven’t quite gotten to the harder chapters yet so maybe they will end up hating me at some point — but you know what they say once a villain always a villain.

It has been a very large challenge for us as the original plan for the gameplay mode was much smaller. This release ended up becoming really what could be considered a full fledged game in and of itself. We set off with the goal of creating gameplay that could be enjoyed by both casual and hardcore players and that all Kryptomon trainers could experience but it became apparent pretty quickly more was needed to accomplish this.

We started by adding battle consumables as a way for weaker Kryptomon to improve their genes and take on stronger opponents which was already something on the roadmap for the future but much later. After some heavy simulations, we realized this wasn’t going to be enough and we added armor which required major additions to the games UI and battle engine.

What difficulties arise in designing a game with a narrative structure?

It’s funny because I was always that guy that rushed through quests in games and never read the story or dialogues and just focused on the game play but I’ve come to appreciate that without the story the game is flat.

There was this big hype about the metaverse last year but I always felt that in order to create an immersive world you needed more and I’m realizing more that metaverses have been around for a long time in games and that is really why we have taken the direction to heavily rely on storytelling to build up the world of Kogaea.

Our goal with this was really to have the story and the gameplay build off each other and I think any player that skips out on the story dialogues will be missing a lot of the fun of this game mode.

With the “vanilla version” already out, is there a plan in the near future to add additional mechanics to the Story Challenge itself?

This game release has been pretty extensive — normally I would have waited to release things like armor or consumables in update patches. Story Challenge itself is actually relatively feature complete but we are always looking for ways to improve or add uniqueness.

For example, Story Challenge is actually a framework and we will be extending that framework to build what we are calling “Limited-Time Challenges” that have unique themes and unique rewards. This will allow us to continue to expand the game ecosystem and add more variety of items / NFTs.

We have also had discussions with the Lore team regarding the potential for this initial phase to be just one of many stories and expanding the game to tell more of the unique history of Kogaea.

Additional Questions:

Who is your favorite character in the game?

Bo-bo but that’s a story for another day….

The kommunity is asking: Where’s Eva? Any clues? Spoilers perhaps? ;)

My lips are sealed — if I start leaking spoilers on Lore then I can only imagine what Carter will end up doing with the access he has to the game roadmap.

Have you completed Hero Mode?

I have played matches during testing and finished earlier versions but we are still in the process of tuning the game mode. We have some new additions to the battle engine coming out in the next few releases that will help us better dial in the difficulty level. Right now the bots I think are like level 75 or 80 and even in diamond armor it’s brutal.


Learn more about Kryptomon: Genesis at: https://www.kryptomon.co/genesis

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Kryptomon Partners with the 2D Pixel Web3 Giant, Habbo

We are excited to announce a new marketing collaboration with Habbo X, the upcoming game from the creators of Habbo Hotel that focuses on community building, interoperability,

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Kryptomon Partners with the 2D Pixel Web3 Giant, Habbo

Join the Kryptomon AR treasure hunt then celebrate at the Habbo hosted After Party!

We are excited to announce a new marketing collaboration with Habbo X, the upcoming game from the creators of Habbo Hotel that focuses on community building, interoperability, and play-and-earn mechanics. This collaboration between Kryptomon and Azerion brings together two of the most exciting and innovative companies in the web3 gaming industry and will provide players with exciting events to earn unique rewards and have fun.

To mark the launch of our mobile AR treasure hunt game, “Pink Moon”, we have teamed up with HabboX to celebrate big (and in 2D pixel style!). As part of the collaboration, we will be featuring Habbo in the upcoming edition of the monthly “Pink Moon” event, a treasure hunt experience powered by AR where participants play as “trainers” using the GPS location in their mobile devices to find nearby in-game items. During this special event, participants will be able to obtain exclusive co-branded t-shirts, hoodies, and an NFT version of the co-branded hoodie. These items are in addition to the regular prizes offered during the monthly event.

When will the Kryptomon x HabboX Pink Moon Treasure Hunt event take place?

The Kryptomon x HabboX Pink Moon Treasure Hunt experience will start on Sunday 5th of February at 3 PM UTC and end on Tuesday 7th of February at 3 PM UTC.

How can I join this special-edition Pink Moon event?

If you are coming from the Habbo community, make sure to secure your spot at the official landing page: www.kryptomon.co/habbo before the 1st of February at 22.00 UTC and have installed the Pink Moon mobile app on Google PlayStore and through Apple’s Testflight.

If you are a Kryptomon player, you can join the event as how you join any other Pink Moon event, easy-peasy.

Join the After Party at Habbo’s Metaverse:

Habbo will bring Kryptomon players to its community of avid gamers, introducing us to their immersive world with a dedicated “Kryptomon-style” After Party Room hosted in their metaverse.

The event takes place on Tuesday 7th of February from 18:00 to 20:00 UTC.

To join the Habbo afterparty, be sure to create an account: www.habbox.game

Full instructions on how to connect to both platforms will follow on the event’s official website:

www.kryptomon.co/habbo


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Dev Log #7 | The Future of Kryptomon Komics

As 2022 came to an end, so did our beloved comic series, Eva’s Journey. Interested in getting to know what happens next? What’s the future of Kryptomon Komics?

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Dev Log #7 | The Future of Kryptomon Komics

As 2022 came to an end, so did our beloved comic series, Eva’s Journey.

Interested in getting to know what happens next? What’s the future of Kryptomon Komics? To get (almost) all your questions answered, we interviewed the Lore Master, Carter (also known as Handsome Carter) about what our Komic fans can expect in 2023.

Introduction

Hey y’all, it’s Carter (aka cxsteam) here. For those of you I’ve not met just yet, I’m the Lore Master here at Kryptomon. That just means I get to spend my days building out the world of Kogaea — Making sure there’s plenty for everyone to do and discover when the game launches.

How was it like creating Eva’s Journey and seeing it come to life?

A deep sense of fulfillment is the term I’d use here. To my knowledge, we were the first project to release a comic, giving our community a sneak peek into the adventures they can expect when they enter the world of Kogaea. It wasn’t easy at times, but darn it, we did it!

But as proud as I am of what the comic has achieved, I can hardly take the credit for this amazing feat. It’s thanks to the amazing work and effort that Davide and his team puts into the comic every month that we’re now dusting off the final chapter of Eva’s Journey.

The final chapter of Eva’s Journey came to an end last month. What was your favorite chapter of the Komic?

Without a doubt, it’d be Chapter 11. We always knew that Koa was going to die, and we built up to that moment. The fact that people were invested enough in Koa as a character to message us expressing how shocked or sad they were… That was amazing.

It also really sets the tone for what we see Kryptomon and Kogaea being. A beautiful new world with adventure behind every corner? Definitely! But trainers will have to be careful, not just from the dangers hidden in Kogaea, but also from the darkness of human nature.

What does the future hold for the unstoppable heroine, Eva, in the series of Kryptomon Komics?

You’ll still see Eva about, don’t you worry. She still has a part to play in the things to come. But if we’ve proven anything with these 12 chapters, it’s that nobody is unstoppable. 😉

Are we going to see a new series of Kryptomon Komics with different characters?

Ohoh! No spoilers!

But the simple answer is… we don’t know. Not just yet at least. Now that Eva’s Journey has come to a close, we’re going to take some time to expand and refine the world we’ve created. Answer some key questions about Kogaea before we think about the next set of chapters.

For the Kryptomon Lore geeks out there, what is the plan for the lore?

Hahah, what do you want to know? That’s a question that’ll take me weeks to answer given how much stuff we’ve come up with so far. It always feels like there are a hundred and one things to flesh out at any given time.

The good news, however, is that the team has expanded! With years of experience in the gaming and comic industry, we’ve now got a solid team to shape the future of Kogaea.

What can the lore readers expect in 2023?

I hope you guys are hyped about the Kryptomon: Genesis launch! Most of Eva’s Journey occurred on Earth, but with story mode in Genesis, you’ll be taking your first steps as a trainer in Kogaea.

Besides that, definitely swing by for the Kogaean Conversations we host on Twitch. We can’t reveal too much of what we do because we want it to be a surprise for you to discover in game, but we’ll have a spoiler or two to whet your appetites. 😉

Do you want to say something to the Kryptomon Lore geeks that follow the story of Kogaea?

That your opinions matter and we want to hear them!

Our initial promise to you remains true. This is a world we want to build together with our community, so if you have any ideas or suggestions, no matter how small or stupid you might think it is, we want to hear from you!

Follow the dedicated Kryptomon Lore Instagram account to stay up-to-date with the latest content straight from Kogaea:

www.instagram.com/kryptomon_lore

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DevLog #6 | Kryptomon Market Currency Transition

It's time to talk tokens! This week, we announced that the Kryptomon Marketplace will be transitioning from Binance Coin (BNB) to our native token, $KMON.

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DevLog #6 | Kryptomon Market Currency Transition

It’s time to talk tokens! This week, we announced that the Kryptomon Marketplace will be transitioning from Binance Coin (BNB) to our native token, $KMON. To gain a deeper understanding of the reasoning behind this change and the timeline for its implementation, we conducted an interview with our Founder and CEO, Umberto Canessa Cerchi.

What is the BNB to $KMON “transition” and what is the reason behind it?

Since the beginning of Kryptomon we saw the $KMON coin as the unique currency in our universe, but of course, at the very beginning was also useful to keep using BNB cause is way more used, but now we finally got to the point where we can finally ditch BNB and start only using $KMON everywhere in the Marketplace.

The reason behind its quite simple, increase the utility of the $KMON, which at the end of the day is what will really increase its value.

What would happen if we do not change our listed Kryptomons from $BNB to $KMON coin when the transition takes place?

I would say nothing, bad, but those sales won’t be shown anymore, so that’s why I highly suggest moving your sales from BNB to $KMON. Also because as some people might have seen we are now releasing a new onboarding flow for new users, making it simpler for them to buy their first Kryptomon, and if your sale is on BNB it won’t be proposed.

And I know that you might think that the $KMON is highly volatile, but again we got you covered somewhere close to the end of Q1 we will release an update of the Marketplace which will allow you to actually define the cost of your Kryptomon in USD Dollars, and then the system will take to keep the price in $KMON updated :D

Do we still need BNB as a gas fee when making transactions in the Kryptomon Marketplace?

Yes, for the time being, but as soon as the full $KMON transition is done, we will take care also of removing BNB gas fees, and also have the gas fees paid in $KMON :)

Are there any additional utilities planned in the future for the $KMON coin?

No spoiler here, but in general what our community can expect from us is always the same, we are continuously working to improve the experience and the utility of all of our products and tokens.

When shall we expect the transition to take place?

Also here we took a baby step approach, so first of all as mentioned, the update on the Marketplace will go live later on in Q1, but in the meantime, we do encourage everyone to already change their sales from BNB to $KMON, because by the end of January, the new onboarding will go live and we are going to reactivate user acquisition campaigns, so I’m sure everyone who has a Kryptomon on sale don’t wanna miss the opportunity to propose his Kryptomon to a new possible buyer ;)


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