Less than 4 days to the end of the ICO....and no contributions. I guess this is the end of my dream....for now.
Thanks anyway to anybody sharing ideas and suggestions about the project.

I hope to get back here commenting about received contributions

Hi crapanpaschi,

what do you mean by token rate? evaluation of the ICO? exchange rate ETH/NKT?
if it is the former one, you'll find some sort of evaluation on ICO calendars (there is a list in the footer on website https://nukatoken.com).
If it is the latter one, the exchange rate is 1ETH=70,000NKT and there is a bonus system in place too (details on this thread and on the website).

Cheers,
Heihachiro


Hi wancho,

thank you very much for the support! I really appreciate that.
If this ICO will end with no contributions, I'll try to look for some other form of potential support for indie developers.

Cheers,
Heihachiro

Hi cryptomayer,

Thanks for expressing your interest in the project. You can find more about me and my connections on LinkedIn. You'll see more about my previous experiences too.
Hope that will be the information you are looking for.

About the other people I'll involve in the project (hoping I'll be able to collect some ETH to pay them)...I cannot tell you much because I haven't hired nobody yet.
But I will for sure hire somebody to develop the graphics of the game. Indeed, I put 50% of the budget on that aspect of the game, as it will be the most expensive.


Hi piolifoche,

Thanks for the support.
I'd love to tell you more. But I'll do that depending on the ICO's result. I cannot risk spoiling/revealing too much in advance. I'm sorry.

Best,
Heihachiro

Hi nvespentwarol,

thank you for your support. The development of the project will depend on the success of the ICO. Unfortunately, up to now nobody contributed.
The only transaction present has been done by me in order to test the functionality of the contract...it's something http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-something

The game will have nothing to do with blockchain. The game will be developed and released for the existing platoforms. First of all, on Apple store and Google Play store.
If the game will be successful, then I'll work for porting it to Indie Xbox/PS4 and PC.

Since it is not possible to use tokens as payment methods on the above mentioned platforms, I'll prepare a web page with a form similar to the current one (for registering to have the free copy of the game). Upon receiving the NKT tokens on a wallet, I'll send a redeem code for downloading DLCs and the additional contents, that will be managed directly by myself.

The ICO will start in a few hours! Keep your eyes on the countdown at http://nukatoken.com

Hi jc12345,

thanks for your question.

Here are the benefits for "investors":
- a copy of the game (if contributing at least 0.01 ETH)
- NKT tokens at a very low price of around 0.01$, or even lower, if we consider the bonus system for the first 500 investors.
- chances that the value of Nuka Tokens will rise as they will be usable to buy DLCs and additional contents (once the game will be released and, given that it will probably attract many players, tokens will be more desiderable and will provide early investors with added value wrt the original price)

Being said that, I cannot tell you that they will be treadable, I'll try to make that happen, for sure. But, I would lie if I told you that I'm sure they will become treadable.

About purchases with Nuka Tokens, redeem codes for each DLC released will be available according to the following principles that are meant to favour token values.
Any additional content w.r.t. the "vanilla" version of the game will be purchasable (redeem codes) following this rule:
- full price when purchased using FIAT currencies
- halved price if purchased with NKT, calculated based on token values at DLC release (again, added value for early investors)

Hi Pandarian (Alex),

thank you for your offer, but if you had read the very first message of this ANN thread, you would have noticed that this ICO is not suited for the types of services that you are offering.

Hi Coin_trader,

as you can see from the messages cited above...I have already clearly confirmed that the game itself has nothing to do with the blockchain technology.
Nevertheless, I have also tried to make some points clear about the intent of this ICO and the potential investment prospective.

I hope this could inspire you in "investing" in my project.

Hi exhothusour ,

Thanks for your support.
The bosus system is summarized in a table on the website (https:\\nukatoken.com), but in short:

The first 5 contributors will get double NKT tokens w.r.t. the normal exchange rate (i.e. 1 ETH = 70,000 NKT). This is a 100% bonus of NKT.
When the first 5 have successfully sent ETH to the contract, the next 5 will get a bonus number of NKT of 99%, and so on untill the ones arriving as 496th and 500th. These last ones will get a 1% bonus (the bonus decreases 1% point every 5 donors).
After that, all contributors will get NKT based on the exchange rate.

So, starting from the beginning of the ICO, there will be a bonus of 100% NKT.

Hi ranggenga,

thanks for your questions. As you can see from the website and whitepaper, I have estimated a 50% of budget allocation on the graphics of the game.
In fact, I will hire somebody to work on that for sure. Plus, as you can see from my LinkedIn profile, I have some first-hand experience about the video game industry and I know people who have already expressed interest in helping me out with the coding, but they do not want to be mentioned as members of the ICO. This is in fact a great opportunity for them to contribute to something without being "guided" by the market or by other authority.

I'm doing this for passion...I don't plan on becoming rich with this ICO. My ultimate goal is to create the game, and I'll definitely do all I can to bring it to life.

But, since "I believe in Unicorns", if this project goes well, I'll definitely develop the project further with DLCs and eventually with new video games! I really think that the industry is not putting enough energies in developing this genre of video games, that have a great potential. They prefer to do other stuffs. But think about how many people is using MAME to play arcade games from the eighties...they deserve the chance to play to those kind of games enriched by innovative concepts and developed with todays technology....without the need to pay 50$ to do that.

At least, this is my opinion...but I know I'm not alone 

Hi everybody,

in order to provide some sort of proof of concept about the game, I have uploaded eight images about the very first drafty and conceptual mockups.
Note that these are not the final versions and the final result could differ from what you'll see in the images, depending by the design process and the development of the graphic of the game.

The first four links contain images of hand-made drawings. Among them there are two character mockups, weapons and armours

https://nukatoken.com/img/artwork/pencil1.jpg
https://nukatoken.com/img/artwork/pencil2.jpg
https://nukatoken.com/img/artwork/pencil3.jpg
https://nukatoken.com/img/artwork/pencil4.jpg

Then I can show you digitalized versions of what is shown above...

https://nukatoken.com/img/artwork/karate.jpg
https://nukatoken.com/img/artwork/guns.jpg
https://nukatoken.com/img/artwork/swords.jpg

...plus a tribute (not original work) to the Fatal Fury's main character Terry (I love this one  ) that will not be present in the game due to obvious reasons.
https://nukatoken.com/img/artwork/ff-terry.jpg

Again, all the content is very drafty and it does not necessary reflect the final result. I have uploaded it in order to give some sort of proof of concept. I hope you liked it.

As always, any feedback is welcome!

Cheers,
Heihachiro

Hi stil55,

I don't think I got what you meant...I have my ICO website https://nukatoken.com. And the ICO has been already listed on 5 ICO calendars (you can find the links in the footer of the Nuka Token ICO website). This indicates that my project, website, team background (mine in this case ^_^) have passed a (maybe brief) supervision....it's something

Jokes apart, most of the comments I received on this thread was about potential weaknesses affecting the project, and I tried to address all of them in the best possible way. That is the power of the community in my opinion: we are all helping each other by sharing ideas and providing feedback.
For example, some of the comments convinced me to provide artworks about the game (they are on their way BTW, I think I'll be able to select and deliver them in a couple of days).

About the ROI, I have tried to provide more details and highlights about where the potential revenues are, especially for early investors. If you are not convinced about them, I'm sorry.

If you haven't done it already, you could have a look at all the comments and review what I have written about tokens and DLC. I'm totally open to any insight or piece of advide.

I'll try to take two birds with one stone

The game itself will have nothing to do with blockchain, correct. But the benefit for investors are manyfold:
- a copy of the game (if contributing at least 0.01 ETH), this alone is more than what many investors have gained from half ICOs in 2017 as Wxrhino said
- NKT tokens at a very low price of around 0.01$, or even lower, if we consider the bonus system for the first 500 investors
- chances that the value of Nuka Tokens will rise as they will be usable to buy DLCs and additional contents (once the game will be released and, given that it will probably attract many players, tokens will be more desiderable and will provide early investors with added value wrt the original price)

About purchases with Nuka Tokens, redeem codes for each DLC released will be available according to the following principles that are meant to favour token values. Any purchasable content will have:
- full price when purchased using FIAT currencies
- halved price if purchased with NKT, calculated based on token values at DLC release (again, added value for early investors)

Hi AmoreJaz,

When I chose the name of the project I came up with Nuka for many reasons:
- Nuka Cola/Caps (from Fallout, a game I really enjoyed)
- Nuclear radiation causing mutations in living beings that could turn into feral enemies
- An apocalittical future where all nations are about to start a global nuclear war. The things are going so bad that even aliens are interested in it, due to the possible consequences to other planets...but I'm already telling too much 
- superpowers given by exposure to radiations (a classic)

Hi Coin_trader,

I wrote on the website that participating to the ICO would have granted investors free and exclusive game contents, and, with a minimum contribution, a free copy of the game. The tokens could also be used to buy DLC contents such as, new gears, characters, and maybe levels (that depends on how much contents I'll be able to create, and the ICO result).

On top of that, those type of games are missing a lot from todays video game landscape. A proper old-style Beat 'em up with updated graphic content and new ideas could meet the taste of many players.

Hi Briz234,

If you take a look to my LinkedIn profile, you will see that I have already done some experiences in this business.
I have also worked to some video games but I was not mentioned in the credits as my contribution was not as relevant as I wanted.
But that was surely a valuable experience. Indeed, I had the chance to have a glance of how video games are designed and how the necessary tasks are planned in advance.
For what concerns your absolutely right curiosity, I will publish some artworks hoping that they will give you an idea of the final result.

Hi Wxrhino,

I will definitely try to take arrangements with exchangers in order to allow for token trading. Note that Nuka Tokens are ERC20 and I have created them compliant to that standard just for this reason.
Additionally, the price I set for the Nuka Tokens is very cheap (less than 0,01$) so their value can practically only increase.

I'm thinking of selling redeem codes for DLC contents in exchange of a fixed amount of Nuka Tokens. This way, one who get the tokens at early stage will have a bonus
number of tokens that will gain value, especially if the game will be successful. For example, one could sell Nuka Tokens to somebody willing to buy a DLC.

Yes, that is actually true.
I'll do my best to post something next week, before the ICO begins!
I'll keep you posted.