1. What is Ashes of Mankind?

Ashes of Mankind is a first-person shooter set in a dark future in a vast universe, the game will consist of two interconnected games: AoM: Empires and AoM: Citadels. Empires focuses on crafting and trading unique technologies and items in the game. 

The project not only brings an extremely realistic shooting experience to participants. Besides, it also focuses on player creativity through the ability to customize weapons and equipment like never before, players can adjust their playing style and enhance their gaming experience.

Notably, this game is exclusively published by Ultra. This is a Blockchain-based video game distribution platform developed by Ultra Corporation OÜ. Ultra's goal is to reposition the $140 billion gaming industry by applying Blockchain.

2. Ashes of Mankind Special Features

2.1 Game characters

The player's character appearance will be created by the player himself. The system provides a series of customizations on facial parts to help players freely create characters with hairstyles, skin color, costumes and accessories to express their personality.

 The equipment system in the game allows for extremely unique customization, with a variety of armor and accompanying combat accessories. In particular, weapons can be fine-tuned into pieces to suit each person's playing style, making the game more diverse and interesting.

2.2 Gameplay

In the game, teams of three players are formed and enter a giant skyscraper, The Citadel, which is controlled by the rogue artificial intelligence GRIM. Their goal is to climb through the dangerous floors and reach the top of the building, confronting other teams and collecting valuable equipment and resources.

3. Game features

3.1 Land and Resources

All the assets mined from your land will be tokenized. Build your mining infrastructure and sell resources and components as NFTs and trade with other corporations to become the most powerful organization in the market. All NFTs are tradable on the project's marketplace.

3.2 Seamless transactions

Web2 players can access and purchase in-game items in USD or their local currency and pay for it with a credit card.

4. CORPORATION

You will run corporations to create important equipment, shaping the battlefield for FPS gamers. This is the foundation of the economy in AOM, they are not only limited to the digital world, but also operate in the Web3 layer of the game. This allows players to trade their items on the marketplace and at the same time earn additional rewards and profits based on the sale of those items.

5. Economic model in the game

By combining web2 and web3 players, the project builds a diverse community where everyone benefits from the common gaming ecosystem.

• For web2 players: 

Focus on building an engaging FPS game mechanism that helps web2 players to interact with web3 more easily through trading in-game NFT items from the Corporatione system. Use the credit card option to trade in-game cryptocurrencies.

• For web3 players:

This program allows players to become creators, designing unique skins and equipment that add value to the game and economy.

Players can earn $ASH tokens for their designs and the platform will receive a fee, ensuring continuous revenue for both creators and the platform.

6. Main development team

The Ashes of Mankind development team is a unique, industry-experienced team who understand what players want. With years of experience creating AAA games, they bring a deep passion for creating dynamic gameplay and immersive worlds.

• Adrien D. – CEO: prominent in the field of game development, contributing significantly to the success of similar games such as Space Engineers. 

• Obinna O. – CTO: has an extensive background in software engineering, including a role at Unity Technologies where he contributed to projects such as Subnautica and Legends of Runeterra. 

• Mustafa T. – Director of Engineering: Technical Director at Black Ice Studios, Inc., where he excelled in leveraging Unreal Engine 5 for game development.

• Joel F. – CSO: An experienced professional with a strong background in software engineering, game development and project management.

• Doug K. – CRO: Extensive experience supporting independent game projects, building company roadmaps, mentoring aspiring professionals in the games industry.

7. Investors and partners

The project is strongly supported by 2 special partners, especially the game platform. ULTRA and protocol developers MON.

There are also the participation of famous investors and game guild communities such as Ubisof, Intel, Immutable, Portal, YGG, Carv, Game3s,….

Summary

Through the above article by Eric Guild Game, it can be seen that Ashes of Mankind is a first-person shooter (FPS) game that uses blockchain technology, which puts it in a notable position in the current market. According to the development roadmap, it is expected that by the end of 2024, the game will officially open to the gaming community, bringing a new and unique experience in the current blockchain gaming market.