Rogue Island
An On-Brand “Metaverse” Development Endeavour
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What Is A Metaverse?
“Metaverse” is an abstract concept that can take many forms, but in the context of the current NFT ecosystem, metaverses are usually virtual online worlds created to interact with other people. In our case, Rogue Island will act as a more immersive social hub and facilitate community engagement beyond Discord, Twitter and Instagram.
Why did we decide to embark on this project?
It’s been our vision since day one to create an interactive space for people to connect, have fun, learn, and grow. With the development of our very own web-based metaverse, we will be doing just that. Rogue Island will be central to all things in the Rogueverse from games to events to lore and yes, future collections. The Island will only be accessible to RS holders with special privileges for Gen 1 Rogue Shark NFT holders.
Paving The Way To Web3 Integration Through Outstanding Art
As one of Solana’s early adopters in the 4k 3D modeling “Art Style” our transition from jpeg to fully fleshed out metaverse avatar was relatively seamless. Part of our success formula was our outstanding and eye-catching art. In a sea of pixel projects, our hyper-masculine humanoid sharks seemed to have captured the zeitgeist of the Q4 2021 Solana community.
First Steps Out Of The Wallet
Using the original 3D model, we had previously experimented with animating them for a Snapchat lense to bring your our poster boy “Bruce” into the real world. Although this was intended to be a fun feature for the community to enjoy during the holidays, has turned into the foundation of what would become the framework on which our metaverse avatar’s animations.
The “Sea Pod” — Exclusive For Diamond Sharks
These high quality metaverse rooms are exclusive for owners of 3 or more Rogue Sharks. As previously mentioned, while the general concept of Rogue Island was being worked on, the first real product to launch, would be the exclusive Suites upgrade for our Diamond Tier holders — the Sea Pods. It was especially important to us to reward our bigger holders first, since they hold a bigger stake in this project. The Sea Pods are your home in the Solana Sea, fully customizable and the foundation for what will come to Rogue Islands developmental projects.
UI and UX Design
Once you connect to our servers, you will be greeted by this delightful user interface. From avatar customization to key binding controls, we have thought of some nice features to make sure your experience in your new home will be as pleasant as possible! We have included some skins and different shirt options for launch.
Multiplayer Functionality
During our beta testing, we have had the pleasure to test the pods with some of our holders, as well as the internal team.
Drag and Drop Builder
Easily customize your pod by moving, scaling and placing furniture to your liking. With inventory items ranging from arcade machines to pool tables, it’s simple and fun to create a pod you’re proud to call home.
What’s next: Rogue Island Expansion
Developing a whole island will be no easy feat, but it is a challenge we are ready to tackle alongside our amazing community. The Island will be built in phases and the communities’ input and ideas will be instrumental at every step along the way. Now that the first phase came into effect with our first inhabitants of Rogue Island — The Diamond holders, we will continue with more building!
“The Gym” — A Social Space With Utility Baked In
As we initially mentioned, Rogue Island will be built in different phases in order to ensure quality control is met for each section or phase. The metaverse studio in Ukraine had some well deserved time to adapt a bit to the current geo-political circumstances and were able to share some progress on our one of our social space installments of Rogue Island, “The Gym”. We might need to come up with a better name, perhaps with a community vote. Some possible pitches would be “The Iron Temple” or “The Church Of Iron”.
Here is where things get interesting. We have previously mentioned that you will be able to actually use the metaverse to get more value out of your Rogue Shark NFTs (Keyword Utility). Outside of the Sea Pods, “The Gym” will be one of the first of many areas of Rogue Island, which will provide mass utility to all Rogue Shark holders. We will not spill the secrets just yet but we have been cooking up some very unique and cool ideas for our sharks.
South Beach
A common area where all holders can hangout, voice-chat, advertise on billboards, host events and participate in activities, as well as games. After we get the gym sorted, we will focus more on building the island section of Rogue Island.
