The time has come Bladers! We’re super excited to release the first batch of First Edition Boxes! The supply for this batch is 1,000 First Edition Boxes. The public mint price is 50 MATIC, however, Spinblade Pass holders will be able to mint with great discounts and access to presale!

• Mint Pass Holder Mint Price: 40 $MATIC
• Discount Pass Holder Mint Price: 25 $MATIC
• Free Claim Pass Holder Mint Price: 0 $MATIC (FREE MINT)

Minting will be happening only on Spinblade’s official dApp, so we wanted to share a guide with you to help with the process!

HOW TO MINT THE FIRST EDITION BOX

Step 1: Visit https://app.spinblade.io/drops

Step 2: Click on the “CONNECT WALLET” button in the top right corner

Step 3: Choose one of the wallet integrations in the dropdown list and connect your wallet (Make sure to stay on the Polygon network during the entire minting process)

Step 4: If you have any Spinblade Pass (Mint Pass, Discount Pass, or Free Claim Pass), click on one of them to select (You can skip this step if you don’t have any passes during the public sale)

Step 5: Choose how many First Edition Boxes you want to mint with that pass (Important Note: You can mint as many First Edition Boxes as the number of passes you own)

Step 6: Click on the “PURCHASE” button, and wait for the wallet extension in your browser to open

Step 7: After clicking on the “Purchase” button, the wallet extension pop-up will open again. First, you must “Approve” that you’ll burn your pass, and then “Confirm” the following steps to mint First Edition Box.

Important Note: You’ll receive a notification from your wallet that “your NFTs are at risk”, however, it’s completely normal. Because you need to burn your Spinblade Pass to mint with a discount. This process ONLY affects the NFTs in the Spinblade Pass collection. Also, make sure to have enough MATIC in your wallet to complete minting successfully.

Step 9: Congratulations! You now have a First Edition Box! :)

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask our team in our Discord! We’d be happy to assist you!

And lastly, we strongly suggest you follow our socials (especially Twitter) not to miss any news about Spinblade! We’re full of surprises :)

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When you were little, have you ever collected stickers from your favorite games or sports and tried to complete that sticker set? If your answer is “yes” then you’re going to love this event! Get ready, Blader!

It’s time to embark on an epic journey with Spinblade as we present to you an exciting community event: Road to Mint. This is not like any other community event, it is a perfect opportunity for players to earn and forge amazing rewards until the mint day!

Over the course of 10 days, you will be given daily quests to complete on Galxe. These quests are designed to onboard newcomers to the project and bring fun and engagement to the community. Each quest completed will bring you one step closer to getting ready for the community-exclusive First Edition Box Drop #1!

Every day, after completing a set of daily quests, you will receive a mystery box as a reward. The excitement builds as you open the box, eager to see what’s inside! Inside each box is a Sticker of random rarity, and these stickers are the key to forging the Mint Pass or Free Claim Pass.

Here’s the link for the event on Galxe: https://galxe.com/spinblade/campaign/GCd3SU4kGV

How to Forge Spinblade Pass

To forge a Mint Pass, you must collect ANY 10 Stickers in total. If you get the same kind of Stickers, don’t worry, the stickers you use for forging this pass can be of any rarity, making it easier for you to reach your goal for the event.

However, if you want to take the game to the next step, the Free Claim Pass awaits you! Keep in mind that forging a Free Claim Pass is not so easy! As some of the Stickers will be rarer than others, only the luckiest and most dedicated Bladers will be able to claim this reward. To forge a Free Claim Pass, you must collect 10 UNIQUE Stickers, meaning each Sticker you use for forging must be different than the other.

Event Schedule

• 01.02.2023 — Road to Mint Day #1
• 02.02.2023 — Road to Mint Day #2
• 03.02.2023 — Road to Mint Day #3
• 04.02.2023 — Road to Mint Day #4
• 05.02.2023 — Road to Mint Day #5
• 15.02.2023 — Road to Mint Day #6
• 16.02.2023 — Road to Mint Day #7
• 17.02.2023 — Road to Mint Day #8
• 18.02.2023 — Road to Mint Day #9
• 19.02.2023 — Road to Mint Day #10
• 22.02.2023 (23:59 UTC) — Mystery Box/Sticker Claim Period ends
• 23.02.2023 (12:00 PM UTC) — Forging Period starts

Important note: During the questing period, new quests will be unlocked at 12:00 PM (UTC) each day.

What’s more?

Road to Mint will be for everyone who is willing to grab a Mint Pass or Free Claim Pass to participate in the community exclusive drop! If you complete each day’s quests, you’ll guarantee a Mint Pass! So, definitely do not hesitate to join the event not to miss this chance!

You’ll collect Stickers with our daily Galxe quest campaigns, and it will be on Polygon. Please note that you’ll need to pay a gas fee on the Polygon chain to collect the Mystery Box (Stickers). On the other hand, the forging process will be executed on our own dApp at https://app.spinblade.io/. Soon you will see the updates about the Road to Mint event on the website!

During the Road to Mint event, each day’s Mystery Box supply will be limited. For this reason, you should complete the daily quests and get your Sticker before the supply runs out. You can forge as many Spinblade Passes as you can if you have enough Stickers. If you don’t have enough Stickers for forging, feel free to check out the secondary market, OpenSea. We’re pretty sure you’ll find what you need there to trade Stickers!

Another good feature of the event is that all quests will stay live to be completed until the Sticker Claim Period ends! This means that you can always go back and complete quests if you haven’t already to get your Mystery Boxes!

That’s all for now, Bladers! Along with this event, we will soon announce the mint date, supply, and price for the First Edition Box! (*drums*) Make sure to follow our Twitter and join our Discord to keep yourself updated with what’s upcoming for Spinblade!

Here’s the moment all Bladers have been looking forward to…The first in-game trailer of Spinblade battles is now here! Even though it’s still a work in progress, we are very excited to share this huge update with our community!

In our latest blog post, we have introduced our community to the game’s first and default arena: Bladers’ Peak. As you can guess, that was a grand teaser of what was upcoming, a peek at the first gameplay experience.

Bladers’ Peak will be the default arena to host Spinblade battles in the game, at least in the early stages of the game’s release. In the future, we will implement many different arenas in the game, and you will be able to own them to host competitive battles & earn more rewards!

Spinblade’s whitepaper indicates that the game offers two main battle modes: Spinduel and Spinroyale. Spinduels are “1 vs. 1” battles played by one Blader against another Blader. This battle mode has a certain scoring system, essentially, the first player to reach 3 points wins. On the other hand, Spinroyale is a battle mode where multiple Bladers fight to be the last Spinblade standing. You can consider it as a “Deathmatch” or “Battle Royale”.

As you can see in the in-game footage, we have added multiple different mechanics for the beginning of a Spinbattle. The beginning of a battle consists of three phases. In the first phase, the player selects a direction, in the second phase the player clicks on the right time to gain the boost that will add to the launch speed, and in the third and final phase, the player grabs the holder of the launcher and pulls it, so the battle begins. If the player is not online or takes no action during the start of the battle, the Spinblade is automatically launched at the default levels of all three launch phases.

It’s also worth mentioning that Bladers’ Peak has walled, semi-walled and open arenas, each of which has different advantages for different types of Spinblades. But we will explain those advantages later!

Now, let’s dive deep into more highlights from Spinblade’s Product Manager & Game Designer Samet Uyanık about this big update!

How was the R&D process? What were the biggest contributions of this process to the creation of a playable prototype?

Spinning top as a toy has thousands of years of history. And we, as a team, have been in the development process of a spinning top game that has reached 65M+ downloads in the past. As a matter of fact, we have knowledge that comes from this experience. Apart from that, I’ve examined so many games made by various companies. I think the fighting of the spinning tops already suits Auto-Battler, one of the popular Web3 gaming genres. As a matter of fact, all that remained was to produce various prototypes and develop the most beautiful feeling. So we’ve got closer to that goal.

Throughout the development process, how closely did the art side of the game and the game design side intertwine?

I am with our art director from dusk till dawn, I can even say that I see him more than my wife. :) There is a standard functioning in the production processes of games. The game designer prepares the list of necessary assets, and the art team produces these assets. It is then revised for various reasons. While the artist focuses on the visual beauty of the game, I focus on the user experience and the gameplay. As a matter of fact, we discuss and produce solutions in places where the visual and player experience do not match. So in answer to the question, I can say that it was completely intertwined.

How does the logic between the stats and designs of Spinblade parts work?

By playing with spinning top toys that are currently on the market, or self-produced from other materials (3D printed, etc.) we have compiled information such as their spin times and their tendency to wander on the arena. We’ve also spent considerable time watching videos on YouTube and browsing forum sites. As much as we can, we try to design parts in accordance with the real world, and the laws of physics to distribute the stats accordingly. But we don’t have an obsession with being exact about it. Our priority is to avoid any glaring logic errors and gameplay feel.

Considering the mechanics and NFTs used in the game, how was the balance in the game achieved?

The Attack-Defense-Stamina trio, which is widely used in spinning top games and is well known to spinning top fans, has superiority over each other. We have remained true to this balance. Before determining the stats of Spinblades, we created the force and durability formulas within the Unity game engine. Then we started the months-long balancing process. From the scenarios faced by the strongest Spinblade and the weakest to the maximum and minimum lengths of a match, everything has been finely balanced.

Are you considering introducing special skills, abilities, and/or perks later in the game’s development process?

We are considering adding special abilities and skills that can be usable during the battle. However, we have not made a decision on this topic yet. If an update comes to this part of the game, we will definitely announce it. And of course, we are always open to any advice and ideas, we consider every suggestion of the Spinblade community and discuss it at our production meetings.

Stay tuned for more!

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We are very excited to share a great update about arenas, which has been a matter of curiosity for many people waiting for the launch of Spinblade!

We’d like to share with our community the details of the first arena, which shines with its city lights, eye-catching technology, living noise, and of course, cyberpunk style. Here is the first arena where Spinblade battles will be held: Bladers’ Peak!

Beautiful, isn’t it? Bladers’ Peak will be the first and default arena that we plan to launch with the game’s release. Until we step into the later stages of the game and begin the arena drops, this arena will be used for all Spinbattles in the game. As you can guess, this arena will not be purchasable.

We’ve mentioned earlier in our whitepaper that arenas will also be NFTs of type ERC-721. Depending on the total number of players and played battles, players will be able to purchase arenas in the later stages of the game. What’s more, they will be able to name those arenas however they like, just like their own Spinblades!

When arenas become purchasable, all arena owners will earn a certain percentage of the prize collected in the battles played in their own arenas. This can be defined as a passive income. As an arena owner, you’ll just sit back and wait for your turn for the game that will be played in your arena.

While designing this arena, our art team carefully worked in detail on both the interior design of the arena and the city surrounding it, aiming for the players to feel like a magnificent Blader. Therefore, we’ve asked our Art Director which details he paid the most attention to and worked on while designing the arena, and why he added those details.

“Design process always requires the careful consideration of style, purpose, and use. Therefore, we tried our best to imagine such an environment that is suitable for the pre-determined style of Spinblade while keeping it simple yet elegant, since the environment is always going to be in the background.”

As our players are at the center of our game, we’ve also asked what he thinks about the importance of an arena making a player feel like a real Blader.

“To me, the important thing is the experience that brings the feeling of competition, excitement, and atmosphere. As a team, we work and experiment a lot for every inch of our game, from game design to visual development, for our Bladers to fully experience the feelings. The environment is such an important component in creating the atmosphere and I believe that when you enter the arena you will feel the excitement and competition deeply.”

This is only the beginning, Bladers! We’re currently working on bringing more details to Spinblade and will definitely launch more arenas for you to enjoy the game even more! Make sure to follow our socials and join our Discord to stay on track with the Spinblade updates, giveaways, competitions, and more!

We know you’re looking forward to the full version of Spinblade. The project's development process continues at a great pace and we can say that we have already come a long way.

As we approach the first quarter of 2023 step by step, we have brought you some great news today! The first version of the Spinblade dApp (Decentralized App) is now available LIVE!

For our community to test, we’ve first launched a feature on the Spinblade dApp where you can connect your web3 wallet and view the Spinblade Assets you own. For now, you can only view your Spinblade Passes but there’s more to come in the near future!

Start exploring the Spinblade dApp in no time by checking out the guideline below and don’t forget to share your experience and comments/suggestions with us on our Discord server!

SPINBLADE dAPP GUIDELINE

Step 1: Go to https://spinblade.io/ and click on the “GO TO APP” button on the top right of the page.

Step 2: The button you click will redirect you to https://app.spinblade.io/. Click on the “CONNECT WALLET” button on the top right of the page to connect your web3 wallet with Spinblade dApp.

Step 3: After clicking the button, the MetaMask extension will pop up on the page. If you haven’t signed in to your account already, proceed by signing in to MetaMask and then click on the blue-colored “Next” button to continue.

Step 4: Click on the “Connect” button to finalize connecting your wallet with Spinblade dApp.

Step 5: After connecting your wallet, you’ll see this page. If you have any Spinblade Assets, they will show here on the “Assets” page.

Step 6: You can hover over the asset you own to reveal the “OpenSea” button with your mouse. You can click on the button to see Mint Pass in the Spinblade Pass collection on OpenSea. There you can see detailed data about the item such as the floor price, total owners, active listings, listings history, etc. Also, you can always purchase a Mint Pass from other Mint Pass holders on OpenSea.

Step 7: If you don’t own any Spinblade Assets yet, this is the page you’ll see after connecting your wallet with Spinblade dApp. However, you can click on the “secondary marketplaces” button to check out the entire Spinblade Pass collection on OpenSea and make a purchase from other holders on the market.

The number of Free Claim Pass and Mint Pass holders is increasing day by day, and you must be wondering what will come out of the First Edition Boxes you’ll get with these passes.

Before we delve deeper into the First Edition Box content, let’s take a look at the definition of the First Edition Box (as a whole) and what you can do with it.

Although the First Edition Box is the primary and the first game asset that will be on sale for Spinblade, the box itself is also an NFT of type ERC-1155. For this reason, First Edition Box holders may choose not to crack it, and trade or sell the box in the secondary marketplaces. It’s worth mentioning that First Edition Boxes are burned when cracked, which means you will no longer be able to put the box on sale in the secondary marketplaces if you crack it.

As the Spinblade team, we have determined the total supply of First Edition Boxes as 7500. Boxes will be purchasable in all drops leading up to the game’s release. However, a certain number of boxes will be sold at certain time intervals over the total supply. This process will not exceed 7500 First Edition Boxes. In the future, we might deploy more boxes but they will not have the “First Edition” tag, and this makes First Edition Boxes more special.

What will you get from First Edition Box?

Now, we’ve come to that subject that everyone is curious about: the contents of the First Edition Box. A First Edition Box contains two NFTs inside it: one preforged Spinblade (ERC-721) and one First Edition Launcher (ERC-721).

Spinblades

Preforged Spinblades will be dropped by randomly combining three parts (Power Ring, Metal Disc, Tip). As parts of a preforged Spinblade are random, the stats of the parts will also be depending on the predefined parts. And, the output rate of each piece will be equal.

As you know, Spinblades appear in 4 different types: Attack, Defence, Stamina, and Balance. We have already explained the details of these types in this article. The main topic we will focus on today is the appearances of the parts your Spinblade might have, their drop rates, and extra stats given depending on the rarity of those parts.

Each Part (Power Ring, Metal Disc, Tip) has 15 different designs. The stats that each design has are also different from each other.

The designs of all Parts are divided into three different categories in terms of coloring: Default, Alternative, and Premium. The rarity of these is also as follows: Default > Alternative > Premium.

As all Parts have 3 different rarities, their drop rates are:

• Default — 75%
• Alternative — 24%
• Premium — 1%

It’s worth mentioning that these rarities and drop rates apply to each Part. If you get a more rare Part from the First Edition Box, that Part will have some extra stats.

When a player cracks a First Edition Box, the Spinblade inside that box will appear as “unnamed”. However, players have the right to rename their Spinblades once.

Launchers

A Launcher is an extra in-game component that each player will have. By default, each player will own one “Default Launcher”. Please note that Default Launchers are given to each player automatically, so they do NOT come out of the First Edition Box.

According to this, every First Edition Box holder will have a First Edition Launcher which is different than the default one in terms of its appearance. Essentially, one Spinblade is enough to play the game, However, First Edition Launchers can strengthen your Spinblade by providing your Spinblade with slightly extra stats in certain percentages, depending on its rarity. Also, players do not need multiple launchers to play with multiple Spinblades. One launcher of any type can be used for all Spinblades a player has.

Default Launchers are not NFTs. For this reason, they cannot be traded or sold on marketplaces. However, First Edition Launchers are NFT of type ERC-721, which means they can be traded or sold on marketplaces.

Just like First Edition Boxes, the total supply of First Edition Launchers is 7500. In the future, we might deploy more Launchers, but they will not be First Edition Launchers. Also, launchers cannot be rented.

Additional Notes

• Free Claim Pass holders can claim a free First Edition Box when they burn their pass.
• Mint Pass holders are entitled to purchase a First Edition Box with a 20% discount during NFT drops and can participate in the Early Access process which is 1 day before the public sale.
• First Edition Box holders will not be able to crack their boxes immediately after they purchase them. These boxes will be crackable from the date determined by the Spinblade team.
• First Edition Box owners can participate in +1 extra Daily Spinduel and +1 extra Daily Spinroyale battle per day.

A Message from the Spinblade Team

As the Spinblade team, we have been receiving a lot of messages and questions lately, especially about First Edition Box prices. We are aware that this is something that many of you are eagerly awaiting. We take our time to decide this in order to offer you the best price. Depending on the current market situation and our game development process, we will share the price with you as soon as possible!

Regardless of the price of the First Edition Box, the best thing you can do until the drops start is to keep track of our community events such as giveaways/contests/tournaments, etc. As we mentioned in our whitepaper about the Spinblade Pass, you have the chance to win more than one Mint Pass and more than one Free Claim Pass. Once the drops start, you’ll be able to mint as many First Edition Boxes as the number of Mint Pass/Free Claim Pass you have. Moreover, both passes have exclusive features! (Even if you don’t have any passes, you will still be able to mint First Edition Box during public drops.)

To learn more about the Spinblade Pass, please read the relevant section in our official whitepaper.

Feel free to ask us what you need to know about First Edition Box or more on our Discord! Don’t forget to follow our socials to stay updated as well!

INSTRUCTIONS

• The tournament starts on August 1.
• As soon as the tournament starts, it is no longer possible to register for the tournament, therefore, you won’t be able to mint your free tournament pass.
• All tournament pass owners must complete the registration process in order to be able to play the games. Make sure to complete all steps given below in detail.
• The tournament has 5 games in total. Games are selected randomly.
• Each day of the tournament hosts 1 game only.
• Each game starts at 01:00 AM (UTC) and ends at 11:00 PM (UTC). So, this means that Game 1 will start on August 1 at 01:00 AM (UTC).
• Each game stays active for 22 hours to reach everyone from different time zones.
• Practice mode becomes active when the tournament starts. Players will be able to practice as many times as they want during the active games.
• Practice mode has no ticket cost.
• Players can click on the “Play” button if they want to get into the current game in real-time.
• Players with the best scores (in timing) qualify for the next day’s game.
• Players have 3 Tickets in total for each game.
• Each time players click on the “Play” button 1 Ticket will be used.
• Top players are determined based on a certain percentage. Players can view how many Top Players can pass to the next day’s game on the Leaderboard screen.
• 1st Place wins Spinblade Free Claim Pass, 2nd-20th Place wins Mint Pass. You can learn more about these prizes in detail here: https://whitepaper.spinblade.io/game-assets/spinblade-pass-erc-1155
• In case of any bugs or issues, players can open a ticket on the Hyperolympics Discord: https://discord.gg/3WGWmdGhkg

REGISTRATION

• Step 1: Go to https://hyperolympics.io/ and click on the “Connect Wallet” button.

• Step 2: When the MetaMask extension pop-up show on your screen, click “Next”. (Make sure you have pop-ups enabled on your browser.)

• Step 3: After selecting your wallet, connect your wallet by clicking on the “Connect” button.

• Step 4: Click on the “Sign” button to complete.

• Step 5: After connecting your wallet, click on the “Mint” button to get your free tournament pass.

• Step 6: Another MetaMask pop-up will show on your screen, make sure to click on “Confirm”. The tournament pass is free, you’ll only need to pay a gas fee which is estimated below 1 cent. So, make sure to have enough MATIC in your wallet.
• If you are stuck on this step, the reason should most likely be from the Polygon network’s side. It might work slowly, please wait for the process to complete. If you cannot proceed, you can open a ticket on the Hyperolympics Discord, our team will help you.

• Step 7: If you see this page, it means you’ve successfully minted your free tournament pass. Choose your card and click “Continue”.

• Step 8: Enter your name and click “Save.” (You can change your name later.)

• Step 9: If you can see this screen, congratulations, you’re now registered for the upcoming Hyperolympics x Spinblade tournament! :)

• Step 10: When the tournament begins, both “Practice” and “Play” buttons will become active and the color of these buttons becomes green.
• Step 11: You can use the buttons on the top of the website to follow both Hyperolympics’ and Spinblade’s socials. We highly recommend you follow them to be able to stay on track with upcoming announcements!

➡️ Hyperolympics Website: https://hyperolympics.io/

➡️ Hyperolympics Twitter: https://twitter.com/hyperolympics

➡️ Hyperolympics Discord: https://discord.gg/3WGWmdGhkg

➡️ Hyperolympics Telegram: https://t.me/hyperolympics

➡️ Hyperolympics x Spinblade (OpenSea Collection): https://opensea.io/collection/hyperolympicsxspinblade

Spinblade sets sail on a brand new adventure! Going beyond ‘the usual’ in blockchain gaming projects in the industry, we are announcing Hyperolympics with great pleasure to present a brand new and fun event to our community!

As you know, as a team, we have years of experience in the field of game development. For this reason, we thought it would be an excellent idea for the Spinblade community to play games together and win prizes simultaneously. We think the Hyperolympics tournaments will be a great community event in this area!

Register & Get your free tournament pass here: https://hyperolympics.io/

Check out the OpenSea Collection here: https://opensea.io/collection/hyperolympicsxspinblade

What is Hyperolympics?

Hyperolympics is a blockchain-based tournament game consisting of mini games, where players will compete fiercely with each other for big prizes.

The game hosts more than 20 mini games and more than 50 levels of each game. Players participate in major daily, weekly, monthly or seasonal tournaments with randomly selected mini games from the game pool.

The total amount of daily games a single tournament hosts may vary. Tournaments have a leaderboard system, the winners of daily games are selected through an elimination system based on players’ scores. The players with top scores qualify for the final game and the winner of the game becomes the ultimate winner of the tournament.

What will Hyperolympics bring to Spinblade?

You must be wondering what the pattern behind this crossover is.

As the Spinblade team, one of the biggest reasons we made this decision is to create an ecosystem where our community can have fun. So far, we’ve only distributed Mint Passes and Free Claim Passes chance-based. However, as the development of Spinblade progresses, we don’t want to stick to traditional systems based on luck. In addition, we decided that a skill-based tournament system would be both a fun and competitive event for the Spinblade community, and we decided to launch Hyperolympics.

As we mentioned, Hyperolympics is a project developed by the Spinblade team. With the Hyperolympics tournaments, we aim to strengthen our communication with the community and have fun together. We are starting the alpha process of this brand-new project with the Hyperolympics x Spinblade crossover.

How does it work?

Just like we planned for Spinblade, Hyperolympics will also be part of the Polygon network. You will be able to purchase your Hyperolympics x Spinblade Pass for free by only paying a gas fee in MATIC. As you can guess, since the gas fees on Polygon are quite low, the estimated fee you have to pay will be approximately less than one cent.

After minting your tournament pass, you will be able to participate in the tournament within specific dates. Please note that it will not be possible to participate in Hyperolympics tournaments after the minting period ends. For this reason, you must mint your tournament pass within the dates we specify to take part in the tournament!

Remember, you can only mint 1 tournament pass per wallet.

When the registration process is over, a tournament will begin. The number of winners will be calculated on a certain percentage each day, and those winners will be eligible to participate in the next day’s game. For example, players who reach the top 30% in the game played on the first day will be able to participate in the second day’s game.

It is also worth noting that percentages may vary depending on the total number of registered players and the mini game that is selected for a certain day.

Prize Pool

As for the prizes, the prizes for the Hyperolympics x Spinblade crossover tournament are as follows:

• 1st Place: Free Claim Pass
• 2nd Place — 20th Place: Mint Pass

How to join tournaments?

• Step 1: Click on the “Connect Wallet” button.

• Step 2: When the MetaMask extension pop-up show on your screen, click “Next”. (Make sure you have pop-ups enabled on your browser.)

• Step 3: Connect your wallet by clicking on the “Connect” button.

• Step 4: Click on the “Sign” button to complete connecting your wallet.

• Step 5: After connecting your wallet, click on the “Mint” button to get your free tournament pass.

• Step 6: Another MetaMask pop-up will show on your screen, make sure to click on “Confirm”. (The tournament pass is free, you’ll only need to pay a gas fee which is estimated below 1 cent.)

• Step 7: If you see this page, it means you’ve successfully minted your free tournament pass. Choose your card and click “Continue”.

• Step 8: Enter your name and click “Save.” (You can change your name during the registration/minting period.)

• Step 9: Congratulations, you’re now registered for the upcoming Hyperolympics x Spinblade tournament! Good luck in the tournament! :)

IMPORTANT: If you encounter any issues during the registration, make sure to open a ticket on the Hyperolympics Official Discord Server!

Join the Hyperolympics Community!

We’re starting to build the community of Hyperolympics, a brand new blockchain gaming tournament full of fun, and we’d love to welcome you to join it!

As we always say, the suggestions, criticisms, and opinions of the community are of great importance to us, and we shape our projects by listening to you and evaluating your suggestions. So please don’t hesitate to give our team feedback on any issue during the development of both Spinblade and Hyperolympics.

If the demand for Hyperolympics tournaments increases and you are satisfied with your experience, we can increase the number of tournaments, and there may even be a standalone version of Hyperolympics in the future, who knows? :)

You can join the Hyperolympics community using the official links below:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/hyperolympics
• Discord: https://discord.gg/3WGWmdGhkg
• Telegram: https://t.me/hyperolympics

Hope to see you in tournaments!

Today, we’re happy to announce a big change that will greatly impact Spinblade’s whitelist and NFT drop process. We are officially introducing “Spinblade Pass”!

As you know, we fundamentally adopted the “traditional” whitelist system for the Spinblade project’s private NFT drops. However, with Spinblade Pass, we now plan to make the minting process more dynamic, decentralized, and valuable. Before we get into what the Spinblade Passes are, let’s talk about what the whitelist is.

An NFT whitelist is a spot saved for someone (typically someone who wins one of our giveaways, or a loyal member of the community) to mint an NFT before the public sale. Oftentimes, the whitelist decides who gets to mint an NFT in a project with high demand. Whitelist spots are limited and essentially guarantee a mint.

Although the whitelist is embraced by tons of NFT projects, it can also create systematical problems, cause confusion for community members, and it has no marketplace value. As a team that is much more innovative, dynamic, and listens to the voice of the community, we aim to provide you with a better NFT experience by offering you the Spinblade Passes for the reasons we mentioned above and many more.

Now, let’s dive into the definition of “Spinblade Pass”.

Spinblade Pass will be launched as an NFT collection of type ERC-1155 that will be featured on OpenSea. They will only be distributed to a pool of members as a result of Spinblade-exclusive giveaways and community events.

Currently, there are two different types of Spinblade Passes: Mint Pass and Free Claim Pass. In the future, we might add more types of passes for our community to use.

Mint Pass will represent a restructuring of the traditional whitelist system we mentioned above. Unlike the whitelist, a person will be able to hold more than one Mint Pass (if qualified) and will be able to mint NFTs as many as the number of owned Mint Passes during private drops. Mint Pass will add extra value to the Spinblade project, meaning that Mint Pass holders will have the right to sell or transfer one or more Mint Passes they own to someone else if they wish. Additionally, unlike the whitelist, it offers a wider time frame, offering Mint Pass holders more flexibility in terms of time.

As for the question of how this system will work, first of all, the Mint Pass will not be an item that *we* sell, just like in the whitelist system, it will be something that we will give to the wallet addresses of the winners of giveaways and community events. One Mint Pass will be equivalent to one NFT mint during the private drop. In other words, Mint Pass holders will be able to mint one First Edition Box for one Mint Pass plus NFT price when the private drop starts.

On the other hand, another Spinblade Pass that will be included in OpenSea is the “Free Claim Pass”. Free Claim Pass, which is systematically similar to the Mint Pass, will offer its holders the right to claim the first Edition Box for free during the private drop process.

Free Claim Pass holders will not pay any prices to own the First Edition Box, they will only need to claim it during the private drop. One Free Claim Pass will be equivalent to one free First Edition Box. If a person qualifies, they will be able to have more than one Free Claim Pass. Free Claim Pass holders, just like Mint Pass holders, will be able to sell or transfer these rights to others if they wish, resulting in a process that creates value.

With Mint Pass and Free Claim Pass, we plan to allow people to be more flexible about the assets they have. Also, we want to stick to the principle of true ownership that we have adopted as we mentioned in our whitepaper. With these passes, people will have the opportunity to convert what they have into a value when they cannot claim their First Edition Box for any reason during the private drop. So, their rights will be “unburned”, as in traditional systems.

In addition, Free Claim Pass will be a much rarer pass than Mint Pass. In order to win these passes, it is very important that you participate in the giveaways and events we organize for you which will increase your chances of winning.

If you win a Mint Pass or Free Claim Pass, you must contact us and share your wallet address in order to have the airdrop in your wallet. It is important to check your wallet in this process. On the mint day, the passes you win must be in your wallet, if you transfer your passes before the mint day, you also transfer your minting right. In addition, when you use your pass it will be instantly burned, meaning you will not be able to use that pass multiple times. Keep that in mind!

We hope you enjoy this system, which we designed and developed for you to have a better Spinblade experience. Your voice is very important to us, so feel free to share your feedback and suggestions with us. We still have many Mint Passes and Free Claim Passes to distribute. Don’t forget to follow upcoming giveaways, community events, and announcements on our Discord and Twitter accounts!

IMPORTANT: If you’re one of the winners of our latest giveaways, make sure to check out your wallet. We have recently airdropped your prizes! Make sure to check your “Hidden” NFTs on your account to see your Spinblade Pass. To unhide it, you need to click on three dots (see the screenshot below) and select “Unhide”.

Also, if you’d like to check out the Spinblade Pass collection on OpenSea, here’s the link: https://opensea.io/collection/spinblade-pass

Could you tell us briefly about yourself? How did your journey begin in the Spinblade project?

My name is Murathan Arıkan and I’m the Art Director of the Spinblade project. I’ve studied fine arts and specialized in concept art, design, and 3D modeling. In May of 2021, I started my career as a Game Artist in Suji Games, and later on, I had a chance to be a part of this exciting project.

Where does your inspiration come from when designing a piece of art for this project?

There is no specific source of inspiration for me but tactical and construction vehicles are good sources when exploring forms. But most importantly there is a concept called shape language, it’s basically using shapes that help viewers to engage with the functionality of this particular product which, in our case, are Spinblades.

Which software(s) do you use to design a Spinblade? What is the reason for your preference?

Models are made in Blender 3D but the design process includes some sketches and exploration. For those, I use Photoshop but sometimes when I’m not on my computer I just draw quick sketches on a good old paper sketchbook.

What is your process, when creating a Spinblade? What do you need to know, before you start putting the first lines on paper?

Our team makes lots of discussions and brainstorms together to come up with good game design decisions that directly affect players’ experience in combat. Characteristics of our Spinblades get shaped by those discussions and this gives me a roadmap to visualize these decisions. Most of the time I consider these things when I design them and make my decisions around these brainstorms. In the beginning, sketches are really important. Not only because sketches make great references for modeling but also because freehand drawing gives you much more flexibility for creating more organic and unified models. Using freehand sketches is a choice and I use it most of the time.

But in some specific cases, I also experiment with 3D modeling and sculpting. For example, connection parts need to be designed in a way that makes sense when they are connected. Also, the circular movement should be considered. 3D modeling is quite beneficial for these kinds of challenges.

Another consideration is the view that appears when they are turning, in combat. After the modeling part, I test them with quick rotation animation. It helps me to decide whether it is visually balanced or not. But sometimes this process works in reverse. I find some good shapes that work pretty well together, in these times I take my time to develop characteristics around the shapes that I discover and create unified pieces.

How do you pick the most suitable color palette for the creation of Spinblades?

Although people say that colors have their own meanings I believe that this experience is quite personal. However color is the most important complement to the form and gives strong clues about the material, therefore decisions should be made carefully. Throughout the process, basic color theory principles help me a lot.

If you had to choose just one what would you say is one of your favorite Spinblades you’ve made? What’s the story behind it?

Although all of them were designed carefully and in a considered way, I guess this one is my favorite since it is one of the first ones that I made. Besides that, I find this design simple and just on point. I believe that it carries that cyberpunk aesthetic neatly.

What has been your favorite part of working on this project?

It’s hard to tell. From sketches to 3D models and animations, every part of the project has been really satisfying to me. All the ideas that we had discussed with the team came up to life step by step and therefore every step has been really exciting.

In the near future, you’ll see more exciting stuff, because brand new-looking Spinblades are on the way!