<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*qrMhC5WO9aZWVlFw2Ejvng.png"></figure>2022 was a year of change and evolution for the gaming and technology industries. The gaming sector continues to show tremendous growth, and the tech industry seems to be evolving on a day to day basis with the explosion of AI. The rapidly evolving blockchain and digital currency industry… well… it can be difficult to navigate. While there has been a lot of white noise swirling around us, we remained laser-focused on our core values and mission: to create better experiences for players, developers, and partners. It was a good year for our development, a lot has been achieved, and we are running full speed into 2023 with great positivity and eagerness.
I want to take the time to talk about what we have been doing at Bright Star Studios, where we are going and why it is important to forge better experiences for players, developers, partners and more. Of course, also Ember Sword — why it will be fun, why our team and systems are focused solely around fun gameplay. And lastly, I wanted to reveal a little secret of ours we have been keeping under wraps…
<h3>For the uninitiated, let’s start from the beginning…</h3>
In 2018, we embarked on an ambitious journey to create an MMORPG that would revolutionize the way people experience games online. As devout players ourselves, we recognized that accessibility, long downloads, tedious installs, patching and the black market were major pain points for both developers and players — and knew that we could do better.
We initially started working with a well-known engine company, who promised us they would have the technology ready for us to execute our vision for accessibility and high performance anywhere within 2 years tops. Unfortunately, when it came down to it, they realized they could not actually do what they promised. They would need to completely start from scratch — something they were not willing to do. So… just like that, we were on our own. Were we frustrated? Sure. But we did not question for a second that our vision to improve experiences for everyone, no matter where they lived or what technology they have access to, was the right one.
Project SERIUS engine was born. It wasn’t our first engine, as a team we have developed and worked on 5 engines in total, but none of them could do what this one can do. It solves a TON of issues with the current stagnant model, it is faster, it is stronger, and it is going to create a massive impact in the market.
As we developed Project SERIUS for Ember Sword, we discovered that its capabilities extended far beyond gaming. It has the potential to transform multiple industries and create a more seamless and enjoyable experience for users everywhere.
We are incredibly excited about the possibilities Project SERIUS brings and can’t wait to share it with the world. More on this to come, but now I want to talk about our flagship game in development, Ember Sword.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*ezSMAyIlx2XYpqBJ1hwIzw.png"></figure><h3>What is Ember Sword?</h3>
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*Dx59_XJqSzYWdc5rzT_bew.png"></figure>As we embark on this journey to revolutionize the world of online gaming, we’re thrilled to share more on our latest title: Ember Sword, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) that is truly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Ember Sword provides an immersive, fast-paced experience that can be instantly accessed from any device. With stunning graphics, a wide range of customisation options, and intense real-time combat, this game offers a truly unique gaming experience. Players can explore a vast world full of adventure, mystery, and danger, while joining forces with friends and allies to achieve victory.
This is a gaming experience which is, no joke, playable on any device across the globe, within 10 seconds, down to a 3G+ connection. It’s a mix of the fast-paced combat of aRPGs, combined with the isometric view and skill-based abilities of MOBAs, set in a persistent MMORPG fantasy universe. It was created, like most great ideas, out of a lot of frustration. We were sick of lengthy downloads and patches. We were tired of gaming for thousands of hours and seeing the big corporations, the behemoths, reap all the value that we, the community, created, or worse, seeing it stolen by shady characters on the black market. And finally, we were annoyed with the fact that although games have great peak experiences, much of the gameplay loops are still an unengaging grind.
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<li>What if we could create a fun and highly social game with all the features we love and make it accessible to anyone in the world, no matter where they are from?</li>
<li>What if we could make our own engine — one that actually makes developing the game and the entire player experience easy?</li>
<li>What if we could help to eliminate the black market and bring things to the surface with complete transparency, giving players complete control over their own digital assets?</li>
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So, we started building in 2018 with the vision of “fun gameplay first” over everything else. We created a world that is ever changing — where players can opt in to control parts of the game, such as capitals, cities, towns and villages. Games these days are formulaic, a bit stale, and the game world never changes. You could be playing any popular MMO and the capital cities where everyone congregates would stay the same for a decade, sometimes multiple decades with little to almost zero change.
Having player-owned land makes the game always feel fresh and vibrant, and we split profits with those who help keep the game alive, as it should be. We also use AI to generate events on the fly, sort of like an AI-GameMaster, which always is trying to make sure you are challenged. It uses machine learning to, well, learn from the players within the game, studying their behavior in order to try and deliver them an epic experience, or simply a relaxed one if that is more the style a player would be seeking.
A FOCUS ON “FUN GAMEPLAY FIRST”
Ember Sword features multiple continents in one big shared world. It is highly social, with plenty of community based and guild-friendly features. Such as for example, if you are a streamer, we use integrated streaming methods which saves you bandwidth because we will be streaming the game directly to your choice of platform, like Twitch or YouTube, rather than you having to stream both the game and your own feed at the same time. You are going to be exploring various types of biomes, in a fantasy world where nothing is off limits, so you will have to keep your wits about you.
It is classless, meaning that you don’t need to adhere to any sort of special build or abilities in order to have fun or join a guild etc. How you play, and your playstyle is completely up to you and what matters is how you apply yourself. This is a playstyle we know is very hard to achieve, as having a class based system makes game development and balancing a whole lot easier to create, and hence why it is the preferred choice of developers — but we believe that this also limits people’s creativity. It limits how they can participate in events, and not to mention, limits their fun, because who wants to be shoehorned into playing a specific role, or having only specific abilities. It also means that you cannot buy your way to the top. You have to have a lot of skill and talent to get there.
There is going to be a wealth of PvE and PvP experiences to enjoy. From the open world featuring a plethora of challenging quests, creature encounters, crafting and forging, to the cavernous dungeons for groups and raids which require cooperative play in order to be completed. We want our players to get social, which we will achieve through competitive content throughout the vast world — which is going to be big, 16x16km² to be exact.
Of course all of this will be done in the browser — but make no mistake — this is not just another browser game. This is a fully functioning highly competitive MMORPG. Having a game accessible via the browser is made possible by our own proprietary engine, Project SERIUS which allows for much higher accessibility, allowing hundreds of millions of users to enjoy it as opposed to a few million.
<h3>The importance of a transparent and self sustaining in-game economy</h3>
As gamers ourselves, we have taken all the best features from all the games we love, and put them into Ember Sword. The combat, questing, raids and in-game economy is going to be epic. The whole economy is designed around not giving, excuse my language, a rat’s ass about the state of the world economy, about crypto, nor about the markets. We have from the get-go designed Ember Sword to have its own self-sustaining ecosystem. We care first about fun.
THERE IS NO BUY IN — AND YOU CANNOT PAY TO ADVANCE OR WIN IN THE GAME.
Focused on a positive player experience with the economy, we will release a set amount of digital collectibles into the game every month — based on the amount of active players (which will be minted on-chain) and then spread out through gameplay encounters and other achievements. This allows for maximum scarcity, and previously mentioned transparency, because everyone can see what is being minted, how many, and even be able to see the individual minting number of collectibles. For example, a player can have the first hat #1 of out of perhaps #1000 hats.
This means that we, as developers, do not need to waste any time worrying about what sells, nor what will be profitable for the future. We only need to ensure this is a fun experience for everyone.
We also considered harmful bots, and bot farming when we initially came up with the strategy and concept for the game — because if you have easily achievable collectibles, or items, like in most MMORPGs, you will attract a horde of botters, and player farms to exploit these methods to gain a profit. However, by making items less of a chore, focusing more on gameplay and personal gameplay style, we severely hinder the use and need for bots — because no one is going to buy these items on black markets when there is no need for it. And collectibles? Well, bots aren’t going to be able to farm them, as they will require you to actively participate in the gameplay. To sprinkle on top of all of that, we also use AI to monitor the game to make sure we keep botting to an absolute minimum.
<h3>Blockchain. Is it really needed? What does it add to your game?</h3>
Ember Sword is a Free To Play game which utilizes blockchain technology to ensure transparency and rightful ownership of digital collectables. It’s not a game made because of blockchain, nor do you need any experience using the technology. You will not need to know how to operate a digital wallet, nor will you be asked to buy anything upfront at all.
We use blockchain because it gives us the advantages of an open ledger, where we and our users can track everything, transparently and openly, creating much more trust between us and the end user. We cannot cheat our community by recreating old collectibles and rereleasing them, because players would be able to see them minted. And furthermore, the economy of the game is contained within a token, where again, everything is transparent. There isn’t really much difference from any other MMORPG with its own in-game premium currency, and an auction house or marketplace for items. The only difference here is that we allow players to trade if they so wish, easier tracking, a trusted system where everyone feels more like a true member of the community.
Furthermore, we use the chain to record your item’s unique history in-game. This means that when you attach one of your collectibles to your character, they will begin to generate a history of what has been achieved with them. From epic moments where you defeat monsters, bosses and encounters, to special occasions. Say goodbye to boring old memories, say hello to sharing those epic moments forever!
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*R4axtcyPoZ5sY5ya"></figure><h3>Now. Let’s get onto Project SERIUS. Why is this engine a ‘game changer’?</h3>
The technology behind Ember Sword, our homemade proprietary engine, Project SERIUS, is a next generation piece of technology which allows for major improvements across a number of different sectors — not least for gaming. What sets this game engine apart from others on the market is its speed and scalability. Our engine can process large volumes of data quickly and efficiently, allowing developers to create complex and immersive gaming experiences with a fraction of the time and cost required by other engines.
It allows for easier, more cost effective development which is completely accessible on any browser app or device. This means that any player in any region, down to a 3G+ connection, can now play a AAA game without delay, and without having to wait several days for a download and install to go through. This allows Project SERIUS to penetrate markets previously untapped due to a lack of bandwidth or more technical limitations. Game changer.
Today there is still a lot of stigma surrounding games delivered through a browser, as in the past, these games used to be made with for example flash, and were usually, very simple, especially in terms of graphics. In today’s world however, the browser is perfectly capable of delivering high end experiences — the only limitations here are the technology available through the browser, which in turn is what needs to keep evolving. And it absolutely has evolved, with the emergence and optimization of wonderful applications such as WebGPU, WebAssembly etc, which allows for better performance and development on the web.
If you imagine your browser as a terminal, you can start to imagine that with an internet connection, and if everyone had decent bandwidth with somewhat decent computers, you could deliver practically anything through this ‘terminal’. I personally envision that in the future we won’t even need an operating system, (like Windows) and instead we will only have terminals (literally browsers) where everything we need is delivered through. From apps for Photo Editing, Music Editing Software, to Video Editing, practically anything you can think of could be directly, smoothly, and safely delivered right to you through your little terminal window. This limits the need for all of us to have huge harddrives, or even massive computer towers. We truly believe this is the future, and that we, as Project SERIUS developers, are absolutely working towards.
Right now, Project SERIUS is focused on developing and delivering experiences for games, starting with Ember Sword. But we are already getting it ready for multiple other industries where it can do wonders. From enabling much better video streaming (think faster/better way of loading and playing videos on streaming platforms) delivering users specific experiences for retail applications, augmented and virtual reality, to automobile solutions and home improvement. All of these sectors can make good use of instantly delivered experiences that are platform agnostic — available to reach more people around the world. Game changer.
WHAT’S COMING IN 2023 FOR EMBER SWORD?
This year, we are going to be showing off a lot more of the game. From game quest loops, more of the open world, a full dungeon experience all with groups enabled, world bosses, fun encounters and puzzles for you to solve and defeat. It is going.. to be.. Glorious!
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*9iEDoBRwh8v4nnns"></figure>What we have in the pipeline, is at first, the good basics of what every great MMORPG needs. We will release a small section of the current game world where you will get to experience how quests work, the various biomes you will come across within the first nation called Solarwood. You will get to see how pieces of player-owned land can look, learn how our fun and intricate crafting system works, and experience some PVE. There will be a variety of monsters to hunt and defeat, and finally you will have to team up with others to take down a world boss, which is a monster type which spawns out in the open world, and requires multiple people to take down. This also includes having fun in the Arenas, which will be the PVP experience, where you can do anything from 1vs1 to 2vs2, 3vs3 and so on.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*gY3stDBtNBz4pVQy"></figure>Which leads me to the final part, combat, where we hope that you will enjoy the various types of skills and abilities introduced to begin with, from dual wielding cool “pistols”, to the more traditional sword and board warrior, to cool magicians throwing spells. There’ll be a bit of everything for everyone.
The goal is to have something in your hands around April — don’t kill me if the timeline changes a bit, it is game development after all — and then again after the summer where we plan on having a really fun dungeon experience ready for you to try out.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*qaUPftJreHXmxi4l"></figure>Personally I cannot wait to finally show all of you what we have in store. It has been a few years of development, both for Ember Sword and Project SERIUS Engine. We continue to make great strides further in this ever changing world, and despite the current turbulent market. 2023 is going to be THE year for Bright Star Studios as we edge closer and closer towards the first release of Ember Sword. I know you all are going to love it.
We will continue to communicate more details as to what exactly you are going to experience in the upcoming features tests and demos. We are also going to talk more about Project SERIUS, and why exactly it is a piece of marvellous technology, both for game developers, and gamers alike.
Thank you for your on-going support and we appreciate each and every one of you.
Always remember, even in the darkest of nights, the stars shine the brightest.
Mark Laursen — Founder and CEO
Bright Star Studios
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Bright Star Studios: Forging Better Experiences in Gaming and Technology in 2023 &amp; Beyond

<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/680/1*bFuJsjSge4oVZxb0xUh7cw.gif"></figure>The time is upon us once again! That’s right, Thanabus Cup 3 is happening — bigger, better, wilder, with more prizes and live events than ever before. In this post, we will be going over a brief introduction to what Thanabus Cup is, the story of the premiere Ember Sword event so far, and giving you a little teaser for this third iteration, which is kicking off at the end of the month. Let’s get into it!
<h3>Thanabus Cup Overview</h3>
For those that might not be familiar with it, the Thanabus Cup is an event hosted on the <a href="http://discord.gg/embersword">Ember Sword Discord server</a>, and it pits all four nations against each other in a fierce, if at times unconventional, competition. The Cup is designed to strike a healthy balance between events which let an individual’s talent shine through and those that require every member of a nation to band together and work towards achieving that week’s goal. Those goals can range from meme creation to a streamed <a href="https://youtu.be/HhHOVlNLaJw">marble racing event</a>, involving multiple hundreds of participants at once. You never quite know what you’ll get with the Thanabus Cup, and we’re very much intending to keep that tradition going with the threequel.
Of course, an event as epic as the Thanabus Cup requires some equally exciting prizes. Historically, a community member received a reward, either because they won an individual challenge or because they were selected by a random draw to be that week’s winner. Furthermore, they received the unique “Competition Winner 🏆” Discord role and, more importantly, the glory and admiration that comes with it! The winning nation also got their name engraved on the actual, physical Thanabus Cup, which is proudly displayed in our head office in Aarhus, Denmark. This time around, however, things will be a bit different, but more on that later.
The first Thanabus Cup was a wild time for us here at Bright Star Studios. The idea was novel and hadn’t really been done before, especially not on a platform such as Discord. It featured some fan favorite competitions — create an in-game item, meme and art competitions, etc. and was ultimately won by Solarwood after 10 weeks of fierce competition.
The second Cup was bigger, better and crazier, implementing live streamed events, such as a building competition and marble races. The leader was constantly changing right up to the last competition, where Ediseau narrowly secured victory from Solarwood.
If all of that sounds intense, just wait until you see what we have in store next.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*2MX4Hj_g8ljWy2aHu2OJCg.png"></figure><h3>Thanabus Cup 3</h3>
We are going all out with this third installment, having learned a lot from the first two iterations of the event.
<h4>So, what’s different this time around?</h4>
The most obvious change is the number of competitions, as this time around we’ve elected to host 7 of them, as opposed to the so far traditional 10. We wanted this cup to feel more dynamic and action-packed, so we adopted this quality over quantity approach.
If we had to sum up TC3 in one word it would be: streams. Or if you want to get fancy with it and use double the words then it would be: more streams. Almost half of the competitions this time around will be live streamed, and we’ve racked our brains as hard as we could to create the wackiest, most unconventional streamed competitions to ever occur this side of Thanabus.
And last, but definitely not least, there’s the prizes. The rewards are always an exciting part of the Thanabus Cup and, without giving too much away, we can say that like everything else about TC3 — the prizes are bigger, better and more exciting!
Thanabus Cup 3 kicks off on November 29 with a very special first competition. To make sure you’re prepared, <a href="http://discord.gg/embersword">join our Discord server</a> and pick a nation, so that you’re ready to go when the first competition starts!
We have high expectations for this cup, and we hope that you enjoy participating just as much as we enjoyed putting this together for you over the past months.
We’ll see you on the field!
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Thanabus Cup 3 Announcement

<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*T_J8ZeraeZg_HR2kxLYUhQ.png"></figure><h3>A Word From Our Founders</h3>
As we rapidly head towards the end of the year, we wanted to take a moment and reflect on what has been a tremendous 12 months for us here at Bright Star Studios. We continue to be humbled by the passion and dedication of our community. You are what drives us to do better, to make the best decisions possible, and to ensure a long-lasting and thrilling experience for everyone. So once again…we appreciate each and every one of you!
<h4>Upgrading Our Technology</h4>
It has been an incredible year of growth for the development of Ember Sword. We have taken major steps with our backend technology, scaling our infrastructure, improving security and officially moving development over to our own proprietary engine, which allows us to do so much more than before.
<h4>Improving Blockchain Experiences</h4>
We have also launched our exchange migration to Immutable X, which will have massive speed and responsiveness for transactions, increased accessibility, improved security, the ability to pay with a credit card, and more. Additionally, upon migration, users will benefit from changing their ERC-1155 to non-fungible ERC-721, making each of them fully unique. All in all, this is another step towards making Ember Sword secure and, more importantly, accessible to as many people as possible.
While these steps in technology are not always visible, they require a great deal of work internally, and they are absolutely essential to securing the foundation of our game.
<h4>Expanding Our Team &amp; Community</h4>
As you have seen, we have added some incredible talent to the team. Hailing from brands such as Blizzard, Riot Games, King, Digital Arrow, Discovery, CD Projekt Red and Disney, the newly appointed leadership team brings a wealth of experience and passion to the studio. If you didn’t see our announcement on this, please find it <a href="https://medium.com/embersword/bright-star-studios-appoints-leadership-team-as-it-prepares-the-studio-for-next-stage-of-global-96e773cb1a38">here</a>.
With this amazing group of people on board, this means that we are officially at the scale up stage, and we have been working very hard behind the scenes to build the very best foundation for the player experience for our community.
<h4>Game Design</h4>
Our imaginative artists, engineers and game designers have been working hard to move to the next stages of the game’s art development. As you know, Solarwood will be the first nation we will be releasing, and before the end of this year, we will be announcing a first look reveal of some of Solarwood’s characters! This includes one of the more important figures we’ll be meeting in Solarwood, the Town Crier, as well as a notorious Bandit and a seasoned Smith. We will also be sharing a bit more about Solarwood’s culture, politics and some of the creatures you might come across during your adventures.
<h3>Ember Sword In Progress!</h3>
As part of our WIP Wednesdays, we are so pleased to reveal a further demo video for you all here today. This is just a sliver of what is to come!
<a href="https://medium.com/media/6115bfbd3c0bef919991fb309f1b4ba9/href">https://medium.com/media/6115bfbd3c0bef919991fb309f1b4ba9/href</a><h3>Thanabus Cup</h3>
We will also be holding our 3rd edition of the highly competitive Thanabus Cup! Once again, our four nations of Thanabus will compete against each other in a multi-week challenge for their chance to win prizes and carve their name on the Thanabus Cup itself. The competition draws in thousands of community members and this time around there are some special surprises in store, with news coming very soon, so stay tuned!
<h3>The Year Ahead</h3>
Towards the beginning next year we will be releasing a features testing schedule with our community! It is hugely important for us to develop our game alongside you all, and we are thrilled to be able to receive and implement your valuable feedback for the best features of our game. Once community features testing is well underway, we will be in a great position to move to the Alpha stage of development.
<h4>DEFINITION OF GAME PHASE: ALPHA</h4>
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<li>Core Feature Testing &amp; Greenlight In-Progress</li>
<li>On-Going Technical Tests for Infrastructure &amp; Stability</li>
<li>Expected Instability While Testing</li>
<li>Unpolished Game And Subject To Further Changes Development</li>
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Of course, after Alpha comes Beta, right? Well, during the Beta stage, we aim to release a first edition of our White Paper with the community. Here you’ll be able to find more information about gameplay features, the in-game economy, our in-game tokenomics (off-chain and on-chain systems), as well as other important information about what will be possible throughout your experiences playing the game.
After the White Paper and during the Beta stage, we will also aim to release our in-game token, Ember. This custom-built ERC-20 token is designed to allow players to trade rare collectables and cosmetics within the game, including land, cosmetics, pets and mounts. More to come on this when we release the White Paper. During this time, all of our current badge holders will be able to claim their badges and begin to release their tokens.*subject to regional legislation*
Of course, we will also be releasing our first gameplay trailer during the next year as well. We can’t wait to share it with you all, as it’s going to be a really special one.
And finally, we always want to add that none of this would be possible without your continued support. Thank you for being a part of our mission to change the industry for the better. As passionate gamers ourselves, we strive everyday to bring you the experiences you deserve and dream of!
Thank you, and enjoy the upcoming holiday season!
Sincerely,
Bright Star Studios and The Ember Sword Community Team
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Community Year End Wrap Up

<h3>Bright Star Studios Appoints Leadership Team as It Prepares The Studio for Next Stage of Global Growth</h3>
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*Or8m_zGdBfdaHJ0lreDOmw.png"></figure>Developing a groundbreaking MMORPG is no small feat, especially when it comes to Ember Sword. Our mission of Reimagining The Game is an ambitious one and it requires a lot of moving parts to work in harmony — from the development of our game and engine to engagement with our dedicated community. Naturally, managing this process with passion and integrity is of the utmost importance to making Ember Sword as good as we know it can be. After all, that is no less than what you, our incredible community, deserve. Thankfully, we have some very good hands steering the ship and we want to officially introduce you to them!
We are excited to announce several new additions to our leadership team, slated to accelerate company growth and community momentum. We see the growth of our leadership team as the next step in our promise to build the best gaming experiences we can, as well as take the commitment from our partners and the trust from our growing community very seriously.
Co-Founder Joris Huijbregts is now Chief Development Officer. New additions include Mo Fadl as Chief Publishing Officer, Amber Sutera as VP of Marketing, Sinisa Vuckovic as in-game Art Director, Max Zimnukhov as Game Director, Christophe Celard as VP of Operations, and Thomas Hector as VP of Infrastructure, amongst other leadership roles across Community and Player Experience and Business Development.
Hailing from brands such as Blizzard, Riot Games, King, Digital Arrow, Discovery, CD Projekt Red and Disney, the newly appointed leadership team brings a wealth of experience and passion to our studio. The team plans to focus on our dedicated community and support the creation of next-generation original MMO game franchise experiences utilizing Bright Star’s own proprietary engine.
We leave off with a few words from our leadership team, which exemplify the passion they bring to the growth of Bright Star Studios.
“It’s time for MMOs to evolve. We see the growth of our leadership team as the next step in our promise to build the best gaming experiences we can. We take the commitment from our partners and the trust from our growing community very seriously. With top tier talent on board, we are in a great position to deliver incredible next gen MMO franchises, starting with <a href="https://embersword.com/">Ember Sword</a>,” says Mark Laursen, CEO of Bright Star Studios.
“Our products and tools solve three major issues for MMORPGs today: high-friction gameplay, closed markets and low engagement. Whereas traditional publisher-led MMOs make it cumbersome and time-consuming to download a game, our technology allows players to access their game directly and start playing in a matter of seconds — whether from a browser, desktop or mobile device.” says Joris Huijbregts, Chief Development Officer.
“Gaming is one of the few hobbies, or rather a lifestyle, which allows you the opportunity to dive into a world where you can be anyone or anything — no matter who you are, where you live, or what your social standing is. You can become a friend, a foe, a hero, a legend and you can accomplish anything together. We want to build experiences which will last a lifetime.” says Mo Fadl, Chief Publishing Officer.
With close to 3 billion people now playing games globally, one thing is very clear: the industry is just getting started and Bright Star Studios is poised to make waves.
<h3>About Bright Star Studios</h3>
Bright Star Studios is a global independent game development studio crafting next generation original MMO franchise experiences utilizing its own proprietary engine.
We are led by a diverse team of award-winning venture founders, former world champion pro-players and entertainment professionals who come with decades of game industry experience. We are innovators who are carving a new path forward for MMORPGs across PC, Browser, and Mobile. The studio’s mission is to rewrite the games industry with a new model that favors the community through diverse gameplay, instant playability and a leading platform which supports the player economy.
The studio is currently developing their flagship MMORPG title, Ember Sword, a modern rewrite of the games industry business model which brings a player-owned economy and the community together in a unique and engaging cooperative role playing universe.
<h3>About Ember Sword</h3>
Ember Sword is a social sandbox MMORPG taking place in a player-driven universe where the adventure finds you. Built by a team of imaginative artists, engineers and game designers, Ember Sword offers a unique community-led frictionless PvP and PVE player experience, and allows the community to have true ownership of their digital assets.
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<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*5K9_RYe_-2BrgT5D"></figure>That’s right, it’s time! As you may be aware, we previously published a <a href="https://medium.com/embersword/immutable-x-partnership-378ea4192419">blog</a> announcing our partnership with Immutable X to ensure we are laying the best possible foundations for Ember Sword and our community.
We have many great reasons for this partnership — massive speed and responsiveness for transactions, increased accessibility, improved security, the ability to pay with a credit card, and more. Additionally, upon migration, badge holders will benefit from changing their ERC-1155 to non-fungible ERC-721, making each of them fully unique. All in all, this is another step towards making Ember Sword secure and, more importantly, accessible to as many people as possible.
On May 31st 2022, we announced that we would be switching platforms from Polygon to Immutable X. Users who hold Digital Assets with us are fully responsible to migrate their Digital Assets from Polygon’s platform to IMX within 18 months of the original announcement, i.e. by December 1st 2023. Digital Assets which have not been migrated will from December 1st 2023 no longer be supported. For more information on this, please contact our support team.
One of the main points of the previous announcement was that our current land and/or badge holders would need to migrate their NFTs from Polygon to Immutable X. After a lot of optimizing and setting up processes, as you can probably guess by the title, it’s time for you to learn how to do just that!
The migration process goes live on the first Monday of every month and runs for a week. Head over to <a href="https://embersword.com/imx-migration">https://embersword.com/imx-migration</a> to migrate your assets during that window.
<h3>Reward Program Details</h3>
We here at Ember Sword, alongside Immutable X, have created a rewards program as a way to give you a little token of our appreciation.
Here’s how this is going to work — we have set aside a pool of 20,000 IMX tokens. Users will be rewarded with 1 IMX token per asset transferred. These tokens will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis while supplies last. Simple, right?
This method was chosen due to how uncomplicated it is, while also making sure that a broad range of people can benefit from it. To do that, we have put in place a cap of 150 IMX tokens per person in order to ensure as many people as possible get a chance to partake in the reward program.
Do be aware that we would never ask for your password or keys, nor would we ever communicate with asset holders outside of our official channels. Exercise due diligence in all matters related to your Ember Sword assets. To stay up-to-date on any security concerns, consider joining our <a href="https://discord.gg/embersword">Discord</a>, where we frequently update our community on things to watch out for.
With all that said, let’s see exactly how the migration process works.
<h3>The Migration Process</h3>
Before we start, we should note that the migration process is easiest on a personal computer. However, you can also initiate the process on mobile by following these steps:
1: Go to <a href="https://market.immutable.com/">https://market.immutable.com/</a> and connect your wallet — IMX has made a guide on how to do that here: <a href="https://support.immutable.com/hc/en-us/articles/4750968898447-Purchasing-NFTs-with-a-Mobile-Wallet">https://support.immutable.com/hc/en-us/articles/4750968898447-Purchasing-NFTs-with-a-Mobile-Wallet</a>
2: Go to the MetaMask App, open the browser window and enter <a href="https://embersword.com/imx-migration">https://embersword.com/imx-migration</a>
3: You can now start the migration process!
Onto the guide. To make migrating from Polygon to Immutable X as easy as we could, we have made it possible to complete migration on PC without ever having to leave our website. We have also created a handy video tutorial (alongside the text one below), which you can watch <a href="https://youtu.be/0VkVgq0LEec">at this link</a>. Please also note that having any adblocker software installed might affect the transfer process. As such, if you experience problems, try disabling your adblock and restarting the process.
Step 1 — log into your Ember Sword account. If you do not have an account yet (say you’ve bought your land/badge on the secondary market), you can register <a href="https://embersword.com/?modal=create-account">here</a>.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*770fdu6XNlpRJDrlUkrd-g.jpeg"></figure>Once you’ve successfully logged in, you will be taken to Step 2 — Connecting your digital wallet.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*ZIkzFu9ferupItEA"></figure>We are using MetaMask here as an example, however please note that most Web3 compatible wallets should work. We have run tests with multiple ones to make sure of that, including the likes of Coinbase hot wallet and Nano Ledger.
Step 3 — Connect Immutable X to your Web3 wallet.
A pop-up will appear, asking you if you want to switch networks. Click on “Switch network”:
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*S1Jbhgg4RCz2zkOn"></figure>This will lead to another pop-up, asking you to connect Immutable X to your wallet:
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*q66F5xtQ0SVh1KeJ"></figure>You will be taken to a menu with all your available wallets. Select the one you want to connect (the one containing your Ember Sword assets) and click “Next” and then “Connect”:
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*P4j42X4_6sBXxZ2JSzZzYg.png"></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*Ldj8eJO0A-B3ZgvZ_EMXyQ.png"></figure>Next, click “Connect” on the Immutable X pop-up. That will send a signature request to your wallet:
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*VIzm6CXVgiUorPv8"></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*tg6CrtNequU2PAqf35YQaA.png"></figure>This will lead into Step 4 — Transferring your Polygon assets to Immutable X.
The process will confirm which assets you have in your wallet. You will again have a MetaMask pop-up, prompting you to allow the addition of a network to your MetaMask account (with the same example parameters as above). Click “Approve” and then “Switch network”.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*DGrM4tyfGZNQsVyy"></figure>The transfer will incur some gas fees (in MATIC), which will be shown in the next pop-up. The gas fees are part of the transfer, as you’re migrating networks.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*fJMbl6E_Y74SWT6i"></figure>Upon confirmation, the migration will begin.
Your transfer is now in progress and you can safely exit the browser window. Upon its completion (which can take up to 14 days), you will be notified via email if the transfer has been successful.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*AK7dKo08deZ2BMK5"></figure>And that’s it! You have successfully migrated your Ember Sword NFTs to Immutable X.
Once again, the process goes live on the 8th of June. To stay up-to-date on all things Ember Sword, make sure to follow us on our socials and join our <a href="https://discord.gg/embersword">Discord</a>.
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