STARL Development Update: 03/2023 Metaverse & Game Development Primary Focus: Backend Upgrades, STARCADE, and Warp Nexus improvements WARP NEXUS: · Resolved issue with credits not updating after ship purchase. · To help understand hits in Warp Nexus, hit effects have been made larger. · Beam weapon range has been doubled. · Ship firing groups are now saved with each ship. · Flight changes - flight speed is now significantly faster when boosting, and there is some drift while in boost .mode. Collision damage while boosting has also been increased, so be careful! · Items now have several rarity values that significantly increase how powerful an item is. METAVERSE: · Passpoint shop kiosks added in main client. Implementing gameside store in development client. · Customizable assets have been removed to plan for earning systems in game. Weekly earnings of various limited cosmetics to come. Gameside assets will have ability to become NFTs. · Living Module production improvements, preparing for LM Production mode. · Visit the Living Modules of other players in order to collect resources - stepping up LM Production. STARCADE: · Updated “To The Moon!” to V1.4 to fix last outstanding bugs prior to release · Launched “To The Moon!” Beta release in STARCADE Web, playable for all with Pass Points and Leaderboard rewards. · Connected STARCADE Metaverse Portal to STARCADE Web. Currently Working: · UE 5.1.1 Upgrade for Metaverse and Warp Nexus - hundreds of improvements and bug fixes for environment and accessability (https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.1/en-US/unreal-engine-5.1-release-notes/) · AI - Oracle-001 implementation - AI Interaction in the metaverse, starting with lore and info tuning in partnership with AllIn. · In-Game Cosmetic Store - for both buying and earning assets in metaverse and games Blockchain & Web Development Primary Focus: Passpoints, Game Asset connections, Starcade/Leaderboard, new website! PassPoints: · PassPoints functionality released on Marketplace · PassPoints related APIs work · Moved PassPoints Order and ERC1155 Contract events handlers into GraphQL Server from Backend API · Integrated PP claim feature (dev side only still) · Implemented PP purchase feature with different cryptocurrencies: USDT, USDC, ETH, STARL (STARL gets 10% discount and 3% burn) Game-Assets (In Testing Phase): · ERC1155 Contract Development Completed. · ERC1155 Vouchers API Development Complete. · Implemented ERC1155 purchase feature - Buy Off-chain Vouchers (Gameside Assets) on Marketplace or in-game, and redeem them to convert to NFTs. · Added Vouchers tab in Marketplace STARCADE/MiniGames: · Launched Starcade web-side. · Starcade Leaderboard implementation and API work. · Implemented “To The Moon!” Beta minigame and connected to Leaderboard. · Fixed issues including profile UI responsiveness, leaderboard topscore not updating, auth session update and so on. Main website: · Complete new interactive website design of starlproject.com featuring all the development progress and info about the project! Currently Working: · Cosmetic purchases/earning - vouchers/redeem and API connections of Marketplace/Gameside. · NFT earning algorithm of Pass Points. · Backend and Marketplace test/bugs/updates.

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