August 8 — 12, 2022 In a nutshell: the big release of Waves Ducks Hunt is finally here, we've also distributed rewards for the test period. Meanwhile, we're reaching the wrapping up point with the new marketplace and continuing work on the Duck Wars and Metarace updates.

1. What’s been done

• Waves Ducks Hunt release. What's New? Updates from DIP-6: revised game mechanics, $SPICE token, new rewards. We are also polishing the leveling system and achievement update - they are still in their final stages of development.

• Korean Blockchain Week in Seoul. Inal introduced Waves Ducks to the new public and announced the release of Waves Ducks Hunt. Check out this view!

  

• Waves Ducks Hunt rewards. The test period awards have finally been distributed!

2. In the works

• Marketplace. We are running the final tests and will be rolling out the updates gradually. What’s new in the updated Marketplace: — budget filter: we added a budget slider to make it easier to find a duck for the desired price with the right parameters; — switching between auction and quick buy modes; — strategy filters (this feature will be available later): In addition to the basic list of ducks on the marketplace, we have added filters for game mechanics and monetization strategies with an extended description for each. When selecting a strategy, additional characteristics important for each strategy are displayed in the ducks' cards: this makes it easier to compare different ducks with similar parameters; — duck cards redesign (this feature will be available later). We've made the duck cards on the farm and on the Waves Ducks Hunt marketplace the same design, striving for consistency across all elements. The card is now multifunctional: when tapping on the card, you can see a detailed page with the duck info, and tapping on the price enables you to quick-buy a duck.

An example of choosing a strategy for farming

• Metarace. Closed test of the Unity update.
• Duck Wars. The visual update of the game is in the design stage. We are planning to add new locations.
• Waves Ducks Hunt. We keep working on the leaderboards design and logic, the battlepass system, and other updates.
• New artefacts. The marketplace update turned out to be much more complicated technically than expected, which caused a delay in development. This update has a direct impact on the new artefacts, so if one thing is delayed, so is the other. Because of this, it was decided to release the marketplace update gradually so that the we could proceed with the new artefacts more quickly. Artefacts are still top priority, so we don't intend to move them to the backlog.

3. In backlog

Tasks awaiting planning, the order is not important

• Onboarding
• Personal achievements
• New levels of protection against bots
• Breeding of Obstinate ducks
• Updates for ducklings
• Game developer grants