Off the Grid is an Avalanche-based battle royal game by Gunzilla Games currently in its early access phase, where players battle against each other in a fast-paced shooter action environment. The game has already become popular with its combat and mission-based objectives, and the GUN token launch, the native crypto of the platform. It seems the developers want more popularity, the game has now introduced Bored Ape Avatars as part of an ‘Ape-ril’ promotion for its pro subscribers. What are these Bored Ape Avatars and how it elevate the game experience? Let’s take a look.
Off The Grid’s Bored Ape Avatars
Since Gunzilla Games, the developer of the Off the Grid game, released a Bored Ape Yacht Club-themed content pack, gamers are wondering what they are.
The Bored Ape avatars are launched as the promotion for the game’s pro subscribers. The pack includes two new Bored Ape-inspired avatar designs along with two Ape-themed guns and two fresh emotes.
The guns and emotes allow gamers to ‘go apeshit’ or ‘hump for dominance’ when they make in-game achievements while the two bored Ape’s will battle for clout, coins, and chaos.
The promotional trailer is already posted on X, where you can see two Ape’s running inside the game world.
In addition to the Bored Ape-themed content pack, Off the Grid released a limited edition ‘Ape-fool Mask’ available only for those who played the game at least once on the day of April Fool. The mask was only claimable on that day, making it a rare in-game collectible.
Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Collection
Bored Ape avatars in the Off the Grid game are inspired by the Bored Ape Yacht Club, one of the known Ethereum NFT collections. These NFT collections have gained immense popularity at the peak time of the NFT market, ie, in 2021 and 2022. These NFTs were priced at around $430,000 worth of ETH during that time period; however, with the declining confidence for NFTs among investors, the price dropped to $29,000 worth of ETH. The owners of Bored Ape NFTs can use their Avatars for commercial activities, such as video games. This is how the Off the Grid game used them on their platform.
GUN Token To Boost Off The Grid Game Economy
Just a few days before the Bored Ape pack launch, Gunzilla launched the GUN (Gunz), the platform’s native token. The Gunz token is an Avalanche layer 1 network that facilitates the economy of Off the Grid and other future crypto games.
Though the game and token launch were celebrated among players and crypto enthusiasts alike, the token didn’t get an expected hike, instead, it faced a continuous drop since its launch. From its peak value of $0.115, the token dropped more than 53% and is trading at $0.0519 at the time of writing.
Bringing the GUNZ mainnet into the Off the Grid platform will allow players to trade in-game collectibles as NFTs. With the game’s mainnet launch, players can use GUN as a proper crypto token, which is now more like an in-game currency.
Bottom Line
Off the Grid launch of a Bored Ape Yacht-themed content pack is attracting players. Since the game is in its early access stage and the mainnet launch is yet to happen, it is still unknown how a huge player population will accept these Bored Ape avatars. The GUN token launch, which came with great promise, didn’t receive the initial momentum as expected. Will the avatars follow a similar trend or mark a milestone in the game’s development? Only time can say.