链游生态平台Crystal Fun获得500万美元种子轮融资，将开启旗下3A级游戏OUTER二次内测

Odaily星球日报Pubblicato 2024-02-20Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-02-20

Introduzione

Crystal Fun团队成员来自Ubisoft、Gameloft、Glu、腾讯、盛大、Actoz等知名游戏公司。

去中心化链游生态平台及工作室 Crystal Fun 于 2 月 20 日宣布，成功完成 500 万美元的种子轮融资，并随之启动旗下第一款 3A 级游戏大作——OUTER 的第二次游戏内测。历经一年时间的筹备和开发，Crystal Fun 从 Crystal Lab 链游工作室升级成为链游生态平台，并从单体一款游戏拓展到聚合多款自研生态游戏，共建宏大的宇宙科幻游戏世界观和相互支撑的可持续游戏经济模型。

Crystal Fun 此轮融资投资者包括 Kucoin Ventures、Actoz Soft、Waterdrip Capital、Comma 3 Ventures、Stratified Capital、Cypher 9 Ventures、Aelf ventures、W Labs 和 Masvers 等投资机构；其中 Actoz Soft 是韩国知名游戏公司，成功运营了《传奇》、《千年》等游戏。

Crystal Fun 的团队由来自 Ubisoft、Gameloft、Glu、腾讯、盛大、Actoz 等知名游戏公司的中日韩游戏开发和运营精英组成，目标是将区块链技术与高质量和可玩性的游戏相结合，并构建一个可持续的游戏经济模型，开创 Web3 游戏新体验。作为一个致力于创新 Web3 游戏体验的去中心化游戏大生态和工作室，Crystal Fun 已公布将推出了《OUTER》、《Endless War》、《StarFall》和《Survivor》等四款游戏，并计划未来推出更多精彩作品。

链游生态平台Crystal Fun获得500万美元种子轮融资，将开启旗下3A级游戏OUTER二次内测

此次融资也将为旗下首款 3A 级 MMORPG 游戏——OUTER 的发展注入强大动力，推动其在链游领域的创新与成长。OUTER 是一款以宇宙探险为背景的高度自由开放的角色扮演游戏，是 Web3 游戏领域的全新题材，游戏内有丰富的玩法和复杂的经济系统。

据悉 OUTER 游戏，已完成第一轮 200 个玩家的小范围精英测试， 7 日留存率高达 98.3% ，玩家平均在线时长达 12.5 小时，玩家平均链上交互次数为 7.9 次。本次 OUTER Testing II 主要为测试游戏内的数值平衡和压力负载，以确保最佳的游戏体验。

链游生态平台Crystal Fun获得500万美元种子轮融资，将开启旗下3A级游戏OUTER二次内测

踏入 OUTER 的奇幻旅程

OUTER 游戏开发利用 Unity 引擎营造恢宏、逼真的充满星球和星系的宇宙背景渲染；PBR 材质系统提升飞船表面光线反射和折射的真实感、星球地表岩石和植被的纹理效果。游戏拥有数百个星系和上千个星球的高自由度开放世界，玩家可以自由驾驶定制飞船探索未知，通过超过 100 种属性和技能的定制系统打造独一无二的游戏角色，参与全玩家驱动的经济系统和真实战斗体验。跨平台的超大规模联机和深度社交系统，让玩家与全球玩家建立联系，共同探索、战斗，书写属于自己的星际传奇。OUTER 不仅是一款游戏，更是一场带你穿越星际的奇幻之旅。

链游生态平台Crystal Fun获得500万美元种子轮融资，将开启旗下3A级游戏OUTER二次内测

OUTER Testing II 的丰厚奖励

随着 OUTER Testing II 即将展开，Crystal Fun 开启了对全球游戏爱好者的宇宙级邀请，为来自各地的太空探险家提供了加入这场刺激探险的独特机会。此次测试阶段，将有 4, 000 个名额开放给勇敢的探险者，携带丰富的奖励，包括 USDT 奖池，$CFUN 代币、定制飞船 NFT，第三次内测资格以及专属游戏内礼包。

获得参与 OUTER Testing II 资格的路径多元化，以确保所有热爱冒险的玩家均有机会参与。首先，所有在 2024 年 2 月 28 日进行 NFT 持仓快照时拥有 OUTER 飞船 NFT 的地址将自动获得测试资格。此外，NFT 持有者根据其 NFT 持仓的个数、天数、等级的不同，将获得不同数量的邀请码，可以邀请更多好友一同加入 OUTER 游戏。除此之外，Crystal Fun 还特别安排了一系列白名单活动——包括 Giveaway、AMA、Discord 任务完成和参与抽奖——为广大玩家提供丰富的获取测试资格的途径。

Crystal Fun 的愿景

Crystal Fun 致力于创新 Web3 游戏体验，建立“游戏优先”的 Blockchain Gaming 生态系统。

我们利用区块链技术解决 Web2 游戏的痛点，旨在创造高可玩性的链游项目，确保玩家享受完美的游戏体验。通过优化代币获取与销毁机制及游戏激励系统，构建与众不同的可持续游戏经济模型，避免链游经济的“死亡螺旋”。

Crystal Fun 以游戏为起点，力图打造包括小说、动画、电影、主题元宇宙公园及衍生品在内的多维娱乐生态系统，让玩家跨越虚拟与现实世界，享受更加沉浸式的娱乐体验。同时，将游戏生态系统拓展至多维娱乐产业，不断赋能 Crystal Fun 游戏生态及其治理代币$CFUN，增强整体价值。

通过引入 AI 技术，让玩家成为游戏生态中的创作者，共同创新和共创，为 Crystal Fun 游戏体验增添深度与多样性。随着 OUTER Testing II 的临近，Crystal Fun 诚邀每一位热爱冒险的玩家加入这场星际旅程，一同探索 OUTER 宇宙的无限奇迹，共同见证一个游戏工作室如何以创新的精神和坚定的融资支持，开辟 Web3 游戏新天地。

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