My Neighbour Alice (MNA), the blockchain multiplayer builder game, has announced the Pudgy Penguins integration, coming with a new winter-themed expansion. The collaboration will introduce ‘The Pudgy Land’ to the Snowflake Wilds region, and it will offer utility to NFT owners both in-game and in the customization department. The integration sees 8,888 Pudgy Penguins, 22,222 Lil Pudgys and 7,399 Pudgy Rods enter the MNA universe as 3D avatars, ready to be rendered.
The update allows owners of Pudgy NFTs to gain access to new in-game functions, together with quests, emotes, and fishing equipment that are associated with their particular resources. Snowflake Wilds is the seasonal location where users will be able to explore, craft and play with their NFTs.
When entering the metaverse, all avatars are presented in the form of an egg, which subsequently opens and displays the player’s exact characteristics of the NFT. The move is one of the significant steps in the evolution of blockchain gaming and cross-chain interoperability.
Pudgy NFT Perks Unlocked as Winter Quests Launch for All in MNA
In the near future, the owners of the Pudgy Penguins NFTs will be able to edit in-game profiles, attach Pudgy Rod skins, and complete special NPC tasks to get winter-themed rewards. The partnership also involves unique emotes and wearables that Pudgy owners will be able to create and make money out of. These mechanics have boosted economies within games because they have associated digital ownership with real-time interaction within the game.
At the same time, features will be reserved for Pudgy NFT holders, while My Neighbour Alice has unveiled seasonal content to its wider community. Every player will have an opportunity to participate in winter quests and themed rewards, which contribute to the concept of inclusive participation mentioned by MNA. This new content addition came with the release of Chapter One: A New Beginning, which was released on June 17.
Building an Open and Interoperable Game Ecosystem
ChromaWay VP of Games and MNA Steve Haassenpflug called the partnership a march towards an open metaverse. The introduction of Pudgy makes all of its items native 3D assets in-game, giving the NFT interaction a cross-platform scale.
The collaboration brings value to Chromia’s overarching goal of building player economies, which are driven by on-chain technology. This is the first of many such cross-brand integrations to happen in My Neighbour Alice, which will serve to enhance the experience of playing the game as well as push the use case of NFTs in virtual worlds.
