xPet: Fren Pet Upgrade, an electronic pet social game based on Arbitrum

Author: Deep Tide TechFlow

The current social track has set off a wave of electronic pet fever.

The aftermath of Fren Pet has not yet passed, and another upgraded version of Fren Pet’s small animal raising game, xPet.Tech, has quietly exploded recently. Let’s take a look at what it is, and whether there are also opportunities and ways to play with zero jerkering.

Product Exploration

xPET is an Arbitrum-based mini-game that plays similarly to Fren Pet, requiring players to feed, accompany, and ensure their survival, helping players earn token rewards.

Unlike Fren Pet, xPET leverages a browser plug-in for gameplay, rather than a “home screen” game like Fren Pet, which means that xPET has more potential to engage strongly with Twitter.

xPET is linked to Twitter, and users need to link their accounts with Twitter, which is one of the prerequisites for the game to start. After linking your account, the system will randomly generate a virtual pet for you under the same browser interface as Twitter.

It’s worth noting that everything you do with the game after that is tightly tied to Twitter on the main view. You can do things to your pet while swiping Twitter, such as feeding, leveling up, and unlocking more scenes.

At the same time, the pet you just generated will also appear in the bottom left corner of your Twitter page, and will move on the main screen and menu of Twitter.

Therefore, if the previous Friend.Tech and Fren Pets jumped out to build their own applications with the help of Twitter’s social connections, then this xPet can be said to be completely parasitic on Twitter. **

Just appear on Twitter, have pets when socializing, and share the same browser interface.

Gameplay Analysis

In-game pets that interact with Twitter. Players discover daily treasure chests while browsing Twitter, which is why they call themselves SocialFi 2.0.

What is a Daily Chest?

This is one of the innovations made by xPET, and it is also the game step for zero masturbation players:**

Since players will be bound to Twitter when they start the game, when players browse Twitter, they have a chance to get treasure chest rewards, and the treasure chest chart will appear under the user’s profile picture, and the treasure chest can be opened by leaving a message Xpet, twice a day.

In addition, novice players can also get a free Newcomer Chest reward, just follow their official Twitter and like and retweet the corresponding tweet to complete the Treasure Chest Quest.

From this step, it can be seen that the gameplay of xPet is actually “task-based and gamified” the launch and promotion steps of the product, giving users an intuitive and specific reason to use Twitter posts or reposts.

Post, your pet will be rewarded and grow up, without strongly disturbing your normal Twitter social media activities, and at the same time gaining an additional emotional value, which is the biggest feeling that xPET gives me at the moment.

Also, go back to the chest itself, which includes the following rewards:

BPET: An in-game token that has significant value in the xPet.Tech ecosystem. Food: Necessary to keep your pet nutritionally adequate and healthy. Broom: An essential tool for maintaining a clean and tidy environment for your pet. Needles: Used to treat pets when they don’t feel good, ensuring their health and happiness. Shields: Protective items that protect your pet from potential harm.

The rewards obtained in the above chests can be considered as resources needed to keep the xPET pet functioning properly. These resources are consumed in a certain amount of time and proportion, and the player needs additional inputs and tasks to replenish them.

On the other hand, that is, in terms of income, how do pets earn BPET tokens for players?

In xPet.Tech, each player has a virtual farm. This farm is a dedicated space for your pets, where they engage in productive activities to produce BERRY, which can be converted into BPET, and there are three ways to increase BPET production:

• **Upgrade your pet,**The higher the pet level, the more BERRY will be generated. Upgrade your farming tools, which can increase your BPET production by upgrading the tools available on your pet farm to make them work more efficiently. UPGRADE THE FACTORY, THE FACTORY WILL AUTOMATICALLY CONVERT BERRY TO BPET FOR YOU. Note: The feature will only be available if your pet reaches level 10.

So the way Krypton players play is simple:**

1. Go to the in-game marketplace to buy a high-level pet (the marketplace will charge a 0.5% transaction fee),
2. Upgrade farm tools and upgrade factories,
3. Buy food to keep your pet healthy.

Token Economy

xPET.Tech’s token economy is different from other games in that it not only exists in-game, but also has a complete set of out-of-game economic flywheels.

First of all, one of the ways to get tokens in the game is to borrow xPET through ETH at zero interest rate. This means that players can borrow xPET to earn tokens.

In other words, in addition to its own set of economic systems corresponding to the gameplay, the game also introduces DeFi and lending designs into it, and establishes a connection with mainstream crypto assets in the outside world.

With this design, it is clear that the game will adjust the amount of xPET that can be borrowed based on supply and demand, and in the process, the market price of the in-game token will actually be formed.

In addition, the game offers the opportunity to stake. Players can put their BPET tokens into use and earn additional BPET interest, and players are free to choose how long they want to stake their tokens. Of course, the duration of the staked token directly affects the rewards you will receive, as shown below:

This design makes the xPET.Tech’s token economy more diverse, not only with ways to earn tokens in-game, but also with opportunities to borrow and stake outside of the game, providing players with more choice and flexibility.

Therefore, from the perspective of economic design, xPet is not a simple social game, but a comprehensive game integrating social and DeFi.

In terms of the specific economic model of tokens, BPET is equivalent to unlimited output, and the total number of xPET is 300 million, of which the ecological fund and community allocation account for the largest proportion, 40% and 30% respectively, as detailed in the following table:

Roadmap

xPET.Tech has completed the basic features presented in the roadmap, including user authentication, pet creation, pet care features, staking, borrowing, Swap, and more.

In the future, the project plans to fine-tune and optimize existing features based on community feedback, and introduce additional gamification elements to increase user engagement and retention.

In addition, the project team plans to seek strategic cooperation or partnerships to promote the development and impact of xPet.Tech.

Overall, xPet is a light electronic pet game parasitic on Twitter and with its own DeFi, with a low participation threshold and revenue expectations, which is bound to cause discussion and participation in the early stage;

However, it remains to be seen whether the project can be sustained, whether the revenue model will collapse, and whether the input-output ratio of participants will continue to be healthy.