DeltaAMA Series AMA ID 026-Transcript of AMA with Plutonians
omg-DHC CM: Hi everyone thank you for joining this fun AMA session with Til Meyer CTO/Founder of Plutonians.
Hello welcome to our server Til Meyer, its a pleasure to have you with us.
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: Great to be here.
omg-DHC CM: I am assuming you have a busy schedule so let’s get started.
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your blockchain experience?
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: Sure thing!
My name is Till, I’m CTO and creative for Plutonians.My blockchain claim to fame was that I was mining BTC on my laptop CPU back in 2010.
It overheated and I thought it was completely ridiculous and deleted it!
But as a developer in my previous life I eventually found my way back, and when I read the Solana docs and started playing with it I realized we could make a pretty cool game with it.
omg-DHC CM: A true OG of crypto. I am very intrigued. You are my first guest that has been the longest in the space.
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: I’m old, you don’t have to remind me.
omg-DHC CM: I am glad you didn’t give up and kept going.
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: Crypto always has a way of drawing you back in… And I think as a utility it’s going to be as ubiquitous as the internet pretty soon!
omg-DHC CM: I totally agree with you. So how about the team and their blockchain experience?
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: We have an amazing team (and growing!) covering writing, art, 3D, game design, devs, blockchain (Solana + RUST), but it’s really been the “extended team” in the blockchain community that has elevated Plutonians and will continue to make it better this year.
We have some exiting announcements coming out next week with key Solana players that I think the community will be very excited about. We are doing some really unique stuff with Plutonians.
omg-DHC CM: Very cool.
Let’s talk about Plutonians and its inception. How did it come about?
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: It actually started in response to all the “moon” and “mars” stuff that was going on last year… We thought to ourselves “what’s the furthest you can get away from all this nonsense” and the stars aligned and the Plutonians emerged from all over the place to support the mission.
Pluto is a small planet, and it’s just outside of the Interplanetary Union’s reach, so it’s a crucial gateway to interstellar trade.
I hope that some of you can make it all the way to Pluto.
But I’m proud to be a catalyst in the awakening… Plutonians is the ultimate in tokenized planetary reconnaissance.
omg-DHC CM: That is pretty amazing to say the least. A digital VR experience on Pluto. Very unique indeed.
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: Join us! 👽
omg-DHC CM: What are some of the characteristics in which Plutanians stands out compared to other blockchain games?
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: That’s a great question
I think in terms of other blockchain games there really wasn’t much that we ourselves got excited about playing, so what do you do in that situation? YOU HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF!
We are a game first but we are blockchain enabled to allow players the freedom to own their in-game items and do meaningful stuff with them. This is why we launched with the VR demo first rather than a marketplace or token etc, we wanted to let the world know we were serious about the game side of things.
More than that, we hope that we can reduce the barrier of entry to real gamers, I think many still see NFTs and crypto as some kind of “microtransaction 2.0” which is really sad! So if we can help increase crypto literacy and change expectations gamers have about ownership then that would make us very happy.
omg-DHC CM: So a more user friendly platform with lots of options for players.
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: We want to maintain the gameplay at all costs. It’s no use paying players to suffer a terrible gameplay experience.
And if people really are going to be spending more time in the metaverse, and we are to create jobs in the game, it becomes a quality of life issue!
omg-DHC CM: RPC the in-game currency. Could you talk to us about its use case?
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: RPC or Republic Credits is the main in-game currency. You can use that to trade, buy ships and equipment, and also stake with our DEX partner to earn PU238, the in-game fuel you will need to power yout spacecraft and equipment.
omg-DHC CM: Very cool. Any upcoming events that we should look forward to?
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: Get excited for next week, I’ll say that much.
omg-DHC CM: We will stay tuned on to your official channels. https://plutonians.tech/
Ok everyone we will allow questions from our members to ask and then Til Meyer will be given the time to answer up to five of them.
Make sure you post your twitter link to the question as well.
Q: One of the problems that the latest NFT games have suffered is that users are interested in trading with their tokens, causing large sales and drops, so how will Plutonians seek to convince users to be players instead of traders?
A: This is a really great question, we have plans to stand out even further from the crowd by having a game editor suite which will allow players to edit their own content and tell their own stories in the metaverse.
Q: Why do you think people should be interested in your project? What are the factors that this project will be focusing on to attract more people to invest in your project?
A: We are looking outside of crypto, towards the gaming communities. We want to be a real game that will introduce players to crypto, rather than just a crypto game for the crypto community.
Q: Plutonians is metaverse game with VR experience, so I would like to know why team decided to create project within the metaverse? How much potential do you see in the future for the metaverse and NFT games?
A: I think everyone is agreed that the MegaVerse is going to play a huge role in the societies of tomorrow. And I think that the world events recently have played a big part in giving people the opportunity to work from home for the first time. I think that trend will definitely continue and people will want to reclaim more of their own time. So traveling to work virtually, or in a virtual environment will really define the next 5 to 10 years.
Q: Why do you think people should be interested in your project? What are the factors that this project will be focusing on to attract more people to invest in their project?
A: I think people should invest in Plutonians because we are doing some really unique and pragmatic things with the Blockchain. We have some really exciting partnerships coming up with other Blockchain ecosystem players, and we think that we are very unique in doing this. I think a lot of other players and games tend to work with in the confines of water possible now rather than looking to the future. 2022 will be a big year for Plutonians.
Q: Many Metaverse Game have big crashes as there comes a time when players get bored or disappointed with the project, so what measures will you take to keep these players in the your game?
A: This is a really great question, but we hope that with the community support of the game building tools, there will be an endless supply of content to explore! We are definitely a metaverse game, not a traditional studio game. How did I do? Thanks.
omg-DHC CM: Those were some great answers. Thank you Til Meyer Plutonians/CTO.
We appreciate your time with us and also everyone keep an eye on the official channels for the upcoming events.
https://plutonians.tech/
https://twitter.com/plutoniansgame
Till Meyer CTO/Plutonians: My pleasure! Thank you so much everyone for having me!
omg-DHC CM: Til Meyer Plutonians/CTO thank you.
Also thank you everyone for your presence and your participation in the AMA. A transcript will be available on DHC Medium Publications soon: https://medium.com/deltahubc.
