SkyWeaver, the forthcoming free-to-play blockchain-based card game from Horizon Blockchain Games, has opened its final closed-beta season.

On March 21, Horizon announced that season 0 of SkyWeaver had commenced. The season volition be alive until the launch of SkyWeaver's open-beta version.

Horizon opens season 0 of SkyWeaver

The collectible card game uses Ethereum-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as in-game items — which players can either apply within the game or trade on secondary markets.

The in-game items earned during season 0 will not be able to be used once SkyWeaver enters open-beta. However, players who rank amidst the summit 500 in either of the game'due south modes volition be gifted a 'aureate menu' that can be used in the open-beta version.

Horizon expects to launch in open up-beta before 2022.

Players tin can earn and ain Ethereum-based in-game digital assets

SkyWeaver features ii distinct modes of gameplay. In 'discovery', players are given a random deck of cards that they do not keep, but can be used to earn aureate cards past winning. Once the actor owns enough cards, they tin can play in 'constructed' style — where they tin can cull to build their deck using the cards that they possess.

When live, the game will feature 'normal', 'silver', and 'gold' cards. Normal cards are hosted inside the game, while the silver and gold cards are endemic by players.

Silver cards can be purchased from Horizon, while Gold cards are earned as rewards in-game — and are the only type of card to feature scarcity, owing to a controlled rate of release.

However, Horizon reserves the right to alter the stats of a card should it prove overpowered or disruptive to gameplay — which could unexpectedly impact the market place value of gold cards.

Horizon receives backing from Reddit co-founder

On March 7, Horizon appear that information technology had secured $5 million in a fundraising round led past Initialized Uppercase — the investment house co-founded by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

In a blog mail, Peter Kieltyka, the co-founder of Blockchain Games stated that the funds will be used to launch SkyWeaver.

Initialized Capital also led Horizon'due south $3.75 1000000 seed circular in 2022.