Catizen
Catizen is a P2E («Play to Earn») game in the form of a mini-app for Telegram in which users breed virtual cats.
Gameplay
At the start of the game, the player sees a field of 12 cells — places for cats. Cats appear from the sky in a carrier, fly to a vacant spot, or are purchased in the in-game store for $vKITTY. After each purchase, the cost of a kitty of that level increases. To level up a cat, you need to connect 2 pets of the same level by dragging one over the other. As the level of the cat increases, its appearance changes and the number of $vKITTY coins it brings increases.
Catizen has bonus characters that sometimes appear on the screen. When you click on them, the player receives rewards — new cats in carriers or accelerated coin mining. For 50 coins of the game token $FISH can increase bonuses.
Catizen features a fishing mechanic. For 84 $FISH coins, the players can try their luck — throw a fishing rod to get a guaranteed reward. To get the prize, the user needs to stop the slider, which appears at the start of the mini-game, at the desired level. Fishing can earn between 84 and 420 $FISH coins or $vKITTY mining acceleration.
Players can purchase the auto game mode for $3,700 $FISH. It will automatically collect power-ups and cross cats to level up, speeding up the user’s progress.
Project tokens
Catizen’s tokenomics is a balanced token distribution model, where 35% of total tokens are earmarked for ecosystem development and distribution airdrop.
There are three tokens present in Catizen:
$vKITTY
Token $vKITTY is the main currency of the project. It is mined by interacting with pets or fishing. By increasing the level of cats, the player increases the amount of tokens extracted. Coins can be spent to buy new pets.
$FISH
The $FISH token is used to buy improvements. For example, it can be used to buy high-level cats. $FISH can be obtained for donating or performing tasks such as: inviting a new user to the game, daily check ins, subscribing to social networks, etc.
$vCATI
Users received the $vCATI token for mining, a mechanic in which a player would send a cat coin from level 110 or freeze $1,000 $FISH to mine. The first phase, which ran from April 26 to May 10, 2024, brought $vCATI’s total funding to $8.4 billion. For the second quarter of 2024, $vCATI is scheduled to be listed on exchanges and the token will be exchanged for $USDT.
Catizen in TON ecosystem
After joining TON ecosystem, Catizen received financial support from TON Foundation for technical integration and market promotion of the project.
After the launch of the game, the developers reported airdrop to Telegram users to more actively use crypto wallets in the project and make transactions. About 10% of game bot users started using Telegram Wallet, and more than 50% became users of web-3 applications of TON ecosystem.
At the TOKEN2049 event and the Web-3 festival in Hong Kong, the Catizen project was mentioned in official TON presentations. The game was presented as an example of a successful application in the ecosystem.
Catizen is a participant of The Open League in the Battle of the Apps tournament. In the second season of TOL, which lasted from May 1 to May 15, 2024, the project took first place in the competition, earning an award of $160K. The project also became the leader in this tournament and in the third season, which lasted from May 15 to May 29, 2024.
Catizen collaborates with other ecosystem projects such as:
This is how in-game transactions for $NOT appeared in the game. For example, in the game, you can purchase a set that includes $9000 $FISH and 516 cats for about 1990 $NOT.
Fanton and Catizen organized a joint tournament in which players had a chance to win $60,000 $FISH.
In cooperation with TON Poker and Play Deck, a joint event was organized with a prize pool of $1000. Players received free tickets to the Wheel of Fortune from TON Poker and game coins from PlayDeck.
Project development plans
The developers plan to add staking, NFT cat mint, token exchange, and artificial intelligence-based cats in augmented reality to Catizen staking. They expect to use AI to model realistic behaviors and traits for each cat to play with using AR («Augmented Reality») technology.
The project team has promised to add up to 20 mini-games to its app over the course of 2024, which will turn Catizen into a platform for mini-games.
According to the roadmap, the Catizen project will develop according to the following plan:
Q1 2024
- Launch of thematic Game Center in Telegram
- Implementation of the «Play-to-Earn» model of airdrop
Q2 2024
- Listing of the project token on major crypto exchanges
- Carrying out airdrop for early adopters
Q3 2024
- Implementation of staking
- Launching token staking for NFT and airdrops
- Introduction of revenue sharing for new game launches
Q4 2024
- Developing and launching cats with AI and AR technologies to interact with the real world
- Entering regular players into the ecosystem with innovative friend-finding solutions
Q1 2025
- Expanding the user base of the themed Game Center
- Optimize the GameFi platform and staking based on user feedback
Q2 2025
- Implementation of new features and enhancements to AI cats and AR technology
- Expand the scope of AI Cats' applications
Q3 2025
- Begin development of a new cat meta-universe project.
- Introduction of LBS technology.