HELLO CITIZENS OF ROOHALLA AND FRIENDS
It’s me, Talking Jambo! I’ve been hibernating in the neonscapes of the Rooniverse, sharpening my butter sticks and charging my flaming chikens, getting ready for the day our studio gives the greenlight tO HIT THE BATTLEGROUND RUNNING AGAIN.
So I thought, since its Rooniversary, lets catch up.
The Year of Brewing
Last year, we celebrated the Year of Bopping.
I know. This year’s Rooniversary is not as ENTERTAINING as the last, or the ones to come in the future. This year was winter in Roohalla - but HECK IT WE MOVE.
Please welcome the official cinematic trailer to celebrate the world we’ve built so far…
As Roohalla inches closer (at the rate of a SNAIL this year), our team at XP foundry has had the opportunity to rework the studio stack and restrategise the approach for this beloved IP featuring cute animals killing eachother. It is Jamb’s duty to share some of it with you.
Rooniverse as an expansive brand aims to have an IP trajectory similar to that of Angry Birds or League of Legends: Unleash the games first, then products, then other types of media.
Will there be MORE CUTE MERCH? Yes, on sterooids. Toys and accessories will be our main bread, but gamified apparel is also in the development plan.
This absolutely means your collected community roles in discord WILL be put to use.
Here’s a quick look at where we started and where we are now:
The team and community have always been advocates of the web2.5 approach; mixing intrinsically ‘web2’ products with web3 features to give seamless upsides to the audience. Accessibility and collectability are important to us.
After all, whats the point of a casual game if you have to read a heckin huge whitepaper about before playing?
Rooniverse Games
Speaking of casual, we’ve now got 2 Rooniverse game titles in the pipeline.
And at least 1 game title that is NOT part of the Rooniverse world. Jamb will make every attempt to invade that world too.
And YES! All Roo characters, both F2P and Digital Collectibles, will be tied to your player account and playable in all Rooniverse games. So give them the good stuff!
Game 1: Roomble (Mobile)
Roomble, aka ‘roo roo roomble’ to the devs, is an EASY game you can pretty much play with one hand. Connect with friends and put your Roos in silly mini-games to collect in-game currency, gear, and cosmetics.
Game 2: Roo Battlegrounds (Mobile, PC, Mac)
Roo Battlegrounds consists of hectic PvP game modes for the more bloodthirsty Roo owners. Send your Roos into deathmatches, extraction labyrinths, and territory wars using the whacky equipment and resources you’ve collected from Roomble and other games.
Download the Alpha on iOS (Testflight), Android, PC, and Mac!
Roo Battlegrounds is the major mobile title we’ve developed up to Alpha under the title ROONIVERSE with you all. The game reached about 60% into Beta I (including the big Roohalla map aka our very own Verdansk!) before we paused deployment in order to FEED ME DEAD BODIES preserve funds during downtime.
Jamb is proud of our team for treading carefully and ensuring Rooniverse lives on to brew a motherheckin warchest going forward.
Web3 Optional & Toolkits
Rooniverse games employ a web3 layer that allows for fully-optimised collectability of game assets. Its no longer NEW, its just GOOD. With on-chain assets, players will be able to own historically meaningful pieces of gear and USE IT rather than keep it in a glass case.
Its no surprise that we want our games to be enjoyed by everybody. Thats why the Rooniverse ecosystem will prioritise game inventories that store both off-chain and on-chain assets, a Roo Bazaar marketplace that is fun for both web2 and web3 users, as well as lending/borrowing and creator systems for players looking to earn through profound contribution to the Roo world.
This is the wave we’re riding upwards together, no matter the chain.
Hence, Jamb is proud to announce that XP Foundry will wrap useful web2.5 player features into SDKs and service packs for other developers who are looking to ride the same wave. We will use Rooniverse games to add prototypes for any new features we can offer in the future.
XP Foundry Studio
A handful of dedicated roo owners have asked Jamb how we manage the dev team swinging from 10 members, up to 36, and everywhere in between in the past two years.
The majority of the Rooniverse team come from a web2 AAA support studio that has worked on 120+ titles for established IPs. So depending on the Rooniverse game phase, we pull and release team members as needed; giving us flexibility in manpower!
The two main purposes of XP Foundry’s formation are:
To produce our own original IPs
To enter the web3 frontier and explore features elevate the casual gaming experience
Our three main build philosophies are:
To build without constrictions (keeep it fluiddDd)
To ensure great tokenomics will work with fun gameplay, not replace it
To enrich the player economy through the player population (accessibility is key)
We’re keeping it this simple, and if this resonates with you, theres an opportunity to join us.
Seed Round
XP Foundry is opening up part of the seed round to angel investors. YOU can be invited into the private $ROONIUM sale.
$ROONIUM is the premium currency of Rooniverse. It is used across all Rooniverse games and will have a TGE at the launch of our first base game (ensuring currency sinks and faucets for players).
This is a chance for individuals to invest roo-sized tickets and get returns at a VC level. There will be 3 preset tickets you can choose from:
If you’re interested in joining as an roogel investor, please fill this form!
Accredited investors only.
US investors must be registered.
500,000 USD total allocation cap from 2M USD round total.
Preset ticket sizes and rookenomics (allocations and emissions) are subject to change from now until TGE.
HAPPY ROONIVERSARY
To close off, Jamb and team would like to thank EVERY SINGLE ROO OWNER AND FRIENDS who made it through a tough year with us.
Roos never die, its written in blood on the battlegrounds of Roohalla.
And now… no bull-heck community FAQs!
Why did the chat channels in roocord close?! And Roo Camp Training & Hunting?
Jamb decided to temporarily shut down all community initiatives in other to preserve capital to maintain operations. As a studio with running costs, we don’t like to be in risky positions so it was a difficult but necessary decision to pause anything that was not bringing in revenue or directly aiding the fundraise.
We are positive the community-side of Rooniverse can open back up soon and we’ll celebrate with a FUN EVENT like always!
Will my Roos keep their Camp Levels?!
Training is closed and all Origin Roos will retain their hard-earned camp levels as PERMANENT PRESTIGE RANKS in the Rooniverse games.
These levels will no longer be able to be increased.
When will our Solana-side Roos be released from Camp?!
Jamb is holding them hostage in our solana-side staking pool. They’re safe but I threaten and make fun of them every single day.
The devs are fighting to take them away from me and they will probably win in the next few days. Then, roo owners shall be able to call them back. I will be angry but… c’est la roo.
What happened to Experooments aka UGLY FRIENDS?!
They were actually ready to be born. You would have needed Scorching Drumsticks (roocord item) to open the Lab in Roo Camp and persuade your Origin Roo to use materials you’ve collected from Roopacks to make itself an ugly friend.
However, we made a conscious decision to hold off and find a better time for these masterpieces to come out and join the Rooniverse. There will be 1111 Experooments only and they will be the second collection of digital collectible Roo characters.
Are Origin Roos still the most valuable?!
Origin Roos will retain the highest perks and earning opportunities in Rooniverse forever. No other characters, whether F2P or digital collectible will be better than Origin Roos.
What happened to Wayfarers Club?!
Wayfarers Club was a text-based daily discord game that would have let roo owners explore the outskirts of Roohalla to collect off-chain items while their Roos trained in Roo Camp.
We reached final testing but pulled the plug on this mini-project in order to allocate resources to bigger development areas such as Roo Camp itself.
It can still return in the future because it was… very fun, Jamb thinks.
Is Jpegmaxi alive?!
Yes, we had him on comms for a year and he co-led the pre-seed raise phenomenally but essentially just does not enjoy front-facing roles (aka social media) so back into the depths of operations he goes. Jamb can send a note whenever you like :3
Which are the roles of each cofounder in XP Foundry?
James Finley is co-CEO and Game Director
Melty is co-CEO and Creative Director
Germán (Jpegmaxi) is COO
James Chung is everyone’s rational dad.
Did XP foundry cofounders take salary during downtime in 2023?
No, the cofounders ate ramen noodle sauce packets mostly (not even the noodles, just the sauce packets).
Can we get more free Roo Hats?!
Unfortunately there are no more free Roo Hats. Good job to everybody who grabbed theirs from the 2022 hunts!
There will be other merchandise and collectibles available for sale in the future. Don’t forget that Origin Roos hold top perks not only in-game but in the entire Rooniverse ecosystem!
Can I still open tickets to talk to the team?!
Yes! However, tickets will experience slower replies. You are very welcome to add Talking Jambo or cofounders (especially Melty) on discord for a chat. We love all roo owners.