Bored Ape Recreation ‘Dookey Sprint: Unclogged’ Launches With $1 Million in Prizes

Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs and associate studio Faraway have launched the sewer-based recreation Dookey Dash: Unclogged as a free-to-play obtain on iOS, Android, Mac, and PC in chosen areas. With this gamers will compete to enter an end-of-season match with over $1 million price of prizes.

This comes greater than a 12 months after Yuga Labs rolled out the unique NFT-gated model of the sport, with the highest-scoring gamers incomes worthwhile prizes. The winner of the highest prize—a one-of-a-kind NFT golden key—was notable Fortnite esports participant Kyle “Mongraal” Jackson. He sold it for 3,333 Ethereum, or $1.63 million price on the time.

Dookey Dash: Unclogged is now free-to-play by way of each cellular and pc apps, with very related core gameplay to the earlier NFT-gated iteration of the sport. Players leap atop a makeshift underwater scooter as they try to make their manner via an infinite sewer full of gunk and obstacles. 

New to the sport this time round is its “creator mode,” which permits gamers to add 3D fashions or 2D artwork to create on-chain avatars, autos,  and stickers which might be playable in-game. These property are then tradable on the Faraway Shop, an NFT market, and can be utilized in different gaming experiences.

With the sport now formally launched, season one kicks off with a weekly in-game leaderboard for gamers to battle it out to win a wide range of prizes, probably the most prestigious being a “Golden Plunger.”

These Golden Plungers are tradable NFTs that can act as a participant’s ticket into the end-of-season tournament, the place $1 million price of prizes will likely be up for grabs. Gamers can get their fingers on these NFTs by rating within the high 250 finalists on the season leaderboard, or by getting fortunate on “The Wheel of Dookey.”

It seems that tournaments will happen each quarter, in keeping with the Dookey Dash: Unclogged website, with every season being three months lengthy.

Yuga Labs initially deliberate on releasing the free-to-play recreation in spring of this year, however suffered a few delays. The primary of which was to assist make the sport extra “casual-friendly,” as they felt the aggressive facet of the sport was in fine condition. Dookey Sprint: Unclogged suffered one final delay because the workforce explored a “huge potential marketing opportunity” initially of September—though it is unclear what that was.

Edited by Andrew Hayward