🍉 [MELN] 1UP Operator Weekly Lab Report: eXode

Hello, pilots and civilians! Welcome to the seventeenth installment of the weekly eXode lab report! We haven't heard from the developer in a while. You know what that means. He's been busy toiling away in the coding caves! Well, he hasn't been that quiet. A new tantalizing article was just published 5 sols ago.

Technologies Will be the Next Big Thing!

It has been revealed that there will be a tech tree! This might be a familiar mechanic to most gamers. Researching one tech will unlock the ability to research technology of the next tier.

Among other effects technologies will add to the game are Special Quests. This is probably what I'm most excited about! For example, analyzing your ship's damage will unlock the Ship Repair quest. This sounds like a main story quest so it should not come as a surprise. What other quests could there be? Studying the aliens? Weapon R&D? There will be so many mysteries to solve, yet limited time.

These mysterious research opportunities will first present themselves in the form of Discoveries. You will then need to assign a research team (made up of a Research Leader and other Researchers) to it and so begins your journey through the tech tree.

The old Away Teams UI really gave us a sneak peak as to what
broad categories of research there will be. There are so many options, there will definitely not be enough time to study them all. Remember, we are being hunted. Our days are numbered!

Research will, of course, require some sort of Laboratory. At first, players might use the remains of their ship as a lab (as well as shelter) but it might be a good idea to build a specialized laboratory for your scientists or save time there by loading a TOM Custom or perhaps a Multipurpose Prefab before EVAC.

A certain feature will also add some spice to learning techs. What's that, you ask? Technology Rarity! Each time you learn a tech, it will roll to be either Common, Rare, Epic, or Legendary! Can you imagine the perks of having some legendary techs? I don't know what that entails but it sounds orders of magnitude better than a common tech. If I get some commons you can bet I'll dedicate a little more time to further studying the tech in question in order to "deepen our understanding" and potentially roll a better rarity version of the tech.

Multi-games!

Yes, you read that correctly, If you did not already know, sometime in June, we will be allowed to have more than one active game at a time! You'll be able to launch an Evacuation, scan and land, and... Repeat!
Another great feature planned for this update is that the best rarity you achieved for a given technology will be shared across all your active games, provided you researched that particular tech already. There will also be options to share your best tech with your squadron and alliance as well as the ability to lease out technologies and earn while you play.
More squadron and alliance features are something to get excited about! As 🍉 [MELN]'s Head Scientist, I will do my best to research the best rarity techs to share with our members! To the Melon!

Speaking of alliance activity, there is not much time left to join in the first eXode art contest, hosted by 🍉 [MELN]!

No skill required! Simply depict an animal from your planet using its special move and make a post about it (visit the dedicated post for more details). Elindos has generously added an Alpha Booster Pack (now sold out in the shop) as a prize to each of the three winning categories on top of the legendary and epic prizes to be provided by 🍉 [MELN]!

People have complained about the slow development of eXode, but you cannot rush quality, nor a game of this scope. And besides, I feel like recently eXode has been progressing by leaps and bounds. With each update, our patience pays off a little and we are that much closer to the full game loop.

What is eXode?

eXode is a real-time strategy space colonization game here on the Hive Blockchain. If you still have not purchased your starter pack, use this referral code (de7ed45) and you'll also receive 2 free Alpha Booster Packs with 5 NFT cards each along with a free Epic Alpha Character!

In the future, these lab reports will contain much more substance (and numbers!) including season objective rewards, legacy rewards (when your game...ends), and of course 🍉 [MELN] activities.
🍉 [MELN] is the alliance I co-founded, the Market Expansion Leaders Navy. Our leader, @birdbeaksd, is also the host of eXode's only weekly giveaway. Check that out for a chance to win a Smooty All-in-One (Space Habitat).
For a in-depth guide for anything and everything eXode-related, you can take a look at this post.

Other Useful Links

• PeakD: https://peakd.com/@elindos (Developer)
• Discord: https://discord.gg/EFZjmzUhd6

What is The 1UP Cartel?

The 1UP-Cartel is a mix between a gaming guild like YGG (that invests into gaming assets and creates scholarships for gamers, sharing the gaming revenue), a dividend token (similar to BRO, LBI, INDEX and UTOPIS, paying out regular dividends to token holders from part of the revenue stream) as well as one of the most extensive curation service initiative on the Hive-Engine ecosystem thus far.