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I found out about this today, I didn't know that they're building a game, actually, Novel Labs is working with Faraway developer of the Solana-based game Mini Royale: Nations to create a city builder game called Serum City on Ethereum that will use ApeCoin as its primary in-game currency.

In Serum City, Mutant Apes are the main characters, and MAYC is among a few NFT collections that will provide owners access to the game. Bored Ape holders will, as well, along with owners of Novel Labs’ own derivative Genesis Oath and Mutant Hound NFT collections that aren’t official Yuga creations. I think this will be one of my fav games alongside Coin Fantasy.

Owning one of those NFTs is required to play the game at launch, although a Faraway representative confirmed to Decrypt that Serum City will gradually open up access with each new in-game season of content.

What seems interesting to me is that Serum City is set in a dystopian world where Bored Apes are the “ruling class” and the Mutant Apes are the underlings, relegated to the fringes of society because they’ve consumed the Serum. The main storyline explores the Mutant Cartel Expanded Universe and the characters Blaksoot and Darkfang, according to a statement.

What I read is that Serum City’s developers also see the game as a step towards interoperability, a key selling point that Web3 gaming advocates frequently tout, but has faced skepticism due to few prominent working examples to date.