State of Play November 13th Update - Dark Emblem

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The Dark Emblem team has been busy this last week working on card art,
figuring out the best price points for cards, and getting ready for the Testnet.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Testnet Preperations</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We are making sure the webapp for the testnet clearly shows a label the Dapp with a testnet warning.
We don&#x27;t want people accidentally using mainnet wallets on the testnet. We also have a badge that will tell you exactly which wallet address you are using in the testnet as well.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Fixing Prices and Cards</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">A lot of internal discussions were held to find the balance between how many cards are in the ecosystem and how much cards and packs cost.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The first stage of this was to dramatically improve how much gas our Buy Pack, Ascend, and Transmogrify contract functions cost to run. We brainstormed and came up with a way to cut gas to a third of what it was.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We also refactored a ton of contract code to bring down the gas costs of buying a pack even more. We are very comfortable with the gas costs of the contract functions now.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The second half of this was how much packs cost. We settled on the following:</div>
<ul class="ml-4 list-disc p-0">
<li>[OUTDATED] All packs will cost 0.02 ETH a pack and will mint 3 NFTs a pack.</li>
<li>Buying 2+ packs will add a minor stat boost to all cards minted.</li>
<li>Buying 5 packs will add a major stat boost to all cards minted.</li>
</ul>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">You can only buy a max of 5 packs at a time. You can read more about buying packs on <a href="/docs/buying-packs">our docs</a>. You can also read more about <a href="/docs/nfts/stat-boosts">stat boosts</a>, too.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Claiming Rewards</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve changed how we plan to distribute <a href="/docs/drem/drem">$DREM</a>. Our original plan was to distribute $DREM at the start of a season, however we found that as the number of cards and card holders grew, this would not be feasible. We&#x27;ve changed this to a &quot;pull&quot; mechanism. Every card owner can <strong>claim</strong> $DREM once per season.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Every 20 cards you own will distribute 1 $DREM to you. Cards are marked once they are used to claim $DREM.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Documentation</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve added new pages to our documentation site to cover <a href="/docs/drem/drem">$DREM</a>, <a href="/docs/buying-packs">buying packs</a>, and how <a href="/docs/nfts/stat-boosts">stat boosts</a> work.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Roadmap</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve added a few items to our Roadmap, including Multisig, IPFS, and our online card game.</div>

The Dark Emblem team has been busy this last week working on card art,
figuring out the best price points for cards, and getting ready for the Testnet.



## Testnet Preperations

We are making sure the webapp for the testnet clearly shows a label the Dapp with a testnet warning.
We don't want people accidentally using mainnet wallets on the testnet. We also have a badge that will tell you exactly which wallet address you are using in the testnet as well.

## Fixing Prices and Cards

A lot of internal discussions were held to find the balance between how many cards are in the ecosystem and how much cards and packs cost.

The first stage of this was to dramatically improve how much gas our Buy Pack, Ascend, and Transmogrify contract functions cost to run. We brainstormed and came up with a way to cut gas to a third of what it was.

We also refactored a ton of contract code to bring down the gas costs of buying a pack even more. We are very comfortable with the gas costs of the contract functions now.

The second half of this was how much packs cost. We settled on the following:

* \[OUTDATED\] All packs will cost 0.02 ETH a pack and will mint 3 NFTs a pack.
* Buying 2+ packs will add a minor stat boost to all cards minted.
* Buying 5 packs will add a major stat boost to all cards minted.

You can only buy a max of 5 packs at a time. You can read more about buying packs on [our docs](/docs/buying-packs). You can also read more about [stat boosts](/docs/nfts/stat-boosts), too.

## Claiming Rewards

We've changed how we plan to distribute [$DREM](/docs/drem/drem). Our original plan was to distribute $DREM at the start of a season, however we found that as the number of cards and card holders grew, this would not be feasible. We've changed this to a "pull" mechanism. Every card owner can **claim** $DREM once per season.

Every 20 cards you own will distribute 1 $DREM to you. Cards are marked once they are used to claim $DREM.

## Documentation

We've added new pages to our documentation site to cover [$DREM](/docs/drem/drem), [buying packs](/docs/buying-packs), and how [stat boosts](/docs/nfts/stat-boosts) work.

## Roadmap

We've added a few items to our Roadmap, including Multisig, IPFS, and our online card game.

State of Play November 5th Update

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Woah, it&#x27;s been a busy week! Time for our weekly update!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Testnet Update</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We deployed the entire server, client, and CDN infrastructure to production  – connected to the Ropsten testnet. We also deployed our set of contracts to the Ropsten testnet as well, including our:</div>
<ul class="ml-4 list-disc p-0">
<li>ERC721 contract</li>
<li>ERC20 contract</li>
<li>Clock Auction contract</li>
</ul>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">I&#x27;ve been testing the UI on the testnet and have been deploying a few fixes before we start inviting everyone to test the app.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Participating in the Testnet</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The UI and art are in their early stages, but the contract is very solid. We will be writing up some instructions on how to set up your wallet and participate in the Testnet.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ll help provide some rETH (Ropsten testnet ETH) and some $DREM to users to get started.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Participants should be ready to:</div>
<ul class="ml-4 list-disc p-0">
<li>Report bugs</li>
<li>Provide feedback</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Card Designs</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We are hard at work creating new designs and reaching out to designers to draw more complicated characters as well. Special thanks to money_pit_rsx for providing lore, concept images, and more to get our design pipeline going. Also special thanks to Salabraithe for creating new slime faces, hats, and other designs.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Roadmap</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve added a few items to our Roadmap: lore unlocks and card effect unlocks that will be released when the Card Game is completed.</div>

Woah, it's been a busy week! Time for our weekly update!



## Testnet Update

We deployed the entire server, client, and CDN infrastructure to production  – connected to the Ropsten testnet. We also deployed our set of contracts to the Ropsten testnet as well, including our:

- ERC721 contract
- ERC20 contract
- Clock Auction contract

I've been testing the UI on the testnet and have been deploying a few fixes before we start inviting everyone to test the app.

## Participating in the Testnet

The UI and art are in their early stages, but the contract is very solid. We will be writing up some instructions on how to set up your wallet and participate in the Testnet.

We'll help provide some rETH (Ropsten testnet ETH) and some $DREM to users to get started.

Participants should be ready to:

- Report bugs
- Provide feedback

## Card Designs

We are hard at work creating new designs and reaching out to designers to draw more complicated characters as well. Special thanks to money_pit_rsx for providing lore, concept images, and more to get our design pipeline going. Also special thanks to Salabraithe for creating new slime faces, hats, and other designs.

## Roadmap

We've added a few items to our Roadmap: lore unlocks and card effect unlocks that will be released when the Card Game is completed.

State of Play November 13th Update

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">It&#x27;s finally here! It&#x27;s testnet time! 🚀🚀🚀</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50"><strong>FINAL ART STILL PENDING</strong></div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50"><img alt="giphy.webp" src="media/2021-11-19-testnet/giphy.webp" style="max-height:500px;margin:auto;text-align:center"/></div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">How To Participate</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The full instructions are here: <a href="https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/testnet/participating">https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/testnet/participating</a>.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">TL;DR: Get MetaMask, create a Ropsten wallet, go to https://darkemblem.com.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Testing</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Feel free to buy packs, ascend, transmogrify, create auctions, bid on auctions, collect $DREM, share cards and addresses, and view card stats.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">If you want some rETH and $DREM to test with, please post your Ropsten address in the testnet channel.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Feedback</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">There&#x27;s still a lot of work do, and a lot of art to finalize. Feel free to provide feedback in the testnet channel. If you find a bug, let us know!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Rewards</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">All testnet participants will receive 10 $DREM (redeemable for 10 packs) when the contracts are deployed to mainnet. You&#x27;ll also get a fun Testnet role on our Discord.</div>

It's finally here! It's testnet time! 🚀🚀🚀



**FINAL ART STILL PENDING**

![giphy.webp](media/2021-11-19-testnet/giphy.webp)

## How To Participate

The full instructions are here: [https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/testnet/participating](https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/testnet/participating).

TL;DR: Get MetaMask, create a Ropsten wallet, go to https://darkemblem.com.

## Testing

Feel free to buy packs, ascend, transmogrify, create auctions, bid on auctions, collect $DREM, share cards and addresses, and view card stats.

If you want some rETH and $DREM to test with, please post your Ropsten address in the testnet channel.

## Feedback

There's still a lot of work do, and a lot of art to finalize. Feel free to provide feedback in the testnet channel. If you find a bug, let us know!

## Rewards

All testnet participants will receive 10 $DREM (redeemable for 10 packs) when the contracts are deployed to mainnet. You'll also get a fun Testnet role on our Discord.