We all know that Horse Racing games are everyone's favorite. Scholars, Guild Managers, Investors, and Venture Capitalists love Horse racing games.
We have been playing horse racing games since around 2021, when the NFT culture was at its inception.
Venture Capitalists have a special place inside their heart for Horse Racing Games. Reasons are 1) Easy to understand, 2) Low Investment required 3) People can relate to real-life horse racing.
Recently we got an opportunity to play DarleyGo, A Solana-based Horse Racing NFT Game.
The game is simple, like other horse racing games. The horses look very realistic and beautiful.
The game is entirely browser-based. There is no mobile app yet.
Gameplay: DarleyGo's gameplay is easy to understand and straightforward. We just need one horse to start racing. The game has 2 different modes, 2D and 3D. 2D looks a bit ordinary and has nothing special about it. But 3D Looks beautiful. We played around 30 matches, and we loved the graphics and motion of the horses.
Horse NFTs:
The horse NFTs are very cute looking, much like the horses from Fairy Tail. Each horse is unique and has its own characteristics. The game has 3 types of horses: Darley, Aero, and Hayato. Darley is the most powerful and superior of the rest.
The game will have a total of 33,000 Genesis horses. Which will be released gradually over 5 years. Out of which, 25 % is reserved for guild partnerships. Read more about this here.
Attributes:
Every horse is born with specific attributes like distance, traction, stable spirit, and running style. Players can maximize these attributes through training. This feature is quite unique and exciting. Also, the horses in the game have some natural abilities like power, explosiveness, focus, etc.
Training:
One of the highlights of the game is its training section. Where you can train your horses in different ways. This training goes a long way in enhancing the horse's attributes and increasing its ability to win races.
Breeding: There are two ways to breed a horse in DarleyGo.
Stud Breeding
In-house Breeding
1. Stud Farm Breeding:
If you have a Male horse (Stallion), you can list it on Stud Farm for breeding. All you need to do is set your male horse's service charge and duration of the listing. (In $DGE token).
Remember the game will charge a fixed rate of 1200 $DGE as Stud Fee from Stallion Owner.
ā¢ If you have a female horse (mare), you can't list it on Stud Farm. Instead, you have to pick a male horse from a stud farm and pay the male horse's (stallion) service charge + Breeding fee. In this case, the mare owner will get the newly born baby (offspring).
2. In-House Breeding: If you have both a Male (Stallion) and Female horse (mare) and want to breed by yourself, you can do that without paying a stud fee. But players have to pay a breeding fee to the game system.
There are several breeding factors as well, which you can read here.
DarleyGo has taken several measures to prevent overpopulation, including the breeding limit and sacrifice system. Read here
Tokenomics:
Like other Web3 games, DarleyGo's tokenomics is very ordinary. We see the dual token economy here too. The governance token, DarleyGo Essence($DGE), has a supply of 1 billion. And utility token called Galaxy Essential Token($GXE) has an unlimited supply. Players get $GXE as racing rewards.
Earning Opportunity:
The first-place horse in the race gets 250 $GXE. The second place gets 150, and the Third one gets 100 $GXE. Compared to other horse games, DarleyGo has a higher earning potential despite being in a bear market. Unlike other horse games, Compared to other horse games, the earning potential in DarleyGo is slightly higher, And daily, you can earn around 1-2 dollars easily (at the time of writing this blog). So if you are a scholar, tell your guild manager to bring DarleyGo Scholarship to the guild.
Team:
DarleyGo has very nicely provided the details of their entire team in the whitepaper. The good news is, according to the whitepaper, their founder is an expert in horse racing.
Partners:
The love of people and capitalists for horse games is not unknown. So naturally, the number of DarleyGo's partner brands is also quite large. Some of them are Jump Capital, Guild-fi, YGGSea, Avocado DAO Solanium, etc.
Sustainability:
We all know that free-to-race horse racing game where unlimited utility tokens are minted is not sustainable. The good news is that the DarleGo team has identified this problem and is bringing in Level 2 popularly known as "The Legend" Racing to fix it. They will solve various issues through "The Legend" racing, including over-minting.
The thing is, they are holding a guild sale before bringing "The Legend" racing. Where horses will be sold at special prices to guild owners.
So, If you are a Scholar, don't forget to Tell your manager about this good news.
Verdict:
If you love horse games and want to play a smooth, fast and beautiful 3D horse-racing match, then you must play DarleyGo.