In a strategic move to expand its gaming ecosystem, Joyride Games, now rebranded as Super Champs and operated by the Super Champs Protocol Foundation, has unveiled the Super Champs Chain. Originally based on the Flow blockchain, this new initiative marks a significant evolution, integrating the Arbitrum rollup stack to enhance operational efficiency.
Super Champs Character Art
What is Super Champs?
Super Champs is a gaming and animation universe starring young athletes from fantastical locations like Brontokyo, Nimbleton, Wispwood, and Zomberg. These athletes train at the Super Champs Academy, honing their superpowers and athletic abilities across different sports and combat disciplines.
The franchise spans mobile games, NFTs, animated films, social videos, comics, and graphic novels. The ecosystem runs on the CHAMP token and operates under the Super Champs Foundation, aiming to build a next-generation global media franchise with unique player experiences.
The platform features a series of action role-playing mobile games built around signature characters and storylines from the Super Champs Universe. Two main titles, Racket Rampage and Bullet League, are currently live in public beta, offering players varied interactive entertainment.
Super Champs Racket Rampage
Super Champs L3 Blockchain
The Super Champs Chain functions as an L3 blockchain, leveraging Coinbase's OP-based L2 blockchain for transaction rollups to Ethereum. The foundation expects the chain to rank among the top 5 blockchains for gaming transactions at launch, driven by strong activity from the Super Champs hub and mobile games like Racket Rampage and Bullet League, which already contribute substantially to Base blockchain traffic.
The CHAMPS token sits at the center of this ecosystem. The approach follows successful patterns seen in other high-performing gaming blockchains like Proof of Play's Apex and Boss chains, plus the XAI L3 chain powering Crypto Unicorns and The Lost Glitches.
Games on XAI Blockchain
Vivek Nallavelli, Director of the Super Champs Protocol Foundation, laid out their vision of creating the first scaled web3 gaming franchise with immersive experiences across multiple games and a deep story-driven universe.
"We aim to build the first scaled web3 gaming franchise, immersing the community in multiple mobile games and a deep story-based universe. Our next mission is to empower builders to bring new, high-quality game experiences set in the Super Champs Universe to our engaged community."
Over 60k Daily Active Users
The Super Champs app currently sees over 60,000 daily active unique wallets, with Bullet League pulling 20,000 and Racket Rampage drawing 10,000 daily active unique wallets. These numbers demonstrate strong player engagement and the franchise's growing foothold in the gaming community.
Super Champs is also courting additional developers with BuilderKit, a complete development, publishing, and live operations toolkit designed specifically for mobile games.
Joyride Games' Activity on Base August 2024
Omar Siddiqui, CEO of Joyride Games, expressed excitement about the platform's trajectory and its potential to establish a new web3 model for game franchises. The move aligns with their long-term strategy to support studios with infrastructure that accelerates growth.
"As the first mobile games ecosystem built on our publishing platform and protocol, we can't wait to see every studio building a Super Champs game accelerate its growth with access to world-class infrastructure. Our long-term vision has always been for Super Champs to introduce a new web3 paradigm for game franchises, and it's thrilling to see it come to life."
