Moonray PBC, the developer behind the multiplayer action-RPG Moonray, announced today that it has closed a $3.5M round of seed financing led by Animoca Brands with participation from other top angels and funds including GBV Capital, Metavest Capital, LD Capital and Lucid Blue Ventures. As the metaverse industry continues to grow, Moonray is poised to create a unique gaming experience that allows players to venture into a dynamic intergalactic world where they can not only choose their own destiny but also own it.
With fresh capital secured, Moonray will use the funds to build an NFT marketplace to allow players to buy, sell, and trade unique in-game collectibles, weapons, and skins. By coupling an NFT marketplace with the game itself, Moonray enables a digital economy within the game where users can own their digital items and easily make trades between other players. Players will be able to purchase digital items using bitcoin and eventually credit cards. Moonray is built on Bitcoin via Stacks which helps settle transactions on the Bitcoin network.
Rodrigo Etcheto, CEO of Moonray PBC, commented: “Building a game in the metaverse is more than just putting something in VR or AR, there has to be an economy where players can have a real financial stake in the things they own. Players have found roundabout ways to trade digital items in the past and we are trying to make it easier for players to exchange and sell items with one another. When our marketplace is fully-operational we will feature Lightning Network integration, BTC payments, and NFTs that have the ability to earn BTC yield.”
Animoca Brands is a global leader in gamification and blockchain with a large portfolio of over 100 investments in NFT-related companies and decentralized projects that are contributing to building the open metaverse.
Yat Siu, the Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Animoca Brands, commented: “Blockchain games are evolving rapidly. Moonray is at the vanguard of this change, building a far-future RPG experience that will be unlike anything that most players have ever seen on blockchain. We are very excited by the potential that Moonray is demonstrating as it builds this ambitious multiplayer AAA experience.”
Moonray and the Moonray NFT marketplace will launch with early access to select players in March 2022. To learn more about Moonray, visit moonray.game or join the Moonray Discord channel for live updates.
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Moonray is a surreal, multiplayer action-RPG set in an incredible far-future sci-fi universe. Built using Unreal Engine and Stacks, Moonray features next-generation visuals, algorithmic generation of assets, a deeply engaging storyline, bitcoin integration and intense PvP and co-op combat. For more information visit https://moonray.game