Game on!

Hello you Hangry lot! it's been an awesome January here at Hangry HQ. From socials, to collabs and all out head down game dev fun. We've got quite a bit to share with you and sometimes can't fit it all on a newsletter. So want more? get in the Discord and though shall not be disappointed. From Miami, Vegas, Hong Kong, Preston, Bournemouth and even the valleys of South Wales, the Hangry team continues to expand with more team members joining the journey each week, with gusto and fire in their bellies to see this beast evolve into a major piece of IP (Intellectual Property).

Before we get into the meat and potatoes of updates, if you haven't got one already, go grab yourself an earlybird mint pass. Our CHET pass is the in road to the Hangry Animals mint party with a double your investment opportunity. for $25 you can grab yourself a 50% discounted Hangry Animals NFT at mint, simply by grabbing a CHET pass. It's a no brainer as Hangry Andy would say.

Mentoring noobs

We are thrilled to share an exciting journey we embarked upon with a group of bright and talented students from the University of South Wales (USW) Animation course. This collaboration brought together animation riggers, modellers, character designers as well as prop modellers and environment artists under one roof, all united by a shared passion for the world of Hangry Animals.

The teams at USW were tasked with their minor project of exploring the vibrant and dynamic universe of Hangry Animals - a world that has captured the imagination of countless fans across the globe to date. As part of their project, the students chose to contribute their skills and creativity in various facets of animation, such as character design, prop modelling and environmental artistry.

In this unique interplay of education and industry, we had the pleasure of mentoring these enthusiastic learners. Hangry Andy, a key figure from our team, lent his expertise and guidance to these future leaders in the animation industry. His involvement resulted in some remarkable pieces of work created by the students, who demonstrated great potential and ingenuity in their approach to the project.

Over the course of our collaboration, we've seen originality, creativity and dedication from the USW students, who've been on a steep learning curve with texture painting, retopology, rigging and low poly modelling practices. The pieces they've produced are not just impressive demonstrations of talent and skill, but also reflect a deep understanding of the Hangry Animals universe and the world we communicated to the students in our briefing from the outset.

We're proud to declare that this collaboration isn't just about producing great work - it's about fostering relationships, sharing knowledge, and inspiring the next generation of creators. The work produced will continue to evolve and will find its way into parts of the Hangry Animals game and potentially, the animated TV series trailer.

This collaboration has been a rewarding experience for everyone involved, and we look forward to seeing what our talented friends at USW will create next as they continue their journey in animation.

Here's a brief sample of some of the great work produced to date:

As the game evolves and we begin play testing the Spatial playground for our early adopters, we'll begin to integrate these assets into the next sprint with our super talented game devs and level designers Xavier, Damian and Ryan! We can't thank them enough for the energy and dedication they have exerted in bringing relevant, interesting and fun gameplay to the Hangryverse concept. Watch this space for more clips and updates. Join our Discord for instant gratification as things evolve.

To SKALE (SKL) or not to Skale?

We've been connected to a great bunch of dedicated builders and creators in this space over the past few years and have to say, the folks at SKALE are second to none. We recently chatted to the guys about grant programmes and chains for gaming and are doubly impressed with the tech and knowledge the team possesses to get our project up to speed and player ready with blockchain integration. We're excited to explore next steps and see if the full extent of the SKALE ecosystem is ready for total Hangryness. Different to many grant programmes, SKALE funds the projects uptime similar to AWS credits work. This we like, as it avoid the vampire grant application tactics of many, where the funds are used to cash out and not used for project development at all.

As well as the SKALE discussions we're in conversation with an amazing group of builders at Kaizen finance, with their launchpad, wallet, smart contracts and token launch mechanics. This gets the Hangry team all super frothy as it provides a seamless means to raise with confidence utilising a token and a wrapped token issuance for peace of mind. Watch this space for more developments on this front too, further talks to secure what strategy best fits the NFT drop and follow on Token allocation in 2024. Much Hangryness is always around the corner as you can see.

Help us spread the word

Our socials are vibin and our drive now is on promoting the CHET NFTs in spaces and at upcoming conferences to raise a small pot of development cash to progress the recruitment of more game devs and community members. So let's share the love, promote the benefits of a CHET pass to everyone you know and let's get those 1000 CHETs for the genesis mint passes snapped up. CHET pass benefits include:

• The CHET is redeemable for a Hangry Animal NFT (during our pre-sale) on mint day.

• It also grants the holder a unique skin for the 3D character that is a special armour piece - not available via main mint only CHET pass holders will get dropped the skin.

• 3D rigged posable asset post mint for usage inside and outside of our games with IP ownership for you the holder to use freely.

• Custom dynamic trait illustrated by our founder artist @andrewminton which will be added to your NFT wallet as a special gift to early holders.

If folks can help us push and reach more people with proof, we have $FOOD tokens all ready to distribute. Drop your proof of social in the Discord #Food-Proof channel and we will reward you with some tasty future value $FOOD tokens through our social efforts.

Merch Vibes?

We have a test of Merch out there on our store. This is the first batch of released items that have been co created between our resident artist @andrewminton and the community members themselves via Discord.

Socials

We're active across many social channels these days and would love to say hi. Join us on whatever platform floats your boat and come say GM, GE or GN anytime.