Meda Shooter

Gameplay Guide

“It’s time for some PEW PEW PEW!”

You know the game we can play on Google Chrome when our internet connection is cut off, right? That game with a dinosaur running on an endless track. You may know it as the T-Rex Game, Dino Runner, or Dinosaur Game. No matter how you call it, it's a great game to pass the time. In fact, it is perfect for calming down when your internet goes out, especially while doing an important job. Now, add ten times better graphics, great sound design, futuristic weapons, and a possibility to make money off of that game. TA-DA! Welcome to Meda Shooter, a brand new NFT Action game!

Hello everyone! Today, we will be moving towards an unknown futuristic adventure with Meda Shooter! Put on your helmets, check your laser gun and get ready for lots of PEW PEW PEW!

Meda Shooter is a blockchain-based side-scroller action game that utilizes the Polygon and Ethereum networks with its NFT assets and cryptocurrency, TECH. The game occurs in the Cryptomeda universe, created by exotic substances known as Meda. In the game, you control a Meda, fighting against hordes of Swarm enemies while moving forward on an endless side-scroller setup. The game is playable on browsers, with a full-screen feature as well. In fact, you can directly jump into the game since it can be played without investing a single dollar! I strongly recommend you to play this hidden gem of a game if you’re looking for a fun game! But I must warn you first; if you have anger issues, you might want to skip this game since it’s really challenging. You die, like, a lot.

As I mentioned before, it’s a browser-based game, so you don’t have to download anything. Just go to the official website of the game, connect your Metamask account and have fun! The biggest reason to connect your Metamask account as a free-to-play player is that the game keeps track of your score. And thanks to your score, you climb up on the leaderboard. Or like in my case, slide down. 

“Becoming a PEW PEW PEW master with NFTs!”

Normally, I always expect a limit when talking about free-to-play in many blockchain-based games; you come to a certain point in the game, then you have to buy an NFT or invest in the game to proceed further. The most significant feature that distinguishes Meda Shooter from other games is that the free-to-play feature is really free-to-play! If you're really good at the game, if you have nerves of steel and quick reflexes, you don't need anything else! You can play the game from start to finish, relying only on your own abilities. But of course, with the help of NFTs, you can start one step ahead from the beginning, the choice is totally up to you. 

You can use heroes, weapons, or abilities in the form of NFT assets in the game. They will certainly boost your powers; give you bonus damage, armor, faster movement, increased critical chance, and a faster fire rate. They can help you a lot on your adventure for sure. And not only in Meda Shooter but at the other games which are connected to the Cryptomeda universe as well! The upcoming turn-based strategy game, Meda Wars, will be using the same NFTs, so you can use your NFT assets for multi-game purposes! 

There are three main categories of NFTs in the game; weapons, heroes, and abilities. Let’s start with weapons, shall we? You can equip your hero with melee weapons, such as swords, or ranged weapons, such as shotguns, sniper rifles, assault rifles, etc. The weapon will increase your overall power according to its characteristics. For example, with a sniper rifle, you can one-shot most of the enemies at the beginning of the game. Also, a sniper rifle will automatically target the enemy, so you don’t have to worry about your positioning when shooting. Or a sword may deflect the coming projectiles and direct them to your enemies. In this case, you won’t be taking any damage but doing damage to your enemies. 

Sandcrawler’s Sniper Rifle is the best, in my opinion. Automatic targeting rocks!

There are twenty-two different heroes and hundreds of variations of these heroes on the marketplace, attribute-wise. These heroes are divided into four different NFT collection packs and standalone heroes:

• Starter Pack contains Zombie Chad, Farmer, Crypto Queen, Link, and Commander.
• Second Collection contains Charles, Elon, Bridger, John, and Floki.
• Third Collection contains Vitalik, Warper, Michael, Solana, and Nero.
• Fourth Collection contains Harvester and Mastercz.
• Standalones are Kroge, Ash, Warpath, Medahero, and Polytron.

Security, Anonymity, and Innovation are the main attributes of the heroes. Higher attributes give your Meda Shooter hero better buffs.

Lastly, NFT abilities are your best friend while playing the game. You can benefit from huge buffs while playing the game, such as Shield, Chain Gun, Deep Wound, and Snap. Shield ability grants you a shield that absorbs all coming damage for 7 seconds. You can have this ability by staking only. Chain Gun ability makes your rounds jump to three different enemies and hurt them, it’s like an AoE buff for your hero. Deep Wound ability causes a bleeding effect, taking 5% of your enemies max HP for 5 seconds. Snap ability is your emergency ability, it teleports half of your enemies and makes them gone. However, they will yield no coins or give you any score. 

“Aiming for the head!”

It has been a long and detailed journey so far. Now it's time for the fun part; gameplay details! In the game, you’re walking and shooting at the same time. You can optimize your speed, go up, down, right, and left, but you can not stop your hero. He will automatically keep walking. and shooting. By moving in different directions, you avoid incoming projectiles and also shoot your enemies. Just like you, your enemies are automatically walking toward you as well, so you have to avoid their shots by moving accordingly. 

When you defeat enemies, they can drop golden triangles that let you earn perks. They are very important because they make you pick a perk. During your gameplay, perks are your life-savers. They can boost your powers enormously. There are tons of different types of perks with different rarity levels. However, you will encounter basic or rare perks most of the time. When you reach a perk selection threshold by picking up golden-triangle things from the ground after killing an enemy, you will encounter a pop-up perk selection screen. From there, you can pick a perk according to your current needs and situation. For example, if you’re low on health, you may pick a health perk if it’s on the perk selection pop-up. Or do you want to hurt your enemies real bad? You can go for the increased critical hit chance perk. Perks are totally random, so you should think strategically and try to benefit from them as much as you can.

Vampire Bullets perk saved my skin countless times during my gameplay. It’s a great perk to keep your hero alive longer.

While shooting anything that moves, from time to time, you will encounter different types of weapons on the ground. PICK THEM! They are incredibly powerful and make things so much easier. You can not survive long without them, trust me. Your basic weapon is not powerful enough to outpower your enemies’ weapons. If you want to reach a high point in this game, you definitely need those weapons on the ground. They are also totally random, you might find a sniper rifle in under 20 seconds if you are lucky. 

On your endless journey, your enemies will become more powerful along the way. It’s going to be very hard to survive, especially after the first mini-boss fight. Whenever you see green little hearts on the ground, you should pick them. They restore some health back and let you travel further. Meda Shooter looks like a basic endless shooting game, but strategy plays a huge part in the game. Maintaining your health is part of this strategy as well for your survival and achieving higher points.

You get points after killing an enemy. The amount of points that you earn is based on your enemies’ difficulty level. If you travel far enough without dying, you start to make more points. But the game gets harder when you go further. Also, your perk selection threshold increases with time. So you’re not going to be a god-like hero on your adventure, it’s going to be very tough. Oh, and a little reminder; if you die, YOU START ALL OVER AGAIN. Ouch.

That’s the first mini-boss. I killed him on my first try but lost a lot of my health during the fight. Since your health does not regenerate over time, a random bullet from a basic enemy afterward killed me instantly. :’)

“An endless journey has come to an end.”

The logic of the gameplay is simple, but don't be fooled by this. This is a difficult game, it’s very hard to master. You need to practice a lot to get used to the enemies that you face. You can be sure that you will die many times, especially if you are playing without any NFTs. The simple gameplay of the game leads you to develop a strategy because your options are limited in terms of gameplay mechanics. It is important to understand the attack style of each enemy and position yourself accordingly. The yellow bar above the NPCs indicates when they will shoot at you, so you should always keep an eye on it.

Getting a good position in boss fights means everything. You should avoid taking damage as much as possible while fighting bosses that are much more brutal and hurtful than normal NPCs. Try to pick up the weapons that appear randomly on the ground in boss fights, these weapons will make the fight much easier.