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What is Hamster Kombat? Telegram’s crypto game and Airdrop
Are the hamsters fighting now? Not exactly, but while Hamster Kombat’s title might be a little misleading, this Telegram-based clicker game has quickly become a dominant leader in the play-to-earn space, expanding Notcoinwinning model.
The Hamster Kombat team recently announced that they will perform an airdrop on The open network (TON), rewarding players for accumulating in-game coins, eventually dumping them for real, tradable cryptographic tokens.
This will certainly attract a lot more people to the game, but as of this writing, new players can still dive in and accumulate coins before the airdrop. Here’s what you need to know about Hamster Kombat, how to play it, and what we know about the token and airdrop so far.
What is Hamster Kombat?
Similar to Notcoin, Hamster Kombat has players tap to earn coins in a native Telegram app (or “mini app”) – meaning that to play, simply open a Telegram chat.
The game’s developers claim that they have accumulated over 60 million users, all enjoying the game to earn coins that will likely be used to determine how many tokens players will receive in the next Hamster Kombat airdrop.
Although Hamster Kombat has been around since March, the game recently gained traction following the completion of the Notcoin airdrop – perhaps due to tap-addicted players migrating to a new game with an upcoming token and airdrop in the works.
The core concept of Hamster Kombat is similar to Notcoin, with some slightly more layered gameplay mechanics. In short: it’s a tap-to-win game mixed with a crypto trading simulator.
In Hamster Kombat, you are the CEO of an emerging cryptocurrency exchange, and your job is to take the exchange to new heights never seen before… in the world of hamsters. To do this, players tap a gold coin to earn coins and then use those coins to purchase upgrades for their exchange.
How to play Hamster Kombat
Hamster Kombat begins in a manner familiar to Notcoin users, with players typing a gold coin into the Telegram app. However, with Hamster Kombat, the first step is – for some reason – to shave your hamster so that he or she can become the CEO of a cryptocurrency exchange.
Similar to Notcoin, players can use their in-game points to purchase “Boosts” that increase stats, such as how many points are earned per tap or how long you can tap before pausing and waiting for your energy bar to run out. refuel. There are also free daily boosters that players can claim six times a day.
Screenshots from Hamster Kombat. Image: Decrypt
Once players earn some points, they can start using them to upgrade their trades in the game’s “Mines” tab. This tab shows all types of upgrades that players can purchase (with in-game currency only) to trade and includes things like adding currencies like Bitcoin to be traded on your exchange, setting up a KYC process, or even accessing Joe Rogan’s podcast.
Each upgrade you purchase for your exchange passively earns you more coins. For example, adding the BTC pair to your exchange costs 250 points, but you earn 40 points per hour. In other words, these additions pay off quickly and help boost your exchange even further.
‘Are we going to air it?’
What is the point of earning coins in the game? Similarly to Notcoin, Hamster Kombat also announced an upcoming airdrop, although it was much more transparent about it than Notcoin was initially.
Within the Hamster Kombat app, there is an “Airdrop” tab that states that exchange and market maker alliances have already been negotiated – but does not provide an exact date for the airdrop itself.
Notcoin ran for three months before pausing the game and then launched its token more than a month later. Hamster Kombat may not follow the exact same routine, of course – but given the amount of enthusiasm that Notcoin has harnessed and turned into market value, we wouldn’t be surprised to see Hamster Kombat imitate these methods as well.
Edited by Andrew Hayward