The Future of CHAMPION Nexus and Blockmasters - Devlog 1

Hello Sprinters, ComputerChip here!

Today, I just wanted to take some time to talk about the future of CHAMPION and Blockmasters. No, this isn't any doom and gloom. It means a lot of good things for the future of CHAMPION, actually.

First - Nexus

Nexus is going to be heading into full launch later this month, with several levels and a progression system. Post launch, it won't receive many updates - this isn't abandonment, but through the sheer fact that Nexus was never intended to be a live service. The next few sections will outline what is coming for for the CHAMPION series beyond this first chapter.

The Creator Kit

The CHAMPION Creator Kit is finally on it's way! I've just spun it off from the main CHAMPION Nexus world, and it's going to need some work, but it's finally coming. Here's a quick overview of how it will work:

You go to Jamango and search for "CHAMPION Creator Kit". You join the world, and go to the menu and click on "Remix World". Now you have your own copy of the Creator Kit template world where you can do whatever you want! But this is just an overview of what it is and how it works. I'm working on a documentation and overview devlog on what to expect.

The creative vision for CHAMPION is one of the things that has excited me the most. During one of my explorations a few weekends ago, I prototyped what the Jamango! Original Bow Brawl would look like with the CHAMPION Player Movement Trait:

The trait itself is a single script - just transferred to a remixed Bow Brawl world and added to an entity. With a few extra steps, it should be extremely easy to turn any Jamango! World into a CHAMPION game. So even though the main goal here is to create a highly moddable template, I think it will be just as easy to add certain elements to new worlds. For example, if you want to make an arena shooter, all you need to do to add CHAMPION movement is to copy the script from the Creator Kit into your world. We aren't limited to a platformer racing game.

Beyond Nexus and Creator Kit

The next CHAMPION game won't come for a while after Nexus' full release, I can already say that. I've already got a few ideas for new games and CHAMPION worlds. For CHAMPION, there are so many directions to go in. Narrative, arena shooter, action adventure, open world. And I'm hoping that other Jamango! creators end up picking up what I'm putting down and making amazing content for CHAMPION. There is also potential to grow an open UGC ecosystem that I'm looking at working on - more on that next.

Beyond CHAMPION - Blockmasters

Blockmasters Entertainment's vision is to redefine UGC gaming using accessible and interoperable tools. This very much means community creation and remixing, games, and playable content. This means providing games, assets and more across web UGC gaming, and I hope you join the studio's journey to fulfil that vision!