Bored Ape Yacht Club's mini-game "Dookey Dash Unclogged" will be open for everyone to play.

Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) operating team Yuga Labs announced today on Twitter the reopening of the sewer adventure game Dookey Dash, lifting the pass restrictions to allow all players to freely participate, aiming to sustain market influence. The game is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2024.

Dookey Dash Introduction

Dookey Dash is a small game developed by the Yuga Labs team, similar to the gameplay of dodging obstacles like Temple Run. It is their new release in early 2023 following Apes vs. Mutants.

At that time, players needed to possess a Sewer Pass NFT to play the game and earn points. Only holders of BAYC and MAYC were able to mint the Sewer Pass on specific dates, limiting the players to existing users within the community. During the event, the floor price of the Sewer Pass NFT in the secondary market once exceeded 1.7 ETH.

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The game was only available for approximately 20 days at that time. After the event ended, rewards were distributed based on scores, allowing users to use the Sewer Pass NFT to claim NFTs related to the next robot game, thus concluding the lifecycle of this game.

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Dookey Dash Unclogged Open to Everyone

After a year, the team announced today that they will reopen the game under the name Dookey Dash Unclogged (DDU), allowing everyone to play. From the video released by the official source, we can gather the following information:

• Open to everyone
• Season pass holders can participate in competitions
• Retain leaderboard mechanism to earn rewards
• Rewards may include APE tokens, and may require users holding BAYC, MAYC, Kodas, BAKC, HV-MTL to claim.
• Playable on multiple platforms, including PC, Mac, IOS, Android.

According to the official website of Dookey Dash Unclogged, the game seems to allow creators to freely design appearances, vehicles, stickers, and other 3D models, which can be sold in the NFT store established by the collaborating game studio Faraway.

Currently, Dookey Dash Unclogged is open for early registration. Users can enter their email on the official website to receive further information. The game is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2024.

Yuga Labs' Game Market Recovery Strategy

Recently, Yuga Labs' news release has decreased compared to the previous bull market period. Their metaverse masterpiece, Otherside, has yet to be updated, and the floor prices of their NFTs have been relatively low, with BAYC's floor price hovering around 25 ETH.

As the market focuses on Bitcoin ecosystem collectibles like Ordinals, BRC-20, ARC-20, reintroducing the Dookey Dash game at this time may be an attempt to remind the market not to forget about Yuga Labs, revitalize existing products, maintain market influence, which makes sense in the scarce attention of the Web3 industry.

However, with more Web3 games maturing, traditional game companies joining the space, and disruptions in the BTC ecosystem, Yuga Labs, with its strong native IP, faces significant challenges in maintaining its advantage. It is worth looking forward to the future developments.