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# Game mechanics

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| Attributes              | <p>All our Pookyballs and Rooky Balls will have a set of Attributes determining their abilities in the Prediction game. <br><br>They will notably determine how many Experience points and Leaderboard points are generated through Predictions.</p><p>Attributes include (list subject to change in the future) :</p><ul><li>Rarity</li><li>Prestige</li><li>International ball</li><li>Nation team</li><li>Home events </li><li>Club team</li><li>Pressure</li><li>Level</li><li>1 - Home</li><li>X - Draw</li><li>2 - Away</li><li>O - Offense</li><li>D - Defense</li><li>S - exact Score</li></ul> |
| Base Leaderboards       | Play and earn predictions are ranked on this Leaderboards to reward pure prediction skill. It does not take into account the Attributes from the Pookyball. It distributes a part of the Rewards.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Breeding                | <p>Breeding allows a player to use some of his Pookyballs in order to create another Pookyball.<br>See <a data-mention href="/pages/YZFbhMWVFkfsDJRZz5vC">/pages/YZFbhMWVFkfsDJRZz5vC</a></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Boosted Leaderboards    | Play to earn predictions are ranked on this Leaderboards, based on the quality of the prediction and the Attributes from the Pookyball. This is the main way to distribute rewards.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Burning                 | <p>Mechanism of destroying tokens through the gameplay. <br><br>Notable burning mechanism include levelling and some of the Marketplace items. </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Club team               | <p>Home city of the playing club.<br><br>Most balls are minted with a given Club team. </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Continuous rewards      | For every successful Prediction, the player will receive Experience points (PXP).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Country                 | <p>Home country of the Event being played.<br><br>Each ball is minted in a given Country.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Energy                  | <p>Placing a Prediction costs a small amount of Energy. <br><br>The player’s maximum is determined by the Prestige of his Pookyball collection. It refills naturally, on a weekly basis.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Experience points (PXP) | <p>With each successful Prediction; the predicting Pookyball gains Experience points.<br><br>By spending Experience points and $POK, the ball progresses to the next Level and improves its Attributes.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Free to play            | <p>One of the ways to play the Prediction game. </p><p></p><p>Any player can enter and play the game without owning a Pookyball, with limited functionalities and limited access to Rewards.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Guild                   | <p>Organisation of Players where they can collaborate, earn rewards, challenge each others, or challenge other guilds.</p><p></p><p>We'll update about Guilds in the Roadmap at a later stage.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Home Event              | A Sports event featuring clubs, like the Football World Cup; or Roland Garros tournament.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| International ball      | Balls with this attribute receive a 10% point boost for matches played between two Nations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Leaderboards            | <p>All Players participating in the Prediction game are ranked on the Leaderboards. <br>The higher you will rank, the more Rewards you will receive !</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Lending                 | <p>Mechanism which allows a player to lend his Pookyball to another player. </p><p>The player lending cannot use his Pookyball for the duration of the lease, and earns a share of the earnings from the player using his Pookyball in the Prediction game.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Pookyballs              | <p>Pookyballs are a unique art element related to one of Pooky’s sports. They represent several characteristics linked to the sport :</p><ul><li>The City where they’ve been created</li><li>The Country where they’ve been created</li><li>The Sports they are played with</li></ul><p>They also carry the Attributes used to score points in the Prediction game.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Nation team             | Pookyballs with this attribute receive a 20% boost when the matching team is playing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| NFT Level               | <p>Pookyballs earn PXP whenever a part of the Prediction is correct.<br><br>When they have enough PXP, Pookyballs can level up using $POK.</p><p></p><p>Each Rarity has a varying amount of levels.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Play and earn           | Main game mode, where the player earns Rewards for the time and quality of his gameplay.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Players                 | Individuals playing the Prediction game.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Prediction game         | Main game of Pooky. It can be accessed by either owning any Pookyball; or by playing the Free to play mode.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Prediction points       | <p>Whenever a player of the Prediction game places a successful Prediction, he is awarded with Prediction points.<br><br>They are calculated according to how good his prediction was, and according to the Attributes of the Rooky ball or Pookyball he used in predicting.<br></p><p>Prediction points are used for calculating Rewards.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Pressure                | <p>All the Pookyballs have a Pressure level. The higher it is, the more points any successful Prediction rewards. <br><br>When you place a Prediction; the predicting Pookyball loses some of their Pressure. This effect does not happen if you find the exact score!</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Prestige                | <p>All Pookyballs have a Prestige level. It is among other things a function of :</p><ul><li>their Rarity</li><li>their date of creation</li><li>the amount of balls with similar Attributes</li></ul><p>Prestige notably affects available Energy.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| PvE                     | <p>The main variant of the Prediction game, which will be the core of the first version of Pooky.</p><p></p><p>In this mode, the player places his Prediction and gets rewarded at the end of the Matchday based on his placement on the Leaderboards.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| PvP                     | <p>A future variant of the Prediction game, which will be available in a later version of Pooky.<br><br>It will be updated in the Roadmap at a later stage.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Rarity                  | <p>All the Pookyballs have a fixed rarity :</p><ul><li>Common</li><li>Rare</li><li>Epic</li><li>Legendary</li></ul><p>New rarities might be introduced in the future.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Rewards                 | <p>When the Players rank on the Leaderboards, at the end of the relevant Matchday, they will receive rewards based on their placement.</p><p>Rewards include (not exhaustive) :</p><ul><li>NFT (Pookyballs, Stickers...)</li><li>PXP</li><li>$POK</li><li>Pressure or Energy regeneration</li><li>and other rewards which will come out throughout the game growth.</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Rooky Balls             | Two balls freely given to any player to experience the Free to play version of the Prediction game.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Rooky Leaderboards      | The Free to play predictions are ranked here. Top players will receive Rewards.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Season                  | <p>Pookyballs can be used at their maximum efficiency for a predetermined number of Matchdays, then starts paying out reduced Rewards.</p><p></p><p>This decay can be prevented by burning a more recent Pookyball.</p><p></p><p>The higher the Rarity, the longer the Pookyball can play before the decay starts occuring.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
