This Game Dev Created A Real-Life Battle Royale (With Less Violence And Better Loot)
Jason Rohrer is known for creating video games with some pretty off-the-wall concepts, but his latest venture--a battle royale known as Project Skydrop--takes things a step further. Rohrer teamed up with friend and musician Tom Bailey to create the game, and unlike most battle royales, Rohrer's new adventure won't see players fighting to the death. There is a catch, however: Project Skydrop takes place in real life, and the winner will receive a custom-made solid gold trophy.
Rohrer says he's been working on Project Skydrop since 2021, and after years of planning, plotting, and acquiring a sufficiently impressive reward for the winner, the game is now afoot. The treasure--a 10.9-ounce 24-karat solid-gold trophy worth roughly $26,000--was commissioned and paid for by Rohrer himself, but according to a profile by Wired, the winner may also receive a "life-changing amount of bitcoin," with the exact number dependent upon how many players take part in the hunt.
The game only lasts for 21 days, and at the time of writing, there are 16 days left for players to track down the prize. Rohrer has revealed that the trophy is located "somewhere in the northeastern United States," and at this point, Project Skydrop might sound like a simple (albeit extremely lucrative) treasure hunt. So what exactly makes it a battle royale?
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