We're still here.
If we've learned anything this week, Canto taught us that even in death we can rise.
Thanks for the love on last week's article about OpenSeason and gaming in a brutal market. A few people asked how to get started playing the game so I wanted to put together a quick guide. The team says they're working on homepage updates to pull some of the dashboards pre-login and also make it easier to find the place to drop in your access code and get your game pass. But they're also building the actual game which is more important imo.
What You Need
1) You need a PC. System requirements are here, but I've talked to people playing on laptops.
2) You need an Epic Games account. You must have one for Fortnite but if not go make one, it's free.
3) You need an invite code. This code is your access to create a free Game Pass. You can use giggle-tape-smart and my team will get rewards, or use someone else's srsly I just want to see the game grow.
What You Don't Need
NFTs, Tokens, a crypto wallet, or anything web3.
Just go play the game. The homies at FU Studios have made it dead simple for people to come play the game. If you want to activate the web3 "extras" that's easy too.
How to Get Started
tl;dr :
Go to openseason.games, connect your Epic Games account, navigate to 'Game Pass' from left side nav, enter access code giggle-tape-smart to claim a free Game Pass, download the game from Epic Games Store.
Step By Step
1) Go to https://openseason.games and click PLAY NOW
Since it's your first time here, PLAY NOW will take you through a one-time process to connect your Epic Games account to OpenSeason. It takes like a minute and costs nothing.
2) You'll see this screen. Click SIGN IN to connect your Epic Games account.
You have an Epic Games account because Fortnite but if somehow you don't, or you want to make a new one, just scroll down when you get to Epic's login screen and select Create account.
You only have to do this once to connect your Epic Account to your new OpenSeason
Once you sign into your Epic account, it will ask you to allow it to connect to OpenSeaon.
You'll be sharing your Epic display name(s) meaning your Epic name becomes your OpenSeason name and you're logging in with Epic instead of having to create yet another account an password. Yay FU Studios devs!
Click ALLOW and it will connect your Epic Account and drop you into the OpenSeason dashboard.
The OpenSeason Dashboard is, well, pretty damn Epic. Remember this thing has only been in Beta for a couple weeks. They've already got a ton of gameplay stats, rewards trackers, and dope leaderboards. There's a bunch of alpha in here too, as you can see there's more to come for XP, Leveling, and FU Money.
But today we're focused on getting you playing the game, which means we care most about the Game Pass. So click this MORE button on the dashboard and LFG.
The devs said they're going to make this easier to get to, but whatever, you can find it, I believe in you.
We're so close now. You're doing great. Just enter that access code giggle-tape-smart and click CLAIM.
Your dashboard will update to show your Valid Game Pass. If you used my invite code you'll see you're a part of @cloud's team. More on that another time, but you'll be glad you joined us!
Now it's time to play. Go to the Epic Games Store here or if you're a trust but verify person go there yourself and search for "OpenSeason" all one word.
Just click the blue "Get" button and it will download to your PC. If you play other Epic Games, like Fortnite, you'll know what to do. If it's your first time, Epic goes a good job of walking you through but hit me up if you get stuck.
It's time. Go play OpenSeason. Collect beans. Start earning those FU Money rewards. Take out memes and your (least) favorite NFT characters. Check out Such Wow City!
