Heroes of Mavia (MAVIA)

Overview

Heroes of Mavia is a mobile strategy game set on the fictional island of Mavia. Players build bases, train armies, defend resources, and attack other players’ bases. Its cryptocurrency, MAVIA, connects parts of the game to a wider digital economy. Players can use it in the web marketplace, stake it through the project’s staking program, and participate in the project’s governance system. The game is available on iOS and Android. (mavia.com)

The game also has an earnable currency called Ruby. This distinction is central to understanding Heroes of Mavia: Ruby is used mainly inside the game, while MAVIA is the blockchain token used for activities such as web marketplace trading. The two are linked through the project’s Ruby Exchange. (mavia.com)

History & Team

Development and early backing

Heroes of Mavia was developed by Skrice Studios, a game studio based in Vietnam. The studio built the project around a familiar mobile-game idea: improve a base, plan attacks, and compete with other players. It then added digital items and token-based features to extend what players can do beyond a single match. Tristan Chaudhry was identified as Skrice Studios’ managing director when the project announced its early funding. (mavia.com)

In January 2022, Binance Labs announced that it had led a $5.5 million seed funding round for Heroes of Mavia. Other participants named in the announcement included Genblock Capital, Delphi Digital, Mechanism Capital, Animoca Brands, Yield Guild Games, Merit Circle, and HashKey Capital. The stated purpose of the funding was to develop the game, add talent, and grow its community. (binance.com)

The project later reached players through the major mobile app stores. Google Play lists more than one million Android downloads, a measure of installs rather than the number of people playing at any given time. App Store release notes also show continued work on game modes, including tournaments and Alliance Wars. (play.google.com)

Technology & How It Works

Gameplay and blockchain features

A match begins with choices about buildings, defenses, troops, and timing. Players use Gold and Oil to develop their bases and armies. Winning battles and completing challenges can earn Ruby, which supports another part of the game’s economy. Heroes can help in attacks and defense, while Statues improve base performance. These systems give players reasons to keep developing their bases between battles. (mavia.com)

Heroes of Mavia uses blockchain features chiefly for tokens and tradable digital items. Legendary Items—such as skins, decorations, and consumables—can be represented as non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. An NFT is a blockchain record tied to a particular digital item. Ruby is used to create Legendary Items, while MAVIA can be used to trade them on the web marketplace. (mavia.com)

The two currencies work differently. Ruby is an off-chain game currency, meaning its ordinary balances and activity are recorded by the game rather than as individual cryptocurrency transactions. MAVIA is a blockchain token. The project’s Ruby Exchange connects them through marketplace orders for Legendary Item NFTs, giving players a way to buy or sell Ruby using MAVIA. The project also provides Ruby Scan for viewing Ruby-related activity. (mavia.com)

MAVIA is associated with Ethereum and Base, and the project provides a bridge for moving the token between those networks. Base is an Ethereum scaling network. For a player, the key practical point is that a wallet or marketplace transaction must use the intended network. (mavia.com)

Tokenomics & Utility

Supply and distribution

MAVIA has a documented total allocation of 250 million tokens. The project’s game deck divides that allocation among several groups: 44% for community and ecosystem activities, 10% for gameplay rewards, 22% for the team, 15% for pre-sale participants, 3% for advisers, 3.5% for an airdrop, and 2.5% for launch partners and exchanges. Those percentages describe how tokens were assigned across the project, rather than how any one player earns Ruby during a match. (statics.mavia.com)

The deck also describes scheduled releases, known as vesting. It lists six-year release periods for the community, gameplay, team, and adviser allocations, and a four-year period for pre-sale tokens. Vesting spreads an allocation’s release over time. It does not change what MAVIA does in the game, but it is part of the token’s economic design. (statics.mavia.com)

What MAVIA does

MAVIA’s stated roles include governance, web marketplace trading, holder perks, and staking. The project says token holders will be able to vote on decisions affecting its ecosystem. Its staking page also describes locked pools in which holders can stake MAVIA for rewards. On the marketplace, MAVIA can be used to trade Legendary Item NFTs. (mavia.com)

MAVIA sits alongside, rather than replacing, the game’s other resources. Gold and Oil support base development; Ruby is earned through play and used to create and trade items; and Sapphire is a premium in-game currency available through in-app purchases. Keeping these roles separate makes the game’s economy easier to follow. (mavia.com)

Ecosystem & Use Cases

From battles to digital items

One use of the ecosystem starts with regular gameplay. A player builds a base, wins battles or completes challenges to earn Ruby, and then uses Ruby to create a Legendary Item. That item can be used in the game or offered to other players through the game’s trading tools. The web marketplace provides a connection between these items and MAVIA. (mavia.com)

Other activities give players different ways to take part. Ruby Battles put two players against the same randomly selected base with the same assigned troops. Scores depend on stars earned, damage dealt, and completion time. Players enter with Ruby, and the higher-scoring player receives the Ruby after a fee. The project has also added tournament and Alliance War features, broadening play beyond ordinary base attacks. (docs.mavia.com)

Outside the mobile app, the ecosystem includes the marketplace, Ruby Exchange, staking tools, and governance features. Each serves a different purpose: trading items, connecting the two currencies, rewarding token participation, or giving holders a say in project decisions. Together, they make MAVIA useful to players who choose to engage with the game’s Web3 features. (mavia.com)

Advantages & Challenges

Heroes of Mavia starts with a playable strategy game rather than asking players to begin with a wallet transaction. Base design, troop choice, and resource management provide goals within the mobile app. Its Ruby and MAVIA systems then offer additional ways to create, hold, and trade digital items. Availability on both major mobile platforms gives the game a route to players who already know mobile strategy games. (mavia.com)

The same design creates a demanding balancing task. Gold, Oil, Ruby, Sapphire, MAVIA, and NFTs each have a separate role, so new players must learn how they fit together. The developer must also keep battles and progression engaging while maintaining useful reasons to earn and spend Ruby. App Store release notes show ongoing changes to matchmaking, battle modes, and interface features—areas that matter to the everyday playing experience. (docs.mavia.com)

Where to Buy & Wallets

MAVIA is available on Bitvavo and through the Crypto.com App, among other supported platforms. Bitvavo provides a MAVIA purchase page, and Crypto.com provides a purchase route for U.S. users. Account requirements and available payment methods depend on the platform and location. (bitvavo.com)

MAVIA can be kept in a supported exchange account or in a compatible self-custody wallet such as MetaMask. MetaMask allows users to display a token by importing its contract address on the relevant network. Heroes of Mavia’s token page links to its Ethereum and Base contract records, while its bridge supports transfers between those networks. Ruby remains part of the game’s off-chain currency system and is handled through the game’s own tools. (support.metamask.io)

Regulatory & Compliance

Rules affecting MAVIA depend on the activity and jurisdiction. In the United States, securities-law treatment can depend on how a crypto asset is offered and sold, including promises made to purchasers. U.S. tax rules also treat digital assets as property and can apply when they are received, sold, or exchanged. In the European Union, the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation sets requirements for covered crypto-asset offerings and service providers, including trading platforms. (sec.gov)

Shariah analysis also depends on the activity being considered. Islamic finance principles prohibit gambling, known as maysir. Heroes of Mavia includes skill-based base building, but its Ruby Battles involve players wagering Ruby on a contest whose winner receives the pooled currency after a fee. That feature prevents a blanket conclusion that every activity in the ecosystem is Shariah-compliant. An assessment of MAVIA holding, staking, marketplace trades, or ordinary gameplay would need to consider each activity’s terms separately. (ifsb.org)

Future Outlook

Heroes of Mavia’s longer-term development rests on both sides of its design. The mobile game needs reasons for players to return: worthwhile battles, clear progression, and competitive modes. The token ecosystem needs practical links to those activities, such as item trading and the Ruby Exchange. Recent app updates adding tournaments and Alliance Wars show how the game can expand through new forms of competition. (apps.apple.com)

The project also presents MAVIA holder participation as part of its plans for the wider ecosystem. How valuable that participation becomes will depend on the decisions offered to holders and the game features built around the token over time. (mavia.com)

Summary

Heroes of Mavia combines mobile base-building battles with a digital-item economy. Ruby connects directly to gameplay, while MAVIA supports marketplace trading, staking, and the project’s governance system. Its place in crypto gaming comes from that connection between a working mobile game and tools that let players engage with tokens and tradable items beyond the battlefield. (mavia.com)