Gaming startup, Kuluya, has launched a new version of its website. The website still retains its popular games but the new twist comes with tokens, challenges and tournaments.

Kuluya now allows its users sign in via Facebook or email and get tokens for playing games. The number of tokens you get for playing each game differs based on your rank of Chairman, Expert, Intermediate, Learner or Newcomer. Chairman is as high as you can go. To increase your rank you have to increase your skill level at any of the games. Regular games are free to play.

Tokens

Each user starts with 500 tokens. Tokens are then deducted when a user enters a Tournament or Challenge. A token is equivalent to 1 Naira. You can buy Tokens via the website and win tokens by winning Challenges and Tournaments.

Challenges

A Challenge is effective when one user invites another user via his User ID or email address. Both users agree on how many tokens are at stake for the game and they play for it. Tokens are deducted transferred to your opponent if you lose. You’ll get notifications as soon as another user challenges you.

Tournaments

A Tournament on the other hand takes place with a random player in your skill level or rank on a particular game. You stake a recommended amount of token and winner takes all. You’ll be charged 100 tokens for taking part in a tournament.

Cash Winnings

After playing regular games, tournaments and challenges, you can decide to withdraw from your Kuluya account. Kuluya currently supports Interswitch cards so if your bank/service uses the Verve platform, you can withdraw into that account. Kuluya charges a transfer fee of N100 and you must have N1,000 left in your Kuluya account after withdrawal.

For more information, checkout this help page from Kuluya and the video below.

We’ve noticed that Kuluya has stopped running ads on its pages. This means they’re seriously banking on the idea that people won’t mind paying to play challenges and tournaments. They’ve recently raised more money and are now worth $2 million so they’ll have to get their monetisation strategy right before the investors start knocking.

What do you think about the new Kuluya? Please leave a comment.

Following the recent trend that has taken over the internet in Nigeria after the NSCDC (Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps) failed to give us a correct website to their official site, Nigerian online gaming startup Kuluya has just launched its ‘Oga at the top’ game to its suite of games.

I personally found the concept of the game quite interesting. It’s basically like the interview where Obafaiye Shem failed to give us the correct web address of the NSCDC with its top level domain (.gov.ng) because his “Oga at the top might say another”, you must gather points by stacking the NSCDC letters and avoid hitting the top level domains. If you do 3 times, Dazzal!  game over.

Try the game yourself here and let us know what you think about it.

Gaming startup Kuluya has been rolling out a couple of new games over the last few weeks. Their games include Penarity and TenTen, as we reported earlier.

Kuluya is taking its games up a notch. They now haveOgbanje – its biggest adventure game yet, Aso Rock – a game where you have to tackle Goodluck Jonathan’s security forces and of course, Linda Ikeji vs The World.

In Linda Ikeji vs. The World, you act as popular Nigeria blogger, Linda Ikeji, running and jumping across rooftops, picking up red shoes(we’re not sure if they’re Louboutins) and jumping over celebrities waiting for her. It does seem like a simple game until Linda Ikeji starts running fast and then really fast.

Kuluya has said that it has over 100 games in its ammunition as it continues to give us African narratives.

Ogbanje is my favourite game yet. What’s yours?

Lagos-based casual gaming startup has launched more games on its website. The games number 22 and continue to tell Nigerian narratives. The games launched include “Penarity” with the famous “Okocha” song as its soundtrack, Mama Put, Fuel Subsidy and TenTen.

In Penarity, users select a player from a grid of African countries and then hit the space bar twice to target the shot. When the ball goes over the bar, it is counted as a Laago. Be quick to shoot as your multiplier bonus is reducing with time. There’s a gallery of special characters to choose as you win more matches.

Kuluya launched its website in the first half of the year with the game Monkey Run. The gaming website is clearly monetizing by showing ads to its users as you can see on the header and the sidebar. All the games have a leaderboard so you can showoff your skills to your friends.

Someone is giving Maliyo a run for their money.

Head to Kuluya, play some games and tell us what you think in the comments sectino.