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BUILDING THE
SHOOTING RANGE

By Paul · September 8, 2026 · 3 min read

A tight course, targets on the move, and a clock. Free to download, open to everyone, and a USD 1,000 bounty in XRP riding on the fastest run on the board. It lands in the coming weeks. Here is what the range is, why we built this one first, and how to get your hands on it the moment it is live.

What the shooting range is

The loop is stripped back on purpose. Download the client, sign in from the splash screen, and push through a live fire course. Hit your marks on the move, run the clock down, and put your name on a public board that everybody can see.

Run it as many times as you like. Only your single best attempt stays up.

The VS Protocol login screen: Xaman, Discord, X and email, over the Solana planet
Sign in with Xaman, Discord, X or an email address. No wallet needed to play.

NOTE: the weapon loadout and the full scoring rules are being finalised now, and both get announced across our channels before the range opens. Nobody turns up having practised the wrong thing.

Why a shooting range first

Because moving and shooting are not a side feature in an extraction shooter. They are the architecture. Every system, every economy, every layer we design later sits directly on top of how the thing feels in your hands.

Which brings up the question most studios duck until late beta: is the gunplay actually any good?

We think it is. But we would far rather hear that from a few hundred competitive players with their hands on it than decide it internally off our own footage.

NOT A DEMO. THE REAL THING, EARLY.

So the range is an open playtest with a prize attached. Ten minutes and you will know whether you like it. If the movement feels wrong, we want to hear that immediately, while it is still cheap to change. If it snaps into place, we want that proven at scale rather than assumed.

First-person view inside a VS Protocol interior, weapon raised

The stakes: USD 1,000 in XRP, holders only

Anyone can download the game, run the course, and take the bragging rights. The money is a narrower race.

The USD 1,000 in XRP is for Epic Fury holders. To be in the running for the payout you need an Epic Fury access key, from our collaboration with xSPECTAR on the XRP Ledger, in your linked wallet when the competition closes.

The leaderboard makes that line obvious, because it has two tabs:

TabWho is on itWhat is at stake
Everyone Completely open. Free to play, no wallet and no key required. Your rank against the entire player base.
Holders Filtered automatically against the XRP Ledger, so only verified Epic Fury holders appear. The fastest run here takes the full USD 1,000 in XRP.

Post an unbeatable time on the open board and want the bounty as well? You need a key in your wallet before the final whistle. Buying one during the competition counts, as long as you are still holding at close.

Get an access key on xrp.cafe 600 keys in total.
Epic Fury access key, Common tier
CommonAny tier qualifies
Epic Fury access key, Rare tier
RareOne key is enough
Epic Fury access key, Mythic tier
MythicRarity does not change eligibility

Why XRP and not dollars? Respect for where it came from. The community that funded this phase of production came off the XRP Ledger, through xSPECTAR. Paying them back in their own ecosystem's asset is the only version that makes sense. When the Solana and Avalanche rounds come, each will run and pay out on its own network.

Where the build actually is

It ships in the coming weeks. Rather than float a date that might slip, here is the honest state of it right now.

StatusComponentDetail
Shipped Backend Live since 5 September. Login on four providers, display names, on-chain eligibility, server-only run submission, and both leaderboard tabs.
Shipped Login plugin The in-engine sign-in card, with a headless test so it cannot quietly break before open day.
In progress The course In full-time development now, and the reason there is no date on this page yet.
Next The download Plugin wired into the range, packaged, and put in front of you.

When the build is locked you get at least 48 hours notice before the competition opens, and then it runs for 14 days. No stealth launch, and nobody wakes up having already missed it.

Be first through the door

There is no download link yet, so there is nothing to bookmark. Leave your address below and you get the link the moment the build is live, plus the occasional note on what is being made.