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Yeah lots of “cart before the horse” happening in this space. When talking about games these days we often imagine rich engaging audio/visual interactive experi
by erwinh 4y ago
Yeah lots of “cart before the horse” happening in this space.
When talking about games these days we often imagine rich engaging audio/visual interactive experiences. The crypto people don’t really seem to understand that kind of game.
But there are also more turn-based games which really are about the mechanics of which items/stats/buildings/lands you have, what their effects are, how to level up etc which all could be encoded in the chain. Its not a mainstream gaming format but thats where crypto ‘gaming’ could provide a new kind of experience. Although I would say the term on-chain game is more specific. The “game” could become as much about finding tools that give you an edge in accessing and navigating the on-chain data from yourself and other ‘players’. The genre is then competitive turn-based strategy with a turn timer (block time). I would compare it to playing competitive Civilisation with full map vision and real cash rewards. Which isn’t really mainstream gaming atm although I’m sure there is a minor audience for it, but for now I expect real on-chain gaming to stay pretty niche.
- dmitriid 4y agoSomething like the 40-year-old-and-still-ongoing DnD game might make sense in this setting [1] Considering blockchains survive for 40 years which is not a given. [1] https://nerdist.com/article/dungeons-and-dragons-neverending-game-35-years/ https://nerdist.com/article/dungeons-and-dragons-neverending...
- erwinh 4y agowow, thats a nice example as well