Let’s consider the following 3 factors to evaluate developers who tend to choose to build on-chain games:
1. Content
With conventional games, the player’s ability to edit the game was limited by database, isolation, and lack of data portability.
On-chain gaming enhances user content generation (UGC) because the entire game is on the blockchain. Players can easily create plugins, clients, scripts, DLC and more with greater ease for most game systems.
This brings new meaning to the gaming experience and strengthens the community element. It also becomes an unlimited source of content, similar to how Fortnite did with UEFN.
That’s why @PirateNationNFT is working on UGC tools, or @PlaymintUK is integrating player creation into loop gameplay out of the box.
2. Community
During game streaming, it’s difficult to build a community unless you spend years and have great success at a carnival game.
With onchain games, they are not only players but also content creators and contributors. This creates small loyal communities and a strong culture for the game’s social layer.
Companies, platforms, creators… All are trying to build a community and form a culture around some kind of product.
Remember: 80% of players are people who like to socialize, chatting in a community or discussing your culture is also part of the experience of the game.
Especially in the web3 space, building a community that is loyal and passionate about the game instead of price scalpers is very important.
3. Economy
An open economy brings more meaning to the game. Web2 games like EVE, Runescape or WoW are examples of this.
On-chain gaming is at a higher level, where players can earn real value from the work of playing the game, although this work also has its two sides.
Pirate Nation builds a complete dashboard for gamers to track information about all in-game items.
Element-saving gameplay is one of web3’s strengths (see NFL Rivals & Sorare).
This is a huge benefit of building games on a chain that we are completely futuristic, with unlimited game continuity, transparency, ownership, and strong funding capabilities.
