Original - Odaily
Author - 0xSekiro
On October 12, when Coinbase announced that it would list the Bigtime token, Bigtime began to rise continuously, with a short-term increase of 573.1%; in just 24 hours, it rose from the initial price of 0.01 USDT to a maximum of 0.32 USDT, with a cumulative increase of 3200%.
For a time, the topic of gold mining was discussed again on social platforms. Players from all over the world began to form teams, preparing to enter the game Nuggets. Some players said after personal experience that Bigtime gold mining can earn as little as 200 per day. Earnings in USDT.
According to DeGame data, in the past 7 days, the number of fans of Bigtimes X account has increased by about 20,000, which shows its popularity.
In fact, this is not the first time Bigtime has exploded. Bigtime had already become famous as early as the first round of GameFi craze in 2022. At that time, Bigtimes game quality far exceeded that of its peers, Fair Launchs launch rules, skins as the core selling point, P2E mode with competitive mechanisms, multi-professional settings, and rich growth factors, etc., etc., etc., all made people who were tired of playing in Axie Players who have repeatedly mined in Infinity mode are impressed.
Although after that, with the overall winter of GameFi, the popularity of Bigtime declined.As Bigtime has survived the bear market and continues to iterate, its resurgence in popularity not only brings benefits to the market, but also brings hope to the development team that is still sticking to the game track.
As a representative of 3A-level blockchain games, Bigtimes popularity has also led to the rise of the GameFi sector. Traditional strong players in the chain game sector such as Loom, YGG, Gala, and MC have also taken advantage of Bigtimes strength to rise.
So besides Bigtime, what other high-quality chain games are worthy of attention in the industry? Which of them might become the next Bigtime?
Inventory of potential chain games
1.Seraph: A Web3 game incubated by the parent company of Dragon Nest
Official website:https://www.seraph.game/
Twitter：https://twitter.com/Seraph_global
Introduction: Seraph is a dark-themed ARPG Web3 game.The game is currently invested and incubated by Korean online game giant Actoz Soft, which is the production company of well-known game IPs Rainbow Island and Dragon Nest, and conducted two internal tests in April and July this year,Through cooperation with the community, a total of 30,000 players were attracted to register, with 72% retention on the first day and 45% retention on the 7th day.The game advocates a Free to Play mode and supports both PC and mobile terminals.
Economic model: In Seraph, the economic model is divided into three modules: circulation module, governance module and land module. Its internal economic cycle is mainly composed of three types of crypto assets interconnected.
The Token part consists of SRF, which is the core token of Seraph, part of which is awarded to top-ranked players through season PVP. At the same time, SRF tokens also have functions such as identifying NFTs, making equipment, and participating in governance.
Unique NFT: It is the main carrier of Seraph game content. It is represented as chaos equipment in the game and has mining machine attributes. Users can obtain P2E qualifications and improve gold mining efficiency by equipping NFT.
Soul Crystal: It is Seraph’s in-game currency and a necessary consumable to strengthen Unique NFT. Players can also enter the corresponding dungeon by consuming soul crystals, thereby having a chance of dropping new Unique NFTs.
Gameplay: To put it simply, Seraph is based on the traditional Diablo gameplay, using equipment as the core NFT asset to conduct a brush game of multi-frequency dungeons and dungeons. Players can challenge the game content by holding Unique NFT, and obtain the in-game currency Soul Crystal, and obtain SRF by dividing the PVP season rewards, or sell new Unique NFT obtained through game behaviors to obtain actual benefits.
2. Earth From Another Sun: Selected as the Best Independent Game in Steam China List 2021
Official website:https://earthfromanothersun.com/
Twitter：https://twitter.com/PlayEFAS
Introduction: Earth From Another Sun is a sci-fi riding and slashing sandbox game developed by the Multiverse team and built on the Solana ecosystem. The core gameplay is sci-fi first-person shooting combat. The game ranked in the top 10 among the 800 games that participated in the 2022 Steam Next Game Festival.And was shortlisted for the Best Independent Game in 2021 on the Steam China list.In 2022, Earth From Another Sun completed US$4.5 million in financing with participation from Solana Ventures, Alameda Research, and Lightspeed, among others. The game is expected to be released in 2024.
Economic model: This game chooses the classic dual Token+NFT solution in constructing the economic model. in:
The governance token is EFAS, which allows holders to vote on the management and operation of the game.
The utility token is KPL, which is generated by players through gaming experience in the game and consumed by purchasing rare troops, spaceships and other commodities.
NFT is the main carrier of its game content, mainly represented by elements such as troops, vehicles, ships, companions, etc. in the game. Players can trade NFTs through the games own Marketplace. They can also mint NFTs based on the UGC tools provided by the game and sell them on the market.
Gameplay: To experience the game, players need to first purchase in-game NFTs and earn KPL tokens through game behaviors. The current document does not disclose the path to generate EFAS tokens in the game. Therefore, after the game is launched, there is a high probability that its governance currency and utility currency will be listed on the exchange.
3.Puffverse: a casual chain game with Xiaomi team background
Official website:https://puffverse.pro/
Twitter：https://twitter.com/Puffverse
Introduction: Puffverse is a multi-game platform designed mainly with puff characters. It focuses on satisfying players in a 3D metaverse world similar to Disney. Players can earn various rewards by participating in various puff games. And it allows players to participate in all puff games with a single NFT.The project was produced by Xiaomi-related teams and received support from BNB Chain.The game currently supports players on both PC and mobile platforms.
Economic model: Puffverse does not adopt the Axie paradigm. Instead, it introduces the ve concept into the token model. Through the exchange of tokens PUFF and vePUFF at a fixed ratio, it realizes the empowerment of game governance and utility functions.
PUFF is an in-game circulation token used to pay for major paid scenarios in Puffverse, such as Pass cards, land purchases, etc. Players can obtain PUFF through game P2E output or secondary market purchase. At the same time, PUFF can be pledged through the fixed exchange rate exchange office vePUFF.
vePUFF is the governance token of the game and is non-transferable. Holding it can enjoy in-game dividends and staking rights, as well as discounts on token transactions and NFT transactions. If you exit, you can only exchange it back for PUFF and sell it.
Another core asset in Puffverse is NFT, which uses the puff character as its main expression. Users can mint NFT through the official website. By holding NFT, users can generate PUFF tokens in the game and exchange them for other NFT items in the game such as Tickets.
Game play: The game play is relatively simple, that is, players hold relevant character NFTs to participate in parkour-based mini-games, and obtain PUFF token rewards by winning. Players can choose to sell the representatives to make profits, and at the same time You can choose to exchange it for vePUFF to get a faster profit growth flywheel.
4.Abyss World: GameFi representative on Sui, but encountered the problem of broken capital chain
Official website:https://www.abyssworld.games/
Twitter：https://twitter.com/AbyssWorldHQ
Introduction: Abyss World is an action role-playing game based on the Sui Layer 1 blockchain developed by Metagame Industries.On December 22, 2022, the well-known gaming media IGN exposed its first trailer for Abyss World.Abyss World is also regarded as the GameFi benchmark in the Sui ecosystem. The game advocates Free to Play and divides players into casual players and professional players. Casual players can experience the game for free, while professional players can earn profits through P2E.
Economic model: The economic model of Abyss World is mainly composed of AWT (game governance currency), MGC (points currency) and NFT.
Among them, AWT functions as the value capture of the game and is also the governance currency of the game. It can also be used as the raw material for making game NFTs. Players can obtain it by participating in PVP, ladder competition, etc.
MGC is an unlimited in-game currency, initially presented in the form of points, used to reward players for their daily PVE behaviors. MGC can be used to redeem important materials for NFT upgrades.
NFT: The carrier of game content, presented in the form of weapons and heroes.
Gameplay: Casual players exchange PVE tasks for in-game tokens without speculative attributes every day, and use the in-game tokens to upgrade weapons and summoned beasts, while professional players purchase casual players’ pending orders through the in-game trading market. , thereby providing profit opportunities for casual players. Professional players, on the other hand, earn more profits by purchasing various weapons and summoned beasts to participate in PVP. It is worth noting that for every pending order between players, the settlement currency is USDT/USDC, and the game party will charge a handling fee of 3% -5%.
It is worth noting: Not long ago, Abyss World officially issued a notice in the Discord group stating that ChainHill Capital (Qianfeng Capital), the main investor in the early stages of the game, due to its own thunderstorm problems,The investment money that was supposed to be received half a year ago has not yet arrived.While Abyss World expanded its team as planned, it also consumed more of its cash reserves than planned.
Despite encountering a black swan, the project team is still committed to making up for the losses suffered by users in the affected community. The Abyss World team decided to unlock and release all remaining AWT tokens of Gazer and IDO to facilitate investors quick exit and destroy the previously repurchased portion. Token.
What qualities should a successful chain game have?
Based on the above game inventory, coupled with the case of Bigtime becoming popular, we seem to be able to explore some general rules that can make the game successful. If we say that the GameFi era in which Axie Infinity dual Token+NFT is used as a paradigm and a simple UI constitutes a game can be called the classical GameFi era, thenWith the arrival of the post-Axie era, GameFis narrative has also changed greatly.
First of all, the quality of new chain games must be excellent.On the one hand, this means that New Chain Games has a stronger team and institutional background, and the game can survive for a longer time; on the other hand, high-quality game content is also easier to attract external traffic, especially the entry of Web2-side traffic.
This will bringThe second change in the GameFi narrative: Game elements are gradually being valuedIf classical GameFi is a simplified expression of gameplay based on complex DeFi logic, its essence is dominated by financial speculation, then the new GameFi narrative is defined as a game with certain speculative attributes.
Taking Bigtime as an example, under the craze of Bigtime becoming popular, the crazy influx of gold players put great pressure on its game ecology, so that the project team directly intervened to modify the values, reducing the income of gold players. If you like a game, buy its coins. This kind of participation method that favors stock investment should be encouraged in theory.
Due to the emphasis on Game elements and the need for Web2 users to enter the game, this leads toThe third change: adapting to Web2 user habits, such as the implementation of the Free to Play model, aims to further lower the entry threshold for users, and the access to mobile ports means that the worlds 3 billion mobile game users have become potential customers of chain games.
As a result, New Link Games gradually got rid of the pure Web3 environment and began to move into the Web2 world. Contact with the real world requires greater legal compliance, so the aversion to death spirals and rapid inflation has become the benchmark for new chain game development teams to develop games.
finally,The fourth change is that the boundaries between Web3 games and Web2 games will become increasingly blurred., Web2 game manufacturers will gradually accept the existence of crypto assets and the concept of Play to Own, and chain game teams will also begin to build games using DAU, MAU, 7-day retention, and 14-day retention indicators commonly used by traditional game manufacturers. .
Summarize:
The prelude to the chain gaming story has just been unveiled, and the products that people can see now are just the beginning of a great story for this industry in the next 10 years.
Innovation always comes as a carrier of never-before-seen products. Just as Internet users in 1995 could not imagine Twitter and Discord, we cannot conclude that chain games will replicate the product form of the traditional gaming circle at a 1:1 ratio. But it will definitely follow the basic demands of game users and solve the problems existing in the current game industry. And in the process of innovation, chain games will also get closer to becoming popular.
