How to Build an NFT Game as a Studio Game?
Bridging your game studio into the web3 world can be a daunting task. Though the exact place and use of NFT within the gaming world is still evolving, the technology is here to stay. Exploitative use of in-game monetization means that creating real player ownership of digital assets has never been more crucial.
Most critics of NFT gaming are actually critical of something that existed long before NFT tech, pay-to-win monetary systems within gaming that create unfair competition and put profit above player balance. In-game monetization has led to some of the largest game revenues and game failures of all time, and it is only a matter of time before the use of NFT in gaming becomes commonplace.
Time is money
An adage as old as time, time is money. Within the development space, companies are constantly in a push-pull relationship, finding the time that complex design and programming needs, while also keeping current with trends that can change in an instant. In addition, integrating new workflows and technologies into a large scale production can be costly, if not the cause of outright delays.
For companies looking to enter the NFT space, there are two key pain points to consider. First, a game that hasn’t been developed with true web3 integration from the onset, will require a dedicated team of developers who understand Solidity and web3 coding. Second, without the proper infrastructure, the sheer amount of NFT and asset management would limit company output and productivity. For many video game developers it simply is not economical to integrate NFT yet, so the sacrifice has to be made, pushing away advancing technologies to maintain the schedule the game needs in other key areas.
NFT gaming: privacy, productivity and the player
Companies therefore that are not technically sufficient to integrate smart contracts into their platform, haven’t, at the cost of industry wide evolution. The problem is that NFT are irreversible monetary assets set on the blockchain. This quality is the biggest strength of NFT, but for companies looking to limit liability, it can be a daunting task dealing with such ‘finite’ assets. In addition, NFT and blockchain technologies often promote decentralization, meaning customers are less willing to trust centralized game companies with sensitive information since they are susceptible to single points of failure and data breaches.
So how do companies bridge the NFT divide, creating privacy for the player, promoting company wide productivity, all while entering the web3 gaming world? The easiest way is by using an NFT platform to create the infrastructure to allow your project to grow without unneeded technical hiccups.
The Metabase solution
Metabase looks to make NFT integration in the game space easier and cost-effective using a no code platform that allows apps and games the tools and infrastructure needed to enter the web3 world. By leveraging Metabase’s friendly design and ease of use, companies no longer have to completely redo their existing infrastructure. Devs can focus on game quality and game mechanics instead of focusing time and resources on deploying smart contracts.
Metabase also protects users’ privacy. Private keys are never held by Metabase, protecting vulnerable information while still processing large amounts of NFT onto a blockchain. In order to be competitive, there can be no compromise between accessibility and security. Utilizing MPC (multi-party computation) allows Metabase to maintain user privacy, user trust, all without needing to give up accessibility and convenience.
Conclusion
Allowing a third party to be the NFT infrastructure for your next game may be the most cost effective way to get into NFT game development. But just like any service, gaming companies need to make sure the infrastructure service maintains the core concepts of privacy and decentralization key to NFT, all while being easy to use and cost effective.
About Metabase
Metabase is a firebase infrastructure for NFT apps and games, creating an easier way for projects to create NFT, all on low-cost layer-2 ecosystems. Metabase saves users the time needed by using a no-code platform to create NFT, with an improved UX/UI, and marketplace generator for each NFT project, all while bridging the gap between web2 and web3 content.
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