Gaming and competitive e-sports have experienced rapid growth and adoption in recent years, turning into a multi-billion dollar industry that has attracted hundreds of millions of players and fans worldwide.
With high-speed Internet, gaming consoles, social media, and other related applications becoming even more readily accessible over the past couple of decades, it is no surprise that gaming has surged into the mainstream.
Now, some gaming developers and interested eyes are turning to blockchain and Web3 to see how this emerging technology could integrate with both traditional games and video games to provide an enhanced player experience by leveraging its unique technological properties such as NFTs (non-fungible tokens).
NFTs enable highly sought-after and exclusive in-game items to be digitized and traded more easily. Since NFTs are recorded and issued on a decentralized blockchain, they can also provide transparent proof of transaction histories and other important information related to the item for anyone to verify. Gaming developers could opt to use NFTs for various promotional and user loyalty campaigns to provide exclusive access to limited edition goods and fan experience events. Payments for NFT transactions could also be streamlined and settled immediately using digital assets and supported crypto wallets, among other player benefits.
Although blockchain-based games are still in their early days, more are now starting to be developed and played by users. In the Cardano gaming ecosystem, NMKR has been one of the catalysts for this growth by offering NFT minting tools for gaming developers to quickly get started with issuing NFTs for gameplay usage.
In this blog, let’s review some of the blockchain games in the Cardano ecosystem using NMKR’s technology.
1. AdaQuest
One of the largest and longest-running games in the Cardano ecosystem, AdaQuest is an NFT-based RPG. It’s a card game that utilizes Cardano NFTs to represent different battle cards and also allows them to be traded by their owners.
Players can acquire these exclusive and limited artistic cards as NFTs, with each card having its own unique properties. By connecting with a player’s Cardano web wallet to store the NFTs, they can then use these cards to play and compete against other players in the game.
AdaQuest was among the first to adopt NMKR and its technology to issue their in-game NFTs and appeals to those interested in fantasy RPGs.
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2. Machiavellic
Machiavellic is a Cardano NFT-based MMO that offers players an immersive gaming experience with a season-based model to organize gameplay. Each season, players must fight for resources that give out rewards and try to accumulate as much as possible before the end of the season.
Within the game, many things such as weapons, characters, armor, and rare collectibles are tradeable. Competitive events also offer top players opportunities to earn rare and unique NFTs that provide rewards simply for owning them. These also deliver significant gameplay value and further incentivize players.
To issue their NFTs, the game uses NMKR’s NFT minting tools. Currently, the game is in its first season and players are collecting resources for the first time.
3. Tarochi
Tarochi is a 2D browser-based, on-chain RPG reminiscent of classic Pokemon. The concept is to look for cards of different monster characters which have distinct battle attributes. The cards are at the core of the game as they are not only the focus of the in-game play but also the trading side.
Players can journey through an immersive land unlocking different achievements and quests.
The game’s cards are also Cardano NFTs created using NMKR’s technology. Each card represents one of the characters used for battle and that makes them tradable and important to its in-game economy.
4. Adania
Adania is another battle card game launched on the Cardano network with a digital and physical version. In it, players face each other with decks of twelve cards each in a fast, competitive duel. There are 60 cards total and the game is played across a gameboard representing positions on a battlefield. Each card has unique attributes that ensure it can be used to counter other powers within the game.
As with other NFT-based games, the cards are represented as NFTs issued and recorded on the Cardano blockchain. To achieve this, Adania uses NMKR’s minting tools.
5. Cardania
Cardania is another battle-based MMO that launched on the Cardano network. Its gameplay revolves around factions that fight for in-game resources and digital tokens that can be used to acquire more territory within its gaming ecosystem. Players can cultivate lands, battle others, and unlock mysteries with the ability to be the sole owner of their rewards through NFTs.
It uses NMKR’s NFT tools for “Enter the Ultraverse,” its trading card game with nearly 49,000 individual NFT trading cards from 9 different artists across various factions. In it, players have real ownership of their unopened packs and trading cards, allowing them to trade collectibles freely.
NMKR: Plug-And-Play Tools to Launch NFTs
NMKR is an NFT and Tokenization platform service leveraging the Cardano blockchain. It allows businesses and individuals to quickly get started with issuing NFTs of assets by providing plug-and-play tools that do not require coding knowledge.
As an established go-to platform in the Cardano ecosystem, NMKR’s services have been used by businesses, gaming projects, creators, and more to successfully mint NFTs of various assets including e-books, diamonds, video games, and more.
Its products including NMKR Studio and NMKR Pay with multi-language support enable anyone to enter the Web3 space seamlessly and even offer traditional fiat payment options to mint NFTs.
Read more: How to create a Cardano NFT using NMKR
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