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Intro to Web3 Gaming
In a world where the gaming industry is increasingly looking to milk its users with freemium models and micro-transactions, those building in web3 have never had a greater opportunity to expand into gaming. The integration of blockchain into the gaming experience flips the script. Most commonly, web3 games tokenize in-game assets, allowing players to buy, sell, or trade items and in-game currencies on the open market. Instead of players being drained of additional money, players are able to monetize their efforts and financially participate in the game’s success.
Build vs. Buy
Building a game isn’t easy. Building a game that is fun and players keep coming back to is even harder. Add in the complexities of blockchain interactions and understanding the web3 tooling landscape and you’re in for a real challenge.
Generally, like all build vs. buy decisions, you’ll want to consider whether you prioritize flexibility or shortened implementation time. Comprehensive services often make opinionated decisions and have recurring costs, but if you’re willing to make these tradeoffs, they can save you many hours of research and development to build the functionality yourself.
Before you start building a web3 game, there are 3 critical decisions to be made:
What assets will you tokenize?
What chain will you build on?
What type of wallets will you use?
Step 1 - Tokenizing Assets 🤑
The most commonly cited benefit of web3 gaming is that players retain full ownership of their in-game assets and characters. This allows them to buy, sell, and trade their assets on open marketplaces whenever they would like. It’s important to design your game with this in mind, as users could suddenly sign in with all the top items and a large amount of currency. Further, this allows game creators to accept assets from other games as well, encouraging players to remain within their ecosystem by building up a reputation or powerful items.
You will need to decide what primitives you’d like to tokenize within your game. Some examples are as follows:
In-game currencies should be minted and distributed as fungible tokens, known as ERC-20 on EVM chains.
1 of 1 in-game assets, such as ultra rare items or in-game characters, should be minted and distributed as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), known as ERC-721 on EVM chains
1 of many in-game assets, such as items held by more than one player at a time and are not unique, should be minted as semi-fungible tokens, known as ERC-1155 on EVM chains.
It’s important to evaluate the tokenization tooling you plan to leverage based on your unique game’s needs. Some of these tools even offer white-labeled marketplaces that you can deploy within your game.
Step 2 - Selecting a Chain 🕹
While many blockchain ecosystems offer grants and other incentives, it is most important to define your game’s requirements and ensure they are met. A small amount of financing now is not going to be the game-changer for long-term success like selecting the correct ecosystem will.
The two main factors are how frequently you will be interacting with the blockchain and the available tooling for gaming within that ecosystem. If you expect to have frequent blockchain interactions, a fast transaction speed and low fees will be critical and therefore you’ll want to consider chains like Solana, Avalanche, or Aptos. When it comes to the tooling landscape, you’ll find the greatest support on chains that are EVM compatible, leading you to options like Immutable zkEVM, Polygon, or Avalanche.
In web3, a wallet is the essential tool for blockchain access. It securely holds cryptographic keys, allowing users to verify transactions and interact with decentralized applications (dApps), such as web3 games. This contrasts with traditional web2 logins like email and password. Wallets enable players to purchase in-game items, trade digital assets, and engage in decentralized economies while controlling their data. Selecting the appropriate wallet type is crucial as it affects user onboarding, transaction security, and overall game engagement.
Self-Custody Wallets: These wallets are stored on the player's device and connect to your game via a wallet connector, allowing users full control over their private keys and assets. This method maintains consistency across dApps but places the responsibility for wallet setup and security on users, which may pose challenges for newcomers.
Embedded Wallets (Custodial): Also known as wallets-as-a-service, these are integrated directly into your game, giving you custody over the wallet’s assets. This setup enables immediate actions, like token swaps for NFTs, without additional user approvals. It simplifies onboarding by allowing sign-ups via email or social accounts, bypassing the need for players to install and learn about self-custody wallets. However, this convenience comes with potential downsides like reduced asset control and the risks of third-party custodianship.
Embedded Wallets (Non-Custodial): These wallets mix features from the above options. They utilize multi-party computation (MPC), meaning no single party fully controls the keys. Asset transfers require dual approvals from both the user and the game provider, enhancing security while simplifying user onboarding.
Programmable Wallets: These wallets use account abstraction to improve user experience while maintaining user control over assets. They allow developers to set specific transaction rules—like transferring only in-game tokens or setting a timeframe for transactions—which players can pre-approve. This facilitates seamless gameplay even though a third-party wallet application is still necessary.
When selecting your wallet tooling, be sure to first consider the tradeoffs between user experience and security to best meet your game's goals and audience needs.
As You Build
Once you’ve completed the steps above, you’re ready to start building your web3 game. As you go, be ready to explore additional concepts like:
Simply finding the various tools that check the functionality boxes isn’t rough. As those who have worked in software for long enough know, the complexity is at the edges. Stitching together the various tools in a way where they’re complimentary is often a challenge. So, while you can allocate your time to this, leveraging a platform that has already addressed the edge cases and works together as a whole is worth considering.
Doing so will allow you to focus on game differentiation, even though you may incur incremental costs through a vendor.
Here are a few one-stop shops that offer a range of tools, often bundled together:
Immutable ist eine umfassende Blockchain-Plattform, die eine speziell entwickelte Layer-2-Chain, Wallet-Lösungen und Wachstumstools bietet, die speziell auf Spieleentwickler und Spieler zugeschnitten sind.
Avalanche is a high-performance, scalable Layer 1 blockchain platform designed for builders to launch customizable blockchains and decentralized applications with near-instant finality.
Solana is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain designed for fast, scalable, decentralized, and energy-efficient crypto applications and internet capital markets.
Aptos is a layer 1 blockchain designed to enable developers to build next-generation Web3 applications with high performance and improved user experience.
Sui is a Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed for fast, secure, and scalable digital asset ownership with a developer-friendly programming model.
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Asset Tokenization & Marketplaces
Putting in-game assets on the blockchain through tokenization can be as easy as a few API calls when using a service. You'll then need to enable your users to trade and purchase them.
Eine umfassende Plattform, die SDKs, APIs und Infrastruktur bereitstellt, um Web3-Anwendungen über EVM-kompatible Blockchains und Solana hinweg zu entwickeln, bereitzustellen und zu verwalten.
Eine dezentrale NFT-Marktplatzplattform, die es Nutzern ermöglicht, NFTs zu erstellen, zu kaufen und zu verkaufen, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf der Benutzererfahrung und offenen Protokollen liegt.
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Geldbörsen
Every player needs repository for their in-game assets. The type of wallet your select will play a significant role in your game's user experience.
Magic bietet eine skalierbare Wallet-Infrastruktur auf Unternehmensniveau sowie Authentifizierungs-APIs, um Millionen von Nutzern mit sicheren, nicht-verwahrenden Wallets und nahtlosen Anmeldeerlebnissen zu versorgen.
Magic bietet eine Wallet-Infrastruktur auf Unternehmensniveau ohne Verwahrung sowie Authentifizierungs-APIs, die für eine nahtlose Nutzer-Onboarding-Prozesse und skalierbare Blockchain-Interaktionen konzipiert sind.
Human Passport is a privacy-preserving identity verification and Sybil resistance protocol with over 2 million users, enabling proof of personhood for fair and secure web3 interactions.
Eine ERC-4337-konforme Smart-Contract-Wallet, die mehrere Eigentümer, Passkey- und Ethereum-Adress-Eigentümer unterstützt und über kettenübergreifende Wiedergabefähigkeit verfügt.
Crossmint ist die All-in-One-Plattform für Stablecoins und Wallet-Infrastruktur für Fintech-Unternehmen, Großunternehmen und KI-Agenten-Plattformen. Integrieren Sie programmierbare Wallets, Stablecoin-Orchestrierung, On-/Offramps, Tokenisierung und Checkout-APIs mit einer einzigen Integration.
Smart contract wallets for fintechs, enterprises, AI agents. Built on smart contracts (ERC-4337 on EVM, Squads protocol on Solana), with dual-key architecture for agent autonomy, gasless transactions, cross-chain support across EVM, Solana, and Stellar.
Ein dezentrales Konnektivitätsprotokoll, das nahtlose und sichere Wallet-Verbindungen über verschiedene Blockchains hinweg ermöglicht.
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Vendor-Agnostic Libraries
Blockchain interaction is complex, using a library that abstracts these complexities while remaining agnostic to vendors can save significant development effort.
Ein Open-Source-Unity-SDK, das mit der Unity-Engine entwickelte Spiele mit EVM-kompatiblen Blockchains verbindet und so eine nahtlose Blockchain-Integration ermöglicht.
Ein Unity-kompatibles SDK, das Spieleentwicklern eine vollständige Integration der Solana-Blockchain mit Unterstützung für Wallets, Token, NFTs und DEXs bietet.
Das Aptos Unity SDK ist eine C#-Bibliothek zur Entwicklung von Web3-Anwendungen und -Spielen auf der Aptos-Blockchain unter Verwendung der Unity-Engine.
Checkout.com ist ein globaler Zahlungsdienstleister, der eine einheitliche API zur Annahme, Abwicklung und Optimierung von Zahlungen mit fortschrittlichen Tools zum Betrugsschutz und zur Finanzverwaltung anbietet.
JavaScript-Bibliothek zum Durchsuchen von Krypto-Wallets nach liquidierbaren Vermögenswerten und zur Durchführung kosteneffizienter, automatisch konvertierter On-Chain-Zahlungen über mehrere Blockchains hinweg.
Eine All-in-One-Plattform für die Anwendungsentwicklung, die es Entwicklern ermöglicht, Multi-Chain-Blockchain-Anwendungen schnell bereitzustellen, auszubauen und zu monetarisieren.
An all-in-one application development platform enabling developers to deploy, grow, and monetize blockchain applications with multi-chain NFT marketplace, fiat-to-NFT, on-ramp aggregator, auth, and wallet solutions.
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Leaderboards & Tournaments
Incentivize and gamify your offering to drive further engagement with your players.
Fractal ist eine Web3-Gaming-Plattform, auf der Spieler Spiele entdecken, an Wettbewerben teilnehmen und durch Turniere und Events Belohnungen verdienen können.
User Acquisition provides strategic consulting and automation tools to optimize growth and marketing efficiency for high-scale user acquisition campaigns.
