Una nueva generación de videojuegos en la que cada acción y cada logro desbloquean recompensas únicas que pertenecen al jugador.
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.
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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 es una plataforma integral de blockchain que ofrece una cadena de capa 2 diseñada específicamente para este fin, soluciones de monedero y herramientas de crecimiento adaptadas a los desarrolladores de videojuegos y a los jugadores.
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.
Una plataforma integral que ofrece SDK, API e infraestructura para desarrollar, implementar y gestionar aplicaciones web3 en cadenas compatibles con EVM y en Solana.
Una plataforma descentralizada de mercado de NFT que permite a los usuarios crear, comprar y vender NFT, centrada en la experiencia del usuario y en los protocolos abiertos.
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Carteras
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 ofrece una infraestructura de monederos escalable y de nivel empresarial, así como API de autenticación, para dar de alta a millones de usuarios con monederos seguros y sin custodia, y experiencias de inicio de sesión fluidas.
Magic ofrece una infraestructura de monederos sin custodia de nivel empresarial y API de autenticación diseñadas para facilitar la incorporación de los usuarios y permitir interacciones escalables con la cadena de bloques.
Human Passport es un protocolo de verificación de identidad que protege la privacidad y es resistente a los ataques de Sybil, con más de 2 millones de usuarios, que permite acreditar la identidad de las personas para garantizar interacciones justas y seguras en la Web3.
Una cartera de contratos inteligentes compatible con el estándar ERC-4337 que admite múltiples propietarios, propietarios de claves de acceso y de direcciones de Ethereum, con capacidad de reproducción entre cadenas.
Fractal es una plataforma de identidad descentralizada centrada en la autenticación de usuarios que preserva la privacidad y en la propiedad de los datos.
Crossmint es la plataforma integral de infraestructura de stablecoins y carteras para empresas fintech, grandes empresas y plataformas de agentes de IA. Integra carteras programables, gestión de stablecoins, pasarelas de entrada y salida, tokenización y API de pago mediante una única integración.
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.
Un protocolo de conectividad descentralizado que permite conexiones fluidas y seguras entre carteras de diferentes cadenas de bloques.
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Bibliotecas independientes del proveedor
La interacción con la cadena de bloques es compleja; utilizar una biblioteca que simplifique estas complejidades sin depender de ningún proveedor concreto puede suponer un ahorro considerable de esfuerzo en el desarrollo.
Un SDK de código abierto para Unity que conecta los videojuegos creados con el motor Unity a blockchains compatibles con EVM, lo que permite una integración perfecta con la tecnología blockchain.
Un SDK compatible con Unity que ofrece una integración completa con la cadena de bloques de Solana para desarrolladores de videojuegos, con soporte para carteras, tokens, NFT y DEX.
El SDK de Aptos para Unity es una biblioteca en C# que permite desarrollar aplicaciones y juegos Web3 en la cadena de bloques de Aptos utilizando el motor Unity.
Checkout.com es un proveedor global de servicios de pago que ofrece una API unificada para aceptar, procesar y optimizar los pagos, con herramientas avanzadas de protección contra el fraude y de gestión financiera.
Biblioteca de JavaScript para analizar carteras de criptomonedas en busca de activos liquidables y realizar pagos en cadena rentables y con conversión automática en múltiples cadenas de bloques.
Una plataforma integral de desarrollo de aplicaciones que permite a los desarrolladores implementar, hacer crecer y monetizar rápidamente aplicaciones de blockchain multicadena.
Una plataforma integral de desarrollo de aplicaciones que permite a los desarrolladores implementar, hacer crecer y monetizar aplicaciones de blockchain con un mercado de NFT multicadena, conversión de moneda fiduciaria a NFT, un agregador de pasarelas de entrada, soluciones de autenticación y carteras.
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Leaderboards & Tournaments
Incentivize and gamify your offering to drive further engagement with your players.
Fractal es una plataforma de videojuegos web3 que permite a los jugadores descubrir juegos, participar en competiciones y ganar recompensas a través de torneos y eventos.
User Acquisition provides strategic consulting and automation tools to optimize growth and marketing efficiency for high-scale user acquisition campaigns.
