The blockchain ecosystem is growing tremendously and impacting more and more people every day. This technology not only used in the cryptocurrency network, but it also develops innovative solutions in a wide range of industries.
In the past few years, the vast majority of online games follow a centralized model. This means all the gaming-related data is stored on a fully controlled server by the game admin.
The data covers account information and the server history that records and store all the events and assets like items, and the players collect virtual money.
The players don't have the ownership of their accounts and items because a company owns the database. A centralized server has many limitations and vulnerabilities such as game shut down, server malfunction due to technical issues, lack of transparency regarding game mechanics and rates, and much more. Fortunately, blockchain technology is able to eliminate most of these problems.
As blockchain possesses a distributed database, it can be used to verify and secure digital data, including digital items, in-game history, and tokenized assets.
The main aim is to take away the power from the gaming company and give it's back to the players. Blockchain technology provides each layer to have full control over their accounts in digital assets, and they are free to trade these assets at any time.
Now let's discuss some of the examples that are built on blockchain technology in gaming the industry.
🔻 Examples of blockchain games
🔸 Crypto kitties
Cryptokitties caused Ethereum network obstruction in 2017. Cryptokitties went viral, and everyone wanted a Kitty.
Crypto kitties are based on NFT token, and every kitty is different from the other kitties. Every kitty can breathe and can be traded on an open marketplace.
🔸 EtherRockets
EtherRocket is a decentralized game with a collectible asset with unique stats that influence its performance in missions.
Each rocket has a tire that determines which mission it can participate in and a grade, which indicates how close its stats are to the potential maximum.
Blockchain technology has opened up a brand-new horizon for the gaming environment. It still has some significant challenges to overcome.
🔸 Scalability- Blockchain technology tends to be slower than a centralized network, which may prevent games from being adopted on a global network.
- Even though there are hundreds of blockchain games available, the demand is still very low.
- Raising funds to start and manage a blockchain game can be more challenging. The work of developers may limit due to the lack of adoption and scalability problems.
- Small, independent groups develop blockchain games. These groups may have a tough time competing with the giant gaming companies from the centralized world.
- Not all games are fully decentralized. Some of them make use of other blockchain tokens but are actually running on a centralized server.
