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- BCGW #51: Sizzle vs Actuality
In this episode, Jon discusses blockchain game sector trends with James McQuillan (@BCGbiz).
Some blockchain game projects are now going live but few people seems to care. Similarly, it’s not clear when other high profile projects are going to go live. Certainly the sector seems much stronger when it comes to sizzle than it comes to actuality.
How big is this problem? How can we solve it? How can projects gain scale?
Topics covered include:
- Is it too early to be talking about cross-chain interoperability?
- Blockchain game projects are now going live but does anyone care?
- WAX & Theta mainnet are live
- Robot Cache is open in Early Access
- When will Relentless, Decentraland, Gods Unchained, F1 Delta Time launch?
- Why are some many blockchain games/projects failing to attract users?
- & what can we learn from the games like My Crypto Heroes that have...
Episode links - Sizzle
- Cheeze Wizards
- Decentraland
- Gods Unchained
- F1 Delta Time
- Relentless
- Robot Cache
Episode links - Actuality
- Axie Infinity
- Blockchain Cuties
- EOS Knights
- My Crypto Heroes
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34 min - BCGW #50: Why 8 Circuit Studios focuses on game not blockchain
In this episode, Jon talks to 8 Circuit Studios’ president James Mayo about the US indie’s approach to combining games and the blockchain.
Notably, in the case of its in-development PC space combat and FPS title Project Genesis - using Unreal Engine, Ethereum, and scheduled for release in 2020 - this means a heavy focus on building a strong community through an open development process and regular playtests.
Topics covered include:
- James’ early experience in games with Nintendo and Microsoft
- Why he’s interested in blockchain for games
- 8 Circuit’s first blockchain experiment with a mobile game
- Why it then decided to make PC space combat/shooter Project Genesis
- Its open model of development, which encourages community building
- That neither gamers or publishers currently care about blockchain or NFT ownership
- Which is why 8 Circuit is game-focused
Also a shoutout for James’ use of the term “transaction viscosity”...
Episode links:
- James Mayo - Twitter
- Project Genesis - website
- Project Genesis dev schedule - Trello
- 8 Circuit Studios - website
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32 min - BCGW #49: Azarus’ Alex Casassovici on taking blockchain gaming mainstream
In this episode, Jon and co-founder Alex Casassovici (@alexksso) discuss the rise of the Azarus blockchain-based rewards platform for game streaming.
What’s significant about Azurus (which uses an EOS sidechain) is it doesn’t mention blockchain, onboards users through ther Twitch accounts, and can be retrofitted to any existing game. Also, its rewards urrency - AZA Credits - is locked to the platform and can’t be exported to crypto exchanges.
Basically then Azarus uses blockchain tech where it’s needed on the backend, but enables scale by using the traditional web services in ways that users are accustomed to.
Topics covered include:
- How Alex got into blockchain
- The spark behind Azarus
- Thinking beyond NFTs
- Azarus’ advantage in terms of the ease for game developers to retrofit it
- How the AZA Credit works
- Why most traditional game companies aren’t interested in cryptocurrencies
- What’s next for Azarus?
- When will blockchain gaming take-off?
Episode links:
- Alex Casassovici - Twitter
- Azarus - web
- Azarus - Twitter
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26 min - BCGW #48: Many small steps towards success
In this episode, Jon and James (@BCGbiz) discuss the week’s blockchain games news, which could be viewed as the many small steps developers are taking to bring about the success of the entire sector.
Topics covered include:
- Gods Unchained and its open beta
- Blockchain Gamer Connects Hong Kong
- MakerDAO’s hook up with Axie Infinity
- Zilliqa launches smart contracts
- The ‘rise’ of TRON
- Bitizens repays its pre-sales
- Decentraland’s Frame interoperability for NFTs
- The bet between people Jon couldn’t remember
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33 min - BCGW #47: Tony Pearce on why games will take blockchain mass market
In this episode, Jon Jordan talks to mobile game entrepreneur Tony Pearce about the formation and funding of Reality Clash developer Reality Gaming Group, and why he believes games will be the products that take blockchain tech mainstream.
Topics covered include:
- Tony’s early years in mobile games
- Reality Clash’s 2017 ICO
- The UX pain points that need to be overcome
- Why Crypto Winter was horrible but necessary
- Why games and NFTs will drive blockchain adoption
- Why the big game companies aren’t interested in blockchain yet
- Why boom times are ahead… eventually
Episode links:
- Tony Pearce - Twitter
- Reality Clash - Twitter
- Reality Clash website
- Reality Clash Armory store
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27 min - BCGW #46: Talking the future of blockchain games with Gareth Jenkins
In this episode, Jon Jordan and game/blockchain developer Gareth Jenkins (@garethjenkins) discuss what’s been going on and what will be going on in the world of blockchain games, including chewing the fat over the new Dapper wallet and Cheeze Wizards.
Topics covered include:
- The current state of the industry
- The possible impact of Ethereum 2.0 and Cosmos
- Whatever happened to EOS and TRON?
- Issues around the integration blockchain, games and brands
- Dapper Labs’ new Dapper wallet and UX challenges
- Cheeze Wizards - the good and the bad
- The future of blockchain games
Episode links:
- Gareth Jenkins - Twitter
- Deckbound website
- Lunar Mines website
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40 min - BCGW #45: Enjin’s Multiverse - strengths & weaknesses
In this episode, Jon Jordan and James (@BCGbiz) discuss the Enjin Multiverse, which is a growing blockchain gaming platform, spanning everything from the technology to make blockchain games to rules for item interoperability, the Enjin cryptocurrency, a mobile wallet, plus strong developer support and an active crypto community.
Currently over 20 games are using the platform, with more being added as Enjin rolls out its latest Enjin Sparks program.
Topics covered include:
- What is the Enjin Multiverse?
- How well does it chime with broader blockchain sentiments?
- Which games are using Enjin?
- How does the interoperability of assets work?
- Will it be a mass market or a niche product?
Episode links:
- Enjin website
- Enjin mobile wallet
- EnjinX Explorer
- Introducing the Enjin Platform
- List of Enjin Multiverse assets
Some interesting games using Enjin
- 9Lives Arena
- Age of Rust
- War of Crypto
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36 min - BCGW #44: CryptoKitties’ new robotic traits, the Dapper wallet & Cheeze Wizards!?
In this episode, Jon Jordan and James (@BCGbiz) discuss what’s been going on in the world of CryptoKitties’ developer Dapper Labs, which has announced new Robotic Traits, launched the open beta for its new smart contract wallet Dapper, and is totally confusing everyone with its just-announced somewhat surreal Cheeze Wizards game (at least, we think it’s a game).
Topics covered include:
- CryptoKitties’ new RoboKitty Purrstige Traits, which will “unlock new features in other dapps”
- A wider discussion on the approaches to blockchain game item interoperability, including Enjin’s Multiverse
- The open beta launch of the Dapper wallet, which offers free gas and exclusive drops from games such as Etheremon and My Crypto Heroes, and tries to solve the onboard issues of wallets such as MetaMask, and
- Cheeze Wizards? What is Cheeze Wizards???
Episode links:
- CryptoKitties RoboKitty blog post
- Dapper Wallet website
- Cheeze Wizards
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20 min - BCGW #43: What have we learned in 2019 so far?
Following my presentation at, and various discussions during, the Crypto Games Conference in Minsk, I've been thinking about the state of the Blockchain Gaming, especially given we are now a third of the way through a year many hope will be a turning point for the sector.
You can read the article version of this podcast (including some graphs) on Medium.
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6 min - BCGW #42: Talking fully decentralized games with Xaya’s Andy Colosimo
In this episode, I talk to Andy Colosimo, the driving force behind the Xaya blockchain games platform, about how he got into crypto with Bitcoin and Namecoin, experimented with blockchain and gaming with Huntercoin, and how that developed into Chimera, which was rebranded as Xaya in 2018.
Topics covered include:
- How Andy got involved in Namecoin
- How Namecoin developed into the first blockchain game - Huntercoin
- The vision for a fully decentralized blockchain game platform - Xaya
- A comparison with the sector trend towards Ethereum and dapps
- Explaining how Soccer Manager Elite will work
- Introducing Xaya’s new game, RTS Taurion
Episode links:
- Xaya website
- Huntercoin website
- Chrono Kings thread on Bitcointalk
- Soccer Manager Elite website
- Taurion website
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