Blockchain Gaming World

Cryptocurrencies prices are tanking but what does that mean for blockchain games? With James (@bcgbiz), Jon Jordan discusses why the death of crypto as an investment asset is actually a great thing for the longterm success of blockchain gaming.

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By definition, blockchains are highly decentralized, which creates lots of issues in terms of onboarding and user experience, especially for new users. In this podcast Jon Jordan talks to blockchain expert Gareth Jenkins (Deckbound/ @garethjenkins) about how game projects should balance of making their game accessible while still taking full advantage of the features using a blockchain offers, notably item ownership.

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Check out Deckbound - https://www.deckbound.com/

LA blockchain games platform Mythical Games decloaked this week with a $16 million Series A funding round. Jon Jordan explains why it is an interesting company and what its arrival tells us about the fast maturing blockchain gaming sector in terms of how it's now highlighting user experience over the technology of blockchain.

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Check out Mythical Games at http://mythical.games/

Can blockchain disrupt app stores? That's the discussion this week as Jon and James (@BGCbiz) talk about the recent App Store Foundation conference in Portugal, and the AppCoins project which is already in testing via the Aptoide Android app store and has the potential to connect advertisers with unbanked users, giving them the opportunity to accumulate tokens they then can spend on IAPs.

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More details about AppCoins at: https://appcoins.io/

More details about Aptoide at: https://en.aptoide.com/

CryptoKitties dev Dapper Labs has just raised $15m, taking its total to almost $30m so Jon and James (from @BCGbiz) discuss what it will do with all that cash, including its new project Dapper (which Jon mistakenly calls Dapps!), as well as talking more generally about changes in funding for blockchain projects.

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Find out more about Dapper and sign up at https://www.whatisdapper.xyz

As well as blockchain, mobile shooter Reality Clash uses AR/VR and location-based technologies so it's certainly an ambitious project. So, as it begins its beta testing, we talk to community manager Jake and marketing manager Sam to find out more about how the game and how its blockchain ownership model for guns fits into the bigger picture.

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& find out more about Reality Clash at https://realityclash.com/

We talk about Enjin's Multiverse, Jon's struggles setting up an EOS wallet, the launch of Beyond The Void, and trying to find the 'blockchain bit' of Lordmancer II.

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We talk Hedgie, the forthcoming casual strategy blockchain game, which combines ERC721 hedgehog characters, the game's ERC20 Curio token, a real-world payment system, and a strong focus on onboarding players without requiring any crypto payment or wallet registration.

Jon Jordan talks to Stas Zlobinski and Madeleine Cruickshank from developer Hedgie Inc.

You can find out more about Hedgie at https://www.hedgie.io/

The Hedgehog in the Fog cartoon at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_in_the_Fog

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Axie Infinity launches but Jon doesn't want to spend $20 to try it, James finds his retro gaming skills challenged in nTitle's Fury demo, Jon adds to his collection of wallets when he tries to play DopeRaider, (which now runs on the POA Network), and we compare our faux coin haul in our ongoing obsession with BitGuild's airdrop jumblesale app GuildChat.

BitGuild starts airdropping TRX (and less useful tokens) into its new mobile messaging GuildChat app to much confusion, Jon buys a big shiny gun in Reality Clash, and HyperDragons and Ethermon beat out CryptoKitties' DAUs.

Jon Jordan (@blockchaingmg) and BlockchainGamer.biz (@BCGbiz) James discuss the state of blockchain gaming.