And we are again in our virtual studio, where we meet with various figures of the cryptogaming industry. And I am very pleased to welcome all of our readers on the other side of the monitor.
Today we took a short interview with the 0xGames team.
Q: Could you tell us a little about you and your team? What inspired you to come to the blockchain and create crypto-games, and do you already have experience working on such projects and what are you working on now?
A: “I have been developing applications and games for over 10 years. Previously, he headed the publishing houses Zillon Whales and Herocraft, created games within his studio. Other members of our team are also experienced professionals with extensive experience in the game industry. For example, some of our guys created Road Smash, which was played by about 10 million players. I can say that we started working on the idea of the first game back in November 2017, and then we assembled the team. Inspiration first came after the success of CryptoCats. Our team wanted to improve game design, take into account all the weaknesses and strengths. Actually, then the development of 0xUniverse began. Well, I also note that we all really liked and still like the idea of space games. Therefore, we began to create such a game that would be connected with space, would have beautiful graphics (players like our 3D planets), and in which there would be exciting and interesting economic mechanics ”, - Sergey Kopov (CEO 0xGames).
Now, as you know, the team is already actively working on several projects: major updates for 0xUniverse. In March, we released an update with a lot of small improvements, and from the nearest plans - Corporations. This update has been waiting for a long time, and we had to postpone it from the previously indicated date at the end of February. But all for the sake of the players - we try to thoroughly test everything. We hope to please everyone with this update in April-May. We are also working on a separate sequel to 0xBattleships (it will be closely tied to planetary resources from 0xUniverse, but the focus will be on battles). In terms of time, it will probably be in the summer, perhaps a little earlier. There is now a hard work on integration and ship hangars. In addition, the well-known RPG 0xWarriors. It has successfully passed the connection and presales on TRON and EOS, and we will soon introduce the long-awaited update on tournaments.
Q: How did the idea of creating 0xWarriors come about. What inspired you to create this game?
A: It can be said that it was originally a challenge for our team. And we, after a successful hackathon in the summer, began to make warriors on EOS, since This is a great technology with an active community, different from Ethereum and other chains. After the launch at EOS, we decided to combine several blockchains in order to allow more fans of different platforms to play in the same game. In general, we have plans not to dwell on EOS and TRON, which we connected in the winter, we plan to increase the audience in the future.
Q: What are the key features in the game and what innovative approaches have you applied? How can players earn?
A: If we talk about approaches, then, unlike 0xUniverse, we approached 0xWarriors differently. In the game, smart contracts are only responsible for things, for the purchase of chests and trade between players. There is a centralized server where combat mechanics are processed, battles and levels of warriors take place. What did this approach give? It has retained all the best aspects of blockchain gaming, while at the same time making the game process more interesting and comfortable for the player. Also, don't forget that the game is multi-blockchain. That is, for example, a dagger is sold on the gaming market, exposed there as an Ethereum token, and there is also a cool shield on the TRON blockchain. So you can buy both an etheric dagger and a throne shield and give them to one warrior. By the peculiarities of 0xWarriors: players can collect units of 5 warriors, put on equipment of different rarity and with different parameters (blockchain items), then pump the warriors, their features and skills. The most “juicy” and profitable for the players are public tournaments. There will be a tournament grid, according to the results, the winners receive unique chests plus a certain percentage of the collected tournament fund. Moreover, the plans are to award prizes not only for the 1st place.
Q: How important do you think cryptogaming is for the entire blockchain industry and what obstacles do you see for its development, in particular in the CIS?
A: Interoperability of blockchain technologies is very important, although this is not the main problem. Now one could name two important obstacles to the development of cryptogaming: the difficulty of interacting with crypto wallets for an ordinary user and the process of acquiring a cryptocurrency. Once these questions go away, there will be a really strong growth in the popularity of blockchain and cryptogaming in particular. That is, until the average gamer is able to create a profile in a game in a few clicks, buy a game or its in-game assets, there will be problems with mass adoption. And we, of course, also do not sit idly by, but try to move in a direction that would make it possible to simplify the interaction of an ordinary player with a crypto game.
Q: What's your favorite cryptocurrency?
A: We love both EOS and Ethereum, and not only - we are for multicurrency!
Q: What are your future plans for your team and your project?
A: We plan to further develop projects, add blockchains and features to games, and release major updates. You can talk a lot about this, but we have public development plan. We offer everyone to get acquainted with it: https://trello.com/b/BFpwECIZ/0xgames-roadmap.
Q: Can you name key dates or milestones that you would like to share with our readers? Any announcements?
A: We can say that in April-May 2019 there will be updates on current projects. Plus, there are big plans for all of our games this summer. Join our gaming communities - 0x.Games - and you will be the first to know!
We thank the 0xGames team for their time and answers to our questions! We wish them good luck and success in their difficult business!
Useful links
Studio website: https://0x.games/ru.
0xUniverse Website: https://0xuniverse.com.
0xWarriors Website: https://0xwarriors.com.
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