@evdawg_eth hey! wrote up a thread that I thought you might enjoy. Check it here: https://x.com/nicwn/status/1508922212362989572?s=20&t=3g2AuPhGfndLbxlkbGczUg
Notes
Short, title-less, often half-baked. Published anyway.
Alright… long thread written and posted. Now to see if Twitter has been shadow banning me…
What about you? Do you think NFTs in gaming will help or hurt game developers and the gaming industry as a whole? I’d love to hear your thoughts, and tag @ghansali in your replies! 22/
Would you like to see this building game get made and my friend join @nftworldsNFT to create great games? I think if 1000 of you wish this enough to pay 0.02 ETH for the founder NFT, it’ll be a clear signal to go ahead! Get ’em here: https://mirror.xyz/nickwang.eth/Q7Rjbr9yjLxNT9PUljLmb54KGQjRWFYSZTtZb3W4INg
23/23
Minecraft is already well established, and now with @nftworldsNFT we have an eco-system of 10,000 worlds/games all using the same $WRLD currency with no gas fees! Suddenly, the interoperability of NFTs between different games is a lot more possible. 21/
He said in-game ownership as NFTs doesn’t solve the problem of their lack of inherent value outside of the game. He said a game token having a second life is unlikely https://x.com/ghansali/status/1480438095245975552?s=20&t=4-oXNAaDLtUMOBOgo0cRkQ (I also couldn’t fathom why one publisher would allow tokens from another publisher.) 19/
He said NFT games will incentivise developers to make games more like stock markets rather than unique, authentic play experiences, and he worries about what will become gaming as an art form. I tend to agree with his sentiment. But all that changed with @nftworldsNFT! 20/
(3) Convincing my friends.
Finally, my last goal is to convince some of my friends to join me. One of them has been making video games in Japan for over 14 years! He Doesn’t buy NFTs in gaming, yet: https://x.com/ghansali/status/1480438090019876865?s=20&t=Gs-kwJIagqV9czUvUnvu1A It’s a good thread, have a look and see if u agree 18/
You can get the NFT here: https://mirror.xyz/nickwang.eth/Q7Rjbr9yjLxNT9PUljLmb54KGQjRWFYSZTtZb3W4INg
These will be building instructions for the first buildings in this world! After we get started, we can set a schedule to release new building NFTs every 3 months. Anyone can submit building plans to be voted on and winners will be made into building instructions. 16/
We can also pay city planners and architects to host building sessions or “Buildathons” for everyone to build together while getting paid $WRLD! I like building a beautiful world myself more than paying for professional builders to build and dump a finished world on me! 17/
I’m looking for validation of broad interests, so I’ve created 1000 NFTs at 0.02 ETH each. Just like LEGO IDEAS, if this idea gets enough support, I’ll make this world into reality, and the owner of these 1000 NFTs will get the “World Founders” NFTs airdropped to them. 15/
Another way is if you have expertise in urban design or architecture, you can lead design sessions to help make our Metaverse more “liveable”! This is the main problem with existing Metaverses - no urban planning, just plots and plots of land sticking randomly together. 13/
(2) Validating the idea. How excited are you about a build-and-earn game like this? I’d love to hear your feedback and ideas on what other features you’d like to see in this world. More than just words though, you can show your foresight & conviction by getting in early! 14/
Back to getting paid! First is obviously by playtime. But we can also make it project based, or vote on how much a building is worth. Imagine you spend time designing a new building while getting paid by the minute! Then you submit your design to the community’s idea vault… 11/
to be voted on, if you win, we’ll take your design and create the next batch of NFTs and you get 50% of the royalties?! (Sounds familiar? Check out LEGO IDEAS! https://ideas.lego.com/) 12/
Side note. Did you know the first idea that got successfully crowdfunded on LEGO IDEAS was Minecraft?! There were multiple Minecraft ideas listed, but Mojang came in and put his blessing on one, then the community came together and it got over the 10,000 votes mark. 10/
Before I dive into (1), just a quick doxing so you know me. I’m an ex-Microsoft, ex-Yahoo! systems and data guy, who later moved to Japan to lead the creation of LEGO IDEAS. U can watch me talk about some of my work here https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickwang/ 9/
Poll: What’s your favourite game modes?
Poll: Are you a Minecraft player?
I don’t like FPS, and I certainly don’t like getting smoked in FPS by 12 year olds. I just wanna build beautiful things. Games like Factorio, Cities Skylines and… Minecraft. (Hmm…) How would you like to build amazing cities and get paid for it? 6/
Their Minecraft worlds are like mini model UN! When we hype the Metaverse as the next big thing in NFTs, they already knew and have lived in them for years! But if you’re Gen X like me, you may be too old to have experienced it. How do we get in? 5/
As a dad in tech with young kids who’re obsessed w/ Minecraft, I already knew @NFTWorlds will be huge. For a typical 15 year old they’ll have both IRL and digital friends on there. They have worlds with countries and factions, treaties and espionage. 4/
I’m writing this partly for my own understanding on developing a world where players can co-create while earning $WRLD, partly to validate this idea with you all, and partly to convince my friends to go all in with me to develop this world. 2/
@evdawg_eth hey! wrote up a thread that I thought you might enjoy. Check it here: https://x.com/nicwn/status/1508922212362989572?s=20&t=3g2AuPhGfndLbxlkbGczUg
Alright… long thread written and posted. Now to see if Twitter has been shadow banning me…
What about you? Do you think NFTs in gaming will help or hurt game developers and the gaming industry as a whole? I’d love to hear your thoughts, and tag @ghansali in your replies! 22/
Would you like to see this building game get made and my friend join @nftworldsNFT to create great games? I think if 1000 of you wish this enough to pay 0.02 ETH for the founder NFT, it’ll be a clear signal to go ahead! Get ’em here: https://mirror.xyz/nickwang.eth/Q7Rjbr9yjLxNT9PUljLmb54KGQjRWFYSZTtZb3W4INg
23/23
Minecraft is already well established, and now with @nftworldsNFT we have an eco-system of 10,000 worlds/games all using the same $WRLD currency with no gas fees! Suddenly, the interoperability of NFTs between different games is a lot more possible. 21/
He said in-game ownership as NFTs doesn’t solve the problem of their lack of inherent value outside of the game. He said a game token having a second life is unlikely https://x.com/ghansali/status/1480438095245975552?s=20&t=4-oXNAaDLtUMOBOgo0cRkQ (I also couldn’t fathom why one publisher would allow tokens from another publisher.) 19/
He said NFT games will incentivise developers to make games more like stock markets rather than unique, authentic play experiences, and he worries about what will become gaming as an art form. I tend to agree with his sentiment. But all that changed with @nftworldsNFT! 20/
(3) Convincing my friends.
Finally, my last goal is to convince some of my friends to join me. One of them has been making video games in Japan for over 14 years! He Doesn’t buy NFTs in gaming, yet: https://x.com/ghansali/status/1480438090019876865?s=20&t=Gs-kwJIagqV9czUvUnvu1A It’s a good thread, have a look and see if u agree 18/
You can get the NFT here: https://mirror.xyz/nickwang.eth/Q7Rjbr9yjLxNT9PUljLmb54KGQjRWFYSZTtZb3W4INg
These will be building instructions for the first buildings in this world! After we get started, we can set a schedule to release new building NFTs every 3 months. Anyone can submit building plans to be voted on and winners will be made into building instructions. 16/
We can also pay city planners and architects to host building sessions or “Buildathons” for everyone to build together while getting paid $WRLD! I like building a beautiful world myself more than paying for professional builders to build and dump a finished world on me! 17/
I’m looking for validation of broad interests, so I’ve created 1000 NFTs at 0.02 ETH each. Just like LEGO IDEAS, if this idea gets enough support, I’ll make this world into reality, and the owner of these 1000 NFTs will get the “World Founders” NFTs airdropped to them. 15/
Another way is if you have expertise in urban design or architecture, you can lead design sessions to help make our Metaverse more “liveable”! This is the main problem with existing Metaverses - no urban planning, just plots and plots of land sticking randomly together. 13/
(2) Validating the idea. How excited are you about a build-and-earn game like this? I’d love to hear your feedback and ideas on what other features you’d like to see in this world. More than just words though, you can show your foresight & conviction by getting in early! 14/
Back to getting paid! First is obviously by playtime. But we can also make it project based, or vote on how much a building is worth. Imagine you spend time designing a new building while getting paid by the minute! Then you submit your design to the community’s idea vault… 11/
to be voted on, if you win, we’ll take your design and create the next batch of NFTs and you get 50% of the royalties?! (Sounds familiar? Check out LEGO IDEAS! https://ideas.lego.com/) 12/
Side note. Did you know the first idea that got successfully crowdfunded on LEGO IDEAS was Minecraft?! There were multiple Minecraft ideas listed, but Mojang came in and put his blessing on one, then the community came together and it got over the 10,000 votes mark. 10/
Before I dive into (1), just a quick doxing so you know me. I’m an ex-Microsoft, ex-Yahoo! systems and data guy, who later moved to Japan to lead the creation of LEGO IDEAS. U can watch me talk about some of my work here https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickwang/ 9/
Poll: What’s your favourite game modes?
Poll: Are you a Minecraft player?
I don’t like FPS, and I certainly don’t like getting smoked in FPS by 12 year olds. I just wanna build beautiful things. Games like Factorio, Cities Skylines and… Minecraft. (Hmm…) How would you like to build amazing cities and get paid for it? 6/
Their Minecraft worlds are like mini model UN! When we hype the Metaverse as the next big thing in NFTs, they already knew and have lived in them for years! But if you’re Gen X like me, you may be too old to have experienced it. How do we get in? 5/
As a dad in tech with young kids who’re obsessed w/ Minecraft, I already knew @NFTWorlds will be huge. For a typical 15 year old they’ll have both IRL and digital friends on there. They have worlds with countries and factions, treaties and espionage. 4/
I’m writing this partly for my own understanding on developing a world where players can co-create while earning $WRLD, partly to validate this idea with you all, and partly to convince my friends to go all in with me to develop this world. 2/