Why Cryptopia is Building an Eternal Game

The “sequel mentality” has been a part of the gaming industry for so long that it’s taken as gospel truth by game developers and publishers. After all, why fix something if it isn’t broke? If a game achieves massive commercial success, then doesn’t it make sense to follow it up with a sequel instead of taking the risk with developing an entirely new game? After all, it already has a built-in audience, just like blockbuster movies that spawn sequel after sequel (yes, we’re looking at you, “The Fast and the Furious”).

Developers, particularly smaller game studios, benefit because Web3 game development  reduces the cost of building games? How? Because decentralization removes intermediaries. This empowers them to build and distribute games without having to rely on third parties, such as traditional game publishers. Reducing the cost and removing intermediaries means Web3 game developers are better incentivized to focus on innovation, instead of playing it safe. Moreover, they are no longer at the mercy of the sequel mentality of the big game publishers, who naturally prefer proven franchises.

Not only is Cryptopia a fun “free-to-play-and-earn” Web3 game, but also it is completely disrupting the sequel mentality of the traditional gaming industry.

In fact, as Cryptopia Founder and Lead Developer Frank Bonnet has said, Cryptopia has been designed to become an eternal game. Cryptopia is so fully committed to the Web3 ethos of decentralization that once the game is launched, it will be turned over completely to the players.

The game’s fate will literally be in the hands of the Cryptopia community, who, as owners of the game’s NFTs, are all investors. They are citizens inside the metaverse game and virtual city-state, as well as stakeholders in the real-world fate of Cryptopia and TOS.

And because Cryptopia is built entirely on the blockchain, no one – not even the creators – can pull the plug on this Web3 game. This means Cryptopia players won’t have to suffer the pain that players of different traditional games have suffered over the decades, when they lost their beloved characters and everything they worked hard for when their favorite games were shut down.

Eternal, by the way, is not just a hyperbole.

“We can potentially update the game because the smart contracts are upgradable. If we need more significant changes than the upgradable patterns allow, we can change to different smart contracts. Eventually, the players and stakeholders accept or reject changes. This goes for adding new maps as well."

“The game client is a different story. We can update the game client as much as we like. You could say that the client is an interpretation of what happens in the blockchain. For example, we (or someone else) could build a beautiful VR client for Cryptopia by interacting with the same smart contracts.” Bonnet said.

Web3 gaming is changing the mindset of the whole gaming industry, and it will be interesting to see what new communities, business models, and types of games will emerge. As blockchain becomes more mainstream, it will transform society in ways that we might not even be able to imagine yet, as technology unlocks new possibilities.

“To summarize, Immutable zkEVM is a ZK-rollup designed using Polygon’s structure and Immutable’s platform support. Simply put, gaming developers using the Immutable zkEVM and their platform to build Web3 games can create games faster, cheaper, and cleaner than before."

“Notably, Polygon’s zkEVM technology is already appreciated for offering low transaction fees and faster processing. Most importantly, these features are fully compatible with the Ethereum blockchain.”

So, excited by the future that lies ahead for Web3 gaming? Don’t be surprised if many years from now, you will still be playing Cryptopia — the eternal game.

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