Infrastructure

You know one thing Hive is good at is its infrastructure, especially when it comes to things like gaming, you could ask Splinterlands.

Now imagine Splinterlands but as another game, same team but more experienced builders and community, Arcade Colony a sub of Innevium a branch of Splinterlands is launching a new game on Hive, Moon Carts, a car racing game where players compete against each other and earn coins while at it.

This plus a variety of lush video graphics from aggroeds Twitter account are as much as we know about the game for now which leaves room for our imaginations to run wild. Am I excited?

You bet I am. The thing is while others are still finding the best infrastructure for game development in the world of blockchain tech, Splinterlands builders have got that part covered, Hive is already tested and trusted.

If you’re going to build a successful game in web3 especially, first you need an infrastructure that is good enough and by good enough I mean tested and trusted system that can sustain not just the inception of the game but also potential growth.

Community

After infrastructure, next thing is community. One mistake many builders make is building on chains real people don’t actually use. For example, there’s a town with a population of 20 people, and another with a town of population of 200 people and over half of them are already gamers. Which town do you think is more viable for building a game?

The town with more population isn’t it? But many people miss this, they choose the town that is more popular but that actually only few people use and wonder why their games don’t get adoption.

That’s the difference with Hive, you can build something awesome on Hive and sleep easy knowing the community will eat it up as long as it’s good.

What’s better than building a game within a community of people who are already versatile at playing blockchain games and open to support something that will boost the entire ecosystem?

Tokenomics

After Infrastructure and Community, the next thing is the games Tokenomics! Again, I’ll have to use Splinterlands as a point of reference. Imagine being around for more than 4 years as a building team who has gone through both bull run and bear markets operating and ensuring what’s being built weathers every kind of storm.

Having faced several difficulties, made mistakes, learnt, improved, garnered several levels of experience, what are the chances that given another chance they wouldn’t do something far better than they ever did?

That's where the brilliance of Splinterlands and its offshoot, Arcade Colony, truly shines. They've not just built games, they've crafted economies within these space that sustain player engagement and investment over the long haul.

I expect that the tokenomics behind Moon Carts, will be designed with an acute understanding of what keeps players coming back, a balanced mix of rewards, scarcity, and utility that fuels both the competitive spirit and the desire for collection.

For me, the anticipation around its launch is not just about the game itself but about how it plans to integrate and improve upon the lessons learned from Splinterlands.

It's about leveraging the robust Hive infrastructure to ensure seamless gameplay and transactions, coupled with the dynamic and engaging community ready to dive into whatever the Splinterlands team puts forward.

The tokenomics of Moon Carts should be innovative, ensuring that players are rewarded for their skill, strategy, and participation in the ecosystem. It's this triad of infrastructure, community, and tokenomics that sets the Hive blockchain and its games apart from the rest.

When you add the layer of experience that the Splinterlands team brings to the table, it's hard not to be excited about what's coming. They’ve learned from the ebbs and flows of player engagement, and are now applying those lessons to create something even more engaging and sustainable.

The formula for success

In essence, what makes Moon Carts and, by extension, any game built on Hive so promising is the foundation it's built upon. A foundation that's not just about the technology but about understanding what players want and how to create an economy within a game that respects and rewards that desire.

As we wait for more details about Moon Carts, it's clear that the combination of a proven infrastructure, a vibrant community, solid tokenomics, and a Little dash of luck all spearheaded by a team with a proven track record, is a formula for success.

This isn't just about launching another game, it's about setting a new standard for what games on blockchain can be. And for me, that's the most exciting part of all.

What are your thoughts?

Thanks for reading.

Images are screenshots from Moon Karts…

Moon Karts coming soon!