As decentralized blockchain and NFT games undergo minimal scrutiny and regulations, there are bound to be large numbers of NFT games released weekly. Knowing a quality project that is worth your time, resources and investment is paramount.
One of the experiences I have gained in my few years of being actively involved in cryptocurrencies and NFTs is knowing when a project is real, active, legit and will deliver on the whitepaper promises.
Recognizing a quality NFT gaming project is not necessarily rocket science, it is rather taking a closer look at the little things that matter. We would look at those little details with a real NFT gaming project in this article.
Unique features is a good catalyst for any NFT game to become highly successful. One of the great NFT games that comes to mind right off the bat is WARENA. Warena is a cross-metaverse game (characters from other games can join Warena’s metaverse and interact with Warena’s characters — a first of its kind in blockchain gaming), with customizable NFT characters features.
I would use Warena as a practical example and case study for features and characteristics to look for in an NFT gaming project.
The Team and Advisors
Warena has on its board ex-Googlers, ex-Amazoners, co-founders and CTOs of already successful blockchain projects. All that experience coming together will definitely build a successful game.
Beta / PreLaunch Game
Solid projects always have a working product, even if it is still under development. Warena released its prelaunch 2D Phase 1 game, in late 2021, for the community to download, play, and test. The team also opened channels to receive feedback from the community on the prelaunch game and even rewarded outstanding feedback with an NFT character.
Community
With over 180,000 followers on Twitter. Over 100,000 members in the official Telegram group, there are many active participants and testers in Warena’s product launches and testing.
I have been in the Warena group chats both on Discord and Telegram for a few months; the Warena community is enthusiastic and very active; moreso, as a result of the Warena team’s active engagement with the community.
Partners
There are brands that have taken lots of years to build their name and reputation, hence they won’t partner with just any run-of-the-mill NFT gaming project. Securing partnerships with blockchain giants like Binance, Polygon and DAO Maker, and the gaming industry giants like Animoca and D2M Studios proves Warena’s standard and potential.
Tokenomics
Warena uses the two token model, where one token is for governance [RENA] and the other is for P2E earnings and rewards [WARE]. This model has been proven to be the best for blockchain games. The most successful games I know implement this tokenomics model which creates a balance between the games difficulty and the value of the rewards token. RENA is currently listed on gate.io, PancakeSwap and MEXC exchanges, while WARE is scheduled to be listed on an exchange on January 13, 2022.
Announcement / Updates
An team that works round-the-clock post updates and announcements almost every other day. Minor bug fixes and performance tuning are inevitable, too. Hence, one of the determinants of a solid gaming project is frequent, back-to-back announcements and timely updates. The Warena team is very active with updates and announcements, a quality only genuine teams possess.
Now you know why WARENA is a top-pick NFT / Metaverse game.
Originally published on my Medium: https://medium.com/@mandela.amoussou/nft-and-metaverse-gaming-how-to-choose-the-best-game-a-warena-game-study-8c98fc772348