Earning Real Money Playing Online Games
Many online games today include an element of ownership of in-game assets as players progress – be it collecting more cards in a digital collectible card game or crafting better gear in a persistent massively multiplayer online universe.
Games wherein these assets are recorded on a decentralised blockchain have a unique advantage in that players will have full ownership of many in-game assets that they’ve earned through play. As assets gained are recorded on the blockchain in the form of tokens or NFTs, players will be able to trade these assets freely with other players even outwith the game.
Players also have the option of selling their in-game assets for cash.
Imagine, if you will, an alternate reality where Hearthstone is a blockchain-based P2E game.
In this alternate reality, every card would be a separate NFT that players have full ownership of. In-game gold earned from winning matches or completing quests would be decentralised tokens on the blockchain. Once earned, players can either sell this gold on the blockchain directly, use it to buy more packs of cards, or use it to activate some other in-game utility such as joining the arena.
Converting gold on the blockchain to another cryptocurrency would be a player’s most straightforward way of cashing out their efforts.
If a player chooses to buy a pack of cards using the gold instead, they can still sell those cards on the blockchain as each card is an NFT. In fact, if they’re lucky enough, that pack of cards may even contain a particularly valuable card that they have the option of selling for more than they would otherwise have made if they had sold the gold directly.
If that same player chooses to use the gold to join the arena and they’re skilled enough to win many matches, they may receive as their reward a few rare cards and some gold. If they choose to sell these prizes as NFTs and tokens on the blockchain, they can potentially earn even more money compared to the other two scenarios.
This is the concept of play-to-earn (P2E) gaming. P2E gaming has been around long before blockchain-based games – but because blockchain games are so amenable to P2E models, many players have been able to achieve real, sustainable incomes simply through play.
Aier Studios is releasing two blockchain-based games as part of the JEDSTAR ecosystem – a digital collectible card game and a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The JEDSTAR team is currently working alongside FRAG Games to make the card game a reality. Both these games will feature play-to-earn elements.
P2E raises the stakes for online gaming and truly is the future.
Website: https://jedstar.app
Art by Tiamat.
