True Ownership Of Digital Game Assets

Many online games encourage players to own in-game assets. From skin variations in League of Legends to epic gear in World of Warcraft, players simply enjoy owning things that they can call their own.

Unfortunately, in traditional video games, this ownership is only recognised within the game itself. An adventurer in Final Fantasy XIV, for example, would not be able to withdraw their Edenchoir Bastard Sword from within the fabric of the game’s servers and claim true ownership of it outwith the game.

This is why non-fungible token (NFT) in-game items are revolutionary. Gameplay-wise, NFT items are similar to non-NFT items. When it comes to ownership, however, players holding items in the form of NFTs can prove that they own those items in an irrefutable and verifiable manner to anyone anywhere – even in complete dissociation to the original game itself. This is because everything is publicly visible on the distributed ledger. This is not the case for non-NFT digital possessions.

If, for instance, Guild Wars 2 is a blockchain game where every in-game item is an NFT on a distributed ledger, then Josh, a gamer from Singapore who plays an Asura Guardian, can prove without a shadow of a doubt that he owns an Abyssal Scepter NFT. He can even prove this ownership to Daisy, a non-gamer who lives in the United States and who has absolutely no interest in Guild Wars 2.

Without even logging into the game, Daisy can independently verify Josh’s ownership of this Abyssal Scepter NFT by checking the decentralised ledger. Indeed, Josh can even give or sell Daisy this Abyssal Scepter NFT either directly or via an NFT marketplace – the transaction of which will be publicly recorded on the ledger.

Upon a successful transfer, Daisy would now be the proud new true owner of a powerful Guild Wars 2 item without ever having owned the game herself. She can then choose to sell this item on to another gamer that actually plays the game – perhaps even making a small profit while doing so.

And that, my friends, is the wonderful concept of true ownership with regard to digital game assets.

JEDSTAR is creating two games in the future that are heavily reliant on the concept of NFT in-game items. The first is a digital collectible card game (DCCG) where every single card is an NFT. The second is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) where many persistent items will be NFTs. The JEDSTAR team is already in a partnership with FRAG Games.

Need I say more about JEDSTAR’s potential in the NFT gaming space?

Website: https://jedstar.app

Art by Tiamat.