The Solana Structure announced it will release a totally free Solana video games exhibition dubbed PlayGG at an event in advance of San Diego Comic-Con International in July.
Johnny Lee, head of games at Solana, said the firm intends to reveal more than 50 Web3 video games at the event as part of a proposal to normalize blockchain games, which have actually been slammed for poor quality and also frauds.
It’s likewise an attempt to revive the credibility of the Solana blockchain protocol, which saw its value dragged down last autumn with the collapse of FTX, which was among the procedure’s greatest supporters. Solana likewise had stability problems, and also it has actually seen a number of its video game developers move over to various other blockchains such as Immutable as well as Polygon.
The brand-new event of video games will certainly happen on July 18 as well as July 19 at the Julep location in San Diego, instantly before the huge Comic-Con event. Programmers as well as various other characters like Twitch banners are expected to show the Web3 pc gaming products at PlayGG, which means Play Good Gamings.
Guests will have the opportunity to play video games, satisfy programmers and also learn more about the current growths in Web3 video gaming.
Solana formerly did a Solana GameState event back in November, where it had 33 game studios with 40 usable games. Around 20 of those games are now live.
” We’re so favorable concerning Solana games that we chose to do it once more,” Lee said. “Yet we determined to do it in a bit extra calculated fashion. So we got rid of Solana or any kind of blockchain references from the name. We call it the Play Good Gamings festival. We think right here that, ultimately, the blockchain games are going to be able to get rid of the been worthy of bad online reputation that blockchain games are not enjoyable.”
He said the team has actually playtested many of the video games that are under growth, and that this event will be focused on the community.
” I inform the occasions team all the time that my objective is to see households there with children playing the video games,” he stated. “As well as if the video games suffice, they will go deeper right into the gamer experience and pick or not pick to engage with the blockchain part.”
Lee claimed there are a number of large programmers who are not mosting likely to join the occasion due to the fact that they’re still keeping their video game personal until they’re ready to launch later. A variety of large studios, lots of in Asia, are expected to introduce games in Q4 of 2023, Lee said.
When it comes to FTX, Lee claimed, “That was even more of a headline trouble than an actual genuine issue, in my viewpoint. As the dust has cleared up, I believe individuals have actually come to a comparable final thought. We were constantly 2 separate firms. [FTX] held a great amount of Solana due to the fact that they really felt that was a good investment position of theirs.”
The protocol is additionally putting even more focus on core security and testing.
When it comes to programmers leaving Solana for other systems, he claimed some left because Solana determined not to make financial investments in them. He stated that Solana has made investments in game business in the past and also remains to do so. Yet it isn’t mosting likely to spend when it does not make good sense, as well as every game needs to meet with approval in playtests. Solana had $100 million set aside along with Lion Pc Gaming Partners as well as Specialty to invest in games.
Lee claimed the company has focused on blockchain games with user-generated content, social player versus player as well as greatly multiplayer online games. He stated those video games assist display Solana’s technology benefit, which includes things like scalability as well as the capability to take care of great deals of deals at once.
He claimed the network has actually been battle-tested and also efficiency metrics are now looking much better. When it comes to winning over players, Lee said the method the industry talk with players needs to change, and the focus has to be around enjoyable. It’s not concerning selling users a technology however a much better experience, he said.
“Let’s focus on the value to the player,” Lee stated.
When it comes to takeaways from the current Game Developers Meeting, Lee stated it is a “healthy time to build” games and create the highest-quality experiences.
