Why more and more GameFi projects choose to join the Sui ecosystem?

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In the existing mainstream blockchain network, due to its own throughput limitations, in the case of surging usage, users have to pay a considerable amount of Gas costs, while the high latency brought by the consensus mechanism also greatly affects the response speed of the application. These issues contributed to a poor experience with GameFi products -- games were slow and prohibitively expensive to play.
Sui is a public chain focused on meeting the needs of blockchain for mass adoption, positioning itself from the outset as "one of the most attractive destinations for Web3 game developers." Sui is designed from the ground up to enable developers to better build experiences that meet the needs of game developers in terms of throughput, storage, response speed and cost of use.
There are already many well-made games that have been or will be released on Sui, such as the RPG sandbox game Overworld, the Metaworld game, the Overwatchmen-like action game Bushi, and the fitness battle game Run Legends. And the recent hit 3A production Abyss World.
Why more and more GameFi projects choose to join the Sui ecosystem?
As Anthony Palma, head of games at Mysten Labs, Sui's #DevelopmentTeam , put it, Sui's target is not just "blockchain games" or "crypto games," but also good game developers who want to use Web3 to enhance the player experience and provide more engagement. It can be seen that Sui's team is more interested in the quality of GameFi's game itself, rather than the various encryption elements that are superimposed on top of it.
It is in line with this development concept that Legend of Arcadia, another card game that also focuses on game playability, has recently joined the Sui ecosystem.
Legend of Arcadia (LOA) is a multi-chain, casual card strategy game based on a virtual land of Arcadia, where players can use their Card Hero (NFT) in PVE and PVP battles to earn in-game rewards.
Unlike other GameFi game projects, LOA puts more emphasis on the game's playability. In terms of in-game assets, LOA only introduces NFT and ARCA, the unique token of the game, which is simpler and more direct in terms of user incentives.
In terms of playability, LOA has designed 8 types of heroes and 6 major camps, and hundreds of game equipment and skills can be matched with tens of thousands of skill combinations. In addition to the traditional game mode, LOA also has PVP arena, hardcore Roguelike mode maze gameplay and mining gameplay for players to explore.
In addition to being deployed on BNB Smart Chain, Legend of Arcadia is also about to start a private beta on Sui. It has already released OG Pass and Genesis NFT on Sui. 20,000 OG Passes were minted, and 200 Genesis NFT sold at 30 SUI were minted within 10 minutes, with the highest floor price reaching 60 SUI within 24 hours, an increase of more than 100%
Why choose Sui Network
For Legend of Arcadia, the appeal of Sui comes mainly from two advantages, parallel execution of transactions and dynamic NFT.
Parallel execution transactions
Parallel execution is a feature of Sui blockchain that distinguishes it from traditional blockchain networks. In a traditional blockchain, transactions are executed sequentially, processing one transaction at a time before proceeding to the next. Sui's Object-based parallel execution system allows multiple transactions to be processed simultaneously, enabling users to execute a large number of transactions in a single operation.
More importantly, the parallel execution system of Sui blockchain is realized by the innovative architecture and underlying technology, and this high throughput does not sacrifice the degree of decentralization of the network, so the security and stability are also higher than other solutions.
Thanks to this mechanism, LOA allows users to maintain higher response speed and lower transaction costs during the game, greatly improving the user's game experience.
Dynamic NFT
Dynamically scalable NFT is also a key advantage for Sui.
In other blockchain networks, the processing of changing NFTS is generally to destroy the old NFT, and then re-write the data to cast a new NFT, the disadvantage of this method is that in the process of destroying and re-casting the NFT, the historical data of the old NFT may be lost.
On the other hand, Sui allows developers to upgrade the NFT while retaining all metadata, such as the player's role in the game (accumulate experience) or weapon (set gems). When upgrading, Sui can synchronize the data to the description of these objects, complete the instant update, and players can feel the improvement of their abilities in real time. The game experience is stronger.
Legend of Arcadia applies Sui's dynamic NFT to their hero look, which can change as players' heroes evolve and level up throughout the game's journey, and each hero is given a unique stamp that belongs to the player. This will meet the needs of players in more personalized aspects.
This makes LOA Sui's first card game built on dynamic NFT.
Real game asset ownership
There is no need to transfer the Gacha Ball & Hero into the in-game wallet, and there is no need to transfer ownership of the assets to the game as is the case in other Web3 games. In LOA, the player can "use" the NFT directly within the game while "actually owning the asset," with ownership of the data remaining with the user. Such a mechanism is very consistent with the characteristics of MOVE resource-oriented language, which can guarantee the security of user assets from the most fundamental level.
Expansion ecology
LOA is designed to recover the NFT of low-value heroes. Players can burn the NFT of low-value heroes and convert it into energy. Energy is a very useful game resource, and consuming energy can greatly improve the mining speed of players in the game. This mechanism is very much in line with SUI's innovative storage mechanism, SUI encourages users to delete unnecessary data, so that the data on the chain is less, while deleting the data stored on the chain before, you can also return the storage fee, is a healthy, theoretically can achieve unlimited horizontal expansion mechanism.
Sui Eco-GAMEFI Prediction Protocol
Legend of Arcadia also built Sui's first GameFi prediction protocol.
Legend of Arcadia released an NFT on Sui called LOA Sui Chip, which allows users to predict the winning teams during guild tournaments and receive corresponding rewards for successful guesses.
With the exception of guild tournament events, the LOA Sui Chip can be applied to virtually any scenario suitable for prediction, such as sporting events and community governance activities.
LOA Sui Chip itself has multiple functions. The most direct one is the player's credentials during prediction, also known as activity credentials (POAP), which can record all the activity information that players participate in when using it. Subsequently, LOA SUI Chip can be used as the player's proof of work in such scenarios as applying for whitelist, obtaining activity priority, and enjoying airdrop.
In addition, LOA also innovatively adds a homogeneous token that can be extracted in Chip NFT, which can be controlled by setting different trigger conditions to control the amount of users at the time of withdrawal. For example, in this event, if the user has used Chip NFT for guessing activities, then this NFT can receive 33 ARCA tokens, if not used, then only can receive 1 ARCA token.
Why more and more GameFi projects choose to join the Sui ecosystem?
Of course, the realization of these features is thanks to the unique properties of dynamic NFT on Sui, so that developers can modify and upgrade the metadata of NFT without destroying the re-release, so that Chip NFT can expand these innovative gameplay.
The agreement attracted more than 6,000 participants from 40 associations and 40 communities, including well-known Southeast Asian associations Play It Forward and Avocado DAO, in the first conference held by LOA recently. As of 0:00 UTC on May 30, 2023, the community had cast a total of 19,240 forecast NFTS on Sui and made 3,483 predictions.
Sum up
Sui, as an emerging public chain, has made no small innovations in the consensus mechanism, smart contract, flexibility and compatibility of programming language, bringing more possibilities to the GameFi project built on it. Moreover, Sui itself also focuses on the game direction. More resources and effort are bound to be invested in the gaming track, so the GameFi project has a broader prospect.
Projects like Legend of Arcadia, by utilizing Sui's technical features to continuously create new gameplay, will attract more high-quality developers and users to Sui. As more and more such excellent GameFi projects enter Sui's ecosystem, It will also help Sui run out of a development path of its own characteristics and gain a place in the competitive public chain track.