Hey welcome to web3 land. I’m founder of a project that minted in February. We’ve build a casual meta verse called Turf.

We’ve actually been looking to integrate games into our platform.

Would you be interested in discussing collaborations?

Either way good luck with your launch :)

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When are you going to launch an updated version of Polybius?

What game engine did you develop this with? Any other tools and tech that played a big part in development?

If you had to build the sequel from the ground up, would you use the same tech stack?

7. Deep Rock Galactic!!

I think the term "NFT" has developed a meaning in popular culture that is different from what the actual technology is. For most people, I think they believe an NFT is a jpg or digital image that you can own - that's not what Polycade Limiteds are.

The Polycade Limiteds implementation of the ERC-721 contract (aka NFT) should be thought of like game ownership on Steam, with two key differences:

1. Unlike Steam, Polycade Limiteds games can be resold.
2. Unlike Steam, the database that records game ownership can be viewed and reviewed by anyone, allowing people to verify the limited nature of the games we are releasing.

Are Polycade Limiteds any different from NFTs?

Oh I couldn't ever pick just one, here's a few:

1. Terraria. Ok if I had to pick one this would be it, because it rolls so many fantastic genres (adventure, crafting, action rpg) into one perfect gem.
2. The Legend Of Zelda: The first cartridge I personally purchased...and it was GOLD. Love the adventure of this game and many of it's sequels.
3. Factorio. The first time I played this I didn't blink for 20 hours and stayed up all night. BUILD ALL THE SYSTEMS!
4. Slay The Spire. Proud to say I unlocked every achievement in this game. Playing this on Switch is great for the new parent that needs to drop in and jump out of a game at a moments notice.
5. Tricky Towers. A fantastic take on Tetris!
6. Towerfall: Ascension. So fun to play with friends!

Tyler - favorite game of all time?

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Cool idea! He's not much of a visual artist, but I think we could definitely come up with a way to collab! Perhaps some of the original games with modified mechanics...

As a traditional gamer, I pretty much hate microtransactions. The gaming economies that use microtransactions are typically pay-to-win types of games, which are just lame.

That said, I do think there are certain types of games where a microtransaction economy works, like MMOs.

I also think skin-based microtransactions are cool because they don't necessarily affect the gameplay.

You might do better getting your dad to do a few. As a game collector, that would be worth more.

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We didn't get much traction with them when we offered the product in our Indiegogo, but we've always loved the idea of fightsticks that can be dropped into an arcade machine. Maybe we'll revisit this! Always good to know there are people interested - thanks!

Maybe you should’ve researched Reddit to see that it may not be the place for you to do a Q&A

We're doing some giveaways - keep an eye on our twitter!!

A classic ludite! "Push crypto" are the words used to flag scams, so it appears you've done no research into the technology and what it can enable.

Please educate yourself and don't hate people for being born from someone notable.

Super Breakout!! We had the arcade cabinet growing up, and for some reason I always gravitated toward it.

I also have a special place in my heart for Lunar Lander since it's such a weird game. Gravitar is cool too. And missile command. Aaaaah!

What are your thoughts on microtransactions?

Haha yes we're really challenging the perceptions by trying to connect these divisive spaces.

Our implementation of blockchain and traditional gaming is extremely similar to existing ideas that gamers have adopted, and also provides several improved aspects over those traditional paradigms. Using ERC-721 or ERC-1155 as the method for digital game ownership makes a ton of sense on the core level.

For example, the idea of a limited edition video game sort of already exists, since physical cartridges are limited by nature. Different however, is that the makers of those physical carts have not said "we will never release this game again", where the titles we are releasing are guaranteed limited - we will not release them again in a different form.

Also, the idea of digital game ownership already exists in gaming - every digital platform uses it (Steam, Epic, Itch). However these platforms are walled gardens - you are not permitted to sell your games. Our use of blockchain guarantees you the ability to sell your Polycade Limiteds games, and it's done easily via sites like Opensea.

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Re: the hobbiest you mention - right now monetizing their creations is difficult (this is partially due to licensing). Looking to the future for our platform, we hope to provide these hobbiests with a marketplace where they can release and market their creations legally.

I'd also add - what we're doing with the Atari + Artist series is a little different from the emulation hobbiest, since we are providing people (artists in this case) who don't have the game creation skills a path to creating a game.

Can I get one for free?

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I love this question because I think the real answer here is that there's a whole bunch of misunderstanding about what an NFT is.

Here's a few reasons gamers hate NFTs:

1. Gamers smell scams from far away. Because the NFT space was wrought with scammers during the time that it was popularized in the media, NFT became synonymous with scams. It wasn't even about the tech...it was about how the tech was being used.
2. NFTs were popularized by the idea of owning a jpg. This sounds really dumb at first and is a hard concept for anyone to understand, but it does actually make sense when you breakdown how IRL art really works. I'll have to find the link that helps explain this. Most gaming companies that jumped on the NFT wagon released collectible jpgs that had zero utility - to gamers this just felt like a cash grab.
3. I think the dialog around NFTs and gaming was not well executed. Most proponents were talking about interoperability, which is a hard thing to make happen in most games - AAA studios wouldn't do it, and gamers know this. IMHO, the dialog should have been focused around the ability to sell your earned digital goods (this was discussed, but not the center of the conversation).
4. Lastly, during the chip shortage of 2020 and 2021, crypto miners were snatching up all of the graphics cards on the market. This drove up GPU prices and basically made it so that gamers could not buy graphics cards, so gamers developed a unique dislike for crypto in general.