New Game Coming To Steem: NextColony
It was recently announced that there will be a new game on the Steem blockchain called NextColony.
This is a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) which became very popular over the last couple decades. It is evidently modeled after OGame which is browser based and had over 2 million accounts.
It is a game that deals with different galaxies, systems, and planets. For those who are not familiar with this game, a full write up is found here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGame
They are presently auctioning off the first 3 of name planets. There will be 3 auctions taking place with 3 planets in each.
The reason for the auction (other than raising money) is to enable users to stand out in the game. This is a way to stand out from the crowd in the game.
The auction and further information can be found at https://nextcolony.io/.
@art-universe also put together a video that really delves into more details.
https://steempeak.com/dtube/@art-universe/2if5t5sv
According to the video, the development still has about 4 weeks to go before the game is fully released.
This is another situation where we see developers opting to build upon the Steem blockchain. The fact that we have a dedicated community makes it appealing.
We all know gaming is big business. I find it fascinating that we are seeing many games replicated that were popular decades ago when the technology was not as good as it is today. Blockchain, being so young, is a throwback to those days. Over time, we will see scaling and other additions which will allow for more in-depth development.
As for this project, it is modeling a successful game although I will say that 2 million does not sound too large to me. In the gaming world, there are games that have hundreds of millions of users. Nevertheless, if a fraction of those users create an account on Steem and play the game, it will be a major windfall.
A project like this should make everyone optimistic. We are going to see dozens of similar ones over the next year or so. All will serve to draw some people to Steem. Collectively, they can really be a big boost to the interest of what is taking place on within this ecosystem.
I was chatting with a developer earlier today about the prospects of Steem. While it is still under the radar for the main publications (cointelegraph, etc..), we are facing a future where that will not be the case. The blockchains that get all the attention are having issues of their own.
Steem is growing and expanding at a steady pace. Each month puts us much further ahead of where we were.
I look forward to the feedback from the gaming community about the prospects of this project.
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Resteemed. I am curious what there will happen :-)
Me too! Things just keep growing!
Will be interesting to see what their ogame variant looks like.
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I think that @drugwars ascending to #1 dapp in the world shows that the bar is currently set very low and will make others want to get in on that action.
There is gold in them there hills,
and almost no competition.
"shows that the bar is currently set very low" - Exactly, this shows how early it is, and even more important, it will allow almost anyone to get a game established and with relative success for future times. As you said, no competition. And the reality is that there is a lot of demand for games like this.
I was chatting with someone today.
The idea is to get applications out there and keep updating them. Be in position for when the masses show up. Until crypto starts to be embraced on a large scale, it is just time to keep upgrading and fine tuning.
Be in place when the people come.
And the oldest "galaxy-game" is already exist on steem and grow: the @Steemnova ;)
Its free, dont need to pay for it, just i say :) IMHO, its more ogame-like than the ogame itself :D
Looks like SteemNova with P2W?
Sounds like that, but if they follow the example of drugwars you can invest little just to boost, but it becomes expensive on late pays, but with some initial payed boost you can be in the middle of the race then grow organic, thats what i do on drugwars
!bookkeeping drugwars
Hi @cre47iv3!
drugwars
Received:
Spent:
Total:
First transfer was before 23.21 days.
Your ROI per day is 8.52 % and you are earning approx. 0.71 STEEM per day.
ROI when taking only the last 5 days into account
Your ROI per day is 13.27 % and you are earning approx. 1.11 STEEM per day.
@src3 as an old ogame fan, maybe this is something for you? :)
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You are the best my friend! Thank you for showing me :)))
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oGame on blockchain woohooo! :) sounds amazing! :D
Awesome. I've been hoping for an Eve online type of steem game. Hopefully this will be as vast.... although that would be hard to pull off.
Interesting. I believe we can easily promote the game on the huge crowd of gamers.
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Hell Ye, I love news like this, makes me so proud of being part of this community.
Please make an update post on the game when it is released, so I don´t miss it and can have better information about it!