Nestables — Blockchain Integration Powered by Enjin
Blockchain opens up entirely new possibilities for gaming
With the official announcement of Nestables two weeks ago, the most common questions we’ve received are related to how our game will be powered by Enjin.
As promised, here is an entire post dedicated to our planned integration of blockchain using the Enjin Platform.
Like all games in a pre-alpha stage, these details will change and evolve over the development of Nestables and, most importantly, as we highlighted in our announcement post, we will listen, respond and implement feedback from you — the community. So please, read on and drop us a line in Telegram on your thoughts!
BLOCKCHAIN, GAMING & ENJIN COIN
First off, a quick recap on the possibilities for Nestables being powered by Enjin.
Enjin Coin (ENJ) is an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency used to directly back the value of next-generation blockchain assets. Every ERC-1155 blockchain asset created with the Enjin Platform is an ERC-1155 token backed by ENJ. It acts as both a guarantee of value for users and a certificate of authenticity for items created with the Enjin Platform.
All of our Cubes will be ERC-1155 tokens backed by ENJ!
The core benefit ENJ provides is true item ownership. Holders of items minted with ENJ truly own them and can freely share, trade, sell, hold them forever, or even “melt” them down to retrieve the ENJ from within — including your Cubes.
Items created with ENJ are also cross-platform compatible, so any developer can view a user’s inventory by allowing them to register their blockchain address. This means that owners of blockchain-powered assets can use them in any game platform that supports them.
FREE TO PLAY
Our intention was always for Nestables to be free to play. We believe this is critical for the game’s widespread adoption and attracting people of all ages. Still important, however, is to allow players to receive a Cube they find visually attractive. After all, you need to like the Cube you are looking after! To this extent we have decided to separate Cubes into two parts.
- Physical appearance
- Character traits and behaviour aspects
This will allow you to randomise the appearance of your Cube three times when you play the game for the first time, while the character traits and their behaviour will remain the same each time.
The purpose of this is to prevent players from only choosing Cubes that have traits that might appear more desirable for early-stage gameplay. It is important that all of the traits and behaviour characteristics we put into the game are utilised by players. There will be a fine line between giving users the Cube they want and preventing potential exploitation.
Above all, we want to make Nestables accessible and easily playable to as many people as possible.
We have no intention of selling traits or the ability to edit cosmetic features of your Cube. For us, this would defeat the purpose of the game.
BREEDING
Baby Cubes should be cute right? Well, that will depend on the parents, but of course, you will love it all the same.
Breeding clearly requires two Cubes. At this stage, we intend for there to be three different ways to expand the family in your Nest:
- Breed with a friend’s Cube
- Purchase a second Cube from the marketplace
- Breed with another Cube in your nest (only possible after options one or two are used)
Each Cube will be able to breed a certain number of times. After this, the Cube might need some paid medical help to continue producing offspring.
We hope this mechanic will allow users the ability to continue to play the game without limiting their gameplay, while also allowing us to retain a sensible balance of the cost of writing data to the blockchain. This is most definitely an area in which we are keen to hear community feedback on.
CUBITS & THE MARKETPLACE
Cubits will be the in-game currency which players will use on the marketplace to purchase Cubes, cosmetics, player-made content, further breeding rights, etc. Importantly, there will be no requirement for players to have a balance of Cubits to start playing Nestables. Once again, we want as many people as possible to be able to play our game.
One of the central aspects of Nestables will be the ability for players to create their own content in our building editor. This will allow for infinite possibilities when it comes to customising the look, feel, and theme of your Nest. We will be explaining the building editor and its potential in more detail at a later time. One major feature of the building editor, will be the ability for players to publish and monetise their own creations on the marketplace so that other players can buy the build and place it into their Nest. The beauty of blockchain is that it will allow players to be able to set the price of their build to either cover the transaction cost, or, if they believe the build is of high enough quality, sell copies to generate income. As an extension of this, being powered by Enjin also allows for re-sale of these builds at a later date, sale of Cubes, wearables and more allowing for players to potentially earn a passive income.
MONETISATION
Ideally, for your sake and most certainly ours, Nestables will need to make money to cover development and associated costs. It is our goal to be able to do this with minimal effect on the gameplay and blockchain allows us to do this in unique ways. To be able to do this we intend to:
- Charge a small fee on each transaction that happens on the marketplace (for example, sale of Cubes, buildings, etc.)
- Sell in-game cosmetic items (for example, wearables for the Cubes and cosmetic skins for in-game items such as toys or tools)
We are excited to keep you as a community informed of our development progress. Stay tuned for our next Medium post and if you have a topic that you would like us to cover, please let us know in the Telegram.
~ Tribal Gaming
Want to discuss what we have talked about above? We would love to hear from you!
P.S You also get to use our brand new Nestable stickers!
