AW Frontier: The rise of the combination of the world

A full -chain game and AW field have emerged with exciting new design trends:

A combination of worldEssence

This term was created by the Baz (Tonk protocol, a protocol for creating secrets in the game), and was created in his article “What We’re Learning From Exstream with Composable Gameplay and Secrets [Part 1]”.The combined world is based on the blockchain(Primitives), developers can build games, art and other experiences on the basis of a combined world.

In other words, the combination of the world is not only a single game, but also a sandbox on the chain, which can accommodate many games, similar to chain games such as ROBLOX, Minecraft and Fortnite.(Of course, eliminating centralized power and adding the benefits of full chain)

Frank: I actually like “My World” and “Fortress Night”, but the combined world is cooler.

I thinkThe combined world is one of the most interesting, exciting and most powerful niche markets in this fast -growing fieldEssence

Today, we will understand why this happens, because we will discuss in -depth:

The functionality provided by the combined world for developers
The combined world case in production
The significance of these combinations of world cases

Finally, you will have a combined world like me.

Now, let’s start!

Note: This article is expanded and based on many concepts summoned in the BAZ article.

https://tonk.substack.com/p/what-larned-from-extending-hexwood

The functionality of the combination of the world

Before studying and building their projects, let’s take some time to learn about itThe function provided by the combined world for developersEssence

Since they grow completely on the blockchain, they can combine the world to inherit all the attributes of the game on a single chain, such asTransparency, persistence, unsatisfactory and (of course) combined)Essence

However, by acting as a sharing basic layer, the combination of the world can provide additional benefits, including:

standardization

Similar to the frameworks such as MUD and Dojo, the developers of Build of Build on the combined world are performing a set of existing standards.This simplifies the development process because they do not need to build the underlying infrastructure themselves.

Enhanced combination and interoperability

As mentioned earlier,All games on all chains can use combined availabilityEssence

However,The combination of games in the world can do this to a greater extent, because they can operate with other games built in itEssence

Network effect

Projects in the combined world can benefit from strong network effectsBecause they use existing users, developers and infrastructure.

Incentive mechanism

The residents of the combination of the world naturally have consistent incentives because they have gained their growth returns.

autonomy

Because their logic exists on the chain, the project built in the combined world reduces centralized risk, because (mature) they will not be affected by sudden imagination of centralized institutions.

The combined world in the product

Now we understand the literal functionality of the combined world, let us see how they perform in practice.

To this end, we will explore three of them: downstream, BRIQ and Pixelaw.

Downstream?

TLDR:

DOWNSTREAM is MMO on the chain created by Playmint.

《Downstream》使用定制引擎开发，以Hexwood（译者注：一部由英国作家迪安娜·温·琼斯创作的奇幻小说，于1993年出版。这本书以其复杂的情节、独特的设定和The esoteric theme is famous. The story takes place in a mysterious forest called hexwood. The story involves multiple themes such as time travel, virtual reality, and political conspiracy.The center of the mystery, and explores the secrets of this mysterious place with other characters) as the background. This is a 3D world full of (surprise, surprise) hexagonal.

Take a look at hexwood

Hexwood is ruled by an AGI called Morton. His goal is to develop his territory by using forest land creatures called “Unit”.

When you play downstream, you will become one of these units, where you will be able to explore, fight, build, complete tasks, and so on.

DOWNSTREAM attaches great importance to combined.

For example, players can design and deploy the structure in Hexwood through the UI design and deploy in the game, and this process does not need to write code, which means that anyone can easily do this.

Players can register Waitlist via email, but DOWNSTREAM is still under development.

Combined examples:

DOWNSTREAM’s combinedability is not only extended to the structure generated by the creation user, but also expanded into the entire game and experience.

A typical example is Tonk Attack, which is a game built by the above Tonk team in Downstream.

Tonk Attack is similar to the “Among us” chain version.

“Tonk Attack Trailer”

In the game, the player’s goal is to destroy AGI training data by setting up an alliance (called “Tonk Alliance”), thereby overturning Morton.

However, Morton is not a person who is easily defeated.

They will try to counterattack the coup by brainwashing a player’s unit, making them rebellious and trying to kill the members of the alliance.

Like human society, players must identify and defeat the brainwashing Unit.

“Tonk Attack” is about to start game testing.

Although the public screen is limited, the GitHub of the game provides a combined clue about how to use Downstream.

I guess this is the rogue Tonk

For example, players can access the game by entering a structure called a zombie network tower in Hexwood, and then make a “Tonk Item” to visit the game.

I am glad to try Tonk Attack and think that this is a very interesting use of Downstream.

BRIQ?

TDLR:

BRIQ is based on the StarkNet -based chain -based chain (as of early December 2023) is based on Dojo.

In BRIQ, users can use blocks called BRIQ to create objects, games or experiences in the 3D virgin world.

BRIQ UI, and my rough design

Anyone can access BRIQ and start creating without a wallet.

However,Users can cast their design into NFT, and its cost depends on the number of BRIQs usedEssence

BRIQ is often compared as a “chain Lego brick”, which is sufficient.

Because, in addition to the simple user experience,Each object can be assembled, disassembled and re -assembledEssenceIn addition, the creator can add the instruction manual to show users how to combine the design together after purchasing.

In short, this architecture makes BRIQ highly combined, customized and interoperable.

Combined examples:

BRIQ has begun to provide support for various applications (https://briqnft.notion.site/applications-nerivatives-55C548D8C68B443A8B43677B4471E36F8842B38CDF8288888 be9b2246).

The protocol has been used to create a PFP set, such as Ducks Everywhere, a set of 265 different ducks.

It is also used for other art projects, such as creating portraits and holding design competitions for the Realms community.

There are also some games built by BRIQ and Unity, including games that cross London, take spacecrafts and racing cars.

The picture in the spaceship game

Although these games are simple, they show the ability and potential of BRIQ to become the original terms of various assets, games and experiences.

Pixlaw?

TLDR:

PixLaw is based on the primitives built in Dojo on Starknet.

Pixelaw was conceived during ETHGLOBAL Paris Hacker in July 2023, consisting of shared pixel grids.

Pixlaw user interface

Each pixel in the grid has coordinates and six attributes (applications, colors, owners, texts, prompts, and timestamps).

Pixlaw is highly programmable, because developers can adjust the above attributes in various ways to create novel games and experiencesEssence

In addition, in view of their existence in the same shared grid, these games can operate each other.

Combined examples:

A variety of games have been developed on Pixelaw.

These include “Paint” (players can use pixels with pixels), “Snake” (the upper version of the greedy snake), and “Rock Paper Scissors” (the chain version of the physical world “stone scissors” game).

Look at pixlaw again

However, the most interesting creation on PixLaw I have seen so far is Tictactoe.

TICTACTOE was developed during the period during ETHGLOBAL Istanbul hacker in November 2023. It is a Pixelaw version of the same name game.It uses the AI model to achieve the battle between the player and the AI model on the chainEssence

Screenshot of the screen of TICTACTOE during the hacker pine

Pixelaw’s founding team (including its co -founder JK) won the $ 3,000 first prize issued by Starknet during the event.

I think the Tictactoe is very cool. It shows that Pixelaw can not only be used as experiments and creation sandboxes, not only for chain games, but also for various emerging technologies.

New World is rising

As you can see, you can combine the world with huge potential,Provides the builders with standardized, enhanced combination of functional, network effects, and autonomyEssence

In addition, these advantages have now been used in games, arts, PFP, etc. in the world such as Downstream, BRIQ, and Pixelaw.

We have just begun, because with the development and growth of these worlds in the next few years, we may see that many novel experiences have been created and the relationship between projects is formed.

In short, I am very excited about the progress of tracking the combined world.

(Part) Quote Tony Montana:

“The * composable * world is your.”