Unity establishes decentralized category
On February 28, the major US game technology company Unity announced that it had set up a “Decentralized technology for games” category page on the Unity Asset Store.
We provide a validated toolbox that is useful for Web3 (distributed web) game development, and offer 13 types of solutions such as crypto asset (virtual currency) wallet “MetaMask” and SDK (development kit) for Solana (SOL) blockchain. offer.
A game engine is a tool that makes it easy to create games. It is a general term for software that processes images, sounds, etc., and can make development more efficient.
Unity, a major game engine, supports multi-device, augmented reality / virtual reality, 2D / 3D games. According to Program-Ace, Unity has 71% of the top 1000 titles in the market for mobile games, with a user base (developers + users) of more than 2 million games powered by the engine of 2.7 billion. In the Web3 area, famous titles such as The Sandbox, Decentraland, and DOGAMI use Unity.
🚀 Thrilled to announce that we have listed @MetaMask, @Infura_ioand @Trufflesuite in the new decentralized section of the Unity Asset Store to empower developers to build #web3 games!
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— ConsenSys (@ConsenSys) February 28, 2023
Unity’s Asset Store, which has over 16,000 tools in total, has recently added a new category, “Decentralized Technology for Games.”
Developers can now easily find Web3 tools and protocols that can be integrated into their video games through the Asset Store.
What is Web3
The current centralized web is defined as Web 2.0, and refers to an attempt to realize a non-centralized network using blockchain. A typical feature is the use case of decentralized networks such as blockchain, such as access to dApps using virtual currency wallets.
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13 different Web3 solutions
The 13 “validated solutions” listed on the Unity Asset Store include Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible platforms such as MetaMask and Infura, Algorand (ALGO), Aptos Labs (APT), Flow ), ImmutableX (IMX), Solana (SOL), and Tezos (XTZ).
Specifically, it will be possible to manage digital assets, set up smart contracts, build blockchain networks, and more.
When it comes to decentralization in games, Unity defines it as being about “in-game ownership models.” A mechanism that allows players to create, earn, or acquire in-game resources to sell or trade.”
Examples of decentralized technologies in games include smart contracts, cryptocurrency wallets, NFTs (non-fungible tokens), and cryptocurrencies.
The Asset Store’s ‘Validated Solutions’ are only those that have been reviewed by Unity as legitimate, reliable, and evolving. Requirements include being built by a mass-market company, having reliable features and support, and being regularly maintained.
In recent years, the development of Web3 by conventional major game companies has accelerated. Konami Digital Entertainment, a major domestic game company, and GREE are also moving toward providing Web3-related services.
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In its 2023 Outlook report, Coinbase Institutional emphasized that traditional gaming companies adopting NFTs will gain more traction than emerging projects on the Web3 (decentralized web).
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