In recent weeks, blockchain games part of the Open Loot ecosystem have been hosting various different NFT sales that have actually sold out very fast.
As assets from two games were selling out quickly, Big Time just suddenly followed it up by announcing that it’s listing on the Epic Games Store. Overall, it’s been a very busy time for this growing gaming ecosystem, and if this platform is doing so well under current market conditions, the growth potential for it, its games, and web3 gaming in general, is looking pretty high.
Let’s take a quick look at the two games and their NFT sales that have been selling out quickly in the past week so that we can try to figure out why these assets are managing to sell out so quickly in a year that has seen multiple web3 gaming projects shut down one after another. We’ll then unearth why these recent successes paint a bright future for web3 gaming before we dive into the new listing on Epic Games’ storefront.
Boss Fighters and Moonfrost are the two Open Loot games that impressively sold out NFTs recently in quite the swift fashion.
Last week, Boss Fighters held a 48-hour NFT sale of 500 Token Burner Flex Pack in the game’s shop. Token Burner Flex Packs are NFT packs containing a random amount of FLEX rewards, including a potential chance of hitting the 100k jackpot for this premium currency. Players were able to buy using the game’s $BFTOKEN, with all spent tokens burned in the process. Despite the limited amount of time, the sale was successful, with all 500 Token Burner Flex Packs quickly selling out without the team doing any marketing for the sale, making it the game’s most successful limited campaign to date. This is a great sign that the game’s community is significantly passionate and engaged in complex web3-powered game mechanics, and that no paid ads were needed to bring enough awareness to the assets on sale. Further keeping players continuously coming back to the game is the ongoing play to earn period in Season 2.
Moonfrost also held an NFT sale last week: the OG Mystery Box Sale. This sale featured 1833 lootboxes containing tools needed for play to earn gameplay while also providing a 5x boost to Open Loot activity score. That one impressively sold out in just under 20 minutes, and though it did include a whitelist phase, it was under-allocated by design to ensure the community can properly participate, a request made by the game’s community and accordingly fulfilled by developer Oxalis Games. The fact that the studio listened to the community while offering significantly useful NFTs ahead of their game’s big Early Access launch further strengthened the player’s belief in the team to deliver on their promises. Speaking of Early Access, there was also a sale of 500 Early Access Bundles back in May, which ended up selling in a whopping 30 seconds.
There is no doubt about it that all games powered by Open Loot look like proper fun video games made with genuine high quality. They aren’t just mere soulless products shipped to market for a quick dime while being plagued by decisions from business executives that don’t understand gaming. These are polished gaming experiences with enjoyable gameplay that is adequately enhanced by blockchain technologies.
Not only are the games, well, actual games with solid gameplay loops, but they’re also on-chain titles that feature proper digital assets with some real useful utility. These are NFTs that actually have decent use cases inside the game itself; collectibles that seem worth owning not only for their visual quality, but also for the reward incentives that holders can generate by using them. Play to earn gaming is truly unlocked when using NFTs from games residing in this ecosystem.
The level of commitment and passion placed by studios creating these web3 games and on-chain assets flows into their dedicated communities, and when you look at how well-designed both the game mechanics and NFTs actually are, it becomes clear why Open Loot-powered games are selling out NFTs so quickly. When the digital assets are properly integrated into the core gameplay experience in a way that makes sense, and the games are genuinely fun and made with the right amount of care, coupled with the developers being communicative and willing to incorporate player feedback, rapid NFT sale sellouts are bound to happen, especially when it’s all built on a platform that is easily accessible to anyone interested in web3 gaming. No need for any super marketing efforts or over-ambitious roadmaps when you have robust infrastructure and a highly engaged community that organically grows.
Each game stands out on its own too: Moonfrost is a cozy farming sim RPG with highly-detailed pixel art, relaxing gameplay systems, and an in-depth building mechanic, while Boss Fighters is a cool physics-based 1v4 hybrid that can be played on both PC and VR, with the VR player taking the role of the big boss destroying (in-game) environments while attempting to crush puny armed players frolicking about. Both of these games have an authentic feel to them and a different approach to integrating NFTs into gameplay, yet both are still managing to host highly successful sales.
These NFT sales are a good sign that web3 gaming is still just getting started, and even when altcoins look dead and the markets seem highly uncertain, blockchain gaming is able to shine through at any point.
Anyone who thought crypto gaming is a passing trend can now clearly see through these rapid sales that on-chain games still have the attention of many gamers and collectors alike, and with platforms such as Open Loot and quality games like Moonfrost leading the way, the innovative industry looks very much set to continue growing and pushing the boundaries of gaming while promoting a future in which gamers actually own the valued assets they acquire or earn.
The moment in which these blazing sales happened is important for web3 gaming as well. They didn’t happen during some crazy unsustainable hype train. Rather, they took place in unfavorable conditions that truly put studios and their games to the test, and the fact that there are projects able to thrive under such pressure shows that web3 gaming itself is a field that very much has a big future ahead.
As Moonfrost and Boss Fighters light up a path for gaming NFTs and blockchain gaming, Big Time is meanwhile getting listed on the Epic Games Store.
You can now wishlist it on the Fortnite creator’s platform and look forward to a free to play experience that should be the same as the standalone version, as the FAQ section does not mention any differences, so all of the standard web3 features should be present in this upcoming release as well. More importantly, this listing brings more eyes from regular gamers over to this action RPG, potentially paving the way for a significant increase in concurrent player counts.
No official release date for this launch is available at the time of writing, so you can download Big Time through the official website for the time being and join in on the ‘It’s Almost Summer’ crafting event to potentially win $BIGTIME tokens.
It's been quite the eventful month for Open Loot-powered games, and the news doesn't stop there for this blockchain gaming ecosystem. Next to these 3 games, Shatterpoint unveiled a new play to airdrop campaign ahead of the $POINT TGE.
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