Once I read the words Blockchain & NFT I said to myself uh-oh...
Unfortunately, these buzzwords have been damaged. Plagued by a plethora of Ponzi schemes and illegal gambling scams. For me, I read “Hi I’m a SCUMMY GAME, AVOID ME at all cost and by any means necessary!”. A majority of the implementations I’ve seen in games translate to me as cover ups for home-made Crypto subscription schemes.
It is my belief: Players Pay in real-world currency, Players get Paid in real-world currency. That’s It. 1 to 1 representation. Maybe use different visualization fonts {fontface, pbr and size} for numerical value ranges, but keep the numerical value presented 1 to 1.
I do agree there is a place for Blockchain and NFTs and they can be beneficial if truly deployed to protect and secure transactions and ownership. But, these can operate in the background like any other security & protection software does.
A real-life Ready Player One will NOT be a good thing. It’s a film about where much of humanity uses a virtual reality simulation to escape the real world. Sheesh. However, I believe the future will be more utopic and we’ll get something very different as XR will blend the AI-powered Virtual and Real-worlds together.