Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Nexon: Reflecting on the Past 20 Years of MapleStory and Preparing for the Next 20 Years
3. MARBLEX: Driving Growth with MBX Token and NFTs at the Core
4. METAPIXEL: Overcoming Limits of Web2 Games and Building the Ecosystem with Community
5. WeMade: The Present and Future of WEMIX
6. Closing Thoughts
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
ADOPTION 2023 Part 2: NFT delved into the perspectives, adoption status, and outcomes of prominent domestic and global Web2 companies across various sectors including fashion, entertainment, platforms, and advertising in the NFT space. In ADOPTION 2023 Part 3: Gaming, we will shift our focus to leading domestic game companies, exploring their motivations behind incorporating blockchain technology into their games, the results following the launch of blockchain-based services, and their envisioned future direction for blockchain games.
2. Nexon: Reflecting on the Past 20 Years of MapleStory and Preparing for the Next 20 Years
The MapleStory Universe project strives to advance the proven formula that has made MapleStory successful over the past 20 years by integrating blockchain technology, in anticipation of the next 20 years.
The success of MapleStory has been built on the foundation of regular content updates that ensure the relevance of items and the management of item rarity through live operations such as server maintenance, monitoring, and post-response actions. This approach aims to provide players with a gratifying experience of acquiring items. While it is possible to allocate more development resources to create a larger volume of content and continuously adjust item rarity, this strategy is not sustainable. That is why the project aims to integrate blockchain technology.
How can blockchain enhance the reward experience? By leveraging blockchain technology, items that were once confined to game servers can transcend the boundaries of the game and exist as NFTs within spinoff ecosystems. This opens up new possibilities for creators, who can now share the responsibility of updating content, which was previously solely in the hands of the development team. Additionally, these NFT items can be utilized in a wide range of content, greatly expanding their utility and reach. Blockchain also addresses the challenge of managing item rarity. In the past, items were generated indefinitely based on the number of active users, making it difficult to forecast item availability over time. However, by implementing blockchain, the total production of each item can be limited and a fixed number of items can be generated per period, regardless of the user count. This approach resolves the inherent issue of inflation in Web2 games and provides a means to manage item rarity.
MapleStory Universe aims to create a space on the blockchain where a wide range of content developed by both development teams and creators coexists, with NFTs as the central focus. Nexon concluded the session by expressing their vision of a blockchain-based virtual world, where diverse Web3 projects will enter the MapleStory Universe through NFTs. They emphasized that the MapleStory Universe will also venture into diverse Web3 projects leveraging NFTs, fostering a convergence that transcends boundaries and brings about new forms of entertainment.