I like playing games like many others do and as of now I tried all different platforms like PlayStation Network, Xbox, and I also like to play online or mobile games. But, after some time I am losing interest in playing these games and I always feel that there is lack of variety. One common problem I see is that only a few companies are developing games and they are selling these games at very high cost.
I feel it’s time now where new developers should start developing games, should bring a new idea, concept, should give new gaming experience to the user. There are approx. 2.2 Billion gamers around the world and this international game industry generated approx. $110 Billion in 2017 and its expected to grow to $130 Billion by 2020 and it may hit $200 Billion by 2022.
Even though this gaming industry is huge, I don’t see a huge number of new developers entering into this business or at least not giving enough try or visible contribution. The reason could be that current technology which is in use for developing the game and entertainment app require big infra, tool and need lots of efforts and time.
Blockchain technology is the future for the gaming & entertainment industry but it’s in a start-up stage where developers and enterprises face many challenges in creating decentralized applications (DAPPs). These challenges include the difficulty of learning blockchain programming logic and the technical limitations of current blockchains.
But what if I tell you that there is a blockchain based decentralized platform which will provide a variety of tools for DAPPs creation including social apps and online games?
XMax -
XMax is a blockchain and developer ecosystem for building decentralized games and entertainment DAPPs. XMax CEO Ye Cheng, Alex Nikolaev and Christopher Manzano who is Community Lead understood the problem which developers are facing when creating games and entertainment DAPPs, and they decided to create a blockchain based decentralized platform which will have JavaScript Based Developer Tools for Entertainment DAPPs.
XMax, is an all-in-one blockchain ecosystem for the entertainment industry and a set of developer tools which makes it easier to build and distribute decentralized applications.
XMax Developer Tools have many features such as -
XMax Studio SDK - where you'll find a variety of templates for DAPP creation including social apps and online games. With these templates and XMax’s easy to use IDE you can quickly prototype and launch your ideas without focusing on the complexities of integrating DAPPs with low-level blockchain logic.
Smart Contract Templates - Even experienced blockchain developers can make mistakes while programming smart contracts. XMax dev team has worked hard to create WebX.js (a JavaScript based language which is easy to learn and use) so you can use XMax smart contract templates to easily program the logic for your decentralized applications.
Modules and APIs- XMax will provide a user account system, a wallet which supports ERC721 type asset tokens and a growing collection of integrations you can use to create your own DAPPs.
3D Game Engine - XMax’s custom blockchain game engine will supports 2D/3D/HTML5 development. This engine simplifies the process of integrating blockchain logic into an online game.
Flexible Node Architecture - Where developers will be able to Choose their own consensus mechanism for sidechain functions. This Support service nodes on Linux, Windows and MacOS.
Virtual Machines - XMax support LLVM, EVM, WASM and other virtual machines to run smart contract logic on the XMax blockchain.
Open Development Cycle- If you decide you would like to involve your user community while your project is being developed. XMax will provide a voting system within the SDK which will allow users to participate via voting.
Educational Resources- Like I mentioned earlier that one of the challenges which developers face is, the difficulty of learning blockchain programming logic. But don’t worry, XMax will provide education resources where you can Learn to program blockchain APPs with their easy to follow educational courses and videos. XMax will create developer-friendly documentation for each XMax tool and they believe education and community are the foundations of a great ecosystem.
As you can see XMax is feature packed platform which will make games and entertainment DAPPs development easy and developers will be able to focus on creativity and giving better gaming experience instead of building everything from scratch. This platform will save a lot of time for developers. XMax mission is to help developers build the future of blockchain applications.
Here are the social platform links for XMax, if you wish to read more about the project -
https://twitter.com/XMax_io
英文：https://t.me/XMXblock_org
中文：https://t.me/XMXBlock
https://www.reddit.com/r/XMax_Blockchain/
https://medium.com/xmax-galaxy-network
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSusjnEEMDxrCPK7Yl_Tyw
I once tried to be a game developer but the complexity of the development process chased me away. Now xmax are giving me reasons to tried em out.
Xmax simplifies the process by offering you ready templates and other features on their platform.
Yeah that's the fun part, ready made template and features I get to say xmax have simplified game development
That is a great way to kick start the platform; If you look at the site they have even released v 1 so I assume they have past the beta.
It's not going to be AAA style templates like call of duty etc.. So it's not going to make development a brain dead job.
True; not all type of games are suitable for the blockchain I would imagine the AAA lagging massively. I think we could see a breakthrough sometime though I mean we could see a real time blockchain transactions.
Think games like Cryptokitties or the standard Poker games we see alot of, id be surprised if we saw a game like a console would have.
Lol, probably you need to thank XMax for the opportunity, going through the screenshots of some templates really gave me some good feeling, as a gamer, i can't wait to see the type of games that will spring up from the XMax platform
I don't play game... Really don't yell at me lol... So I can't easily relate well with the field, however they seem to take off a lot of efforts off the shoulder of the initiators
I'm amazed at what this project its offering, its just too good to be true and the good part is, i don't need to be a programmer to make use of it
That is the part that thrills me the most. You can actually start off your programming journey on the platform without prior knowledge of programming.
The whole process is simplified so even those with little knowledge about development are able to try out and create something meaningful.
I wonder if Xmax SDK will be free and accessable to everybody or there will be limited access for it. Under what license is it planned to be released?
I think there will be tokens for that. With these you pay for the various services that Xmax offers.
but I do not know exactly
May be it will be several types of licensies depending on your goal and money raised with your application. Something like Unity type of distribution.
Can see a lot of web developers favouring this for their DApps creations
Ya gaming and web developers should jump on it quickly if for nothing other than the fact that javascript is king currently and is so easy for them to adapt to
Yeah, going to see an influx of new cryptokitty style games i bet haha
Nice article here.. Never knew there are lot of gamers. Approximately 2 billion gamers. That's a huge market for gaming companies.
Yep it’s a massive market so a project Platform that can begin to open that market up to crypto is a huge possibility for like an entirely new profitable sub-industry
I think most of them are Mobile game users. XMax is also supporting mobile game development?
The beauty and games is that it actually have no age limit or gender boundaries, if you love it, you can go for it and master its art.
yes and if you really really love it then you can maybe become a game developer and use the XMAX platform!
I am not developer but I have some ideas and I would like to develop some games, hope XMax platform is easy enough for people like me.
the gaming market has already overtaken hollywood in terms of sales. this is a multi-billion dollar industry
This is a unbelievable figure. $110 Billion till 2017 and they are expecting approx $200 Billion by 2022.. I am really happy to say that I am a part of this project.
This article shaped the idea of games xmax is intending to build, I actually wasn't having a clear idea until now..
Thank you for this
He made me look at Xmax from another perspective. It was an educative experience.
Realizing that blockchain games don’t have to be just another cryptokitties really opens up our eyes that maybe their is more to this whole premise than was originally thought
One of the most complex game to build is the 3 dimension type and Xmax focusing is a both a big deal and relieving