Seamless Onboarding into Web3 Games with HyperPlay
Onboarding Web3 gamers starts with giving players seamless access to games – and HyperPlay, a web3-native game store, is leading the way. But it’s more than just a typical game store. HyperPlay solves the largest user experience and infrastructure problems facing both the players and developers of Web3-enabled games.
HyperPlay: The Game Store from the Future Empowers Developers
HyperPlay’s game store was built from the ground up to improve the user experience for web3 games. Every game launched from within the HyperPlay app launches with an overlay that contains the player’s web3 wallet, quests for the game being played, as well as in-game marketplaces, token swaps, and on-ramps.
For game developers, HyperPlay provides a powerful solution to some of the gaming industry’s most pressing challenges, offering a censorship-resistant, developer-first distribution platform, transforming how games are made and played. Monopolies like Apple, Google, and Steam impose incredibly high fees on in-game economies and force you to use their payment processing. HyperPlay disrupts this antiquated model and does not impose any restrictions on chains or payment processors. With HyperPlay, there are 0% transaction fees for developers and no listing fee. HyperPlay’s developer solutions are the easiest to adopt in the industry, from simple and optional wallet APIs to rich quest builders and smart contract deployment.
Game developers can interact with HyperPlay’s APIs directly from Unity, Unreal, proprietary game engines, or window.ethereum for browser-based games. Developers who prefer a no-code solution can leverage simple SDKs for both the Unreal and Unity game engines. HyperPlay is intentionally multi-platform, with an interoperable codebase and rich cross-OS compatibility features. On the desktop platform, HyperPlay is free from OS siloes, with HyperPlay being available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. HyperPlay also enables Windows games to be played on Mac and Linux, removing developer burden on creating separate builds for those platforms, and bringing in a brand new audience.
Browser-based games and dapps can be played from within the native HyperPlay app too. They are launched in full screen like a native game, receive graphics card acceleration via WebGPU, and automatically use the overlay when using window.ethereum for wallet interactions. HyperPlay’s web3 overlay, including all quests and, in the future, NFT marketplaces, onramps, and other web3 enriching features, will be added directly to the game when launched from within the HyperPlay Store website or via the native app.
The Future of Gaming Is Now
HyperPlay sees that the future of gaming is not in extractive models that hurt players or the monopolization of game stores. For gaming to thrive, both players and developers need new business models that make game development more sustainable and fun. Web3 gaming is doing that, and HyperPlay is here to help make it happen.
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