29.01.2025
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Uprising Labs and Somnia Join Forces to Accelerate the Future of Web3 Gaming
Benefits of Bringing Games Onchain
The gaming industry has always been a pioneer of innovation, embracing new technologies to deliver engaging experiences to players worldwide. Blockchain represents the next “level up” for gaming, but the industry has been slow to catch on. This is mostly due to the technical limitations experienced by most conventional blockchains, but that’s all about to change with Somnia, the high performance L1 blockchain that is bringing the world’s games onchain with 400k TPS and sub-cent fees.
Let’s take a look at a few of the ways that gaming can improve by adopting blockchain infrastructure:
1. True Ownership and Interoperability
One of the most compelling benefits of bringing games onchain is the concept of true ownership. In traditional gaming ecosystems, players can spend countless hours earning in-game items, skins, and currencies, yet they don’t truly own these assets. Onchain games, however, empower players with provable ownership with crypto assets. Players can buy, sell and trade these assets, or potentially even use them across other games and platforms.
This interoperability opens up new avenues for creativity, allowing players to truly own and customize their gaming experience. Imagine a unique cosmetic skin for your character, created by you or purchased from another player, becoming a valuable asset that you can showcase across multiple games or even sell in a decentralized marketplace. Onchain technology democratizes the multi-billion-dollar market for in-game cosmetics, allowing players to design, trade, and profit from their creations in ways previously reserved for large studios.
2. Enhanced Transparency and Trust
Traditional gaming ecosystems often face criticism for lack of transparency. Whether it’s opaque loot box mechanics, algorithmic matchmaking, or hidden fees, players are often left in the dark. Onchain games solve this issue by bringing transparency to every aspect of the gaming experience.
3. Reactive Gameplay and Innovation
Onchain gaming unlocks the potential for reactive applications—games that can dynamically respond to both real-world and onchain events. Blockchain’s ability to integrate live data, event triggers, and decentralized randomness creates possibilities for highly engaging, event-driven gameplay.
For instance, imagine a game where in-game weather aligns with real-world forecasts or where an event in one game triggers a response in another. These innovations create more immersive and interactive experiences, redefining the boundaries of what games can achieve.
4. Cost Efficiency and Scalability
Building games on high-performance blockchains like Somnia addresses long-standing challenges of scalability and cost. Many games on conventional platforms struggle with network congestion, high transaction fees, and slow processing speeds. Somnia’s blockchain, with its 400k transactions per second (TPS), sub-second finality, and sub-cent fees, provides the infrastructure needed to support millions of players simultaneously.
Developers save on operational costs, players enjoy seamless gameplay without costly gas fees, and both benefit from predictable, scalable performance.
5. Community and Ownership Models
Blockchain fundamentally shifts the power dynamics in gaming, enabling player-owned communities where governance and decision-making are shared. Players can have a real say in the future of their favorite games through decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). These models align developer and player interests, encouraging deeper engagement and ensuring that games evolve in ways that benefit the entire ecosystem.
The Future Is Onchain
As the gaming industry evolves, Somnia is leading the charge by providing the high-performance infrastructure needed to realize the full potential of onchain gaming. Learn more about our gaming ecosystem and check out our litepaper to dig into the tech!
