The Integration of Social and Gaming: The Future Blueprint of Web3

1. The Essence of Decentralized Social Networking

Social interaction is a basic human need that requires a medium to support it. From face-to-face communication to mobile internet, the development of information technology has driven the transformation of social methods. Currently, centralized platforms control user data, limiting users' autonomy.

Decentralized social networking is based on blockchain decentralized identity (DID), allowing users to truly own their data, assets, and social relationships. Users can freely choose where to publish what content and what permissions to open. All of this is not controlled by any centralized institutions.

However, decentralized social networks are currently facing bottlenecks in traffic and scenarios. The cost of user migration is high, and the overall user base is small. There is a lack of obvious application scenarios, making it difficult to stimulate users' motivation for active migration.

2. Game: A Breakthrough for Decentralized Social Networking

Games are naturally suited for social scenarios, able to establish connections that transcend time and space. In traditional online games, players build various relationships through game events, facilitating more interactions.

GameFi aims to solve the issue of game asset ownership through NFTs and Tokens. However, if a single game ceases operation, the value of NFT assets can also drop to zero. Therefore, GameFi generally has the "metaverse" as its ultimate goal, pursuing the interoperability of assets.

This requires players to have a universal identity format - GameID. It records players' experiences, reputation, assets, and achievements across various games, which can be freely brought into different games. GameID, along with other identity data, constitutes a complete DID profile.

Three, Typical Patterns of Social Game Integration

3.1 User-Centric Behavior: Gamer Profile

Aggregate on-chain/off-chain game data from players, process and visualize it. Representative projects:

• Carv: Accessing from the achievement system, calculating reputation points
• DeQuest: Starting from the Quest system, gamified design
• Arche: Focuses on project parties and guilds, possessing a game guild alliance

3.2 Social Supplement Component of the Game: Cross-Platform Social

• XMTP: Decentralized Communication Protocol
• Web3MQ: All-in-One Communication Solution
• Swapchat: Instant chat plugin across social platforms
• Beoble: Modular API/SDK for social features
• MetaForo: Decentralized Forum/Discussion Area

3.3 In terms of assets: NFT access type games

Allow players to import NFT assets into the game to use as characters. Representative project:

• Arcade: A social attribute land NFT game
• Worldwide Webb: an MMORPG that supports NFT interoperability
• Big Brawl: NFT Multi-Character Battle Game

3.4 Relationship-based: Social Mini Games

Lightweight games built around existing social relationships, such as the game modules in the Mask plugin and Non-Fungible Friend.

3.5 Virtual relationships centered around AI

• rct AI: AI-driven game content generation
• Mirror World: AI-driven virtual life
• GiroGiro: Establishing on-chain AI identity for NFTs
• Soularis: A virtual society coexisting with AI virtual beings

IV. Conclusion

The integration of social and gaming will be a key scenario to break through the traffic bottleneck of Web3. From GameID to virtual relationships, many innovative ideas have emerged. We look forward to the emergence of truly phenomenal applications that will promote the development of the Web3 ecosystem.