Open Game Ecosystem: A New Solution to Structural Issues in the Web3 Gaming Industry

Key Points Overview

• The Web3 gaming industry has fallen into a downturn after an initial boom, with the closed ecosystem structure being considered the fundamental issue.
• A team made up of former Coinbase employees has created a layer of infrastructure optimized specifically for games, aimed at building an open and interoperable gaming ecosystem to break through the structural limitations of the Web3 gaming industry.
• The vision of this project is not only to address the limitations of the Web3 gaming industry but also to provide a new paradigm for the traditional gaming industry, including community-centered governance models, inter-game collaboration models, and the development of an expanded virtual economy.

The Dilemma of the Web3 Gaming Industry: Speculation or Innovation?

Web3 games were initially seen as a growth engine for the gaming industry due to the new possibilities brought about by the integration of blockchain. However, contrary to early expectations, public interest has rapidly cooled, and skepticism regarding their "innovative nature" has continued to grow.

Data confirms this shift. The search volume related to GameFi continues to decline after reaching its peak, and the trading volume of major GameFi tokens remains low.

Nevertheless, many practitioners still firmly believe that Web3 games will rise again. However, after the speculative frenzy subsides, it is difficult to rebuild public trust. While the cryptocurrency industry finds new growth points through institutional adoption, the Web3 gaming industry is still stagnating in search of breakthroughs.

Today, Web3 games stand at a critical crossroads: will they become a true vehicle for innovation, or will they descend into the final chapter of a speculative bubble? To move forward, the industry must confront its limitations and formulate a clear strategy for breakthroughs.

Fundamental Limitations of Web3 Games: Closed Ecosystems

The core crisis of Web3 games stems from a closed ecosystem structure. Although it touts openness and interoperability as its selling points, the reality often falls short. Blockchain technology theoretically allows users to own game assets and freely transfer them across platforms – this is the core value proposition of the field.

However, the current Web3 gaming ecosystem presents a paradox: most games operate on isolated blockchain infrastructures, creating "walled gardens." This fragmentation dilutes an already limited user base and liquidity, limiting the industry's growth potential. Game companies compete in a zero-sum environment, fighting over the "existing pie" rather than collaborating to "grow the pie," and this dynamic hinders innovation and drags down overall development.

To break the deadlock, Web3 games must break the closed structure and build an open and interconnected ecosystem. This requires a strategic shift from individual competition to collaborative growth, allowing developers, platforms, and communities to co-create value.

Some projects have begun to tackle this challenge. For example, a gaming infrastructure project initiated by a certain blockchain creator proposes the vision of "open gaming," aiming to address interoperability issues from a structural level and provide fundamental solutions to the fragmentation of the Web3 gaming ecosystem.

Opening a New Era of Open Game Ecosystem

This new project is a blockchain gaming infrastructure created by former employees of a well-known cryptocurrency exchange platform. During the construction of the ecosystem, the team discovered a key limitation: the existing blockchain infrastructure could not support the high transaction volume requirements of gaming applications, leading to the development of a high-performance, low-cost solution specifically tailored for games.

The project's ambition goes beyond optimizing throughput. After the mainnet launch in August 2024, the team will release the "Open Game Manifesto," aimed at addressing the structural issues of Web3 games. The manifesto advocates for maximum interoperability, making games not isolated islands but integral parts of an interconnected and open ecosystem.

The project's technical direction and grand vision have attracted the attention of top investors. The project has raised approximately $21 million in seed funding from well-known investment institutions. As of May 2025, the project chain has reached 6.9 million wallet addresses, with a total of over 300 million transactions—establishing its leading gaming infrastructure position within the ecosystem.

Open Game Level Three: Game Optimization Infrastructure

The third layer of the open game is the philosophical foundation and technical cornerstone of the project vision, achieving two major goals through the concept of third layer infrastructure:

First, develop high-performance Rollup infrastructure to provide an optimized environment for games;

Secondly, help game companies build horizontally scalable "game chains" that maintain interoperability while achieving independence.

This off-chain third-layer infrastructure is specifically designed to meet the needs of the gaming industry. While existing second-layer solutions improve general performance, they still face limitations in cost and throughput when dealing with millions of concurrent gaming transactions. This challenge is akin to traffic peaks on a multi-lane highway—widening the lanes helps, but congestion is still difficult to avoid.

The project addresses this bottleneck through a third-layer architecture specifically designed for gaming. By providing dedicated channels for game transactions—similar to bus lanes on congested highways—it achieves both high throughput and cost efficiency.

As of July 2024, the project's blockchain transaction cost per transaction is only $0.001, significantly lower than other public chains. This enables developers to operate blockchain games reliably and efficiently, eliminating cost friction.

Game Chain: A customized infrastructure that combines independence and scalability.

The project team provides internal toolkits and technical support for companies developing "Game Chain" based on its blockchain. This model is similar to a network of independent hotels connected through a global booking system—game companies retain autonomy while achieving seamless interoperability within a larger ecosystem.

These game chains adopt a central radiation architecture: the underlying chain is the central hub, while the project chains and various game chains act as radiation nodes. This structure allows each game to operate in an independent high-performance environment while maintaining cross-chain connectivity and shared infrastructure. The project extends the "super chain" concept to the third layer, providing a scalable framework that enables assets and interactions to flow freely between chains without sacrificing sovereignty.

Developers can add function chains on demand, similar to designing microservices. For example, a dedicated chain can be established for high-traffic NFT transactions to avoid the "noisy neighbor problem" where the load of one function affects the overall infrastructure performance (.

Currently, four game studios are building game chains, which constitute the early pillars of the interconnected open game ecosystem supported by the project's infrastructure.

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On-chain Gaming Platform

The project team has also developed the first front-end client, providing a user-friendly entry point for blockchain games. This platform allows users to experience blockchain games without the need for specialized Web3 knowledge and offers developers easy tools for deploying and managing blockchain games.

) User-friendly design: seamless onboarding experience

Users can register with just an email or phone number. The platform supports a global account model that integrates social logins, common EOA wallets, and smart wallets. The guest mode allows for instant gameplay without logging in, significantly lowering the entry barrier.

To enhance usability, the platform adopts self-developed account and chain abstraction technology. This feature allows users to instantly access cross-chain assets through a single login account—without the need for bridging or exchanging—providing a seamless experience similar to Web2, making blockchain games accessible to mainstream users.

In addition to gaming, the platform also serves as a social hub to promote player interaction. Through the "Play-to-Win" real-time tournaments that coexist with competition and cooperation, an immersive experience is supported, with all game processes and rewards recorded on-chain to ensure transparency.

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) Developer-Friendly Release Platform: Web-Based Game Launcher

The platform also serves as a publishing platform, providing a web-based game launcher for easy deployment and management of blockchain games. Through this platform, developers can implement token gating ### to restrict access to critical blockchain features such as ( for specific token holders, as well as a task system based on on-chain activities.

In addition, the platform provides operational tools such as game reviews, leaderboard management, and notification functions, allowing developers to focus on game design and content creation, rather than backend infrastructure.

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Impact on the Future of the Gaming Industry

The open gaming vision of this project brings new possibilities not only for Web3 games but also for the entire gaming industry. Although the traditional industry has developed for decades, it is still constrained by centralized decision-making and closed economic structures. This project aims to break through these limitations by building a more open, interconnected, and community-driven ecosystem, paving the way for innovation.

) Has the decision-making power in game development shifted from publishers to the community?

In traditional games, large publishers control core decisions, limiting the diversity of development and creativity. Studios often rely on commercially validated remakes or sequels rather than investing in new IPs—leading to stagnation in innovation.

The project will provide an alternative model through tokenized community governance. By using the project token, the community can directly vote on game projects, and selected works will receive development funding through grants.

This model allows game development to more transparently reflect the interests of players rather than publishers. Similar to successful cases where certain games gained community support through crowdfunding, or certain indie games revived classic genres outside commercial constraints. This project aims to open up a growth space for original player-driven creativity that is not restricted by top-down market logic.

Ultimately, the project's open gaming vision transcends technical interoperability, introducing a more transparent and inclusive governance structure, shaping the development direction by empowering the community, and injecting new vitality into the gaming industry.

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) Has the gaming industry shifted from competition to collaboration?

The traditional gaming industry suffers from structural inefficiencies—most notably, the isolation of user data. This fragmentation makes precise targeting and cross-platform marketing difficult. Coupled with rising user acquisition costs and declining marketing efficiency, companies face severe challenges.

In contrast, the project launched a global state system that aligns with the vision of open gaming, allowing user data, achievements, and evaluations to be recorded and shared across all game chains. This shared infrastructure supports more precise and effective marketing.

The project proposes multiple collaboration models based on high interoperability. The "shared incentive" model encourages games to expand their user base through cooperation instead of exclusive user competition. For example, if a user from Game A purchases items in Game B, Game A will receive a portion of the revenue as a referral reward.

The "shared liquidity" model bridges project tokens or other underlying assets to achieve free flow between game tokens. This allows games to focus on content development and ecological collaboration, rather than fragmenting resources in the competition for liquidity. These models directly address the volatility and inefficiencies of the Web3 market.

The collaborative ecological structure of this project points out a sustainable long-term development path for Web3 games - moving beyond competitive fragmentation towards shared value creation.

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) Is the boundary between gaming and finance becoming blurred?

The gaming industry has long been connected to the virtual and real economies. For example, creators on a certain platform monetizing game content can create an economic entity in a virtual world that rivals the GDP of a small country.

But these economic systems operate in a closed environment. The platform and publishers charge high fees, and users are restricted to creating captured value within a specific ecosystem.