Solana-based play-to-earn metaverse challenges the market with battle-based gameplay and Wizard NFTs

cointelegraph.com:

Many decentralized finance (DeFi) projects have arisen to provide earning opportunities to existing gamers. Unfortunately, the promise of profit alone is not enough to encourage gameplay in the long term, especially as the market becomes more saturated. Players are seeking out lore and complex storylines that involve a deep history, character and setting, one that a community can rally behind. Otherwise, they may risk being one of the blockchain games overrun by automated bots, who exist with the sole purpose of siphoning money from these gaming projects.

In contrast, storylines are essential to the immersive elements of gameplay, enabling players to lose themselves in the journey, as they would in a movie, book or traditional video game. Therefore, new projects that capture attention and build diehard players must follow this example, crafting the story first and incorporating play-to-earn (P2E) mechanics second.

Wizardia is a game attempting to change the narrative. As a member from their team shares,

“Without simply disparaging the GameFi space en masse - after all, it alone was responsible for 50% of the active wallets in the DeFi space at the end of 2021 - developers must learn from previous mistakes and build solutions to overcome them. Wizardia is looking to do exactly this by creating a game that stands the test of time and entices players regardless of simple monetary incentive.”

Recognizing this gap in the market, Wizardia has arisen to alter the narrative of new GameFi trends using the so-called “clickbaity” short-term incentives to attract users. Instead, the platform relies on their game itself, crafting a carefully constructed game world that will entertain, even amid a market downturn. In part, achieving this