区块链游戏终于成为现实，而且它们实际上很棒

随着最近的“牛市”要么暂停，要么价格低于 2021 年高点，过去十年不断加剧的加密货币投机狂热似乎已经平息。这就更加看重能够交付的产品，而不仅仅是做出巨大的承诺。

Crypto as a whole is, I think, at something of an inflection point. With the recent “bull run” either on hold or cut short with prices below 2021 highs, the mounting crypto-speculative mania of the past decade seems to have settled down. That puts a premium on products that deliver, instead of just making big promises.

我认为，整个加密货币正处于一个拐点。随着最近的“牛市”要么暂停，要么价格低于 2021 年高点，过去十年不断加剧的加密货币投机狂热似乎已经平息。这就更加看重能够交付的产品，而不仅仅是做出巨大的承诺。

That includes blockchain-backed gaming, which has been on the horizon since the announcement of Ethereum, and which I’m happy to report is actually becoming a Real Thing. In the past, “blockchain games” have often been hasty cash-ins designed to entice speculators rather than players. But, as an embarrassingly experienced gamer who spent my childhood loading Doom from a DOS command line, I’m happy to report that blockchain games are now emerging fully-cooked: that is, many are at least as enjoyable as games that have nothing to do with crypto.

其中包括区块链支持的游戏，自从以太坊宣布以来，它就已经出现在地平线上，我很高兴地报告它实际上正在成为现实。过去，“区块链游戏”往往是为了吸引投机者而不是玩家而匆忙套现。但是，作为一个在童年时期从 DOS 命令行加载《毁灭战士》的经验丰富的游戏玩家，我很高兴地告诉大家，区块链游戏现在已经完全成熟：也就是说，许多游戏至少和没有任何内容的游戏一样令人愉快。用加密货币来做。

What follows is a lightning-round of quick reviews of a selection of blockchain games. Each game is judged on standard metrics of gameplay and graphics. But unlike more conventional games, blockchain games should also be evaluated for their onboarding experience and tokenomics.

接下来是对精选区块链游戏的闪电般的快速评论。每款游戏均根据游戏玩法和图形的标准指标进行评判。但与更传统的游戏不同，区块链游戏还应该评估其入门体验和代币经济学。

Onboarding is significant because games are great ways to attract people without crypto experience, and hitting them with a laundry list of complicated tasks before they can play is a great way to lose their interest immediately. And tokenomics matter because they’re hard to get right, and the temptation for developers to be shortsighted and self-interested is strong.

入职培训很重要，因为游戏是吸引没有加密货币经验的人的好方法，而在他们玩游戏之前向他们列出一系列复杂的任务是立即失去兴趣的好方法。代币经济之所以重要，是因为它们很难做到正确，而且开发人员很容易短视和自私。

Also worth noting: The reviews below are mostly based on fairly short play time (and few if any of these games are deep enough to demand more.) The reviews are also based on the current state of these games: Roadmaps and projections are all well and good, given the financial stakes, this is a “verify, don’t trust” situation.

另外值得注意的是：下面的评论大多是基于相当短的游戏时间（并且很少有这些游戏足够深入以要求更多。）这些评论也是基于这些游戏的当前状态：路线图和预测都很好考虑到财务风险，这很好，这是一种“验证，不信任”的情况。

Note: I had also planned on reviewing Nifty Island and My Pet Hooligan. But Nifty Island was offline for maintenance when I tried to log in. While My Pet Hooligan (which is in Early Access) looks and feels great offline, it’s a PVP shooter, and the game’s few servers weren’t cooperating when I tried to play.

注：我还计划回顾《漂亮岛》和《我的宠物流氓》。但当我尝试登录时，Nifty Island 因维护而处于离线状态。虽然《我的宠物流氓》（处于抢先体验阶段）离线时看起来和感觉都很棒，但它是一款 PVP 射击游戏，当我尝试玩时，游戏的少数服务器不配合。

Hamster Kombat (Mobile/Telegram)

仓鼠快打（手机/电报）

Onboarding: A

入职：A

Gameplay: D

游戏玩法：D

Graphics: A

显卡：A

Tokenomics: D

代币经济学：D

It’s new, it’s hot, it’s incredibly effective at what it was designed for – but Hamster Kombat isn’t really “a game.” At present, the only ‘gameplay’ proper is clicking one object for points, then spending those points to earn more points. If there’s any actual “Kombat,” it’s completely opaque to me as a new player. Instead, Hamster Kombat, where you play the role of a growth-minded CEO of a crypto exchange, gamifies social engagement, offering in-game “gold” for things like following and promoting the game’s X/Twitter account, or recruiting friends.

它很新，很热门，而且在其设计目的上非常有效——但《Hamster Kombat》并不是真正的“游戏”。目前，唯一的“游戏玩法”是点击一个对象以获得积分，然后使用这些积分来赚取更多积分。如果有任何真正的“Kombat”，对于我这个新玩家来说是完全不透明的。相反，在《Hamster Kombat》中，你扮演的是一家加密货币交易所具有成长型思维的首席执行官，它将社交参与游戏化，为关注和推广游戏的 X/Twitter 帐户或招募朋友等活动提供游戏内“黄金”。

The scammy vibes of this pyramid-built-on-nothing element are impossible to ignore, but one thing can’t be denied – it’s working, driving the “game” to huge popularity (see Jeff Wilser’s recent feature on the growth of Hamster Kombat and other TON-based games. The tiny bit of gameplay is impressively addictive (I’m clicking right now …). And, in most other respects, Hamster Kombat is top-tier, with a flawlessly smooth interface and, most impressive of all, a truly effortless onboarding experience that’s integrated directly into Telegram. That both mutes the impression of scamminess, and leads one to believe promises that a real game will emerge from beneath this perpetual self-promotion machine.

这种建立在空无一物的金字塔元素的骗局氛围是无法忽视的，但有一件事是不可否认的——它正在发挥作用，推动“游戏”大受欢迎（参见 Jeff Wilser 最近关于 Hamster Kombat 发展的专题报道）以及其他基于 TON 的游戏，其微小的游戏玩法令人印象深刻（我现在正在点击……）。 ，一种真正轻松的入门体验，直接集成到 Telegram 中，既消除了欺骗性的印象，又让人们相信真正的游戏将从这个永恒的自我推销机器中诞生。

Unfortunately, though, gameplay evolution seems to be a low priority for the devs for the moment. The Hamster Kombat roadmap includes gameplay upgrades like “Squad Kombat,” but by far the most focus is on an upcoming airdrop, with a token that is promised to be integrated into gameplay. It seems iffy to release your token before anything resembling an actual game, so between that and the fact that the financial tease is probably leading to a lot of people wasting their lives clicking on a phone, the hamsters get a “D” on tokenomics.

但不幸的是，目前对于开发者来说，游戏玩法的进化似乎并不是优先考虑的事情。 《Hamster Kombat》路线图包括“Squad Kombat”等游戏玩法升级，但迄今为止最受关注的是即将到来的空投，并承诺将代币集成到游戏玩法中。在任何类似实际游戏的事情之前释放你的代币似乎是不确定的，因此，考虑到这一点，再加上金融笑话可能导致很多人浪费生命点击手机，仓鼠在代币经济学上得到了“D”。

Pixels (Web Browser)

像素（网络浏览器）

Onboarding: C

入职：C

Gameplay: A

游戏玩法：A

Graphics: A+

显卡：A+

Tokenomics: A

代币经济学：A

Proof that low-hanging fruit can be delicious. Pixels is a resource-gathering and building game, a bit like Farmville, but with a lot more style. Even the writing is good, in its cutesy way, which is really notable. There are also promised and plausible extensions into more active forms of gameplay, such as dungeons, but the simple harvest-cooking-sale loop is already satisfying in itself. There are definitely periods of downtime in the early game, but that’s what you’re signing up for – this is a game you can run in the background and check in on every once in a while

事实证明，唾手可得的果实也可以很美味。 Pixels 是一款资源收集和建造游戏，有点像 Farmville，但风格更多。连文笔都很好，以可爱的方式，这确实值得注意。还有一些承诺的、合理的扩展，可以扩展到更活跃的游戏形式，例如地下城，但简单的收获-烹饪-销售循环本身就已经令人满意。游戏早期肯定会有一段时间的停机时间，但这就是你注册的目的——这是一款你可以在后台运行并每隔一段时间检查一下的游戏