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After Minecraft Says no to NFTs, NFT Worlds Vows to make its own Game

Mojang made waves yesterday when it said in unambiguous words, that NFTs are not a good fit in Minecraft (opens in new tab). This is good news for gamers perhaps but not for anyone who has already made a commitment to incorporate blockchain technology into games like such as NFT Worlds.



"NFT Worlds," a decentralized, fully customizable and community-driven, play-to-ear gaming platform that lets world owners create limitless metaverse experiences or games for players, or exclusive communities within the worlds they own," its website (opens new tab).



"Currently using Minecraft and its sprawling open-source ecosystem, NFT Worlds builds on the foundation of decades worth of open-source development within the Minecraft community. Crafting It dramatically extends it to create an entirely new types of 3D game based on voxels, which is decentralized metaverses, backed by the Ethereum blockchain."



What that means, basically is that it can support custom Minecraft servers that allow players to buy virtual land and earn (and spend) cryptocurrency-the kind of hybrid system that Mojang's blockchain policy seems specifically designed to shut down. It certainly had an impact: The price for $WRLD (opens new tab) plummeted immediately after the announcement by the studio.



In response to Mojang's new policy, NFT Worlds has issued an official statement (opens in new tab) in which it denounces Mojang and Minecraft as having "no regard for builders, creators, and players," and vowing to create its own game to take over the game.



"We're creating a new game and platform based on the basic mechanics of Minecraft however, thanks to modernization and active development Minecraft has been missing for a long time," NFT Worlds said. "This is not a remake of an open source Minecraft replica, which could infringe the EULA or could still be subject to legal action, this is a complete rewrite built from scratch. The players will also be able to notice a brand new identity that is more friendly to players as part of this change.



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The new game will have an "playstyle as well as a look and feel" similar to Minecraft, NFT Worlds said however, it will include performance optimizations, graphical improvements and new gameplay mechanisms that will give players "a more affordable, accessible and enjoyable gaming experience." It will be free to all players, and "completely free from the policies that Microsoft and Mojang have over Minecraft." However it will be backwards compatible with existing Minecraft server plugins, which means that when it is time to switch platforms content creators will be able to make the move without a lot of fuss and hassle.



Making an even better Minecraft than Minecraft (while maintaining compatibility with Minecraft) is an awfully big job and one that I think will be a subject to immediate and intense investigation from Microsoft, but NFT Worlds doesn't have many options. Mojang has effectively shut the door to its business model, but a massive switch to a new game would leave the existing users, and everything they've built so far, out in the cold. The only way to keep the wheels spinning is to come up with something that functions as Minecraft but not actually Minecraft. This is a huge task.



NFT Worlds stated that it will be making changes to its launcher and play pages to attract new players who are not interested in the cryptocurrency angle. It also laid out some intense, high stakes options for the future of NFT Worlds as a fight for both the philosophical as well as technological heart of the internet.



"Microsoft has stated that they will always act in the interest of their shareholders and balance sheet, to the detriment of innovation, user experience and creators," NFT Worlds said. "We believe that an open, free, and a more evolved version of Minecraft that Minecraft brought to the world will be the best option for developers, creators, and ultimately gamers.



"We're fighting for a better future with a player-owned and operated economy, where all participants benefit from their contributions to the ecosystem. We are aware that this is a massive task."



I have reached out to Microsoft to get their opinion regarding the NFT Worlds plan. I will make changes to this post if I receive a response.


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