The Flow World Tour joins ETHGlobal Bangkok from November 13-18, 2024.  Developers will compete to earn prizes and build killer apps, with a special category focused on gaming. Flow is also hosting a workshop with product mentor Ali Serag to explain the ease of onchain randomness on Flow.

Why Flow is Ideal for Building Consumer Gaming Apps

Games can't be played until they're accessible, and after that, they need to be fun. Game developers need infrastructure that can handle thousands of simultaneous onchain interactions without compromising user experience. The multi-node architecture of Flow enables responsive gameplay mechanics while maintaining consistently low transaction costs—essential for supporting dynamic in-game economies.

Flow empowers developers with familiar workflows. The Flow SDK integrates directly with Unity, letting developers work in their preferred environment. Teams can build with both Cadence and Solidity, while players benefit from streamlined account creation that removes traditional web3 friction points.

Technical innovations like true onchain randomness enable verifiable game mechanics, while composable systems allow for interconnected game elements and modular asset design. This means items and achievements can maintain their properties across different games and experiences.

On Flow, most gamers don’t even realize they’re using a blockchain network. It just works. 

Games You Can Build on Flow

On Flow, digital collectibles become more versatile through upgradeable assets that work across multiple games. Strategy games and RPGs can feature characters that gain persistent experience and items with verifiable attributes. Sports applications benefit from transparent statistics and fantasy league mechanics.

• Onchain Collectibles: Flow supports gaming platforms where players collect, trade, buy, and sell unique digital assets. Developers can create sovereign and upgradeable digital collectibles that integrate seamlessly across various gaming contexts, allowing collectibles to retain value and functionality while enriching gameplay and encouraging deeper player engagement.
• Strategy and RPGs: Modular assets from collectible ecosystems fit naturally within the adventure, exploration, and turn-based gaming genres, enhancing player experiences through adaptable, onchain items. Developers can integrate any asset they choose, from character avatars that gain experience to items with unique attributes within the game world. This flexibility allows each character or item to evolve, creating a richer, more personalized gameplay experience for players.
• Sports Simulations: Games centered around bespoke fan-favorite memorabilia or in-game statistics can lock results onchain, eliminating any doubts or disputes over outcomes—an issue that often challenges fantasy league play. By securing key moments and statistics on a transparent blockchain, these simulations enhance trust and authenticity, allowing fans to engage with sports in an immersive and indisputable way.
• Social and Casual Games: The low-cost transactions and smooth user onboarding experience make it easy to launch games where users compete in friendly challenges, engage in idle gameplay, and interact with digital collectibles or onchain ecosystems to earn rewards. With minimal technical barriers, Flow makes it easy to jump right in on any mobile device.

Games to Learn from on Flow

These games on Flow demonstrate how complex gaming mechanics can maintain smooth user experiences at scale.

NBA Top Shot: Developed by Dapper Labs, NBA Top Shot revolutionized sports collectibles by offering official NBA highlight moments with verifiable ownership. The game allows users to collect, trade, and own officially licensed NBA highlight clips as NFTs. Each “Moment” is a unique digital collectible, with ownership and transaction history securely recorded on the Flow blockchain. Top Shot also features FAST BREAK games with prizes for players who lock in the best lineups before the tipoff. 

CryptoKitties: Now a Telegram MiniApp, the popular new CryptoKitties game allows users to build a collection of upgradeable digital cats, and check in often to collect the in-game currency, ‘Zen’ which can used to level up a clowder, and increase idle Zen accumulation. 

NFL ALL DAY: NFL ALL DAY lets fans own officially licensed video highlights, or “Moments,” as NFTs on the Flow blockchain, capturing key plays from NFL games. Fans can acquire these rare collectibles through pack drops or the marketplace. Fans who accurately predict game outcomes can top up their ALL DAY balance and acquire more Moments.

Each game is also integrated with Flow Community Rewards to onboard, engage, and grow users on these apps.

Ready to build the next generation of blockchain games?

Join Flow in Bangkok, Thailand on November 13-18, 2024 for prizes, resources, and a chance to shape the future of onchain gaming.