Yumerium, the decentralized gaming network
Before the Internet, video games were distributed on floppy disks and CDs. Those wishing to purchase a licensed product purchased branded discs directly from the authors or publishers of the game. This off-line model did not possess many of the conveniences common to a modern gamer: on the one hand, it allowed to own a specialized data disc with a licensed copy of the game, from which you can always install it, but on the other hand, it did not allow you to track achievements, download add-ons and downloadable content. In the era of the Internet, the distribution of games on the Internet was monopolized by large centralized networks, such as Steam. They had achievements, DLC and other modern features, but the centralized network system had one major drawback: it represented the monopoly of a large corporation that made money on every sold copy of the game. Those who did not want to feed this monopoly had to turn to pirated file-sharing networks, such as BitTorrent. No other solution for gamers existed at all.
At present, the situation has changed, and the corporate distribution network of games is under threat from a new project: Yumerium. What is Yumerium? It is a distribution and support network for video games, based on blockchain technology and using cryptocurrency. Yumerium has all the advantages of corporate networks and pirated file-sharing networks, without their shortcomings. This is a decentralized network that allows you to directly sell games from the seller to the buyer, bypassing the intermediary corporation that wants its share of the cost. This allows you to significantly reduce the price of games, which, of course, will attract more people to purchase licensed copies and lead to a reduction in piracy. Blockchain technology is used not only to track the owners of tokens but also to track owners of licensed copies of games.
Yumerium technology in games
The Yumerium SDK is written for implementation in various popular game engines and is designed to enable developers to create new games that support Yumerium technology. At present, the Yumerium module for the Unity game engine is already developed, on which a lot of indie games are created, a module for the Unreal engine is under development. The module allows players to create their own achievements: in certain forums related to the Yumerium community, a team of players can vote for creating a new achievement, and if the majority expresses their opinion, the achievement will be implemented. In addition, it allows one to create prizes in YUM tokens, paid for certain actions in the game (for example, the prize to the first player who will go through the game to the end).
Some more features of Yumerium:
• The blockchain technology allows one to create limited editions of games that differ in code from the standard, and ensure their rarity and high price. Yumerium offers copy protection, built on blockchain technology, which will allow limited editions to have a collectable value.
• Prizes in the form of YUM tokens can also be issued for the most popular reviews of new games, which makes the Yumerium project valuable for gaming journalism. The author-reviewer, whose work has received the greatest number of likes after posting on the Yumerium website, can count on a serious reward.
• Finally, Yumerium seems to be the best platform for crowdfunding to develop new games. Projects already existing for this purpose, such as Kickstarter, do not use cryptocurrency, so they do not have the advantages that it gives.
In addition, the advantage of Yumerium is the ability, built into the platform, to give players cash prizes in the form of YUM tokens. Developers call this model Earn to Play and perceive as a major breakthrough, which will draw the players' attention to new games. Currently, it is not expected that major game developers will pay attention to Yumerium and will begin to integrate support for this network or the function of paying cash prizes to players in their products. Therefore, in the early stages of the project development, the pool of games supporting the Yumerium platform will consist primarily of indie games. Nevertheless, if the project is successful, there is a high probability that major developers will pay attention to it, and the project will start to gain momentum rapidly, up to the competition with corporate services, such as Steam.
YUM token as cryptocurrency
Finally, let's look at the YUM token itself. This is the internal currency of the Yumerium platform, based on Ethereum technology. A total of 634 million Yumerium tokens are planned, and the platform also provides for the possibility to expand the volume by an additional 184 million. 50 per cent of the first amount is planned for sale and will be available to those wishing to purchase tokens. Of course, the ability to exchange YUM tokens for another cryptocurrency and fiat currency and back is provided, otherwise, there would be no sense in the function of Earn to Play.
LINKS
* Website: https://www.yumerium.com
* Whitepaper
ENG https://www.yumerium.com/resources/files/whitepaper_en.pdf
CN https://www.yumerium.com/resources/files/whitepaper_cn.pdf
JP https://www.yumerium.com/resources/files/whitepaper_jp.pdf
KR https://www.yumerium.com/resources/files/whitepaper_kr.pdf
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* Smart-contract: https://github.com/SubdreamAdmin/yumerium
* LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/yumerium-inc/
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