It's not every day a platform sets itself apart from the rest, I've seen dozens of crypto platforms say they are going to be different but it's always the same routine, of marketing and splashy graphics but no real difference in whats being offered. When I came across XMax I was intrigued by their focus on aspects of crypto that had oft been seen as a difficulty in previous networks with games like cryptokittys taking even large networks like Ethereum down to its knees in the past.
Seeing a network not only plan for gaming on blockchain but announce that it's a key target that they are looking to support was quite astonishing to me. Taking the stance of supporting platforms and DApps most networks avoid was only the first news that peaked my interest, networks often say they will support amazing things. What really took me by surprise was the XMax team's strong emphasis on developers first, and development tools first.
In the past networks, I've watched come from early betas to mainnet launches, what's always been consistent is the massive advertising, and minor follow up with what basically amounted to rebranded copies of previous networks. But looking through the XMax site and GitHub shows a team that has plans to set itself apart. The team puts much larger emphasis on the developer experience and ease of entry for them to the blockchain network.
It reminds me a lot of how Microsoft sees it's product development, they build platforms and provide exceptional development tools and accessories that make developing on their platform a pleasure to use and develop for. I imagine that the fostering of developers worked great for Microsoft I get the feeling that this could easily hold true for the gaming and entertainment industry when it comes to blockchain networks, as XMax takes that stance and tries to ease entry into blockchain networked gaming and entertainment by providing not only a good environment but a developer first experience.
Time will tell if they are rewarded with the developers adopting their platform and experiencing what it has to offer for gaming and entertainment projects. But the team looks to be making every effort to remove all roadblocks to make the developer transition to blockchain as easy as possible.
With the release of the WebX.js platform, developers can write in a javascript type language that so much of the developing world is used to, without the need to relearn an entirely new language and platform from the ground up. The team's active development of a number of features that should also increase ease of development.
Game and Entertainment DAPP SDK's will allow for ease of integration and speed development, combined with Smart Contract and DAPP Templates all meant to speed the developers experience from code to real game and entertainment application usage. Tie that together with an advanced 3d Game Engine, API's and Extensive Developer documentation.
With the above realized you begin to see something that shapes up to be not just your average blockchain development team, but a team that's choosing to put marketing and cheap thrills below a solid developers experience and focusing on what really matters, the platform and the things that will help people utilize the platform in the long run.
For more information check out the teams website or jump straight to their GitHub as they begin to publish code, they also have a whitepaper that describes how the team
