Introduction: Moving Beyond Short-Term GameFi Cycles
The web3 gaming industry has been growing rapidly over the past few years. However, despite this success, GameFi developers often face a critical issue – lack of ecosystem sustainability. In particular, many projects initially gain traction due to incentives and rewards but cannot sustain users' activity once they get accustomed to the platform.
Pixels is trying to address this problem via creating a structured gaming ecosystem based on the principle of activity rather than initial rewards. By building an ecosystem called Stacked, Pixels ensures long-term activity of participants within the gaming space.
Understanding Pixels' Stacked Ecosystem Model
As the name implies, Pixels' Stacked ecosystem is a set of interrelated actions aimed at continuous activity of players. The idea of the stacked model lies in connecting game actions and turning them into a chain of consecutive actions.
Thus, when starting from farming actions, a gamer will not be confined to those actions. Over time, their activities will result in gaining more resources allowing them to advance further. Such gameplay will encourage users to think in a long-term perspective rather than getting temporary benefits.
Moreover, the proposed ecosystem model can help maintain high levels of user participation. In many other blockchain games, users tend to lose interest once the pace of earning rewards slows down. In contrast, the gameplay offered within the Stacked system continues regardless of any external stimuli. Thus, gameplay becomes its own reward, which encourages users to participate actively.
$PIXEL Token and Its Impact on the Ecosystem Economy
In addition to implementing a specific gameplay model, Pixels uses its proprietary token called $PIXEL in order to create a more structured gaming economy. Contrary to the tokens used in reward programs in other GameFi applications, the native token of Pixels is connected to the gaming economy in a much tighter way.
When engaging in various actions, gamers participate in building up the ecosystem economy by contributing to the process. As a result, in-game tokens and actions become mutually connected and create an infinite cycle of generating value within the ecosystem.
For instance, users can invest the resources earned through their gameplay into expanding their territory or making it more efficient in terms of producing more resources. All of those actions are directly related to participating in Pixels' ecosystem.
Pixels' Community and Ecosystem Development