Gamee, a key player in the mobile gaming industry, is entering the blockchain gaming space with its new game WatBird. The game aims to bridge the casual gaming-to-blockchain divide and serves as an easily accessible introduction to Web3 for gamers. WatBird’s central attraction is Wat Racer, a fast-paced runner game that invites players to navigate their WatBird through a series of obstacles. The better they do, the more “WatPoints” they earn. If players want to earn more points, they can invite friends to the game and use them as fuel to “upgrade” their gameplay experience. Currently, WatBird has three million daily active users and four million wallets onboarded onto The Open Network (TON).
Game Mechanics
Wat Racer is a straightforward but engrossing game. Gamers direct their WatBird through a number of challenges, picking up points and avoiding a variety of barriers. Although the mechanics are very simple and easy to grasp, the game holds a lot of appeal. But what really sets the game apart is the integration of blockchain technology. By playing the game, you can earn WatPoints, which have value, and which you can trade for other rewards.
By incorporating blockchain technology, Gamee has enriched WatBird and allowed players true ownership of their digital assets. This innovation elevates the experience and places even more emphasis on the casual game’s monetization potential. Players can now benefit from their achievements, using them as a means to receive monetary compensation.
Leveraging The Open Network
Gamee has opted to create WatBird on The Open Network. This ensures WatBird’s smooth and scalable gaming experience. The Open Network is known for its efficient and speedy blockchain platform, which makes it an ideal choice for a game with such a large and engaged number of users. No matter how many people are racing through levels or taking part in special events, The Open Network’s ability to handle high transaction volumes without any of the platform-induced frustration we’ve all come to associate with blockchain gaming keeps the experience enjoyable.
Besides the primary game of Wat Racer, WatBird offers a selection of interconnected mini-games and events for players to enjoy while they earn even more rewards. These play experiences are woven tightly into the TON blockchain, which makes WatBird a fun and secure gaming experience.
Gamee’s decision to give players control over their in-game assets means that players can stake, trade, and even sell their WatPoints. This sense of ownership, coupled with the ability to earn tangible rewards, adds a deeper sense of purpose to the game. Gamee’s vast experience in casual gaming ensures that while WatBird incorporates blockchain benefits, it remains accessible to both new and experienced gamers alike.
Token Launch Details and Roadmap
The highly anticipated WatBird token launch in September will provide the game’s players a new, deeper level of engagement. The tokens will reward players who participate in the game and give players a reason to invest in the games ecosystem. WatBird token holders can earn rewards, allowing for even more engaging gameplay. And this is not to mention the WatBird team has plans for new game mechanics, features, and events that will keep players engaged long after the token launch.
Comparison with Other Token Launches
Focusing on WatBird’s upcoming token launch, one can’t help but draw certain comparisons to key recent launch announcements in the blockchain gaming space, like Catizen and X Empire. These are not direct competitors, yet their launches do share some significant elements in common with what WatBird is doing. For instance, generating community excitement and participation through governance seems to be a shared priority among these games. Catizen has P2E mechanics (play-to-earn) that are quite similar to what is promised by WatBird. It is these P2E mechanics that have gained a fair amount of attention and excitement in the lead-up to the game’s launch.
In contrast, X Empire directed its attention toward the creation of scarcity and value in its assets. It did this primarily by offering exclusive NFT drops and rewarding players with fun and valuable in-game experiences right at the time of the game’s asset token launch. These kinds of strategies always work well—creating a sense of urgency among players and driving demand for whatever your game is offering at the moment, in this case, the tokens.
WatBird, on the other hand, adopts a more equitable stance. The Gamee strategy fuses together the different facets of community engagement, decentralized asset ownership, and practical utility within the Ton ecosystem. By closely scrutinizing the different successes and challenges faced by both Catizen and X Empire, Gamee is in an enviable position to refine its tokenomic structure—to rethink what it means to experience Gamee and be a token holder within its ecosystem for the long haul. Appeasing and satisfying players and asset holders should help WatBird steer clear of the common pitfalls of overtokenization or undervaluation.
The Role of The Open Network (TON)
The scalable and efficient game that WatBird is today owes much to the TON blockchain, which ensures it can handle a very large number of transactions without an ill effect on the user experience. TON can also do this while charging very low fees, which, in a game with so many transactions, means that the in-game “economy” is affordable and accessible.
Moreover, the decentralized nature of TON provides even more control over in-game assets for players, which adds another layer of trust and security to the WatBird ecosystem.
Looking Ahead
WatBird is set to succeed with Gamee’s massive user base and experience in the casual gaming industry. The token launch will strengthen the ties between WatBird’s players and the game. It will do this by creating new ways to connect with the WatBird universe and offering enhanced gameplay that leverages WatBird’s use of blockchain technology to reward players. WatBird’s unique combination of fun and the rewards system it has created using blockchain promises to make it a leading player in the Web3 world of gaming.
Editor’s note: This article was written with the assistance of AI. Edited and fact-checked by Owen Skelton.
