Welcome and Overview

👋 Welcome to Blockus!

Welcome to the Blockus Docs developer hub! We're excited to work with you as you embark on your web3 journey - adding a new dimension of capabilities and game experiences for your players.

Here you'll find comprehensive guides and documentation to help you start working with Blockus Docs as quickly as possible. We'll inspire you with ideas for blockchain- and NFT-enabled gameplay that captivate players and spark a sense of pride and ownership. Let's jump right in!

Overview

Blockus is a complete Web 2.5 in-game economy platform. Our mission is to provide seamless experiences - allowing players to seamlessly onboard without the friction involved with wallet management, fiat onboarding, and asset movement, and enabling game studios to add enriching web3 capabilities with ease.

With Blockus, you can incrementally integrate blockchain technologies while controlling the player experience, allowing them to log in with their wallet or play without even realizing they're interacting with a wallet. Some examples of what's possible:

• Incrementally transitioning players from in-game items and characters to more powerful NFT items and characters.
• Use NFTs to gate special content that rewards early supporters and elite players alike.
• Launch NFT collections on different chains and bring them all in-game
• Implement quest systems to engage players and reward them with on-chain assets.
• Create and manage fungible tokens for in-game economies.
• Leverage cross-chain capabilities for a wider reach and more flexible asset management.

The possibilities are endless, and with Blockus your creativity won't be limited by frustrating infrastructure.

At a high level, Blockus covers 5 major areas in game development:

📘 Account Management

Blockus offers a suite of tools for handling user login, authentication, wallet management, and inventory management. Allow your users to log in via familiar email and social OAuth methods, or allow them to log in via their web3 wallet. Blockus ensures seamless integration and interconnection of both Web2 and Web3 user accounts, provided invisible wallets as needed

• Multi-chain support for various blockchain networks
• Web3 authentication methods including wallet login
• Integration with platforms like PlayFab for expanded functionality

Learn more about Account Management

🏦 NFT Management and Marketplace

Blockus provides a white-labeled web marketplace, in-game marketplace APIs, NFT contracts, and an NFT management dashboard. This enables developers to easily create and manage NFTs, as well as build in-game capabilities such as gating, staking, and upgrades.

• Support for both internal and external NFT collections
• Comprehensive marketplace features for listing, buying, and selling NFTs
• Tools for creating and managing both fungible and non-fungible tokens

Learn more about NFT Management

💰 Payments and Transactions

With Blockus, users can purchase NFTs directly using fiat currency, greatly simplifying the process for those unfamiliar with cryptocurrencies. We also support gasless transactions, improving the user experience by removing the complexity of gas fees.

• Fiat and cryptocurrency payment options
• Gasless transactions for seamless user experiences
• Management dashboard for overseeing transactions and revenue

Learn more about Payments

🎯 Quest System

Blockus offers a powerful quest system to engage players and reward them for their achievements. This feature allows game developers to create and manage various in-game challenges and missions.

• Create and manage custom quests with flexible parameters
• Automatically verify quest completion using on-chain data
• Reward players with tokens, NFTs, or other in-game assets upon quest completion
• Integrate quests with other game features for a cohesive player experience

🔧 SDKs

Blockus offers software development kits (SDKs) for popular game engines like Unity and Unreal (coming!). These SDKs make it easy for developers to integrate platform features and services into their games, ensuring a seamless experience for developers.

Please reach out if you'd like more information or feedback, we want to hear from you! If you're looking to get start with Blockus, send us a note!

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