OpenSea[1], a digital marketplace for non-fungible crypto collectibles, has partnered with blockchain game[2] developer and publisher So Couch Studios to build an in-game marketplace in the studio’s fantasy massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) Ember Sword using the OpenSea infrastructure.
The partnership will see the two companies working together to utilize a custom version of the OpenSea backend to power a peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace for tokenized cosmetic items inside the Ember Sword game. The marketplace will be designed with user-friendliness in mind to cater to mainstream gamers who have no knowledge about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.
Ember Sword is a MMORPG powered by the Ethereum blockchain where players acquire tokenized cosmetics through gameplay which they can trade and sell for PIXEL. Those who invest in land to become landowners evolve the world by placing resources, monsters, NPCs etc., and can turn a profit by creating services and experiences, like vendor marketplaces where other players buy in-game purchases, access auctions, and more.
The new marketplace will allow players to freely trade their in-game landownership tokens and cosmetic items, like skins and emotes at ease using Ember Sword’s cryptocurrency the PIXEL token, a fungible ERC-20 token.
“Players trade game cosmetics, skins, and accounts for billions of dollars every year on illegal and insecure black markets already, but in Ember Sword, these items can be traded legally within the game’s secure ecosystem,” said Mark Laursen, CEO of So Couch Studios.
“OpenSea is poised to become the leading marketplace for the user-owned digital collectibles that are at the backbone of the next revolution in free to play monetization, and we’re thrilled to partner with their talented team to create the best possible experience for our players,” said Laursen. “With OpenSea, we avoid having to build a marketplace from the ground up, including testing and
