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Blockchain Oct 17, 2022
Building a Bot for Your Discord Community — /skillcheck Overview

Building a community around a game is no small challenge. One thing that is sure to help, however, is building a bot for your Discord server. A bot enables you to offer unique features to your community, allowing them to interact with each other and your game. One feature we built for Blood Vessels was the ability for users to perform skill checks against their “vampires” (i.e. a collection of stats), like you’d see in many TTRPG’s. We’ll take a quick look at how we implement skill checks, which

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Blockchain Oct 12, 2022
Can NFTs be Gas Free and Carbon Neutral?

Ever since NFTs hit the online marketplace, they’ve raised all sorts of questions. Are they a crypto currency? Are they art? Are they games? What’s the point? While many of these more general questions are still floating around, you might have some more specific concerns you’ve heard about that could use some clearing up. Namely, the environmental impact of NFT transactions and if there is a way to combat any potential negatives. Thankfully, there is! Gas free, carbon neutral NFTs, or “green”

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Blockchain Oct 12, 2022
What are NFTs in Games?

By now you’ve certainly come across many a Bored Ape, various gif or jpeg collections, and Jack Dorsey’s first tweet in your search for NFTs. These first iterations definitely raised an eyebrow when they hit the scene during the most recent NFT craze, and some people are still confused at just what they are. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are unique pieces of digital art or otherwise that people are free to buy, sell, and trade through blockchain technology. What makes them so appealing to colle

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Blockchain Oct 12, 2022
What are Blockchain Games?

Blockchain technology has been around since 2008, as a way to record bitcoin transactions through a sort of digital ledger. This technology has been used time and time again as new crypto currencies were minted, but recently, they’ve been the foundation for a new type of gaming. Blockchain games — sometimes called Web3 games or NFT games — are video games that utilize blockchain technology in a similar way to crypto currencies. This close tie-in with the tech has allowed players to earn crypto

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Crypto Sep 09, 2022
Digital Marketing for NFTs Part 1: Initial Considerations

Kongregate has stepped out into the world of NFTs and blockchain games in 2022, exploring the potential of several projects. Whether we’re talking about Blood Vessels, a community-driven roleplaying game experience set in a dark version of 1890s Chicago, or showing off new art for the Bitverse, our focus in 2022 is on what comes next for our games and the industry as a whole. A key component to innovation is crafting a message and reaching a wide audience. While we have a proven strategy for ma

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Bitverse Aug 19, 2022
Kongregate Announces Partnership with T2 LATAM

T2 LATAM aims to educate and empower players about the web3, building networks and stable communities within the blockchain gaming space. Kongregate is partnering with T2 LATAM to help bring their latest project — the BitVerse — to global audiences everywhere. As the BitVerse continues to grow, they hope the partnership will help Spanish-speaking players to engage in the development and growth of the project. The BitVerse is an extension of the massively popular 8-bit retro dungeon crawler, Bi

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Brand Aug 01, 2022
Kongregate… A History

What better way to revive our Medium account on our Sweet Sixteenth anniversary, than to take a little walk down memory lane. In the coming weeks we will be sharing new guides, how to’s, and best practices here and we hope our revived account can become a resource for anyone and everyone in the gaming industry. But today, let’s start with a brief history… Kongregate started wayyyyy back in 2006 as “The YouTube of Games!” Or so I’ve heard over the years. Our mission back then was to give indie d

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