Stardust Brings Web3 Gaming Infrastructure to Neon EVM

Web3 gaming is transforming the digital gaming landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities for developers and players to engage in a new paradigm. Integrating blockchain technology into gaming promises unparalleled advantages but also brings technical complexities that can be daunting. Developers face numerous challenges, from ensuring seamless user experiences to scaling their games for millions of players.

At Neon EVM, we believe in easing these developer woes and continue to attract DApp builders due to our robust infrastructure, tech stack, and right tooling. Our infra suite helps Ethereum-native dApps deploy their projects seamlessly on the high-performance Solana blockchain using their existing codebase.

In this shared vision and spirit of easing the game developer journey, Stardust, a leading Web3 gaming infrastructure and user acquisition service provider, has integrated Neon EVM and will now be available for builders in the ecosystem. This move aims to leverage Neon EVM's unique technical advantages to empower game developers while simplifying the deployment of blockchain-based games on Neon EVM with access to the wider Solana environment.

To better understand the impact of all this, let’s dive into the intricacies of blockchain game development.

Historical Context: Challenges in Web3 Game Development

Web3 gaming is still nascent and offers innovative opportunities such as true asset ownership, NFTs, 3-D environments, play-to-earn models, and decentralized game economies. However, the journey to these advancements is fraught with hurdles like complex user experiences, player acquisition challenges, development intricacies, and more.

Building and managing games on blockchain platforms often involves navigating intricate technical processes. The woes multiply because these complex blockchain interactions can be intimidating for players accustomed to seamless Web2 game experiences. Thus, gaming DApps must employ innovative and relevant market strategies from player acquisition to retention.

Empowering Game Developers

Stardust offers a suite of tools to simplify the development and growth of blockchain-based games. By integrating its offerings with Neon EVM, Stardust aims to allow web3 game builders to overcome many industry challenges. Integrating Neon EVM offers technical advantages, including:

Scalability and Speed: Neon EVM, built on the Solana blockchain, offers the technical benefits of Solana, including rapid transaction speeds and high throughput; addressing the scalability needs of Web3 gaming.

Developer-friendly Environment: Neon EVM supports Ethereum smart contracts, allowing for seamless migration of existing dApps and enabling developers to utilize familiar tools and languages such as Solidity, Vyper, Hardhat, Remix, MetaMask, etc. on Solana.

Cost Efficiency: Lower transaction fees provide a cost-effective solution for both developers and players.

Multi-gas Payment: Innovative features that developers may embed in dApps to allow for a user-friendly experience, such as the flexibility to pay gas fees in tokens of choice such as USDC and SOL (feature currently under testing and on devnet only).

Stardust will now be able to provide its users with these technical advantages and access to the Solana ecosystem. The end goal for both is the same — to empower developers to create, deploy, and manage blockchain-based game dApps effortlessly.

Simplifying Web3 Gaming: Stardust Overview

Stardust’s WaaS (Wallet-as-a-Service) is live on Neon EVM and Stardust continues to offer discounted user acquisition to all WaaS clients. Here are the details:

1. Wallets-as-a-Service (WaaS): Stardust offers invisible, server-to-server custodial wallets. Stardust's WaaS provides game developers with the infrastructure needed to deliver a completely white-label 'Web2' user experience while maintaining the flexibility to interact with any on-chain functionality. Additionally, Stardust manages the logistics and liability of user wallets and transactions.

2. User Acquisition Services: Stardust offers a comprehensive performance marketing service tailored for Web3 gaming. It utilizes on-chain data to inform bidding strategies and attract high-LTV users at lower costs. Leveraging Stardust’s comprehensive infrastructure, developers can launch their projects on Neon EVM with minimal technical friction. As more developers take advantage of this integration, the gaming ecosystem will see an influx of new, engaging, and diverse gaming projects.

Future Outlook

We are excited about the possibilities this integration opens up for the future of gaming. Our team is dedicated to continually enhancing infrastructure and tooling to ensure that developers and players can experience the full potential of Web3 technology.

Are you building?

Read more on Neon EVM architecture on our docs. If you plan to build your gaming dApp, contact Steven Leaton, Neon EVM Partnership Lead, at [email protected] for an insightful conversation. Don’t miss a beat: follow Neon EVM latest updates on Discord and Twitter.

About Neon EVM:

Neon EVM is an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) that empowers developers to build and deploy dApps seamlessly from EVM chains to Solana, all from their existing codebase. It operates as a program on Solana that accepts transaction requests via public PRC endpoints. It gives developers the power to directly deploy Ethereum dApps with minimal reconfiguration to the code while benefiting from Solana's technical advantages, such as parallel processing. For more information about Neon EVM and future updates, visit NeonEVM.org and connect with the community on Twitter or Discord.

About Stardust:

Stardust makes Web3 games successful by empowering developers with the best-in-class platform for technology and growth. Working with the top Web3 games, such as Midnight Society, Shrapnel, and many more, Stardust helps scale Web3 games to millions of players. Learn more at Stardust.gg and on X at @Stardust!

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