Climate Replay launches pledge against irresponsible use of NFTs in games
Marie Dealessandri
Features Editor
Wednesday 27th April 2022
Sustainability-focused group Climate Replay yesterday released a digital ownership pledge for game studios that are looking into implementing NFTs.
The group -- which is mostly composed of Mojang developers with input from the IGDA's climate-focused group, academics, and Xbox Game Studios -- called for game companies to be responsible in their use of NFTs and answered the most common questions about why they're problematic, BNN Bloomberg reported.
"Games give us hope in a world that is increasingly uncertain," the pledge reads. "They help us unlock our creative potential and free us of real-world constraints -- physical, financial, or otherwise.
"Most NFTs, and by consequence most forms of digital ownership, in their current state serve the exact opposite purpose -- their value defined completely by artificial scarcity and speculation and powered by an unnecessary expenditure of physical resources.
"It is imperative for the health of the worldwide gaming community, planet, and society as a whole to ensure any adoption of blockchain-based technologies such as NFTs occurs only when they bring demonstrable value to games and their communities, and then in such a way that it considers all of the potential social and environmental impacts."
The pledge was co-written by Minecraft game designer Cory Scheviak (who is also the founder of Climate Replay) and concept artist Mariana Salimena, BNN Bloomberg said.
A "large number of Mojang staff who did not contribute to the guide's creation" already signed the pledge, the publication added, as well as Totally Accurate Battle Simulator publisher Landfall Studios.
Studios signing the pledge will have to commit to the following if
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