Gojira Labs turns static NFTs into playable game characters with ‘animatronic NFTs’
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Game studio Gojira Labs has announced Animatronic non-fungible tokens (NFTs) so that game companies can take static NFTs and turn them into 2D animated playable game characters. The tech will debut in Gojira’s Sprinft running game using characters from well-known NFT collections.
The New York company hopes its aNFTs will disrupt the market for Web3 games by bringing games to NFTs rather than bringing NFTs to games, said Mark Soares, president of Gojira Labs, in an interview with GamesBeat.
“We’ve seen a lot of people try to bring NFTs to games. It just doesn’t work. I’m sure you’ve seen how gamers have objected to it,” Soares said. ” And their arguments are perfectly logical, right? They objected to it because they’re tired of being monetized. And NFTs seemed like just another way to monetize them. So if I was them, I’d be annoyed too. We’re not bringing NFTs to games. We’re bringing games to NFTs. And it’s an important distinction because we are trying to bring utility and entertainment to current or existing NFT collections, which have very large community bases.”
In my opinion, the game doesn’t look amazing right now. But it’s a work in progress, and it seems like the idea is innovative and simple to execute. As you can see from the GIF below, it doesn’t take much to bring a little bit of life to NFT collectibles.
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Developed by Gojira Labs, aNFTs add the ability to animate NFT collections like PFPs (profile pictures or ‘picture
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