This episode is brought to you by the Cloud Wars Expo. This in-person event will be held from June 28th to 30th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.
Highlights
00:20 — Pablo introduces guests Joseph Derflinger, founder and CEO of Red Door Digital, and See Wan Toong, Red Door’s CTO. The guests detail their prior experience in the gaming industry and how they first came into contact with virtual reality (VR) technology.
04:55 — See Wan describes developing one of the first VR headsets and aiding Microsoft with the MR prototype before reconnecting with Joseph.
06:42 — The current state of Web3 gaming still tries to emulate existing games rather than pushing the envelope and enhancing the gameplay experience. Red Door aims to innovate in the Web3 gaming space. Its first game, Reign of Terror, is a tactical role-playing game (RPG) with massively multiplayer online (MMO) and player vs. player components.
09:00 — The gameplay includes tie-ins with NFTs to be won or lost in player vs. player battles. The game’s design is built to not just include NFTs as a novelty but to also make them a core element of the gameplay.
11:00 — The game plans to support multiple blockchains and interact with other potential game projects through the same chain.
12:20 — Red Door has a livestream planned for June to showcase a playable demo.
13:50 — See Wan describes the game’s cybersecurity strategy. The centralized nature of the blockchain helps to limit vulnerabilities. The company has pulled in an expert in privacy and security from Facebook to assist with data protection.
16:00 — Joseph further examines the game’s financial ecosystem and real-world backing, along with plans to have a token available on a centralized exchange. Red Door has more traditional real-world partners as well.
18:20 — The vision for Red Door is to create games specifically for Web3 technology and make use of its full capabilities. The game could introduce the benefits and utility of NFTs to new audiences. See Wan related this new frontier to the world-building of present-generation MMOs and how it could translate to virtual reality.
21:00 — The Metaverse is about integrating the game world with reality in ways never done before. The combination of the virtual and the physical is the long-term goal for the next generation of game creators.
25:00 — Reign of Terror players will continue to get updates on its progress via Twitter at @ROTthegame.
