Jamie King, one of the original founders of Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar Games, has joined the Cayman Islands-based Portal Foundation as an advisor to help oversee the project's crypto gaming efforts, according to Dan Keane, Portal's chief business officer and founding team member. Decrypt.
“This is an exciting time for the portal and for me personally,” said King. Decrypt via email. “Portal is uniquely positioned to lead the future of web-based gaming and change the landscape of this new industry in many ways.”
Earlier this month, King also joined a crypto game project Travelers And last year he became an advisor to blockchain sports app startup Leap.
“We've been working closely with Jamie over the last few months to really get the word out and coordinate the go-to-market on the portal,” Keene said. They spoke Decrypt King in an interview about his involvement with the Portal Foundation.
Keene Chief Business Officer at SuperduperThe startup behind the Creepz NFT project on Ethereum and the upcoming Overlord game will be developed in partnership with Immutable. King's Twitter profile also lists him as Superduper's mentor.
As a consultant to the Portal Foundation, King works on the project about four days a month, Keane said. Portal is a “universal” gaming token designed with the hope of minimizing user interaction with the blockchain. Layer zero A communication protocol to create a more seamless cross-chain cryptogaming experience.
Keene explained that LayerZero's technology solves the blockchain's bridging and liquidity problems on the front end, eliminating the need for users to do it themselves.
There will be a single sign-on (SSO). Portal passport To facilitate the crypto wallet experience, it is similar to what Immutable has developed with it. Immutable passport– but with more promising interactions.
King further described the project as follows.A significant step forward in bridging the web2 and web3 gaming gap.
In addition to Keene and King, Sama Therapeutics Chief Innovation Officer Russell Hanson and former Electronic Arts employee Matt Dixon are also at the Portal Foundation.‘Advisory board based on posts from PortalCoin‘Twitter account. Like King, Hanson and Dixon are also both superduper consultants, according to their LinkedIn profiles.
The portal token has not been released yet, Keane said. Decrypt More than 200 blockchain gaming portals have agreed to accept the token as gaming currency at launch. Like games Crypto UnicornsSpace Nation Online, Nine Chronicles and NFT marketplaces Magic Eden These are just a few of the projects and companies that have already agreed to accept the portal token when it goes live, Keane said. All the above projects have shared the word of the portal alliance on their respective social media channels.
The Portal team recently launched an experiment called Social Token-Farming. Crystal Dash For those looking to get in on the upcoming Portal Token Airdrop. To farm a portal, players must link their Twitter account and post about the portal to earn “points” that will be counted toward airdrop allocations later, according to the project.
“Solutions like Portal are exciting because they improve the user experience in Web3, which is currently the biggest development pain point,” said Mitchell Vela, Head of Marketing and Partnerships at Laguna Games, which works on Crypto Unicorns. Decrypt by message.
“SpaceNation and Portal, despite occupying different positions in the industry, have a strong focus on user experience.” Jerome Wu, founder and CEO of Space Nation They spoke Decrypt In his message, he agreed to accept the launch of his game portal. “We want to provide users with the ultimate Web3 gaming experience, embracing the advent of mass adoption.”
Edited by Andrew Hayward.
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