Three Minutes to Understand "On-Chain Animal Crossing" Game Empowerment Party Chromia (CHR)

This article was published on Odaily Planet Daily.

Recently, Binance announced the new mining rules for the 18th Launchpool project, ALICE, which supports not only BUSD and BNB but also CHR token mining. So what exactly does CHR do?

Quick Overview

• My Neighbor Alice (MNA) is an upcoming open virtual world game that uses blockchain as its foundational framework and incorporates NFTs to represent land, items, and player avatars and identities in the game.

• The Chromia blockchain will serve as the technical support for the game's backend functions, and MNA will pay CHR to different network nodes. This way, any player can participate in the game without owning any cryptocurrency.

• Many items in the game will be represented by NFTs, which will use a unique hybrid structure. All NFTs will exist on the Binance Smart Chain or Ethereum and can be traded on both platforms. The "paired" Chromia Originals NFT will exist on the Chromia blockchain, storing additional metadata. This will give these NFTs new uses and functions, surpassing the possibilities and uses of any existing tokens.

• Chromia's relational database blockchain architecture will allow MNA to operate without centralized servers, meaning that information, program logic, and player progress in the game world will be stored in real-time on the Chromia sidechain.

Next, we will elaborate on these details.

My Neighbor Alice is an upcoming virtual social game designed to create a comfortable and relaxing gaming environment for ordinary non-blockchain players. The project's concept can be summarized as "not just a game for blockchain players, but a game that introduces blockchain to thousands of players." To achieve this ambitious goal, it is essential to leverage the unprecedented high-tech development capabilities in the blockchain industry, which is precisely where Chromia excels.

Unique Hybrid Architecture

My Neighbor Alice (MNA) is a multiplayer construction game where players own their own "land" and engage in activities such as farming, collecting, and trading on that land. Players can customize their avatars in the game, such as wearing or equipping various additional items.

What makes MNA unique is that the game itself does not rely on centralized servers but is entirely built on the blockchain. Land, in-game items, character avatars, and even additional items on the avatars will all be represented on the blockchain. Some of these items are NFTs (driven by both Ethereum/BSC and Chromia), while Chromia stores information such as game logic, object locations and orientations, and user inventories.

Chromia's Strong Arrival

MNA relies on Chromia's high performance to ensure the normal operation of the game, which includes:

1. Flexible transaction fee models

2. SSO paired key login

3. On-chain logic and data storage

4. Chromia native NFT standard

Flexible Transaction Fee Models

The Chromia sidechain allows dapp developers to choose from various fee models. MNA will pay CHR tokens to reserve storage and computing power on the Chromia network, allowing its players to participate in the game without holding any cryptocurrency. These players will have a Chromia cryptocurrency wallet that seamlessly integrates into the user interface. However, players do not need to acquire CHR tokens or any other tokens as a condition for entering the game. If players decide not to buy or sell the NFTs they earn in the game, they can still play without understanding how cryptocurrencies work. When players realize they have obtained NFTs with actual value, they will naturally be drawn to cryptocurrencies, prompting them to explore the cryptocurrency market and learn how to invest and trade cryptocurrencies outside the game.

Chromia-Driven Paired Key Login

Players will be able to log into the game using Chromia wallet paired keys. This login method is non-custodial, and players' login information will not be stored on servers. (If players still cannot fully accept non-custodial technology, they can choose to log in using a traditional "custodial" method, i.e., using a username and password.)

On-Chain Logic and Data Storage

Chromia's powerful relational database architecture allows it to store and process data more efficiently than other blockchains. As a result, the programmatic logic for generating land parcels and managing game rules can be stored on the blockchain. Additionally, information about the virtual eternal world, such as the locations and orientations of items, will also be stored on-chain. This means that MNA does not need to rely on a central server to continuously provide services to players. As long as MNA continues to pay CHR tokens to various network nodes, the game will continue to operate.

Chromia Native NFT Standard

Chromia Originals is a high-level NFT standard native to the Chromia blockchain, which incorporates more advanced metadata sets, as well as new functionalities and flexibility. Originals have six key attributes: ownability, exchangeability, combinability, interchangeability, programmability, and portability.

These attributes provide NFTs with several groundbreaking development possibilities, which will be explored in more detail in this article. For example, in the context of MNA, a rare NFT item can have five uses. A player can use it once and then sell it to another player, leaving four uses remaining. Therefore, the value of this item on the open market will far exceed that of other similar items with only one use left.

Hybrid NFT Architecture

Compared to Ethereum, BSC has clear advantages in speed and transaction cost affordability, leading to its recent wider adoption. The ERC-721 NFT standard is widely used on Ethereum, and this standard has been ported to the Binance Smart Chain as the BEP-721 standard. The 721 standard is suitable for simple operations such as buying, selling, and breeding. However, due to the limited amount of metadata, the 721 standard cannot be applied to more complex operations.

By deploying a unique hybrid architecture, MNA can acquire liquidity and user bases from both Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain for its NFT market outside the game while fully utilizing the advanced features of Chromia Originals within the game.

Since MNA's backend operates on Chromia, events occurring in the game can directly alter the NFT data stored on its blockchain, which is associated with the "paired" NFT tokens existing on Ethereum or BSC.

Chromia Brings Infinite Possibilities

As a decentralized application, MNA is one of the first cases to widely use Chromia as a second-layer backend program. More significantly, Chromia is not just added for scalability; it provides advanced features that other blockchains cannot achieve. The NFT standard of Chromia Originals, relational blockchain architecture, and flexible fee models all contribute to shaping MNA into a product that can achieve mass adoption, granting different players more rights to control their experiences.