On-chain Winter Olympics stage NFT battle

When the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, an on-chain Winter Olympics also kicks off. On February 8, the mobile game "Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022" was opened for download on Android devices. Created on the FLOW blockchain, the game was launched by nWay, a subsidiary of mobile game development company Animoca Brands, in partnership with the International Olympic Committee.

Referring to the competition items of the Winter Olympics, in the game, players can compete with others in ice and snow events such as freestyle cross-skiing, alpine skiing, and short-track speed skating. The "gem" can be used to open the "box" containing the Olympic badge NFT or exchange it for encrypted assets.

The reason why this chain game with the theme of the Beijing Winter Olympics has attracted the attention of the outside world is mainly due to the official authorization of the International Olympic Committee. According to the announcement on the official website of the International Olympic Committee, it launched a series of NFT Olympic badges in cooperation with nWay in June last year. These badges are divided into four levels: common, rare, epic, and legendary. The specific elements include the mascots, logos, Pictograms etc. During the Beijing Winter Olympics, related NFTs designed with the mascot Bing Dun Dun as the prototype were also unveiled.

According to the announcement, these NFTs can be purchased in the nWayPlay marketplace and can also be obtained in the game "Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022".

During the Beijing Winter Olympics, the emergence of “On-Chain Winter Olympics” and Olympic-themed NFTs also further promoted the Olympic spirit as a medium. As Timo Lumme, managing director of IOC Television and Marketing Services, said, people can now connect with the excitement of the Olympic Games in a whole new way and have a piece of Olympic history.



Winter Olympics-themed chain game online

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On February 8, 18-year-old Chinese athlete Gu Ailing won her first Winter Olympics gold medal in the women's freestyle skiing finals at the Beijing Winter Olympics, winning the third gold for the Chinese Winter Olympics delegation. . In the last jump, she chose a difficult 1620-degree turn and completed it almost perfectly, which made countless audiences cheer for it.

On the day Gu Ailing won the championship, an on-chain Winter Olympics also kicked off. On February 8, the multiplayer mobile game "Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022" launched by nWay, a subsidiary of the well-known mobile game development company Animoca Brands, in cooperation with the International Olympic Committee officially supports Android device download, and will soon support IOS applications.

Different from ordinary mobile games, this Beijing Winter Olympics-themed game is based on the FLOW blockchain. Players can log in with their nWayPlay ID and compete in ice and snow sports. The winner can get "jewels" and Olympic NFT numbers. Rewards such as badges and skin NFTs.

Reflecting the Beijing Winter Olympics in full swing, "Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022" has opened up a digital Winter Olympics venue on the chain. In the game, players can compete through a series of chaotic mini-games until a champion emerges, according to the presentation.

The game content that has been opened is mainly snowboard cross-skiing chaos. Players can control the virtual characters in the game and compete for podium seats by competing skills in the slope style.

According to the roadmap published on the official website, in the first quarter of this year, games will be launched successively, including freestyle cross skiing, snowboard-slalom, snowboard-slope obstacle skills, alpine skiing-downhill, snowboard-cross, novelty clothing, NFT numbers In the second quarter, the game will also launch biathlon, sled, short track speed skating, NFT equipment and more novel clothing; in the third quarter, the game will bring alpine skiing, ski jumping, and figure skating. Waiting for the new gameplay, the team system will be launched in the fourth quarter to support players teaming up to compete.

Like other on-chain games, Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022 also supports Play to Earn. In the competition of ice and snow sports, the top-ranked players can get the reward of "gems" in the game, and the "jewels" can be used to open the boxes dropped in the game. The collections in the boxes are also dominated by Olympic elements, including different Olympic Games. The mascot's Olympic badges and athlete skins, etc. In addition, gems can also be converted into tokens, which can be exchanged for other encrypted assets on DEX or consumed in the nWayPlay trading market.