My Neighbor Alice, a long-running blockchain sport launched in 2021, has migrated from BNB Chain to the brand new Chromia community within the run-up to Chromia’s mainnet launch.
Developed by Antler Interactive, My Neighbor Alice is a totally on-chain sport within the spirit of huge Web2 hits like Animal Crossing and Minecraft, letting gamers do issues like farm, fish, and socialize in a colourful setting. The sport has an ALICE token minted on Ethereum, in addition to NFT land plots on BNB Chain (previously Binance Sensible Chain).
Coinciding with right now’s in-game launch of the Season 4 content material bundle, the builders have launched a bridge from BNB Chain to Chromia, letting NFT house owners migrate their property to the brand new chain to craft new Chromia NFTs throughout the sport. In response to a press launch, gamers is not going to have to pay gasoline charges on Chromia or signal transactions whereas enjoying.
Chromia is described as a “relational blockchain,” pairing a decentralized blockchain community with an enterprise-ready relational database, enabling what the builders say is a platform that’s properly fitted to wealthy functions—whether or not for enterprise, leisure, or gaming.
“Chromia options make it a pure match for Web3 gaming,” mentioned My Neighbor Alice Chief Technical officer Alex Mizrahi, in a launch. “Gamers need to personal the gadgets they spend time incomes throughout the sport world, however additionally they desire a extra intuitive expertise that current dapp platforms can’t ship.”
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My Neighbor Alice isn’t operating on the Chromia mainnet, however quite an “appnet”—a devoted occasion of the blockchain constructed for particular decentralized apps (dapps). In actual fact, the mainnet gained’t launch till 2024, as revealed in a latest roadmap replace—however the appnet supplies examples of how video games and apps will run on the know-how.