Building a video game as a gateway to blockchain and DeFi with Jérôme de Tychey

In this episode of Metaverse Summit Roadshow, we sat down with Jerome De Tychey to talk about the link between DeFi and Games. We talked about his project Cometh, a blockchain game integrating both DeFi and NFT features into a gaming experience. Decentralized finance (DeFi) games are enabling a shift towards play-to-earn model, how to balance gameplay and DeFi core? Game studio’s top-down approach is better or crypto-natives will win? Bonus points: Jerome gave the game developers who want to adopt Blockchain elements around the choice and the long term vision.

00:00 Intro

01:45 What are the significant changes in blockchain?

09:47 Why did you build a blockchain gaming project?

22:02 What is possible in blockchain and what is your big motivation?

28:51 How will the next 10 years play out?

35:46 What kind of role do developers and publishers have in the future?

39:49 What are the pros and cons of using Ethereum for gaming?

47:10 How can this technology be made more accessible?

Jérôme de Tychey is the founder and CEO of Cometh, a video game built on Ethereum. He’s also the current president of Ethereum-France, one of the largest blockchain-oriented non-profits in France.

Session hosted by:

Yingzi Yuan / https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuanyingzi/

Sam Arn / https://www.linkedin.com/in/samwithacam/