Nexon COO Kang Dae-hyun speaks at the 2022 Nexon Developers Conference on Wednesday. [NEXON]
Nexon will release various MapleStory games, creating an ecosystem where users are allowed to earn and trade non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Nexon COO Kang Dae-hyun announced plans to create the so-called MapleStory Universe at the 2022 Nexon Developers Conference on Wednesday.
The MapleStory Universe will feature PC and mobile games based on Nexon’s MaplesStory role-playing game. Users will be able to earn, trade and use NFTs across all the games under the umbrella.
As part of the plan, Nexon will release MapleStory N, a role-playing game powered by blockchain technology. Through game play, gamers can earn in-game items such as killing monsters and completing challenges, later turning the items into NFTs. NFTs can be sold between users.
Users will pay a commission when trading NFTs, which will be split between Nexon and MapleStory Universe users. The company did not specify how much the company would charge and how much would be given to users. There will be a separate cut of the commission paid to each user, with active gamers getting a bigger cut.
Maplestory N will be available on both PC and mobile devices.
Nexon will also release a game called MOD N. It will be a sandbox game, which means that users are given the freedom to modify the game environment of MapleStory. Gamers can use the game item NFTs earned on MaplesStory N and even non-MapleStory NFTs to freely create games as they wish.
MapleStory N SDK allows users to build their own mobile applications using MaplesStory NFT.
Although Nexon only announced plans for Maplestory NFTs, it plans to offer NFTs from other games as well. Nexon offers games like CartRider, Kingdom of the Winds and Dungeon Fighter.
by Lee Tae-hee [[email protected]]
