{"id":362621,"date":"2021-11-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ftx-backed-studio-explains-why-solana-is-better-for-game-developers\/"},"modified":"2021-11-04T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T14:00:00","slug":"ftx-backed-studio-explains-why-solana-is-better-for-game-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ftx-backed-studio-explains-why-solana-is-better-for-game-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"# FTX-backed studio explains why Solana is better for game developers"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# FTX-backed studio explains why Solana is better for game<\/a> developers <\/strong>”
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While the Ethereum\u00a0blockchain has the community advantage, the competition with Solana is heating up thanks to the rise of blockchain-based play-to-earn games, which is now simply called GameFi.<\/p>\n

Founded by Scopely and Glu Mobile veterans, game developer and publisher Faraway announced that the studio has raised $21 million in a Series<\/a> A funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and major crypto exchange FTX. Along with the $8-million seed round, Faraway now has $30 million in total funding from renowned crypto ecosystem investors a16z, Sequoia Capital, Pantera Capital, Jump Capital and Solana.<\/p>\n

The company is developing its flagship title, a browser-based live multiplayer game called Mini Royale: Nations, on the Solana blockchain. According to the announcement, the team has previously worked on popular games such as Disney\u2019s Sorcerer\u2019s Arena, WWE Champions, The Walking Dead: Road to Survival and Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.<\/p>\n

When asked about why they picked Solana instead of Ethereum from a developer perspective, Faraway co-founder Alex Paley told Cointelegraph that Ethereum was simply not an option due to the slow transaction times and high gas fees:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were specifically looking for a blockchain with fast and cheap transactions, strong ecosystem momentum, and a team behind it that we could trust from a technical excellence standpoint.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rust, the programming language of Solana, is also well-known among game developers compared to Ethereum\u2019s Solidity. Paley admitted that Ethereum and its layer-two solutions have a sizeable community. But cashing out the earned tokens is much harder on most Ethereum layer-two solutions. Solana offers the speed and access to native liquidity on the platform, Paley added.<\/p>\n

While most other blockchains try to remain industry-agnostic, Paley underscored, Solana places a lot of effort and resources on building specific tools and infrastructure to support the needs of game studios building games with complex real-time economies and systems.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the funding round, Solana creator Anatoly Yakovenko highlighted decentralized gaming as the next frontier for blockchain technology<\/a>. \u201cThe game Faraway is building has the potential to bring Web 3.0 to hundreds of millions of users,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>NFT gaming proposition in question as regulators and traditional gaming pullback<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mini Royale: Nations\u2019 browser-based setup allows players to play on any hardware with an internet browser without installation requirements. \u201cThe biggest challenge with making a browser game is the graphical fidelity you can get out of the browser,\u201d Paley told Cointelegraph. \u201cWhen WebGPU comes out, though, we should see graphical fidelity on browser improve significantly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, there are significant advantages to browser-based development, with playing without installation being the first one. \u201cAll a player needs to do is share or click a link, and seconds later, they and their friends are all playing together in the same session,\u201d Paley said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since MetaMask, Phantom Wallet and other Web 3.0 wallets are natively integrated into the browser, developing a browser-based game also makes sense since it makes buying, selling or trading in-game assets more convenient.<\/p>\n