The Integration of Social and Gaming: The Future Development Direction of Web3

Decentralized social networking is a new social system based on decentralized identity (DID). In this system, users have their own asset sovereignty, an open credit system, controllable data privacy, and rich identity profiles. Users can freely choose where to express their opinions, what permissions to open, and no one can tamper with or influence the user's choices.

However, decentralized social networks are currently facing issues of insufficient traffic and scenarios. Games, as an important social scene, are expected to be the key to breaking through this bottleneck.

Currently, several main ideas have emerged regarding the integration of social and gaming.

1. User-centric GameID platforms, such as Carv, DeQuest, etc. These types of projects aggregate users' gaming data to form a GameFi version of user profiles.

2. Projects providing cross-platform social tools, such as XMTP, Web3MQ, etc. These projects are committed to building decentralized communication infrastructure.

3. Games that support NFT interoperability, such as Arcade, Worldwide Webb, etc. These games allow players to import their NFT assets for use in the game.

4. Mini-games based on existing social relationships, such as the game module in the Mask plugin. These types of projects aim to encourage users to share and spread through lightweight games.

5. Virtual relationships centered around AI, such as rct AI and Mirror World. These projects attempt to create new types of social relationships through AI.

In the future, the deep integration of gaming and social interaction is expected to become an important scenario for breaking through the traffic bottleneck of Web3. Various innovations are continuously emerging, and we are looking forward to the emergence of truly phenomenal applications.