Game Engines
Foundation for game development.
Unity
Most popular game engine for Web3 games. Huge ecosystem. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
Unreal Engine
AAA game engine with photorealistic graphics. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
Godot
Open source game engine. Great for indie games. Free and open-source.
Phaser
HTML5 game framework for browser-based games. Free and open-source.
PlayCanvas
WebGL game engine for browser games. Worth evaluating for your workflow.
Blockchain SDKs for Games
Connect games to blockchain.
Sequence
Embedded wallet and marketplace SDK for games. Well-documented with active community support.
Immutable X
Layer 2 for NFT gaming with free minting. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
Thirdweb Gaming
Unity and Unreal SDKs for blockchain integration. Well-documented with active community support.
Alchemy Gaming
NFT and token APIs optimized for gaming. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
Moralis
Backend infrastructure for Web3 games. Worth evaluating for your workflow.
Ronin SDK
SDK for building on Ronin (Axie Infinity chain). Free and open-source.
Asset Creation
Create game assets and NFTs.
Blender
Open source 3D modeling and animation. Worth evaluating for your workflow.
Aseprite
Pixel art editor for 2D game assets. Worth evaluating for your workflow.
Mixamo
Free 3D character rigging and animation. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
Midjourney
AI image generation for concept art. Worth evaluating for your workflow.
Leonardo AI
AI art generation trained on game assets. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
NFT Infrastructure
Build and manage game NFTs.
OpenSea API
NFT marketplace API for listings and data. Free and open-source.
Crossmint
NFT checkout and minting API. Credit card support. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
Rarible Protocol
Open NFT protocol for building marketplaces. Free and open-source.
Reservoir
NFT liquidity aggregator and marketplace tools. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
Economy Design
Design and balance game economies.
Machinations
Visual economy design and simulation tool. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
Google Sheets
Spreadsheet modeling for economy balancing. Free and open-source.
Dune Analytics
On-chain analytics for game economy monitoring. Provides dashboards and alerting for production use.
Multiplayer and Backend
Server infrastructure for games.
Photon
Real-time multiplayer networking for games. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
PlayFab
Microsoft backend services for games. Worth evaluating for your workflow.
Nakama
Open source game server with social features. Used by production teams across the ecosystem.
AWS GameLift
Dedicated game server hosting from AWS. Worth evaluating for your workflow.
Testing and Analytics
Test and measure game performance.
Key Recommendations
Use embedded wallets (like Sequence) to hide blockchain complexity from players.
Design sinks for your tokens. Without sinks, inflation kills economies.
Test economy balance with simulations before launch. Use Machinations.
Free-to-play with optional NFTs works better than requiring NFTs to play.
Make the game fun without the blockchain. Web3 should enhance, not be the product.