Notcoin, one of the most prominent Web3 gaming projects of 2024, said the tap-to-earn genre is \u201cprobably dead\u201d as Web3 gaming shifts to more fun and engaging projects.<\/p>\n
During Token2049 in Dubai, Notcoin co-founders Sasha and Vladimir Plotvinov, along with Uliana Salo, the head of design and product lead for NotGames, spoke with Cointelegraph about the state of Telegram-based Web3 gaming.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vladimir told Cointelegraph that game builders are shifting to different genres as tap-to-earn has failed to sustain players\u2019 interests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to see different types of games, as tap-to-earn games are probably dead because they\u2019re not sustainable,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Notcoin\u2019s Sasha Plotvinov (left), Uliana Salo (middle) and Vladimir Plotvinov (right) at the Token2049 event in Dubai. Source: Cointelegraph<\/em><\/p>\n In 2024, Notcoin was one of Telegram\u2019s most popular tap-to-earn games, onboarding more than 30 million users<\/a> within three months of its release. In a previous interview, Sasha attributed the game\u2019s growth to its ability to \u201csolve the issue\u201d of onboarding Telegram users into crypto.\u00a0<\/p>\n While Telegram gaming exploded in 2024, gamers soon went game-hopping, moving to other games as soon as they \u201cfarmed\u201d what they could in one project. Sasha told Cointelegraph:\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cUsers who come to farm \u2014 their motivation is just to earn something. And with games, it\u2019s more like I have fun, I want to play with my friends, and I want to play within a group.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that while Telegram\u2019s first wave of games didn\u2019t provide that social element, Web3 can still play a vital role in the platform\u2019s gaming ecosystem.<\/p>\n He told Cointelegraph that Telegram games started to shift to models that move away from simply \u201cfarming\u201d tokens. In these new experiences, the Web3 economy part becomes an \u201cadd-on\u201d instead of the main value proposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, development may take some time. Sasha told Cointelegraph that Telegram has no \u201creal games\u201d yet, but is optimistic for the future.<\/p>\n Vladimir told Cointelegraph that artificial intelligence and Telegram have made creating games easier for Web3 developers.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Notcoin co-founder said that the advent of AI technology allowed developers to be faster and more efficient when writing game code:<\/p>\n \u201cIt saves time. My speed of delivery becomes faster. I write code faster than usual because I save a lot of time on other easy tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n However, he urged developers to pay attention when using AI when creating their projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to pay a lot of attention, have the expertise and experience because you have to see like how the API will work, how it will be connected to each other, how it will work on high load with a lot of users,\u201d Vladimir said.\u00a0<\/p>\nGamers want a \u201cfun time\u201d with friends\u00a0<\/h2>\n
How artificial intelligence improves Web3 gaming development<\/h2>\n