French sport developer TapNation has launched its Olympics-themed mobile-based sport Athletics Rush. The sport is presently simply web2. Its blockchain parts shall be launched on Tezos in August.
Beforehand asserting collaborations with a number of ecosystems reminiscent of Immutable and Arbitrum, this shall be TapNation’s first sport to deploy to the Tezos blockchain.
“With Athletics Rush, our objective was to create a enjoyable and satisfying expertise seamlessly incorporating web3 parts. By constructing on Tezos, we are able to improve participant retention and supply rewarding experiences with out disrupting the core gameplay,” mentioned TapNation head of web3 Philippe Lenormand.
As for video games on Tezos, the quantity continues to be sparse in comparison with different networks. Nevertheless, Tezos claims it has seen a big enhance in exercise throughout 2024, with month-to-month customers up by 500% in the course of the first quarter.
“Tezos affords a safe and sustainable blockchain platform that aligns completely with the imaginative and prescient for Athletics Rush. We’re blissful to introduce blockchain know-how to boost the consumer expertise with out compromising the enjoyable and fascinating nature of the sport,” mentioned Tezos APAC head of gaming Jeremy Foo.
By way of the sport, it’s a hyper-casual athletic runner that includes numerous sport modes to grasp athletic expertise reminiscent of working, leaping and throwing. Gamers can gather medals whereas competing on world leaderboards.
Athletics Rush is offered to obtain by way of Google Play.