Kieran Warwick, co-founder of blockchain role-playing game Illuvium has reportedly shone some lights into a gaming concept he claims to have no precedents – the interoperable blockchain game (IBG). 

Specifically, during his speech at Token2049 in Singapore, Warwick reportedly shared that Illuvium has three games in the design process at the moment, which will be underpinned by the similar economy, governed by a single token (ILV)  and linked by the blockchain – making it an interoperable experience.

“We’re building something that has never been done before not in the mainstream and not in Web3.”

IBG, a term created by Illuvium, reportedly works as a series of blockchain games linked to one another, creating an ecosystem of interconnected titles that share nonfungible tokens (NFTs), a common in-game currency, or both.

Warwick says Illuvium is, first of all, a “fun game”, with player enjoyment being the key value it works towards, instead of the play-to-earn (P2E) and NFT aspects of a few games on which the GameFi sphere has tended to concentrate on.

He shares expectations that the change in focus could be what it takes to open the door to reeling in players from the mainstream games market.

“In our genres that we’re hitting, there might be roughly 500 million people that we can bring in that literally won’t know that they’re playing a crypto game.”

The first game is a city builder, one that Warwick says is a “combination of Sim City and Clash of Clans” where players can build and mine resources for use in the second game, “Overworld.”

Overworld works primarily on exploring and capturing creatures dubbed “Illuvials,” which Warwick compares to Pokemon, that can then be battled in the third game, which will be similar to online battle arena titles such as “Teamfight Tactics or DOTA.”