Author:Leon
Reviewer: Kyle
Source: Content Guild - News
Originally published on: PermaDAO
Original link: https://permadao.notion.site/Rimbox-AO-Minecraft-1b227607c439802a8ff9f8c95eaa16cd?pvs=4
As a decentralized storage and parallel computing platform built on Arweave, AO provides a new computing and interaction mode for blockchain applications with its unique hyper-parallel architecture and infinitely scalable data storage capabilities. Unlike traditional blockchains, AO can not only store data permanently, but also support large-scale parallel computing, making it possible to run complex logic on the chain. This brings great flexibility and scalability to areas such as decentralized applications (DApps), smart contracts, and on-chain games.
In this technical context, Rimbox came into being. As a blockchain game project, Rimbox uses AO's parallel computing and Arweave's permanent storage capabilities to achieve full on-chain recording of all assets, operations, and states in the game. Rimbox is equivalent to a "full-chain version of Minecraft", which not only retains the openness and freedom of sandbox games, but also integrates blockchain technology into the game logic, thereby ensuring the transparency, non-tamperability, and permanent storage of game data.
Core Gameplay
After entering Rimbox, you will first enter a navigation interface to help players familiarize themselves with the specific operations of the game. Although the types of blocks currently provided by the game are relatively limited, they are all unique and sufficient for players to carry out simple terrain transformation and architectural ideas. Currently supported blocks and props include: pickaxes, sand blocks, soil blocks and other blocks. These elements constitute the basic materials and tools of the Rimbox world. Players can choose their favorite location to start building. For example, players can lay soil blocks as a wall, use grass blocks to write on it (because there is no wooden sign prop, it can only be made into an enlarged version of the wooden sign), etc. In the absence of advanced blocks, there are still a variety of playable and experienceable content. In fact, the construction mode recently launched by Rimbox allows players to ignore gravity and build freely, which improves the efficiency of the game.
The current Rimbox is closer to a "creation + survival prototype" mode: without enemy threats, players can freely explore the map and build various structures. Since there is no physical strength or hunger setting, players do not need to consider the pressure of survival and can focus on the construction itself. This pure construction experience is quite friendly to players who like to create, but for players who are accustomed to the challenges of traditional sandbox games, this pure and single experience may seem a bit bland, and may lack the motivation and sense of accomplishment for continuous exploration after a long game. Let's talk about the feature of permanent storage. It not only profoundly affects the player's construction mentality, but also invisibly shapes the long-term gameplay of the game. For players, knowing that their creations can be preserved forever, many players will be more willing to invest time to perfect the details of the building and create more memorable works. At the same time, they are also happy to visit the "on-chain relics" left by others, because each building represents the labor and creativity of real players at a certain moment in the past. This feeling of time precipitation is a unique experience that ordinary sandbox servers can hardly bring.
Player experience and gameplay exploration
From the perspective of player experience, the first impression of Rimbox is both familiar and novel. The familiarity is the intuitive operation and construction fun of the block world, and the novelty is the various effects brought about by the permanent storage logic behind it. However, after in-depth experience, players will gradually realize that the difference between Rimbox and traditional sandboxes is mainly reflected in data storage and interaction restrictions.
In the world of Rimbox, there are no battles or missions, and creation itself is the greatest pleasure. Since all works will be preserved permanently, the world of Rimbox itself can gradually become a museum that displays players' artistic creations. Everyone who comes to this world can appreciate the masterpieces left by their predecessors. Compared with traditional games where everything is lost after a server reset, every piece of art here has become a part of history. For players with a passion for creation, creating in Rimbox is like leaving their own graffiti and signature in the digital world, which is of great significance.
Expectations for Rimbox
The current version of Rimbox has shown good potential. If the following functional modules can be gradually enriched in subsequent development, the gaming experience may be taken to a higher level: the height of the water body is fixed, and it does not have the function of flowing or dynamically adjusting. This makes it impossible to build scenes such as waterfalls on the top of a mountain, and the visual effects are likely to be inconsistent. At the same time, the game lacks a synthesis and processing system, and all items can only be used in their initial form. Players cannot obtain other advanced equipment except for the basic pickaxe. In addition, there is no ecosystem or NPC interaction in the game. There is no monster threat, and no interactive objects such as villagers and animals. This overly static environment can easily make players who like adventure and challenges feel boring.
in conclusion
In general, the experience that Rimbox currently provides to players is more inclined towards creation and collection rather than excitement and challenge. Each player is like a pioneer and artist on this continent on the chain. They shape the terrain and create buildings in a quiet environment, and then permanently seal these achievements in the blockchain as their "works" in the digital world. Although the depth of gameplay needs to be strengthened, it is this simple creative process, coupled with the eternal record of the blockchain, that makes the gameplay of Rimbox uniquely attractive to a specific group of players.
